HOW TO BULLET PROOF YOUR SUPPLIER AND CONTRACT MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
PART 2 OF 3

SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION – CONTRACT MANUFACTURER

An Industry Roundtable Discussion

When:  Thursday, March 15th, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM

Where: 

Land O’Lakes
4001 Lexington Avenue North
Arden Hills, MN 55126

Supplier Management: Qualification, Certification, Score Cards, Adulterations, Risk Management. Does this sound familiar? Did you know that this is the hottest topic for FDA this year?

We invite you to participate in the second of three sessions that we have planned to have on Supplier Management this year. This topic is considered to be #1 challenge in every industry at current time around the world.

In addition, our host Land O’Lakes  agreed to give us a tour of their facility (test kitchens, labs, and pilot plant).

Title:  Contract Manufacturing 411
Speaker:   Dave Adams- Senior Operations Quality Manager- Contract Manufacturing, Corporate Quality Assurance- Land O’ Lakes, Inc

Dave has been with Land O’Lakes for 20 years of his 30 year career in the food industry with extensive experience in dairy manufacturing. Currently, he is the Group Leader for the QA Contract Manufacturing team across human and animal foods. His experience includes: laboratory management, several positions across plant quality and operations management, R&D, and several roles within the Corporate Quality Assurance environment. Dave holds a BS degree in Biology and Chemistry, and is a certified HACCP trainer. He is considered a subject matter expert in cheese manufacturing.

ASQ Members $25, Non-members $35   (.3 R.U.s Awarded)

To encourage interaction, seating is limited to the first 50 registrants, so plan for early sign up!

Registration link: http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A316481

AGENDA
5:30 – 6:00pm Registration/Network
6:00 – 6:30pm Dinner/Buffet
6:30 – 7:15pm Presentation
7:15 – 7:30pm Break/Network
7:30 – 8:00pm Site Tour
8:00 – 8:25pm Q & A/Open Discussion
8:25 – 8:30pm Surveys/Door Prizes
8:30pm Closing