Monday,
September 20, 2004
8:30AM–12
Noon - Board Meeting (Board members only)
1:PM – 1:45PM - General Meeting
- President’s
Welcome
- Treasurer’s
Report
- Membership
Committee Report
- Programs
Committee Report: Future meeting sites and topics
- Reports
& Surveys Report: DSO Survey participation
- Technology
Report: System usage and participation, pending system enhancements
2:00-4:30PM FBI Presentation
We are
fortunate to secure the services of a field agent from the Minneapolis division Federal Bureau of
Investigation, covering two timely and vital topics:
- Identity
Theft
- Business
Fraud
- As well
as other topics of interest
6:00-7:00PM - PICE Welcome Banquet - Kieran’s
Restaurant
Our group
dinner is being held on a Monday night, rather than Tuesday, to give us the
opportunity to spend a little extra time meeting new attendees and reuniting
with old friends. Our venue this time is a popular local restaurant offering a
relaxed casual atmosphere.
Tuesday,
September 21
8:30AM – Continental breakfast
9:00AM – 12:00 Noon Panel discussion: “Facing the Challenges of the
Printing Industry in a Changing Economy”
One of the
most important tools a credit manager can have is the “big picture”: how the
company fits into the industry, how the industry fits into the economy. A
distinguished group of panelists including
- Donald
Heller President Strategic Paper Group
- Robert
Moore, President Sheridan Books
- John Klumb,
Vice President Midwest Region – Brown Printing Co
- Glenn A. Gurtcheff,
Managing Director Piper Jaffray & Co.
- Paul Runko,
Vice President Client Financial Services, RR Donnelley & Sons
will
address a variety of issues including:
- Globalization:
Threat or opportunity: Does the global market represent our new customer
base, or our competition? What are/can we be doing to turn it our way
- Consolidations:
How are mergers and acquisitions affecting our companies, our customers
and our suppliers? Can independent companies survive and compete anymore?
- Capital
improvements in a changing economy: Is it time to replace the presses that
were installed in the “roaring 80’s”, or can they continue to serve for
the next 20 years?
- Overcapacity,
and how to deal with it
- Staffing
issues: from labor unions to outsourcing, what serves the company best?
- Impact of
the Internet, DVD’s and the US Postal Service on the printing industry
- Niche
business: A golden opportunity, or a recipe for failure?
- Paper
issues: Sources and availability? What is the advantage to cheaper paper
coming from Eastern
Europe?
- Are more
customers ordering their own paper, and how is this working out?
- Is
expansion coming from plant upgrades or acquisitions
- Are
companies planning to expand, contract, merge, acquire, or what
- Lessons
learned from the past, and opportunities for the future. Are we ready?
1:30-4:30PM Round Table Workshop Session
This fully
interactive session, presented by members and facilitated Lee Berkowitz is
devoted to:
- Case
Studies
- Problem
Solving
- Role
Playing
- Team
evaluations
We will
address actual situations and various ways of dealing with them. It is sure to
be an informative and entertaining session
6:00-7:00PM – Farewell reception
Say goodbye
to new and old friends, and make plans for dinner “on your own” at one of the
great local restaurants
Wednesday,
September 22
8:30AM - Continental breakfast
8:45AM - Verbal Interchange - In
depth discussion of mutual accounts, looking “beyond the numbers”
12:00 Noon - Adjournment
