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Main Conference agenda
Conference Day 1 • WEDNESDAY • 5 November 2008
| 08:50 |
Chair’s Opening Address
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DRIVING WORLD CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE |
| 09:00 |
GLOBAL KEYNOTE
Improve service performance, asset higher system availability and customer satisfaction through innovative and proactive services based on a remote service infrastructure
Wolfgang Heimsch, Chief Executive Officer of Customer Services, Siemens Healthcare, Germany |
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| 09:30 |
REGIONAL KEYNOTE
Aligning your organisation to achieve world class customer service
Tim Griffin, Vice President, Services, Asia Pacific, Dell, Singapore |
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| 10:00 |
Differentiate through service excellence: Understand how a customer centric strategy will enable your organization to deliver the exceptional customer service essential to differentiating your
business and gaining a competitive advantage
Rob Delnoij, Regional CRM Solution Principal, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan |
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| 10:30 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 |
Overcoming the global challenges in service chain management to deliver excellent customer service
Jim Glueck, Vice President Technical Support, Customer Advocacy, CISCO Systems, USA |
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GENERATE REVENUE AND LOYALTY BY MANAGING CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS IN ASIA |
| 11:30 |
PANEL
Understanding what the Asian customers want and managing the nuances in service expectations in India, China and South East Asia
Panelists:
Pierre Steffen, Vice President, Customer Service, Airbus, China
Mike Rucinski, Director Technical Services, Service Supply Chain, Cisco Systems, Japan
Stephen Cherian, General Manager, Customer Support/ Logistics, Asia Volvo Construction Equipment, Singapore
Andy Chan, General Manager, Services, Greater China, Carestream Health, China |
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| 12:10 |
PANEL
Changing the customer mindset to recognise the intrinsic value of service
Panelists:
Chi Yu, Vice President, Customer Support, Asia, ASML, Hong Kong
Tony Kolish, Senior Vice President, Global Services, EMC Corporation, USA
William Feng, Air Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies, China
Rajan Rajgopal, Vice President, Customer Engineering, Chartered Semiconductor, Singapore |
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| 12:50 |
Networking Lunch |
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT |
| 14:10 |
Attract, entertain and retain! Developing an integrated talent management strategy to delight your internal and external customers
Cally Chan, General Manager, HP Services, Hewlett Packard HK SAR Limited |
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| 14:40 |
PANEL
Ensuring training effectiveness worldwide to drive service excellence and sustainable profits
Panelists:
Tim Griffin, VP, Services, Asia Pacific, Dell, Singapore
Canyuan Wang, VP Field Engineering, Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Limited, China
Raymond Waller, Director, Customer Support, Bell Helicopter, Singapore |
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| 15:20 |
Networking Break & Card Exchange |
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REGIONAL BEST PRACTICES ON COST EFFECTIVE SERVICE STRATEGIES |
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Stream A: China & India |
Stream B: Asia Pacific |
| 16:00 |
Achieving service operation efficiency in China: Ensuring maximum coverage with full utilization of resources
Canyuan Wang, VP Field Engineering, Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Limited, China |
Leveraging on strategic warranty management techniques to reduce costs while developing service for revenue gains
Sanjay Prasad, General Manager Service, Oceania and PMR Asia Pacific, Whirlpool Australia |
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| 16:25 |
Providing a competitive service delivery for China’s market by leveraging on lean six sigma and other service innovations
William Feng, Air Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies, China |
Localising the centralized management system to better manage people, parts, and data in Asia
Chi Yu, VP, Customer Support, Asia, ASML, Hong Kong |
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| 16:50 |
Innovative measures to provide effective low cost solutions and services for medical equipment in India
Ratish Nair, Director, Medical Electronics Division, Sanrad International, India |
A successful transformation of the call centre from cost to virtual profit centre
May Kwan, Manager, Customer Interaction Centre, CLP, Hong Kong |
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Achieve on time delivery and increased availability in India by the effective configuration of parts movement
Devdutta Chandavarkar, Director of After-Sales, Mercedes-Benz India |
Increase reliability and customer satisfaction via an integrated surveillance system for proactive monitoring
Leong Peng Ham, VP, Fixed & IP Services, Starhub, Singapore |
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| 17:40 |
Chair’s Summary And Close of Day 1 |
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| 17:45 |
Cocktail Reception & Dinner |
Conference Day 2 • THURSDAY • 6 November 2008
| 08:50 |
Chair’s Opening Address
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FUTURE OF SERVICE |
| 09:00 |
Enjoy revenue gains through Total Customer Experience
Tony Kolish, Senior Vice President, Global Services, EMC Corporation, USA
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Growing services profitably
Laurie Young, International specialist in marketing and independent advisor and Author of From Products to Services: Insights and experience from companies which have embraced the service economy, UK
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Driving down service costs while delighting customers through knowledge-based capabilities
Steve Culhane, Vice President, Asia Pacific / Japan, Lenovo Service, Singapore
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| 10:30 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FOR INCREASED AVAILABILITY |
| 11:00 |
Best of breed case study on how Avaya achieve cost savings of USD$90 million by optimising their inventory
Steven Weeks, VP APAC, Field Services, Avaya, Singapore
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Increasing quality and on-time delivery of parts while driving down end-to-end costs
Mike Rucinski, Director Technical Services, Service Supply Chain, Cisco Systems Japan
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| 12:00 |
Networking Lunch |
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OUTSOURCING, PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES |
| 13:30 |
Achieving after sales customer satisfaction the "Toyota Way"
Allen Rufo, AVP, Customer Service Operations, Toyota, Philippines
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| 14:00 |
PANEL:
Outsourcing strategies to serve your customers better and lower your costs
Panelists:
Allen Rufo, AVP, Customer Service Operations, Toyota, Philippines
Ratish Nair, Director, Medical Electronics Division, Sanrad International, India
Pierre Steffen, Vice President, Customer Service, Airbus, China
Andy Chan, General Manager, Services, Greater China, Carestream Health, China
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| 14:45 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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CONTINUOUS SERVICE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES |
| 15:30 |
Performance measurement metrics for service and financial performance
Rajan Rajgopal, VP, Customer Engineering, Chartered Semiconductor, Singapore
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| 16:00 |
Customer integration in outstanding service development
Professor Bo Edvardsson, Editor of the International Journal of Service Industry and Management & Director, Service Research Center, Sweden
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| 16:30 |
CLOSING PANEL:
Innovative service models for tomorrow’s market
Panelists:
Wolfgang Heimsch, CEO of Customer Services, Siemens Healthcare, Germany
Jagdish Belwal, Deputy General Manager, CRM, Tata Motors India
Steve Culhane, VP, Asia Pacific / Japan, Lenovo Service, Singapore
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| 17:10 |
Chair’s Summary Remarks and Close of Conference |
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