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Demand Synchronization: Realizing the Vision of True Customer Collaboration
September 18, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 GMT)
Host: Pat Conroy, Principal - Deloitte LLP
1 CPE Credit: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
For years, manufacturers have envisioned a harmonized, real-time relationship with their key retail customers. Yesterday's adversarial role between retailers and suppliers has given way to new efforts at collaborating to achieve mutual competitive advantage. We'll discuss:
- Methods for gaining real-time visibility into demand and inventory all the way to the store shelf.
- Creating scalable solutions for synthesizing massive volumes of information from multiple sources.
- Strategies for leveraging data to improve planning and execution processes.
Learn more about recent industry trends and how companies are finally beginning to unlock tremendous value through demand synchronization.
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| Energy & Resources |
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| Federal & State Government |
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| Financial Services |
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| Health Care Providers, Plans & Life Sciences |
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| Insurance |
Leveraging the Internet for Higher Producer and Customer Satisfaction and Lower Costs
September 09, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 GMT)
Host: Larry Danielson, Principal - Deloitte Consulting LLP
1 CPE Credit: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Many insurers struggle with using the Internet effectively across the producer and policyholder life cycle, especially given infrequent interactions with policyholders. How can you use leading Internet practices from other industries to increase overall satisfaction while keeping operational costs in line? We'll discuss:
- Observations and challenges of enabling and enhancing the web channel in insurance.
- Lessons learned from other industries.
- Sample uses of web capabilities across the producer and policyholder life cycle.
Learn how to use the web channel to improve producer and policyholder experience while creating stickiness, improving cross-sell, decommoditizing products, and reducing servicing costs.
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| Life Sciences |
Prescribing Off Label: Playing by the Rules in a Regulated Industry
September 16, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 GMT)
Host: Steve Burrill, Partner - Deloitte & Touche LLP
1 CPE Credit: Regulatory Ethics
The sales and marketing tactics of life science companies, in particular off-label prescription practices, are under scrutiny in an increasingly regulated environment. What are some of the steps that can be taken to mitigate risks? We'll discuss:
- Intellectual property concerns for pharmaceuticals, including new and existing patents and commercialization.
- Business considerations, such as planning, executing, and monitoring a product's marketing and sales strategy.
- Regulatory and enforcement trends, and recent litigation practices surrounding off-label prescribing.
Learn how leading life sciences companies are being advised to proactively handle these critical issues.
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| Oil & Gas |
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| Power & Utilities |
FERC and NERC Regulatory Compliance: An Integrated Approach
September 17, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 GMT)
Host: Branko Terzic, Director - Deloitte & Touche LLP
1 CPE Credit: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Compliance with standards established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) weighs heavily on energy industry executives today. How can energy companies develop an integrated approach to managing the various regulatory requirements they face? We'll discuss:
- An update on FERC and NERC regulatory standards.
- Elements of an integrated approach to regulatory compliance.
- Technology's role in compliance, including monitoring and management systems and documentation and data management.
Learn about the benefits of developing an integrated approach to compliance and how effective use of technology can help carry it out.
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| Private Equity, Hedge Funds & Mutual Funds |
Forensic Testing: What Is Your Data Trying to Tell You?
September 23, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 GMT)
Host: Michael Fay, Principal - Deloitte & Touche LLP
1 CPE Credit: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Investment management firms are looking for ways to manage risk, certify the efficacy of controls, address an increasingly sophisticated examination process, and meet evolving regulator expectations. What leading practices in the forensic testing of enterprise data have others developed that can best position your organization for these factors? We'll discuss:
- Opportunities to use forensic testing throughout an extended enterprise.
- Tests used to assess compliance in specific areas.
- Evaluating tools and technology currently available within the industry.
- Challenges associated with using forensic testing in procedures.
Learn about new and practical approaches for enhancing your compliance programs through the use of forensic testing.
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| Process & Industrial Products |
Manufacturing Operations Improvement: Can't See the Forest for the Trees?
September 11, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Host: Tim Hanley, Partner - Deloitte & Touche LLP
1 CPE Credit: Business Management & Organization
Manufacturers still seek new ways to drive out costs and improve efficiency across the enterprise. So why do performance improvement activities in discrete areas, such as production and maintenance, often provide limited results? We'll discuss:
- How a more holistic approach – analyzing more data across the enterprise to identify and address operational bottlenecks – can deliver significant results.
- Other innovative tools and methodologies that help identify significant bottom-line cost savings, release latent capacity, and improve customer service.
Discover how stepping back and taking a holistic look at your operations may reveal untapped opportunities for cost reduction and performance improvement.
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| Technology, Media & Telecom |
Competitive Preparedness: Transforming Strategies into Results in the Turbulent High-Tech Industry
September 24, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Host: Eric Openshaw, Partner - Deloitte LLP
1 CPE Credit: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Bold moves, such as acquisitions, new market entry, and new product launches, continue to shape the technology industry. How can high-tech executives most effectively take their strategies from the boardroom into the field, and more importantly, turn them into positive financial results? We'll discuss:
- Recent competitive pressures and how companies are organizing and planning their responses.
- Transformation programs being adopted to institutionalize new business models.
- Lessons learned in business model changes – what's worked and what hasn't.
Hear the results of a Deloitte study that explores how technology companies are not just planning, but implementing innovative new strategies to address today's disruptive market forces.
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| Travel, Hospitality & Leisure |
AICPA's Audit & Accounting Guide for Casinos: Expanded Guidance for the Gaming Industry
September 30, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 GMT)
Host: Jeffrey Ortwein, Partner - Deloitte & Touche LLP
1 CPE Credit: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Accounting standards have become increasingly rigorous in the past several years, and the gaming industry is not immune to the current challenges. Recent updates to the AICPA's Audit & Accounting Guide for Casinos can help industry professionals navigate these accounting challenges. We'll discuss:
- Trends in the gaming industry and recent developments.
- A history of the Audit & Accounting Guide for Casinos and important changes since its original issuance.
- Key accounting and financial reporting issues impacting the industry.
Learn more about how slot machines, loyalty programs, and progressive jackpots have affected the industry and created new accounting issues and considerations.
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