E-Commerce: New Business Models for Electronics
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
Tuesday May 30, 2000 7:00 p.m.
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY:
This session will show how E-Commerce is changing
business models for electronics manufacturing and supply chain management
and how it will change your industry, company, and job!
BIOS Mike
Chester, Vice President, interEMS.com
Michael S. Chester, Vice President Business
Development, interEMS.com based in San Jose California, has over twenty-four
years international manufacturing experience.
InterEMS.com, a business-to-business E-Commerce
company, enables companies to bring
their outsourced manufacturing and engineering projects to market faster.
By using interEMS.com's collaborative
Internet-based environment to manage concurrent outsourced
manufacturing and engineering projects, and by utilizing
interEMS.com's global manufacturing and engineering partners to
help design and/or produce products, clients speed up time to market,
reduce costs, and gain market share.
As founder and past President of International
Manufacturing Consultants for over six years, Mr. Chester helped companies
ranging from startups to Fortune 500 develop strategic plans, business
development and E-Commerce strategies, set up and turn around operations,
outsource production, and form partnerships.
During sixteen years with IBM, Mr. Chester set up
global manufacturing operations, designed production automation,
marketed products and services, and formed a manufacturing consulting
organization which grew to almost $20M in just under 5 years.
He also spent one year living in China while consulting to factories
owned by the Chinese Government during a leave from IBM. Mr. Chester frequently lectures on global
manufacturing issues at conferences, seminars, and professional society
events. Mr. Chester earned his BS in Electrical Engineering and MS in
Computer Engineering at Syracuse University and his MBA at Union College.
He serves on the boards of the APICS Boston Chapter and the Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Northeast USA Region (50,000
members), and on the planning committee of the MIT Enterprise Forum, which
advises start--up companies.
