October 18-20, 2011

2011 agenda (PDF)

Supply Chain 2011
5th Annual NASA Supply Chain Quality Assurance Conference
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Greenbelt, MD

Presentations for Supply Chain 2011 are available on the Agenda page. Click on the names of the speakers/topic to download presentations in pdf format.

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The Supply Chain 2011 conference theme is Managing Risks to Assure Mission Success. The conference is co-chaired by Judith Bruner, Director of GSFC’s Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate and George Morrow, Director of GSFC’s Flight Projects Directorate. Featured speakers include:
 

• Michael Ryschkewitsch, NASA Chief Engineer
• Christyl C. Johnson, GSFC Deputy Director for Science and Technology
• John C. Sommerer, Head of the Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory/Johns Hopkins University
• Vince May, Chair of the Registration Management Committee, Americas Aerospace Quality Group
• Piers Sellers, NASA Astronaut, Deputy Director for GSFC’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate

The conference provides two full days of speakers and panel sessions (October 18-19th), the evening Space Industry Supplier Social (October 18th), a guided tour of GSFC facilities, two seminars, and a workshop (October 20th). This year’s conference has been expanded to encompass two tracks of sessions, a networking and showcase session, and an additional training and education.

Space is limited for the GSFC tour, the two seminars, and the workshop offered on October 20th:
 

• Guided Tour (9am to noon) of GSFC Visitor Center and Facilities
• Seminar (8:15am to 12:15pm): Engineering Conversation for Action Seminar. Seminar Leader: Dan Berry, Director Quality Management Resources, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
• Seminar (8:15am to 12:15pm): Seminar in Strategic Process Management and the Transition to the AS9100C Standard for Quality Management Seminar Leader: Claes Berlin, Process Management AB, Senior Lecturer at the University of Boras in Sweden, and Executive MBA Program Director at the Stockholm School of Economics, Russia.
• Workshop (1:30om to 2:30pm). NASA Case Study: Procurement of Mechanical Systems Engineering Services for GSFC. Workshop Leader: Edward Rogers, Chief Knowledge Officer, NASA GSFC.
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2011 Agenda (PDF)

 

Contact Jonathan Root of GSFC’s Supply Chain Management Team to share your ideas for the agenda.

 

 

 

October 18th: Plenary Session (Building 3 Goett Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
7:00am Visitor Badging (GSFC Visitor Center/Building 88) and Conference Check-In (Building 3 Goett Auditorium)  
8:30am Welcome to GSFC from the Conference Co-Chairs - Judith N. Bruner, Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
- George W. Morrow, Director, Flight Projects Directorate, NASA GSFC
8:45am Conference Overview - Dave Campbell, Deputy Chief, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
8:55am Goddard’s Outlook

- Dennis J. Andrucyk, Director, Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, NASA GSFC
9:25am Managing Mission Risks  
10:10am
Networking Break / Refreshments
  
10:30am The New Iron Triangle: Risk, Process, and Judgment - John C. Sommerer, Head, Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University
11:20am Developing the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission Spacecraft Fleet  
12:10pm Lunch Break (see listing of local lunch options)

 

 

 

October 18th: Dual Track (A/B) Sessions

Track A (Building 8 Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
1:25pm Supply Chain Strategies and Practices for Volatile Conditions Thomas Trbovich, Director, Institute Quality Systems, Southwest Research Institute
Joerg Gerhardus, Manager, Program Quality Engineering, Southwest Research Institute
Ronald Black, Program Director, Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute
2:10pm Moving Innovative Products into NASA Mission Projects Carlos M. Grodsinksky, Vice President - Technology, ZIN Technologies, Inc.
2:45pm Supply Chain Strategies and Practices for Volatile Conditions Lisa H. Harrington, President, lharrington group and Senior Research Fellow / Adjunct Professor at the Supply Chain Management Center, Robert .H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
3:25pm Networking Break / Refreshments (Building 8 Auditorium)  
3:45pm Workmanship Risks: Reworking Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Solder Joints Jeannette Plante, Manager, NASA Workmanship Standards Program, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Beth Paquette, Electronic Packaging Engineer, Electrical Engineering Division, Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, NASA GSFC
4:25pm Speed Networking and Showcase (Building 8 Auditorium) Speed Networking activity, facilitated by Jeannette Plante, NASA GSFC - Showcase tables and Sponsor displays

 

 

Track B (Building 3 Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
1:25pm GSFC Supplier Assessment Program Jonathan Root, Senior Supply Chain Manager, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
2:10pm Panel Session: The Supplier Assessment Experience Facilitator: Louis Thomas, Senior Supply Chain Manager Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC Panelists: - Joe Grote, General Manager, CDA Intercorp, LLC. - Forrest Reed, Director of Quality, EaglePicher Technologies, LLC - Steve Ogg, Director, Assessments & Audits, Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems
3:25pm Networking Break / Refreshments (Building 3 Auditorium)  
3:45pm GSFC Supplier Assessments: Mitigating Risks through Corrective Action Charlie Robinson, Lead Auditor, NASA Audits, Assessments, and Assurance Services, - Brenda Brunello, Lead Auditor, NASA Audits, Assessments, and Assurance Services
4:25pm Go to Building 8 Auditorium for Speed Networking and Showcase Session  

 

 

October 18th: Evening

Time Description Presenters
5:30pm Space Industry Supplier Social (Building 8 auditorium) Hosted by ManTech International, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., and Millennium Engineering and Integration Company.

