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News Release from: ARC Advisory Group
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2006
Manufacturing concepts drive performance
ARC Advisory Group has announced several special sessions to kick off its 14th Annual Forum, "Driving Enterprise Performance through Next Generation Manufacturing Concepts",
ARC Advisory Group has announced several special sessions to kick off its 14th Annual Forum, "Driving Enterprise Performance through Next Generation Manufacturing Concepts" on June 26-28, 2006, at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston These workshops, presentations, and panel discussions will educate attendees on new developments in the industry and provide valuable opportunities to discuss key manufacturing and technology issues
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Forum Special Sessions: Capture Investment Opportunities in Manufacturing and Technology - June 26; 3-5 pm Join respected Financial Analysts, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and ARC Analysts for an interactive session addressing global market trends, methods for raising capital and minimizing risk, executing calculated global expansion, and intelligent investing to provide a competitive edge.
Attendees will learn: * Which manufacturing and technology trends will impact growth in the marketplace * How to identify the key factors that influence obtaining capital and deploying strategic investments that maximize return * Recommendations on how to reach world-class company performance in an ever-changing global environment * How to manage around the trends that are outside of your control, such as the impact of economic growth in China and protecting intellectual property in China Session speakers joined by ARC Analysts: * Scott Davis, Managing Director of Equity Research, Morgan Stanley * Doug Petillo, Partner, Edison Ventures * Bill Moore, Chairman, LORE Associates * Jesse Parker, Managing General Partner, Dragonvest Partners Members of the Financial Community or Supplier Executives responsible for long-term strategic planning, product development, MandA activities, and those currently or planning to invest and operate in China should attend.
Manufacturing Interoperability Customer Advisory Council (IOpCAC) Working Meeting - June 26; 1-3 PM The IOpCAC's objective is to reduce cost and time required to integrate and deploy plant to business (P2B) systems for generic business processes.
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Join fellow process and discrete manufacturing organizations to help develop generic business process models and encourage the creation of reusable integration software components for processes between the operations management and business layers of the manufacturing support system.
The short-term goal of the group is to collaborate and agree upon a prioritized list of business processes (scenarios) to be supported through convergence of the OAGIS, ISA-SP95, and other appropriate standards and to provide to software suppliers.
To date, contributing organizations represent Nuclear, Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Industrial Equipment, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Food/Beverage industries.
This meeting is only open to manufacturers who are members or prospective members of the IOpCAC.
Design, Operate, Maintain Workshop - June 26; 3-5 PM This workshop will educate attendees on the latest developments in the Design, Operate, and Maintain (DOM) arena and the significant benefits that can be achieved through an effective DOM strategy.
Manufacturing challenges vary by industry, but the need to optimize plant performance is common to all asset-intensive manufacturers and the drivers of plant performance are the same: * Having the right assets to satisfy customer needs * Optimizing use of all assets during production * Maximizing plant availability for production We call these factors Design, Operate, and Maintain.
Winning companies strive for excellence in each of these areas and support this with seamless flow of information across the responsible groups.
Process manufacturers who want to discuss the technologies and practices that are emerging to enable these benefits should attend.
Digital Manufacturing Workshop - June 26; 3-5 PM Digital Manufacturing improves manufacturing agility and shortens the time for new product/packaging introductions.
It encompasses: * Collaborative, concurrent product design * Seamless integration of product and process design * Design validation through virtual manufacturing simulations * Automatic programming of control systems, inspection systems, and operator screens * Integration of design and production management models Digital Manufacturing has long been the vision for manufacturers in auto-motive and aerospace.
Recent developments are merging their vision with reality and enabling other industries, such as CPG, to reduce time for product and packaging changes.
Discrete and CPG manufacturers should attend this workshop to discuss the significant benefits that can be achieved through Digital Manufacturing and how new developments are extending this to more industries and applications.
No other event offers such a high level of personal interaction with so many top industry executives.
In past Forums, over 50% of the attendees have titles like Chairman, CXO, President, Vice President, Director, Publisher, or Partner.
Enterprise Interoperability Workshop on OPC Unified Architecture - June 28; 12:30 - 2:30 PM This workshop is a gathering of users and suppliers interested in learning about the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) specification.
OPC-UA is an expansion of the highly successful basic OPC communication protocol.
OPC-UA enables collection and direct input of plant floor data to enterprise systems.
Participants will learn the features and functions of this innovative new technology and have an opportunity to discuss its use to implement real-time enterprise performance management and drive bottom-line value to manufacturing companies.
Presentations will be informal and designed to encourage attendee input and discussion.
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