PIMA Thanks Our 2005 Speakers

The Paper Industry Management Association thanks all the speakers for contributing to the success of PIMA's 2005 Leadership Conference. PIMA has posted all handouts that it has received from speakers as of July 6, 2005. More will be added as they become available. Not all sessions will have handouts. Click on speaker name to view bio.

General Sessions   ·   Management   ·   IT   ·   Manufacturing Reliability

General Sessions     [Top of Page]

President's Panel   Handouts (5.9MB, PDF)
State of the Industry


CIO Panel

Mill Manager's Panel

Management Sessions     [Top of Page]

(M1A) Global Market Outlook for White Paper and Board
(M1B) Global Market Outlook for Tissue
(M2) Boosting Productivity Through Tension Management
(M3) Rapid Results Teams  Handouts (584K, PDF)
(M4) Real World Strategies for Energy Optimization in the Pulp and Paper Mill
(M5) Price Execution in the Forest Products Industry
(M6) When Shortcuts Can Hurt You: How Cognitive Bias Affects Safety Judgment
(M7) Customer Roundtable
(M8) Value-Based Safety Leadership
(M9 & M12) Superintendent's Roundtable: Part 1
  • DD Smith, Buckman Laboratories (Moderator)
  • Sam Cobb, Paper Machines Area Mgr, MeadWestvaco
  • Richard Cook, Sales/Service Engineer, Asten-Johnson
  • Ronnie Cosper, Paper Mill Superintendent, Smurfit Stone
  • Boyd Curtis, Retired Production Manager, Potlatch
  • Jay Martin, Paper Machine Manager, Graphic Packaging
  • Mark Nichols, Regional Manager, Buckman Laboratories, Inc.
  • Nyle Parchim, Retired Production Manager

(M10) The Nanotechnology Roadmap for the Forest Products Industry
(M11) Top Five Safety Excuses and What to Do About Them
(M13) Electronic Commerce: We've All Heard of It But What Is It, Really?

IT Sessions     [Top of Page]

(IT1) Bridging the Cultural Gap Between IT and Automation: How the ISA S95 Standard enables people to speak the same language


(IT2) ERP Value Proposition


(IT3) Seven Key Techniques to Build a World Class Business/IT Relationship


(IT4) Securing Your Process Control Systems from Cyber-Terrorists

  • Bryan Owens, OSIsoft, Handouts (1.15MB, PDF)

(IT5) Business Value from Integrating Mill-Level Management with ERP, EAM, and MES


(IT6) WI-FI Installation: a How-to Session for Home and Business


(IT7) Managing the Virtual Organization: Toward an Integrated IT Resource Management Process


(IT8) Case Study: Multi-Tier Solution for Material Planning & Execution Reporting in the Paper Industry

  • Tom Bolen, SAPPI Fine Paper North America, Handouts (164K, PDF)

(IT9) Application Development and Control: Mill vs. Corporate   Handouts (291K, PDF)
(IT10) Outsourcing: Is It a Boon or Bane?


(IT11) Linking RFID to ERP: A Staggered Approach to Implementation   Handouts (164K, PDF)
  • Anthony Higginbottom, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  • Mike Sinoway, Deloitte Consulting LLP

(IT12) RFID: An Application Case Study
(IT13) Consolidation and Mergers in the Pulp and Paper Industry
(IT14) Manufacturing IT and Process Optimization: Workgroup Collaboration for Profit   Handouts (1.14MB, PDF)
(IT15) Supply Chain Innovations Driven by Customer Service Requirements
  • Judi Dore, Abitibi, Handouts (1.14MB, PDF)

MR Sessions     [Top of Page]

(MR1) Working Together to Extend the Life of the Asset
Everybody sing! Achieving reliability is everyone's business
(MR2) The Maintenance Game-Changer
The bow to the fiddle, the pick to the guitar, the stick to the drum
(MR3) Operator Driven Reliability:
Our Life Together in a Yellow Submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine...
(MR4) Manufacturing Culture Required to Sustain Reliability:
What's wrong with my behavior? You're the one that needs to change.

I'm not the one singing off key


(MR5) The Human Factor in Manufacturing Reliability:
Measure it, recognize it, reward it, and it will get done.

And the band plays on!


(MR6) MRO Inventory: Keep Your Equipment Running Without Breaking Your Budget
You've got to maximize your reliability and minimize your inventory


(MR7) Benchmarking Performance: The Pros and Cons   Handouts (335K, PDF)
Is your song at the top of the charts, or are you a wannabe?
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