June 9th-13th, 2008
NAW 2008 Wholesale Distribution Manager's Course
Agenda
June 9th, 2008
Day 1
- 12:00 AM
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Begin
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: The Blackwell, oustide Ballroom -
Registration
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6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: The Blackwell, Ballroom -
Reception and Buffet Dinner
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7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Welcome and Course Overview
H Lee "Buck" Mathews
Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business
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7:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Facing the Forces of Change®: Lead the Way in the Supply Chain
H Lee "Buck" Mathews
Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Financial Management
Anil Makhija
Chair, Finance, Fisher College of Business
June 10th, 2008
Day 2
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7:30 AM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Continental Breakfast
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 202 Pfahl Hall -
Framework for Market Focused Strategic Planning
H Lee "Buck" Mathews
Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
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Classroom Break
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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The Dupont Profit Model
H Lee "Buck" Mathews
Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: The Blackwell, Banquet Room A -
Group Luncheon
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Improving Your Company’s Productivity: Teamwork to Go the Distance
Gerald Nilsson-Weiskott
Principal, Leadership Development Group
- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Classroom Break
- 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Improving Your Company’s Productivity: Teamwork to Go the Distance Continued
Gerald Nilsson-Weiskott
Principal, Leadership Development Group
- 4:45 PM
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Campus Tour/Cookout
Tour followed by cookout at Buck Mathew’s home.
Bus leaves The Blackwell at 4:45 p.m.
- 7:30 PM
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Individual and Small Group Study
June 11th, 2008
Day 3
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7:30 AM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Continental Breakfast
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Sales Management/Value Added Services
H Lee "Buck" Mathews
Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
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Classroom Break
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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Sales Management/Value Added Services Continued
H Lee "Buck" Mathews
Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: The Blackwell, Banquet Room A -
Group Luncheon
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management
A. Michael Knemeyer
Assistant Professor of Logistics, Fisher College of Business
- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Classroom Break
- 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management Continued
A. Michael Knemeyer
Assistant Professor of Logistics, Fisher College of Business
- 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Dinner
- 7:30 PM
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Individual and Small Group Study
June 12th, 2008
Day 4
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7:30 AM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Continental Breakfast
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 202 Pfahl Hall -
Financial Control
Raymond J. Krasniewski
Associate Professor of Accounting and MIS, Fisher College of Business
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
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Classroom Break
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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Financial Control Continued
Raymond J. Krasniewski
Associate Professor of Accounting and MIS, Fisher College of Business
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Group Luncheon -
Group Luncheon
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Human Resources Management
Larry Inks, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business
- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Classroom Break
- 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Human Resources Management Continued
Larry Inks, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business
- 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Dinner On Your Own
- 7:30 PM
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Individual and Small Group Study
June 13th, 2008
Day 5
- 12:00 AM
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End
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6:30 AM
Room: Pfahl Hall -
Continental Breakfast
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7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: GROUP PRESENTATIONS OF THE AUTO DISTRIBUTORS SYSTEMS CASE -
Group Presentations of the Auto Distributors Systems Case
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Wrap-Up And Graduation!

