Audience: Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
To drive real improvement in your global supply chain, you need two things: accurate data and on-the-ground presence. Both can be achieved with the help of independent supplier audits. Far more than a formality or a feel-good CSR measure, supplier audits are a crucial tool for any brand or retailer that wants to ensure that their products are manufactured under ethical and safe conditions.
Attendees of this webinar will:
- Understand the current state of ethical compliance and structural safety in global supply chains, and why it matters to you.
- Discover how different types of factory audits – Ethical, Structural, C-TPAT – can help you improve your sourcing and streamline your US imports.
- Learn the best practices for driving improvement throughout your supply chain, throughout the entire length of your supplier partnership.
Speakers:
Terri Olano
Senior Business Development Manager
AsiaInspection
Terri Olano is a Senior Business Development Manager at AsiaInspection. With a degree in Textile Engineering, Terri has over 27 years of experience in manufacturing, quality, inspections and facility audits, both through apparel companies and third-party service providers.
Introduced to factory audits in 1996, Terri fell in love with the idea of reviewing the complexities of the manufacturing processes while also verifying the safety, quality and capabilities of the factory. This lead to additional training and expansion of her internal audit scope to include Social Accountability/ Responsible Sourcing audits and C-TPAT audits. The audits have varied across different industries including softlines, hardlines, food facilities, filling locations, paper facilities and more. Terri estimates to have completed around 2500 inspections/ audits over a 20-year period and continues to perform audits as needed.
Terri has used her experience to work in many arenas including customized program development, customized audit programs, project management, consultation, training, sales, business development and account management.
She has a thorough understanding of processes and programs which allows her to creatively find ways to get from A to B, when traditional means are unable to achieve results. Her technical expertise helps to get answers and results to clients in an expedited manner.
Moderator:
Nate Herman
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
AAFA
Nate Herman oversees AAFA’s government relations 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. Nate also leads the association’s work on sustainability, transportation, logistics, and customs issues. 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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