Calendar

3/6/2010

The Source, Lucas County's one-stop employment and training center, 1301 Monroe St., has scheduled a workshop Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on starting your own business. Topics will include financing realities, networking, and laws affecting small business. Cost: free. Reservations requested, 419-213-6316.

A breakfast meeting of the Toledo chapter of Financial Executives International is scheduled for 7 a.m. Thursday at the Toledo Club, downtown Toledo. Speaker: Ed White, chief financial officer of Owens-Illinois Inc., Perrysburg. Guest cost: $30. Reservations by tomorrow, Jolene Wagner at 419-662-4324 or jwagner@namsa.com

A workshop on subcontracting opportunities with NASA's Plum Brook Operations Support Group in Sandusky is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at the former Erie County Conservation League Building, U.S. 250 at Fox Road, Sandusky. Cost: free. Reservations recommended, 419-621-3275.

'E-Collaboration: Enabling Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment through the Supply Chain' is the subject of a March 16 professional development meeting sponsored by APICS, the Society for Operations Management and ISM, NAPM-Toledo. It is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Brandywine Country Club, Monclova Township. Speakers include Joe LaMantia, of e-Ventus Corp. Cost: $25. Reservations by Friday at pdm@apicstoledo.org.

Notice of business meetings must be received by The Blade 10 days before the event. Send items by e-mail to business@theblade.com or by fax to 419-724-6147. Write 'Business Calendar' in the message field.