Supply Chain Risk Management: Identify, Assess, Mitigate, and Manage Risk in partnership with the APICS Chicago chapter

APICS, in partnership with the APICS Chicago chapter, is pleased to offer the Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar, which provides participants with a glimpse of the global supply chain risk landscape. Definitions of risk management, and new techniques and tactics to mitigate risk will be discussed along with profiles of early adopters of risk management. Attendees have the opportunity to utilize a "Heat Map" tool to assess risks within their supply chains.

Speaker:

Gregory L. Schlegel, CPIM

Executive-in-Residence, Center for Value Chain Research | adjunct professor, supply chain risk management, Lehigh University | APICS past president

Gregory L. Schlegel, CPIM, is an adjunct professor of supply chain risk management at Lehigh University. He has been a supply chain executive with several Fortune 100 companies and spent seven years as an IBM supply chain executive consultant. Schlegel is well-published and a frequent speaker at conferences, seminars, webinars, and professional development meetings. He is an APICS past president and has served on the APICS Strategic Planning Committee.

Earn your APICS Risk Management certificate

APICS now offers a comprehensive, forward-looking program that will prepare you to lead risk management activities or participate in the development of global risk mitigation strategy. The APICS Risk Management certificate validates that you have received 12 educational contact hours in core and elective risk management topics.

Obtain the hours necessary to earn the certificate by attending the Risk Management learning path at the 2013 APICS International Conference & Expo (5 hours) and participating in one of the following to complete the remaining 7 hours

a combination of risk sessions at future educational events including the APICS International Conference & Expo, APICS Supply Chain Asia Conference, or Best of the Best S&OP Conference
APICS Risk Management seminar (7 hours)
pre-approved risk management education sessions at partner events.

Learn more about the APICS Risk Management certificate.