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Sponsors Title Sponsor  TBM
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
CorporationKathryn Clark 140 Fullarton Street, 9th floor London, Ontario Canada N6A 5P2 Tel: (877) 809-6444 Fax: (519) 668-3227 kclark@activplant.com www.activplant.com Activplant Corporation, an enterprise manufacturing intelligence market leader, is focused on providing innovative applications software to high-volume, high-automation plants. Activplant's Performance Management System has set the standard in operational excellence within the world's largest and most admired manufacturers. The solution consolidates plant floor data into relevant real-time and historical information, enabling productivity gains by optimizing product, people, equipment and processes. With Activplant, plant managers and manufacturing executives can focus on the key issues in their facilities that ultimately improve product quality, accelerate new product launches and drive performance gains. Special Event Sponsor  Siemens
PLM SoftwareDave Shuey 5800 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 business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 5.5 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 Track Sponsors Continuous Improvement Fundamentals  American Society
of Quality (ASQ)Annemieke Hytinen 600 N. Plankinton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53201 Tel: (800) 248-1946 ahytinen@asq.org www.asq.org ASQ (American Society for Quality) ASQ is the world's leading membership organization devoted to 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®. Workforce Development  Tooling
UDan Sloan 15700 S. Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, OH 44110 Tel: (773) 233-1200 FAX: (216) 706 6601 dan.sloan@toolingu.com www.toolingu.com/bestplants ToolingU.com is the leading online training provider focused on the unique needs of manufacturers. Our roots are in manufacturing, and our business sprang from the recognition of the industry's specific training needs. Today's manufacturers are ready to compete, but to do so successfully, they need to train their workers correctly and efficiently. We've developed an extensive catalog of manufacturing-specific content and innovative learning tools to help manufacturers bolster their expertise and leverage their people to successfully compete in today's economy. Tooling U provides a wide range of online training programs for people in the manufacturing industry. These programs are delivered through a powerful Learning Management System (LMS) that allows companies to assess training needs and track performance. Tooling U offers training packages for CNC mill/lathe operators, press operators, and assemblers, and maintenance professionals, as well as custom-created training material for Fortune 500 manufacturers.  ABB
Inc.Dave Biros Director, Sales 579 Executive Campus Drive Westerville, OH 43082 Tel: (614) 818-6300 Fax: (614) 818-6575 Dave.Biros@us.abb.com www.abb.com ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 107,000 people. Continuous Breaks Sponsor  Infor13560 Morris Rd., Suite #4100 Alpharetta, GA 30004 Tel: (800) 260-2640 FAX: (678) 319-8682 sales@infor.com www.infor.com Infor acquires and develops functionally rich software backed by thousands of domain experts and then makes it better through continuous innovation, faster implementation options, global enablement, and flexible buying options. In a few short years, Infor has become one of the largest providers of business software in the world. For additional information, visit www.infor.com. Buffet Breakfasts Sponsor  BMGI --
Breakthrough Management Group InternationalCheryl J. Ward Marketing Events Manager 1921 Corporate Center Circle 3F Longmont, CO 80501 Southfield, MI 48034 Tel: (800) 467-4462 FAX: (866) 809-2237 cheryl.ward@bmgi.com www.bmgi.com |
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