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 member organizations by:
- Developing collaborative solutions for the most urgent current and future problems that hinder the journey to operational excellence
- Enhancing capability of member organizations through people development
- Exposing member 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.
- Identification begins with a visit by the CAM-I President to discuss issues and challenges facing your organization.
- Member companies co-create actionable practical solutions, new models and techniques that address their challenges.
- Members apply solutions in real world setting to both refine them and ground them in empirical knowledge.
- CAM-I archives the knowledge on their portal.
- CAM-I disseminates knowledge and provides an opportunity to engage with new ideas through invited speaker presentations and discussions at quarterly meetings and virtual meetings of special interest groups.
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
CAM-I Meeting 1st Quarter 2023
CAM-I thanked the leadership for delivering one of the best outputs in co-leading the special interest group “Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Finance Function”
Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I) thanking Sonya Ball (MOD UK)
On presenting Improving Efficiency/Effectiveness in the Finance Function
Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I) thanking William McWilliams (Grant Thornton UK LLP)
On presenting Improving Efficiency/Effectiveness in the Finance Function
Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I) thanking Rob Young (Young Advisory Limited)
Ann Underwood (MOD UK)
On the project Improving Efficiency/Effectiveness in the Finance Function
CAM-I Presenters
Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I) and Frank Esquivel (ECCS) presenter
On presenting Seeking Operational Excellence Through Effective Quality Management
Bob Carter (Apptio) presenter and Ashok Vadgama (CAM-I)
On presenting How TBM and FinOps Work Together
Presenters – Sonya Ball (MOD UK), Ward Melhuish (Cherry Bekaert LLP) Williiam McWilliams (Grant Thornton UK LLP)
On presenting Improving Efficiency/Effectiveness in the Finance Function
CAM-I Thanks Chauntelle Hellner
CAM-I Chairman of the Board, Srikant Sastry (Cherry Bekaert) thanks Chauntelle Hellner (King County) at their March 2023 Meeting, for being the Industry chair since December 2019.
CAM-I looks forward to working with their new Industry chair Christine Clough (Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom) as their new industry chair.
CAM-I Thanks
UK Ministry of Defense for 5 Years of Membership
Tina Mason, Sonya Ball, Ann Underwood – Department of Defence Ashok Vadgama CAM-I
CAM-I UK Chapter
12th CAM-I UK Chapter Meeting February 2023 at Ministry of Defence, Abbey Wood, United Kingdom
From left Thomas Char - Cherry Bekaert, Rob Young – Young Advisors, Anthony Pember - Cherry Bekaert behind Rob Young, Sonya Ball – Ministry of Defence, Tina Mason – Ministry of Defence, Ashok Vadgama – CAM-I, Phillip Wooley – Grant Thornton UK LLP and Ann Underwood Ministry of Defence