Informance complements our strategic efforts to migrate all business unites to common platforms.

Ron Christenson
Cargill, Corporate VP and CTO
Cargill

EMI applications, such as Informance, generally begin to deliver value within days of being installed, offering an ROI that's measured in weeks and months, not years.

Allison Smith
AMR Research, Research Director
AMR Research

We consistently strive for best-in-class manufacturing performance. Informance enables effective continuous improvement, which is key to manufacturing flexibility, low variability, and, ultimately, outstanding customer value.

Ish Ahamed
Diageo Plainfield, VP Supply
Diageo

Informance allows us to apply TPM loss elimination principles across our plants... We now have visibility of this information regardless of where you sit and can help replicate the improvement gains across multiple factories.

Tony Lippert
Unilever, Plant Manager
Unilever

Schienvar calls the Informance Manufacturing Intelligence Suite used at L'Oreal a 'beautiful tool.'

Scott Schienvar
L'Oreal, Logistic Director
L'Oreal

Informance gives us visibility into all of the facilities across our plant network to drive operational success.

Steve Belke
AkzoNobel, Supply Chain VP
AkzoNobel

The competitive climate is changing at an increasing pace. Managers are drowning in data, but starving for relevant information.

Carol Ptak
Pacific Lutheran University,
Former President APICS
Pacific Lutheran University

By focusing on operator-identified problems, we addressed the obstacles from each operation within the value stream.

Pat Hatem
JohnsonDiversey, Plant Manager
JohnsonDiversey

We can show the cost of not spending capital at the push of a button.

Rich Mosgrove
Ventura, VP Manufacturing
Ventura

OPERATIONS
PERFORMANCE
SUMMIT

OPS'09 is a forum for executives who share the vision of making a positive and material impact on shareholder value through operations.

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Operations Performance Summit

November 17-19, 2009 | Daytona Beach Florida, USA

The 2009 Operations Performance Summit is a forum for executives who share the vision of making a positive and material impact on shareholder value through operations.

The agenda includes a lineup of seasoned executives who will share their experience, and a format designed to stimulate an exchange of learning and ideas among all delegates and featured speakers. Whatever your objectives and initiatives entail - Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Total Productive Maintenance, for bottom line savings, quality improvement or top-line revenue contribution - this event will arm you with fresh ideas, and more importantly, execution plans for your own business.

Why you should attend:

  • Share and learn from others' operations excellence best practices
  • Improve S&OP with real-time information
  • Learn from industry benchmark research
  • Network and learn from operations excellence peers from other industries

Who should attend:

  • Senior executives and directors in manufacturing, supply chain, operations and finance
  • Plant and network management
  • Continuous improvement management

Featured Speakers

  • Tim DelVecchio - AkzoNobel
  • Tim Goshert - Cargill
  • Peter T. Hock - ConAgra Foods
  • Mike Aroney - GPAllied
  • Patricia Hatem - Johnson Diversey
  • Richard Jones - L'Oreal
  • Rich Mosgrove - Ventura Foods

Agenda Highlights

Manufacturing Intelligence Symposium
November 17, 2009
1:00 - 4:00 pm
The Manufacturing Intelligence Symposium is a unique set of presentations that will demonstrate how to achieve immediate and strategic improvements from Manufacturing Intelligence. During the informative workshop, you will learn about Manufacturing Intelligence for the visual factory, actionable intelligence for the enterprise, planning intelligence for S&OP production planning optimization, and probability of success decision models.
1:00 pm Visual Factory Principles
Understand the latest concepts for portraying real-time information on the shop floor. Learn how manufacturing facilities across a variety of industries leverage the Visual Factory, and use real-time information.
  Leveraging Enterprise Factory Information to Improve Reliability
Discover how to properly organize and interpret manufacturing data across facilities in order to enhance plant performance.
2:00 pm Using Real-Time Information to Improve Production Planning
Learn about the disconnect between sales and operations planning. Learn how to integrate manufacturing data into planning rates to accurately set standard rates within ERP systems.
  All Downtime Is Not Equal – Putting A Financial Context On OEE
Learn how to financially quantify OEE and learn about approaches to determine which changes will yield the greatest savings or financial contribution.
3:00 pm Manufacturing Intelligence Case Studies For Success
The future of manufacturing intelligence will be discussed including the trends in the next 3-5 years that will shape the industry.

Operations Performance Summit 2009
November 18, 2009
9:30 am Think Like a Leader, Drive Results Richard Mosgrove
VP Operations & Special Projects
Ventura Foods
10:30 am Do you have what it takes to change? Patricia Hatem
Supplier Development Manager
Johnson Diversey
1:00 pm The From Bean Counter to Business Partner: Engaging Finance Leaders To Drive Operations Improvement Peter T. Hock
Senior Director Continuous Improvement
ConAgra Foods
2:00 pm Leadership and Change Management in Driving and Sustaining Operational Excellence Timothy Goshert
Worldwide Reliability & Maintenance Manager
Cargill

together with


Mike Aroney
Principal Advisor
GPAllied
3:30 pm OEE & Reliability Index Benchmark John Oskin
Executive Vice President
Informance

November 19, 2009
8:00 am Driving Performance Isn't Always Glamorous: L'Oreal's Journey Richard Jones
Vice President
L'Oreal
10:30 am From "Best Practice Sharing" to "Best Know and Proven Practice Transfer" Tim DelVecchio
Director Supply Chain
Akzo Nobel Decorative Paints

You can also view the full agenda.

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, November 17-19
Ocean Walk Village Hilton
Daytona Beach, Florida

We look forward to seeing you in November, and to working with you on your journey towards manufacturing operational excellence!


The Operations Performance Summit is co-hosted by:

Informance International 

 

Reliability Web 

Register for the summit.