Douglas Ubel

Douglas Ubel

Senior Vice President of Operations Milbank
Milbank Manufacturing for 10 years and current with responsibility for manufacturing, purchasing, warehousing, logistics and Lean/Continuous Improvement. Previously with DuPont Nutrition and Health for more than 25 years in multiple roles of operations and engineering leadership, Lean Six Sigma, process improvement and developments and project engineering. I started my career with Colgate Palmolive progressing from plant and process engineering, production supervision and just-in-time improvements like changeover downtime reduction and point of use storage.

Day 1 – March 9, 2026

3:10 PM Workshop: Planning Ahead: Safeguarding Your Business Against Supplier Shortages

Supply chain disruptions can strike at any time, but that doesn’t mean your business has to be caught off guard. Learn how adopting dual or multi-sourcing strategies and proactively qualifying alternative suppliers can protect your business

Key takeaways:

    • Forming plans to mitigate the impact of supplier shortages and prevent further issues
    • Receiving advance warnings on supplier systems and performance
    • Developing alternative suppliers and allocating supply to multiple sources
    • Building a robust supplier relationship management (SRM) program
    • Gaining alignment and participation across an organization on quality and engineering 

    Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Douglas.

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