ARC Advisory Group's Conference for Industry Leaders on Performance Driven Manufacturing.Business Editors DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003 Top industry leaders will share their experiences and recommendations for improved operational excellence at ARC's Eighth Annual Forum titled, "Performance Driven Manufacturing: Best Practices for Driving Operational Excellence in Manufacturing" on January 26-29, 2004 in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . Manufacturers today face a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin world of unpredictable market conditions and ruthless competition. "Evaluating best practices from a variety of industries and adapting the very best drives sustainable competitive advantage," said Andy Chatha, ARC Advisory Group's President. Visit ARC on-line at www.arcweb.com/res/forumorl for more information. Industry Leaders Will Share Their Insights The agenda will cover a broad range of topics critical to manufacturing executives. Included are Driving Performance, Achieving Interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , Emerging Technologies, Best Practices for Plant and Cyber Security, Safety Shutdown shut·down n. A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory. shutdown Noun the closing of a factory, shop, or other business Verb shut down Systems, Critical Condition Management, OMAC OMAC Open Modular Architecture Control(ler) OMAC One-Key CBC Mac OMAC One Man Army Corps OMAC Observational Metahuman Activity Construct OMAC Ocala Municipal Arts Commission (Florida) Initiatives to Enhance Interoperability, Overall Equipment Effectiveness The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. (OEE OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness OEE Office of Energy Efficiency (Canada) OEE Overall Equipment Efficiency OEE Office de l'Efficacité Énergétique (Office of Energy Efficiency - Canada) ), and Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. . The following executives are among those presenting at the Forum: Brian Ahern, President & CEO, Verano David Atherton, Dir. of Engineering, Personal Care Supply Chain, Unilever Dave Bauman, Tech. Section Head, Corp. Engineering, Procter & Gamble John Berra, President, Emerson Process Management Sudipta Bhattacharya, VP Business Solutions for Manufacturing, SAP Jack Bolick, President, Process Solutions, Honeywell Automation & Control Larry Brock, Chief Information Security Officer, DuPont Virginia Burnell, Vice President & COO, PAS Eric Cosman, Process Automation Architect, Dow Chemical Thomas Egan, Dir. of Mktg., Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Hasso Drathen, General Manager, NAMUR Ben Drone, Engineering-Technology Mgr, Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls Charles Johnson, Managing Director, Mfg. Industry Solutions, Microsoft Norbert Kuschnerus, Head of Process Mgt. Tech., Bayer Tech. Services Barry MacGregor, Global Business Process Manager, Dow Corning Andrew McDonald, Global Automation & Control Tech. Manager, Unilever Bert Natalicchio, Business Group Mgr., Shell Global Solutions Keith Nosbusch, President, Rockwell Automation Control Systems Dinesh Paliwal, Group Executive Vice President, ABB Ltd. Frederick Proctor, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Dave Pung, Director Information Systems, Corrugated Supplies Leo Quinn, COO, Invensys Production Management Division Don Richardson, Dir. Manufacturing Industry Solutions Group, Microsoft Dave Shook, Senior Technical Officer, Matrikon Dietmar Siersdorfer, Senior VP, Mfg. Execution Solutions, Siemens I&S Jack Stout, President and Founder, Nexus Engineering Teemu Mauno Tunkelo, Group Senior Vice President, ABB Group Holding Scott Westlake, Director Manufacturing Vertical Solutions, Cisco Systems Maurice Wilkins, Vice Chairman, World Batch Forum And, many more ... Manufacturers' Leading Executive Event Over 50% of the attendees at previous Forums have senior executive titles such as Chairman, President, CXO CXO Chief Executive Officer (corporate title) CXO Chandra X-ray Observatory CXO Chief Experience Officer (corporate title) CXO Conroe, TX (Airport Identifier) , Vice President, Director, Publisher, or Partner. "Executives who want to move their organization to the next level of performance will be attending this event," said Ralph Rio, Director of Marketing at ARC. "This ARC Forum has become the leading event for manufacturing executives in the US." Emerging Technologies and Solutions Showcase New manufacturing and supply chain technologies will be showcased in a room adjacent to the Forum. This is an excellent opportunity for executives to assess the potential for application of emerging technologies such as Real-time Performance Management (RPM), Interoperability, Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , Industrial Ethernet Industrial Ethernet is the name given to the use of the Ethernet protocol in an industrial environment, for automation and production machine control. Until recently, a PLC (Programmable logic controller) would communicate with a slave machine using one of several possible , Wireless, and Cyber Security. About ARC: 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 shareholder value. Further information can be obtained from ARC, Three Allied Drive, Dedham, MA 02026, 781-471-1000, Fax 781-471-1100, Email info@arcweb.com, Web www.ARCweb.com. |
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