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1 9th Annual Supply Chain Management for Utilities Conference Driving Top-line Revenue to Improve Supply Chain Performance January 17-19, 2011 The Trump International Beach Resort Miami Beach, FL DAY 1: Monday, January 17, :45 Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:45 Chair s Welcome and Opening Remarks John H. Sequeira, Partner, ScottMadden Inc 9:00 Driving Value through Supply Chain Innovation Innovations on the supply chain executive s agenda What emerging innovations have the potential to significantly increase procurement s value contribution? Insights about future procurement trends Innovations that will enhance procurement s strategic role in the enterprise Driving top-line revenue Increasing organizational efficiencies Expanding reach and influence Maximizing value across the enterprise Don Dougherty, Managing Partner, Denali Group John Evans, Managing Partner, Denali Group 9:45 Developing a Successful Supply Chain for a Large Transmission Project Procurement coordination in a design/build atmosphere Vendor integration and material management systems Flexibility of supply chain management to meet construction schedule Karl Miller, Executive Manager, Power Group, Kenny Construction Company Tim Dorsey, Managing Director, Power Advocate, Inc. Jim Kauffman, Director, Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer, Allegheny 10:45 Networking & Refreshment Break

2 PANEL 11:15 Identify Savings through Spend Analytics and Compliance What is spend analytics? How to justify implementing spend compliance Best approaches to performing spend analytics Where are costs going? Identifying best suppliers Identifying savings opportunities Mark McVay, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Power Advocate, Inc. Bridget Reidy, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer, Exelon Corporation Barbara M. Gomez, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (APS) 12:00 Networking Luncheon 1:30 Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance Progress and Future Plans Reducing use of greenhouse gas in supply chains Sustainability/Green How does this effect supplier evaluation? How can suppliers support utility initiatives? Desmond (Des) Bell, Chair, Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance; Senior Vice President, Shared Services and Chief Procurement Officer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company 2:15 Integrated Demand Planning for Supply Chain Working with business units to understand demand Integrating capital, asset, and maintenance plans into procurement strategies to create transparency for supply chain Ben Moglen, Portfolio Manager, T&D Materials, Pacific Gas & Electric John H. Sequeira, Partner, ScottMadden Inc 3:00 Networking & Refreshment Break 3:30 Ameren s Business Case for Source to Settle How Ameren changed their PO spend from 35% to 91% Addressing supplier elimination How Ameren saved $25 million in energy

3 4:00 Evaluating Supply Chain Enterprise Resource Planning Systems How to choose the right system What are the benefits of ERP systems? Overcoming implementation challenges Acquiring something reportable that can go to the market Streamline processes and work management Crelia Anoia, Manager, IT Planning and Business Support, PPL Services Corp. 5:00 Wine & Cheese Networking Reception DAY 2: Tuesday, January 18, :00 Continental Breakfast 8:45 Chair s Review of Day One PANEL 9:00 Supplier Integration in the Materials Supply Chain How can suppliers be leveraged to provide additional value to the utility supply chains? What services are suppliers willing to provide? How do you incentivize the suppliers? Role of the aggregators in supplier integration Making your utility supply chain customer focused Improving order fulfillment rates Moderator: Anant Kumar, Principal, PRTM Bill Vernon, General Manager Power Delivery Supply Chain, Duke Energy Debra Champ, General Manager, Materials Logistics, Allegheny Lance Schulz, Director, Materials and Distribution, Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10:30 Networking & Refreshment Break 11:00 Improving Supply Chain Performance by Using Virtual Inventory What is virtual inventory? How does it work? Benefits of virtual inventory Critical spares, datapool, and negotiation Internal inventory integration Investment recovery with the RAPID database Bob Gibson, Director of Business Development, Scientech (a Curtiss Wright company)

4 11:45 PPL Services Corp. s First Year Results SupplierRelationship Management, Incorporating Cost Productivity, and LeanSigma Benefits 2009 review Setting the expectations Providing the LeanSigma tools Developing a LeanSigma mindset 40+ LeanSigma projects completed/in process Reaction from supply base and customers Continuing the journey Mark Smith, Director, Sourcing, PPL Services Corp. 12:15 Networking Luncheon 1:30 The Impact of Buyer and Supplier Back Offices on Sourcing Effectiveness How an efficient back office at both buyer and supplier can contribute to the sourcing organization s effectiveness. Discuss how sourcing organizations can leverage the efficiencies of their back offices to improve negotiation leverage with suppliers How suppliers working with a buyer can identify efficiencies in their internal processes that improves competitiveness Sheri Straw, General Manager, Supply Chain, Duke Energy George Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Enporion LLC 2:30 Networking & Refreshment Break 3:00 Supply Chain/Materials Logistics Benchmarking Best Practices Benchmarking among 13 leading utilities in the US Identify six key practices followed by leading utilities Characterize supply chain innovations practiced by these leading utilities Larry Young, Logistics Manager, Supply Management, Operations Support, Southern California Edison Anant Kumar, Principal, PRTM 4:00 Close of Day Two DAY 3: Wednesday, January 19, :00 Continental Breakfast 8:45 Chair s Review of Day Two

5 John H. Sequeira, Partner, ScottMadden Inc PANEL 9:00 How to Develop Vendor Selection Criteria and Pre-bid Evaluation Points Develop rigorous vendor selection criteria What is the value behind the criteria? Moderator: Mike Paharik, National Sales Director, Steel Structures Division, Thomas & Betts Chuck Schmitt, General Manager, SSAB Southern Business Group Matt Pulsifer, Director, Materials Management, UniSource Energy 10:30 Networking & Refreshment Break 11:00 UTILITY ROUNDTABLES Share experiences with and learn from the experiences of your colleagues. Choose from one of these three: A) Supplier performance management What should we rate them on Services vs. materials? B) Supplier diversity What should the goal be? Best practices C) Benchmarking What should we benchmark on? What do customers consider valuable? 1:00 Close of Conference