Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
A safe, compliant product is the result of robust quality assurance and carefully planned quality control checks and balances throughout its life cycle. Join QIMA for a high-level discussion of Key Performance Indicators, including responsible sourcing, supply chain traceability, and risk analysis.
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
- The difference between quality "control" and quality "assurance".
- Why the coined phrase, "In god we trust, all others bring numbers" is the key to success for continuous improvement initiatives.
- How the proper quantifiable Key Performance Indicators can positively impact your overall bottom line.
Speaker:
David Simonson
Senior Technical Business Development Manager
QIMA
David Simonson is a Senior Technical Business Development Manager at QIMA, with over 25 years of TIC Industry experience and a professional hybrid as both a former Sr. Product Engineer and Sr. Business Development Manager, hence his current hybrid title. Before the TIC Industry, David was an Automotive Manufacturing Quality Engineer. His combined technical knowledge and ability to navigate the ever-changing landscape of the Global Consumer Product Supply Chain allows him to offer scalable solution sets that are “fiscally responsible” by way of customization to ultimately reduce cost and risk while increasing margins and overall market share.
Moderator:
Nate Herman
Senior Vice President, Policy
AAFA
Nate Herman oversees AAFA’s Policy department, managing the association’s lobbying, policy, and regulatory affairs activities. Nate leads AAFA’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, formulating and implementing CSR policy and representing AAFA and the industry on CSR issues before governments, NGOs, and other key stakeholders. In addition, Nate develops all apparel and footwear industry data and statistics as AAFA's resident economist. Prior to joining AAFA, Nate worked for six years at the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration assisting U.S. firms in entering the global market. Nate spent the last two years as the Department's industry analyst for the footwear and travel goods industries. Nate received a Masters of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from the University of Delaware in 1992.
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