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The 94th Aero Squadron was our venue for the October PDM.

A nice crowd attended the meeting.  The food was delicious and the topic was very real.

Reinard Winata introduced our speaker.

Our speaker was Ingrid Yoder, CPIM, CSCP.  She is the Supply Chain Manager for McWane Ductile, a private manufacturer of ductile iron pipe located in Coshocton, Ohio.

In this global age, it’s a buyers’ market and companies must find their competitive advantage to stay ahead.  Ingrid explained that Sales and Operations Planning has become crucial to meeting customer demand while running efficiently and cost effectively in production.  S&OP provides focus to sales and production as well as that buffer within the supply chain, allowing the members of the chain to plan better and focus on costs, quality, and continuous improvements.

Ingid Yoder has been with McWane since 1993 and has had the opportunity of working with teams to reduce lead times, decrease inventories and optimize available capacity with storage.  In production she started the company international purchasing program.

To cap off the evening, we were able to behold a breathtaking sunset framed against the twinkling hubbub of the busy John Glenn Columbus International Airport.