ARC Advisory Group Is Analyst Sponsor of National Manufacturing Week Conference.DEDHAM, Mass. -- ARC Advisory Group announces their participation as an Analyst Sponsor for this year's National Manufacturing Week Conference. National Manufacturing Week (NMW NMW National Minimum Wage (UK) NMW No Matter What NMW Naval Mine Warfare NMW Netmeeting Whiteboard NMW Netware Migration Wizard NMW New Message Waiting NMW Nightmare Wrestling ) is the only U.S. trade show covering the complete manufacturing process. The conference will run from March 7-10 at Chicago's McCormick Place McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. Complex. ARC Leads Research on 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. More than 300 sessions will be offered at the conference, providing real-world solutions and success stories from the people in the trenches. Fully 35 sessions focus on lean manufacturing, with other heavy concentrations on radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ), Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. , and reliability. As a leading researcher in the lean manufacturing field, ARC will announce new research for the first time at NMW. ARC has recently conducted a survey on best practices for lean manufacturing and Kanban Meaning "visible record" in Japanese, it is a system of notification from one process to the other in a manufacturing system. Kanban cards, which may be multicolored based on priority, are stored in a bin or container that holds the items. They describe the parts, supplier and quantity. to better understand the usage of Kanban and provide insight for achieving positive business results. Results of this survey, which include benefits, issues, and best practices for Kanban, will be distributed exclusively to NMW attendees. ARC Industry Experts On Hand at Conference In addition to the specific topics of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and RFID, ARC analysts are experts on many of the session topics planned at the conference, including industrial automation, enterprise IT, supply chain and logistics, and customer relationship management. A number of ARC analysts will be attending NMW and are available for consultation. If you are interested in arranging a meeting with an ARC representative, please contact Nawal Saffarini, nsaffarini@arcweb.com, 781-471-1145, for further information. About National Manufacturing Week National Manufacturing Week is the only U.S. trade show covering the en-tire manufacturing process in order to speed decision-making, time to market, and business results. The 2005 event encompasses eight shows and more than 300 associated conference sessions in four days, including National Design Engineering, National Industrial Automation, National Plant Engineering and Facilities Management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. , National Enterprise IT, Aluminum USA, MicroSystems, CleanTech, and EnviroTech. All shows are presented by the National Association of Manufacturers and produced by Reed Exhi-bitions. For more information visit www.manufacturingweek.com. About ARC Advisory Group 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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