CAM-I (Consortium for Advanced Management-International) is a Non-Profit 501c3 collaborative international consortium of manufacturing companies, service companies, government organizations, state, consultancies, academic and professional bodies who have elected to work cooperatively in a pre-competitive environment to solve management problems and critical business issues that are common to the group.
There are many technology incubators, CAM-I is one of the premier management incubators.
MISSION OF CAM-I: To foster operational excellence in organizations by:
- Developing collaborative solutions for the most urgent current and future problems that hinder the journey to operational excellence
- Enhancing capability of organizations through people development
- Exposing organizations to thought leaders
- Augmenting capabilities through information dissemination and training for improving performance
Ashok Vadgama, President, CAM-I, Phone 512-617-6428, Mobile 512-296-6872
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CAM-I Process
CAM-I is dedicated to fostering organizational excellence through collaborative research and exchange of ideas. Our goal is to improve business processes and practices to create sustainable value. We do this by providing members a forum through which they identify problems and challenges facing them, co-create solutions, apply the solutions, archive the knowledge, disseminate it, and facilitate implementation through training.
CAM-I’s Current Interest Groups
- Value, Cost and Profitability Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Environmental Sustainability
- Artificial Intelligence
CAM-I also provides training to organizations
- Performance Management Framework
- Closed Loop Planning and Budgeting
- Activity Based Costing/Management
- Target Costing “Basis to attain Should Cost”
- Value Analysis
- Integrated Risk and Value Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
- Improving Finance Function Efficiency and Effectiveness
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Ashok Vadgama - President (CAM-I) thanking the speakers for the 1st Quarter 2024 meeting
New Business Models for the Manufacturing of the Future
Dr. David Romero, Scientific Vice-chairman, World Manufacturing Foundation
Current trends in the areas of Artificial Intelligence
Professor Pei-Yu Chen - Chair, Department of Information Systems, Arizona State University
“Big Rocks Out There” - Panel on things to be tackled today and how we solve it.
From then left John Rome - Deputy CIO, Arizona State University
Mohan Gopalakrishnan – Senior Associate Dean of Faculty, Arizona State University
Srikant Sastry - Managing Principal, Advisory Services, Cherry Bekaert LLP
Moderator - Ryan Chase Senior Director, Arizona State University
Application of Target Costing - Bill Dummer
Application Examples of Environmental Sustainability and how organizations are approaching it
Right - Chauntelle Hellner – Director of Fleet Services Division, King County
Left- Lea Patterson, President/CEO, Pilbara Group Inc
Tackling Big Rocks Out There”
From the left - Professor Raghu Santanam - Senior Associate Dean, Arizona State University
Second Panelist - John Rome – Deputy CIO , Arizona State University
3rd Quarter 2023 CAM-I’s 50th Anniversary Meeting
The Consortium of Advanced Management thanks Srikant Sastry for his contribution over the years. This award is for sustained leadership and vision during your role as the chairman of the CAM-I Board on helping grow CAM-I over the years making it one of the best consortium global organizations. Presented on the 50th anniversary of CAM-I on 9/12/2023.
From the entire CAM- I Team and the Board members. The award was given by Dr. Mohanakrishnan, Arizona State University.
Srikant Sastry, Cherry Bekaert LLP, Dr. Mohan Gopalakrishan, Arizona State University
Board Members: left Dr. Mohan Gopalakrishan, Srikant Sastry (Cherry Bekaert LLP), Lea Patterson (Pilbara Group) Board members and Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I President)
left Bill Dummer (previously at The Boeing Company, Navistar, Whirlpool),Chauntelle Hellner (King County), Tami L. Capperaud (Previously at The Boeing Company, Regence)
Elaine Jones, Project Steering Committee Leader (previously at Navistar)
CAM-I previous award winners for their contribution who attended the celebration.
Clif Williams (previously Grant Thorton), Elaine Jones (previously at Navistar), Bob Misch ( Cherry Bekaert), Tami L. Capperaud (Previously at The Boeing Company, Regence), Dave Robinson (previously Royal Australian Navy), Derek Sandison (Landmark Decisions)
Andrew Crossley at University of Bristol
Andrew Crossley at University of Bristol
Receiving and award at the UK chapter meeting in January for his contribution to “Improving Efficiency & Effectiveness in the Finance Function project” from Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I) on the left and Anthony Pember (Cherry Bekaert) on the right.