April 22 - 24, 2025
JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Springs, CA
Allison is the Vice President & General Manager of Ellison Technologies Parts Organization. During her 29 years at Ellison Technologies, she has worked with top-tier builders in the machine tool industry, (Okuma, Fanuc Robotics Mori Seiki, DMG and currently DN Solutions). In 2005, Allison transitioned the Ellison Parts Organization from a local parts department to a centralized Parts Organization supporting 16 offices throughout the US. Her responsibilities include managing 11 Parts Coordinators and Purchasing Agents for each Ellison office. She has achieved a local presence for her inside and outside customers while leveraging a centralized parts organization. Allison works closely with the local office president, sales engineers, field service managers, and their field service engineers, as well as corporate AR and AP. She currently uses SAP, Salesforce and Epicor in her department.
Allison has completed her BA from the University of Whitewater and upon starting at Ellison Technologies, she took additional machine tool courses at WCTC, (Waukesha County Technical College). She has completed 4 weeks of advanced management/leadership training led by Leadergetix Leadership Studio and 1 week of Gallup Training. In her downtime, Allison enjoys hiking and snorkeling vacations with her husband. She considers herself a foodie and her favorite hobby at home is cooking.
Field service organizations must strike a delicate balance between local responsiveness and global efficiency. This session will explore how digitalization is empowering businesses to achieve both, by optimizing service parts inventory and warehouse management on a global scale.
We will discuss how:
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