ARC's Annual Performance Driven Manufacturing Forum Features Plant-to-Business Interoperability.DEDHAM, Mass. -- Top industry visionaries will share their experiences and best practices for optimizing manufacturing and business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets at ARC Advisory Group's Thirteenth Annual Forum, "Performance Driven Manufacturing: Driving Operational Performance through Standards-based Interoperability and Collaboration". The forum is the only event of its kind that provides the opportunity to learn from the experiences of your peers as well as network with a unique blend of manufacturers, solution providers, and industry organizations. In addition to the presentations, live demos on the latest developments in Plant-to-Business Interoperability will be shown in the Interoperability Solutions Showcase. The Forum will run from June 22-24, 2005 at the Marriott Long Wharf Long Wharf may refer to:
Driving Higher Performance and Interoperability Across the Organization Are Key Issues Important themes addressed at the forum include driving higher organizational performance Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). Specialists in many fields are concerned with organizational performance including strategic planners, operations, , enabling better system interoperability, synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. manufacturing and supply chain operations, and optimizing human and physical resources. Andy Chatha, ARC's President and Founder, comments, "These are all key issues on the minds of manufacturing executives today. At the forum, top manufacturers will present the strategies, technologies, and best practices they are using to address these challenges as well as the real benefits they are seeing from their efforts." Featured topics at the forum include: --Driving Performance through Collaborative Operations and Business Management. Business and operating organizations must work in concert to achieve operational excellence. Case histories will be presented on how to foster a more collaborative culture at your company. --Best Practices for Enabling Standards-based, Plant-to-Business Interoperability. Executives must identify the best strategies, institute the most effective KPIs, and monitor organizational performance in real-time to ensure goals are met. This session explores how leading companies make their production operations and business systems more flexible and interoperable. --Best Practices for Synchronizing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations. Find out how leading companies are making their production processes and supply chains more flexible and responsive. Learn how supply chain synchronization drives higher performance and discover which equipment and software investments give the best paybacks. Executive Speakers Featured speakers at the forum include: --David Anderson, Strategy and Planning Manager, ChevronTexaco Global Refining Control & Information Systems --Parker Shannon, Project Manager, Toyota Motor Manufacturing --Stephen Graham, Global Work Process and Technology Leader in Supply Chain, Dow Chemical --Wayne Thorpe, IT Director, Worldwide Manufacturing Execution Systems – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. , Cummins --Steven Vice, Manager, Global Supply Chain Process, Innovene subsidiary of BP --Jeff Jaworski, Director of Enterprise Applications, International Truck and Engine --Scott Lambert, Director of Manufacturing Systems, Raytheon --Mark Spitler, Manager of Logistical Projects, Shaw Industries Shaw Industries is a flooring manufacturer headquartered in Dalton, Georgia. It agreed to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2000. As of 2006, it employed 32,000 people in the USA and Canada. It is considered the largest broadloom carpet maker in the world. --Janette Beauchamp, GM Global Automotive Industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. , Industrial Sector, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) --Nils Herzberg, Senior Vice President, Solution Management for Manufacturing Industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation , SAP --Mark Fusco, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AspenTech --Dennis Cocco, President and CEO, Activplant --Vinay Moorthy, Director Engineering and Industrial Services, TCS (Transportation Control System) A widely used integrated information system for railroad transportation developed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was later implemented by Union Pacific when the companies merged. America --Tim Sowell, Vice President, Wonderware & ArchestrA Strategy, Invensys Live Demos at Interoperability Solutions Showcase New, standards-based industry solutions for manufacturing will be showcased at the Interoperability Solutions Showcase at the Forum. Live demos featuring emerging applications in Plant-to-Business (P2B P2B People to Business P2B Power to Build - Power To Brand (P2B Inc.; Barrington, Illinois) P2B Playstation 2 Bios (file format) P2B Paint To Black P2B Promela to Boolean ) interoperability will provide executives an excellent opportunity to assess their potential. At Interkama 2005 in Hannover, SAP demonstrated interoperability using industry standards with partners such as Siemens, Invensys, Wonderware, and Yokogawa. At the Interoperability Solutions Showcase, many of these companies will be demonstrating their latest developments for the first time in the U.S. For more information on the forum or to register, please visit www.arcweb.com/res/forumbos, call 781-471-1122, or email info@arcweb.com. Founded in 1986, ARC Advisory Group has grown to become the Thought Leader in Manufacturing and Supply Chain solutions. No matter how complex your business issues, our analysts have the expert industry knowledge and first-hand experience to help you find the best answer. We focus on simple yet critical goals: improving your return on assets Return on assets (ROA) Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage. ROA can be decomposed into return on sales (net income/sales) multiplied by asset utilization (sales/assets). , operational performance, total cost of ownership, project time-to-benefit, and share-holder value. Further information can be obtained from ARC, Three Allied Drive, Dedham, MA 02026, 781-471-1000, Fax 781-471-1100, E-mail info@arcweb.com, Web www.arcweb.com. |
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