January Professional Development Meeting

Please join us for our next Professional Development Meeting (PDM) on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 where Mr. Irvin Varkonyi will lead us through the interactive simulation entitled

THE BEER GAME

An interactive simulation to illustrate the Bullwhip Effect

"The Beer Game" models a supply chain from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to distributor to retail to consumer. Every member of the supply chain will be represented in this simulation.

Although no actual beer will be served, The Beer Game provides lessons learned, is loads of FUN, is totally interactive and illustrates the Bullwhip Effect. Teams will play against each other and there will be a prize for the winning team!

Irvin Varkonyi is Marketing Manager and Adjunct Professor in Transportation and Logistics Management at the American Public University, an entirely online, accredited university. In the post 9/11 period, Mr. Varkonyi created Supply Chain Operations Preparedness Education (SCOPE), a consulting firm focused on developing preparedness and resiliency planning for commercial and public sector enterprises, utilizing his three decades of industry experience with international airlines, express distribution and operations management.  Mr. Varkonyi is a frequent presenter at industry events such as ASIS, APICS Association for Operations Management and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. He was actively involved with the Heritage Foundation on their DHS 2.0 project used by Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Dept of Homeland Security. Mr. Varkonyi is editor for the Professional Development column of the Defense Transportation Journal of the National Defense Transportation Association. He is past president of the DC Metro APICS chapter and the National Capital Area Roundtable of CSCMP. He received his BA from Clark University and his MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Meeting Information:

Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6:00pm

6:00-6:30pm - Registration , Networking, and Light Dinner
6:30-8:00pm - The Beer Game

The meeting will be held at 

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (formerly Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)

2248 Darbytown Road

Richmond, VA 23231. 

When you arrive for the meeting:  Enter at the visitor entrance under the blue metal awning. Check in with the Security Guard (you will need to show a driver's license/picture ID).