STA to organise Winter Technical Seminar

31 Dec '05

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It is pleasure to announce plans for the 2006 Southern Textile Association (STA) Winter Technical Seminar to be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2006.

The seminar titled 'GLOBAL MEANS AMERICA TOO' will be held at the Sheraton Airport Plaza Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The program will begin at 9:00 AM with adjournment at 2:15 PM

Event Details:
Wednesday, Jan 18 2006

8:00 AM: Registration – Check-In/ Early Coffee

9:00 AM: Welcoming Remarks, Mitch Hensley, President -STA, Ramtex, Inc

Introduction of Program:
George Abbott, First Vice President - STA Inman Mills

9:05 AM: Critical Issues for manufacturing in the US
D. Harding Stowe, President and Chief Executive Officer
R L Stowe Mills Inc Member of the President's Manufacturing Council

9:30 AM: The Myth and Opportunities in Supply Chains Robert Barnhardt, PhD, Dean Emeritus, College of Textiles North Carolina State University Robert B. Handfield, PhD, Bank of America University Distinguished Professor North Carolina State University

10:40 AM: Break

11:00 AM: The Cost of Quality,Chas Scott, Corporate Six Sigma Manager Unifi Inc

11:40 AM: Silver thick places and their effect on ring and MJS Spinning Lenny Furlough, B L Consulting

12:10 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM: Grit and Wit, Michael Reno Harrell

1:30 PM: The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Pietra Rivoli, PhD, Associate Professor Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business

2:15 PM: Adjourn

The Southern Textile Association Inc established in 1908, is a nonprofit organization for individuals in the textile and related industries with a common interest in all phases of textile manufacturing.

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