2007 Packaging Management Conference

 

The Dates.

October 11 – 12, 2007

   Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm

   Friday      8:00am - Noon

 

The Program.

 

Jeffrey Armstrong

Dean

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Michigan State University 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dean Armstrong, a leader at MSU, will be giving a "State of the School of Packaging" presentation and will be enlightening us as to the future direction not only of the School but also of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

 
 

 

Mark Flegm 

ORBIS Corporation

 

Industrial Packaging in China

There are striking differences in industrial packaging and conveyance between the North American and Chinese supply chains. Living and working in China, Mark Flegm will share his first hand experiences and discuss the contrasts between the two systems.

 

 

 

 

Christine Lemnios

 Marketing Services

Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corp.

 

Global Packaging Development - Challenges and Successes from Concept to Delivery

Christine will share insight on how Liberty Hardware manages packaging design, development and integrity with thousands of SKUs, utilizing multiple packaging substrates and multiple factories.

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Joneson

Vice President, Marketing and Business Development

Lansmont Corporation

 

Testing Technology Update; ISTA’s 4AB Enhanced Simulation  

The general principles of sustainability entail reduction of packaging materials and associated energies. Implementing these socially responsible methodologies comes with a certain amount of risk. By using recyclable, renewable, or reduced amounts of packaging material will the package performance be compromised such that product damage increases? This presentation highlights the International Safe Transit Association’s project 4AB, a web-based software application which generates Enhanced Simulation test plans. Each 4AB test plan is uniquely tailored to simulate a specific distribution sequence for a particular packaged-product. Distribution testing performed in accordance with Project 4AB provides “Just Right” predictive assurance that a packaged product will survive transport; nothing more, nothing less. This presentation will provide an on-line demonstration of ISTA’s 4AB application, creating a tailored laboratory test plan that’s reflective of specific, quantifiable environmental hazards.  

Yolanda Malone

 Director of Packaging

 ConAgra Foods

Trends in Food Packaging

Yolanda will share her insight into current and future trends in food packaging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Hill 

Director, Alumni Career Services

Michigan State University 

Job Market Trends 2007-2008: Where Are We, & What Does the Future Hold?

The changing U.S. job market; packaging engineer assignments; growing and declining occupations; cutting-edge machines, equipment, tools, and software used by engineers; wages and salary trends; education & training requirements; state and national employment markets; and MSU Alumni Career Services. 

 

 

 

 

Robb Clarke, Ph.D

Associate Professor

School of Packaging

Michigan State University

 

RFID as a Management Enhancement Tool 

RFID is just a tool; it is not a program unto itself. This presentation will discuss the latest in data collection at MSU, how that data is transformed into actionable information, and how you can ensure that the materials were properly collected before reaching a business decision. Further, it will give you a set of questions to ask in evaluating the collection, transformation and presentation of RFID data for the decision making process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Rodgers 

Immediate Past President

Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition (RPCC)

 

Reusable Transport Packaging as a Sustainable Supply Chain 

Learn how reusable packaging supports sustainability initiatives across the supply chain.

Brian Smith 

 Director of Product Development and Design for Containerboard, Packaging, and Recycling

Weyerhaeuser Company

 

Corrugated: Renewable, Recyclable, Sustainable 

Learn the facts about corrugated packaging’s renewable resources, recovery rates and recycling results. Explore how industry standards and technologies are developed to help corrugated suppliers provide sustainable packaging solutions. Examine innovations that combine creative design with new technology and result in a truly sustainable win for all stakeholders.

 

Laura Bix, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

School of Packaging

Michigan State University

 

Universal Design

Universal design is the concept of designing beyond the "average" healthy adult. When universal design is employed designs encompass users with a wide range of abilities. Designs done in this way benefit all users and improve the product.

 

 
 

Gene Fellows

President

Tension International Automation Solutions

 

Benefits of Automated Order Fulfillment in the Mail Order Pharmacy Environment

This presentation will provide discussion and cite examples of the cutting-edge automation of packaging prescriptions in new automated mail-service pharmacies.

 

Annie White

Former Director 

Sustainable Packaging Coalition;

 Environmental Sustainability Consultant

Sustainability

This presentation will delve into the underlying drivers of sustainability both from the roots of the movement to the current market actions and reactions that are driven by the world's top retailers. Through case studies, the role of supply chain collaboration in designing and launching profitable and environmentally sustainable packaging solutions will be examined.

 

 

 

 

John Spink

Instructor 

NFSTC (National Food Safety & Toxicology Center)

Anti-Counterfeit Food and Product Protection

A comprehensive overview of the counterfeit food and product threat, the types of counterfeiting and counterfeiters, Criminology based deterrent strategies, the role of mass-serialization and RFID, the U.S. FDA's food and drug traceability actions and benefits, and the "emerging risk assessment" tools to evaluate the "prediction of counterfeit risk."