 

 

 

October 19th: Plenary Session (Building 3 Goett Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
8:15am Today’s Agenda Jonathan Root, Senior Supply Chain Manager, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
8:25am Panel Session: NASA’s Approach to Integrated Risk Management Michael G. Stamatelatos, Director, Safety and Assurance Division, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, NASA Headquarters - Natesan (“Nat”) Jambulingam Ph. D, Integrated Risk Manager, Mission Support Division, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Anthony Diventi, Chief, Reliability and Risk Analysis Branch, Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Gerald (“Jerry”) A. Klein, Jr., Senior Project Staff Engineer, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT), Inc. and Risk Manager for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program, NASA GSFC
9:45am Networking Break / Refreshments  
10:05am Engineering a Successful Mission: Lessons from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Project

David Everett, Mission Systems Engineer, Mission Systems Engineering Branch, Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, GSFC
10:35am Reducing Risks in Sunshield Development for the James Web Space Telescope (JWST)

Greg Laue, Director, Aerospace Products, NeXolve, ManTech International Corporation
11:05am NASA Supply Chain Network Survey Results Jason Bolton, Trade and Industry Analyst, Industrial Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce
11:35am
Assessing Supply Chain and Industrial Base Risks
 - Kirk Waldrop, Space Market Manager, Supply Chain and Logistics, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. - Dustin Elliot, Lead Associate, Industrial Base Assessment, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc
12:10pm Lunch Break (see listing of local lunch options)  

 

 

October 19th: Dual Track (A/B) Sessions

Track A (Building 8 Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
1:25pm Case Study: CALIPSO Propulsion Safety Launch Decision Bo Lewis, Branch Chief, Systems Safety Branch, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Edward Rogers, Chief Knowledge Officer, NASA GSFC
2:25pm GSFC Supplier Surveillance Michael Kelly, Deputy Chief, Mission Support Division, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
Olga Ceritelli, Program Manager, NASA Audits, Assessments and Assurance Services, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.
3:30pm Networking Break / Refreshments (Building 3 Auditorium) Dave Campbell, Deputy Chief, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC

 

 

 

Track B (Building 3 Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
1:25pm Strategic Intent of the AS9100C Standard for Quality Management Systems Vince May, Chair, Registration Management Committee, Americas Aerospace Quality Group
2:00pm Lessons Learned in Transitioning to the AS9100C Standard Dan Berry, Director, Quality Management Resources, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
2:45pm Fostering Collaborative Communities for Mission Success Raj Datta, Independent Consultant/Advisor, former Chief Knowledge Officer of MindTree
3:30pm Networking Break / Refreshments (Building 3 Auditorium)  

 

 

Concluding Plenary Session (Building 3 Auditorium)

Time Description Presenters
3:50pm Risk Management in Big Organizations Piers Sellers, NASA Astronaut; Deputy Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA GSFC
4:35pm Closing Remarks  
5:00pm Adjourn Conference  
5:30pm NASA Audit Management Team (NAMT) Open meeting chaired by Paul Boldon, Program Executive, Audits, Assessments and Assurance Services, NASA Safety Center / NASA Headquarters. (Building 8, Room N303, Management Conference Center)

 

 

October 20th

Time Description
8:30am to 12:15pm

Seminar: Engineering Conversations for Action Dan Berry, Director, Quality Management Resources, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation (Building 28, Room E210)

Refreshments sponsored by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
8:30am to 12:15pm Seminar: Strategic Process Management and the Transition to the AS9100C Standard for Quality Management Claes Berlin, Claes BERLIN Process Management AB, Senior Lecturer at the University of Boras in Sweden, and Executive MBA Program Director at the Stockholm School of Economics, Russia. (Building 8 Auditorium)
9:00am to noon

Guided tour of GSFC’s Visitor Center and facilities. Charles Kim of the GSFC Supply Chain Management Team is the tour leader. Tour begins at the Visitor Center (Building 88).
1:30pm to 2:30pm NASA Case Study Workshop: Procurement of Mechanical Systems Engineering Services for GSFC. Workshop Leader: Edward Rogers, Chief Knowledge Officer, NASA GSFC (Building 8 Auditorium)
Conference refreshments sponsored by ManTech International,
Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., Millennium Engineering and Integration Company, and Orbital Sciences Corporation.

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