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Consulting Group, Inc.Melissa Slater Marketing Coordinator 4400 Ben Franklin Boulevard Durham, NC 27704 Tel: (919) 313-1804 FAX: (919) 471-8235 mslater@tbmcg.com www.tbmcg.com TBM is the global business improvement leader, helping companies on four continents use LeanSigma® to achieve dramatic levels of efficiency and productivity, new competitive advantages -- and sustained profit and revenue growth. Using time-based management, we help our clients remove obstacles to their business potential -- and achieve new competitive advantages and consistent sales and earnings growth. Our consultants work side-by-side with client teams to drive Lean culture change and fast, dramatic improvement -- rooted in the fundamentals of the Toyota Production System. Plant Tour Sponsor  Activplant
CorporationKyle Solomon VP Marketing & Product Management 140 Fullarton Street, 9th floor London, ON Canada N6A 5P2 Tel: (877) 809-6444 Fax: (519) 668-3227 ksolomon@activplant.com www.activplant.com An enterprise manufacturing intelligence market leader, Activplant's performance management system consolidates plant floor data into relevant real-time and historical information, enabling productivity gains by optimizing product, people, equipment and processes. Special Event Sponsor  Siemens PLM Software5800 Granite Parkway Suite 600 Plano, TX 75024 Tel: (800) 498-5351 Fax: (314) 264-8913 info.plm@siemens.com www.siemens.com/plm Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D), is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.6 million licensed seats and 51,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software's open enterprise solutions enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through Global Innovation Networks to deliver world-class products and services. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm. Session Host Sponsors Continuous Improvement 101  American Society
of Quality (ASQ)Jennifer Diamond, Marketing 600 N. Plankinton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203 Tel: (414) 298-8789 x7420 FaX: (414) 272-1734 jdiamond@asq.org www.asq.org The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is a leading authority on quality. With more than 90,000 individual and organizational members, this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. As champion of the quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools, and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners, and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great®. Globally, ASQ has formed relationships with other nonprofit organizations that have comparable missions and principles. Our international strategic alliances are helping to meet the quality needs of companies, individuals, and organizations worldwide. ASQ members have informed and advised the U.S. Congress, government agencies, state legislatures and other groups and individuals on quality-related topics. Advanced Continuous Improvement  SeQentMike Tuohy Sales Manager 2701 Troy Center Drive, Suite 201 Troy, MI 48084 Tel: (248) 244-7958 x224 mike.tuohy@SeQent.com www.seqent.com SeQent is a leading provider of real-time condition monitoring, dispatch, and visualization solutions. Utilizing the logic and business rules already set up in your PLC's or Data Collection and Reporting Systems -- we send real-time production, quality, maintenance information via a BlackBerrys®, cell phones, pagers, PDA's, LED & LCD displays. The business impact of this modular based system is increased productivity, improved quality, and a positive impact on human capital. Leadership  Tooling
UJames Vickers Organizational Development Director 15700 S. Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, OH 44110 james.vickers@toolingu.com www.toolingu.com Tooling U provides a wide range of online training courses used by many of the leading Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing industry. Currently Tooling U offers more than 450 courses in English and Spanish delivered through a powerful Learning Management System (LMS) that allows companies to assess training needs and track performance. Tooling U's various training packages address training needs for mill/lathe operators, press operators, assemblers, and maintenance professionals, as well as custom-created training material. Measurement 
SAP America, Inc.3999 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, PA 19073 Tel: (866) 609-1105 www.sap.com From local businesses to global industry leaders, SAP has been serving companies of all sizes and industries around the world for more than three decades, developing best practices and delivering software applications that target specific business needs. The result is a depth and breadth of industry expertise and tailored software functionality that is difficult to match. SAP solutions are tailored to industry-specific standards, best practices and processes to help companies optimize business processes and adapt quickly to changing market demands. Process Manufacturing/Best Plants Winners Interviews  Invensys33 Commercial Street Foxboro, MA 02035 www.ips.invensys.com Invensys is a global industrial automation, controls and transportation group. We empower you to increase productivity, reduce waste, remove cost from your supply chain, boost profitability and demonstrate measurable improvement in your company's overall performance. As a global leader in resource productivity, Invensys offers products and services, expertise, and technologies that enable you to maximize return on investments, conserve resources and optimize performance across your value chain. Best Plants Winners Interviews 
Infor13560 Morris Rd., Suite #4100 Alpharetta, GA 30004 Tel: (678) 319-8000 solutions@infor.com www.infor.com Infor is a different kind of software company. We provide business solutions to enterprising firms who want the best of both worlds: solutions as business-specific as those offered by smaller providers, backed by a company with the financial stability and global scale of the market's enterprise software giants. This combination simply was not available until now. Filling the void was the reason Infor was founded, and our strategy is working. Last fiscal year 1,000 new customers chose Infor over our competitors. We deliver what the large, one-size-fits-all enterprise software providers cannot -- business-specific solutions with industry experience built in, low total cost of ownership and a return on investment our customers don't have to wait for. Continuous Breaks Sponsor  Johnson ControlsDavid Love Director, Private Sector 507 E. Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Tel: (815) 623-5773 david.love@jci.com www.johnsoncontrols.com Johnson Controls, as a leading provider of integrated building systems and solutions, provides innovative plant, utility and energy infrastructure solutions that will maximize your asset utilization and reduce operating costs while enhancing plant productivity and improving the safety and environment of your workplace. Johnson Controls is at the forefront of the green buildings/plants movement both in its own operations and with its customers. Its innovative ideas -- from energy information systems that measure and manage energy and greenhouse gas emissions to renewable energy and LEED certification -- are saving money, helping communities and enhancing the environment. Lunch Sponsor  BBKGuy Morgan, Managing Director & NA Operations Advisory Group Leader 300 Galleria Officentre, Suite 103 Southfield, MI 48034 Tel: (248) 603-8327 Tel: (248) 603-8528 gmorgan@e-bbk.com www.e-bbk.com BBK is a leading international business advisory firm that integrates financial, strategic and operational expertise with real-world experience to advance the progress of solid companies and help troubled companies move forward. Our team of experienced professionals delivers hands-on operational expertise that adds profitability, increases productivity and quality, and eliminates constraints to ensure production continuity. Since 1977, BBK has successfully completed thousands of engagements spanning a broad array of industries across North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. New Equipment Digest Solutions Hall Reception Sponsor 
Rockwell AutomationPaula Puess Manager, Marketing 1201 South 2nd Street Milwaukee, WI 53204 Tel: (440) 646-3806 FAX: (440) 646-3559 pdpuess@ra.rockwell.com www.rockwellsoftware.com At Rockwell Automation, helping manufacturers succeed and grow is what we do best -- with industrial automation control and information solutions designed to give our customers a competitive advantage. From stand-alone, industrial components to enterprise-wide integrated software and systems, our solutions have proven themselves across a wide range of industries and in some of the most demanding manufacturing environments. Visit www.rockwellsoftware.com for more information today! |
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