Manufacturing Conference 2011

This year’s major Manufacturing Business IT two-day conference has been developed to help senior manufacturing businesses executives gain a much better understanding of the power of IT, when properly specified and implemented as part of a business and/or continuous improvement initiative.

Partners:

Where is it and why should I attend?

Being staged at the St Johns hotel and conference centre in Solihull, on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 June 2012, the event is aimed at team leaders and project teams running, or about to run, ERP, supply chain and production system implementations, migrations and upgrades.

Scope of the conference ranges from ERP systems to business intelligence (BI), customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain systems, as well as factory systems – all the way from advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software to shopfloor data collection, manufacturing execution systems (MES) and performance management/improvement systems.

What is the format of the event?

On the first morning, delegates will hear from inspirational speakers who have walked the walk and are able to offer sound advice from hard won experience. Following lunch, you will be bussed to one of four factories to see world-class IT in action (please indicate your preference on the booking form).

The evening includes a networking reception, followed by the conference dinner and after-dinner speaker.

Day Two starts with a round-up and from the previous day, with observations from our expert team. Then delegates will hear from two more manufacturing speakers before being invited to attend one of four learning sessions, with ‘deep dives’ into implementing systems appropriate to your mix of manufacturing/business styles and current challenges.

You will learn:

1. The power of modern systems, in terms of configurability and future proofing
2. How lean thinking is every bit as appropriate to systems as it is to production
3. The value of fully involving people and processes in any project
4. The value of linking system implementations to continuous improvement
5. Why reviewing business process documentation and optimisation are key opportunities, not just hard work
6. How to conduct training and education properly for a faultless go-live
7. How to embed efficiency improvements and agility into your business
8. What’s behind building world-class systems for world class manufacturing businesses