Michigan Simulation User Group

Please save the date for our 2010 annual conference, which will be held at the Management Education Center in Troy, MI.  Further details to follow shortly.

Our May General Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 18^th, 2010 at Production Modeling Corp. in Dearborn, MI.  The event starts at 4pm and is expected to conclude at 6pm.

Sheldon Bailiff of Ryder Supply Chain Excellence will be presenting Elements of a Successful Inbound Supply Chain.

Dinner will follow the discussion, providing an opportunity to network and to discuss the presentation with fellow members.

Admission (includes presentation, dinner, gratuity & non-alcoholic beverages) $10.

Cash, personal checks, Visa & MasterCard payments accepted.

Please join us there!  If you plan to attend, please contact Cary Zhang, our General Meeting Chair, at general DOT meeting DOT chair AT m-sug DOT org.  If you are interested in presenting at an MSUG event in the future, please contact Annette Januszczak, our Speakers Chair, at speakers AT m-sug DOT org.

If you are LinkedIn, then you can visit our event page there.

UPDATED 3/15/2010

Our March General Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 23^rd, 2010 at Juan's Hacienda in Madison Heights, MI.  The event starts at 4pm and is expected to conclude at 6pm.

Erik Christ of ProModel Corporation will be presenting Leveraging Simulation Technology in R&D: How one pharmaceutical company successfully uses Portfolio Simulation in their Discovery and Development processes.

Read full article for presentation abstract, speaker biography, venue address & map.

Dinner will follow the discussion, providing an opportunity to network and to discuss the presentation with fellow members.

Admission (includes presentation, dinner, gratuity & non-alcoholic beverages):
Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
Students (Student ID required): $5

Cash, personal checks, Visa & MasterCard payments accepted.  Cocktails and desserts available at additional cost.

Elections to the MSUG Steering Committee for 2010 were held at our Annual Conference at the MEC in Troy on 10/28/2009.

The following MSUG Steering Committee 2009 members had reached the end of their current terms and stepped down.  On behalf of the MSUG membership, we'd like to thank them for their hard work, for volunteering their time and energy over the last few years and for helping to promote the cause of discrete-event simulation in Michigan:

• Cindy Schiess, Design Systems, Inc. (2009 President)
• Jeff Miller, General Motors (2009 Secretary)
• Marcelo Zottolo, Production Modeling Corp. (2009 Membership)

(This event is hosted by the Michigan chapter of INCOSE.)

You are cordially invited to participate in this discussion forum event, which will focus on the select theme of Engineering Modeling and Simulations.  The purpose is to foster lively idea exchanges on the selected theme.  In short, this event is an "idea exchange and meet up".  This meeting shall include several representatives from select companies who are focused on products or services of engineering modeling and simulations.

Interested in learning more about Demo3D? Attend a one day workshop in Auburn Hills, MI and receive the use of a full license of Demo3D for three weeks. Cost for training: $300, lunch provided.

Contact Matt Hobson-Rohrer for details:

www.demo3d.com
Matt Hobson-Rohrer
matt AT demo3d DOT com
801.831.5105

Management Education Center
811 West Square Lake Road
Troy, MI 48098

The Michigan Simulation User Group (MSUG)'s Annual Conference includes presentations by prominent speakers on a wide range of topics designed to be of interest to the simulation practitioner and their management.

UPDATED 10/26/2009:  Conference Agenda included.  Read full article for details.

Based on your feedback we have specifically selected 3 speakers from across different industries. In addition to great presentations, we are continuing with our restructured agenda to give attendees the opportunity to see a variety of products showcased in vendor sessions.  You will also have the opportunity to talk to these and other vendors during our break room sessions so that you can get detailed information about their full line of product or service offerings.

The conference is on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.  We invite you to register for the conference and ensure a place for this exciting event. Just fill in the Registration form (see conference flyer attached) and mail it to Mark Steury - Treasurer, MSUG.  Attendance to the conference includes a one year membership to the MSUG.  We are accepting payments through postal mail only.  The address is on the form.

Please e-mail treasurer AT m-sug DOT org if you have any questions regarding payment.  Please direct all other questions to annual DOT conference DOT chair AT m-sug DOT org.

Read full article for agenda, presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, vendor sessions details, call for nominees for election to the MSUG Steering Committee, venue map & directions.

A not so warm March evening, warm Mexican cuisine combined with a hot topic to made for an excellent membership meeting.  Dr. Jayant Trewn (the presenter) from Beaumont University gave an invigorating talk on integrating the various aspects of process improvement techniques such as Lean, PDCA & Six Sigma.  The 18 attendees comprising a multitude of industry verticals had their intellectual fill on the topic.