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Platinum Sponsor

FedEx
Contact Info
Linda Taylor
Manufacturing Industry Strategy Advisor
30 FedEx Pkwy
2nd Fl Horiz
Collierville, TN 38017
Tel: (901) 263-7410
linda.taylor2@fedex.com
www.fedex.com

Every generation expects easier access to more of what the world has to offer. More products and services. More information and ideas. More people and places.

FedEx helped create that expectation. And we deliver on it millions of times a day, providing the access to transform possibilities into reality.

FedEx offers the widest range of transportation services -- express, ground, freight and expedited -- to accommodate the widest range of shipments. Why? To give you a choice, so you can select the right service at the right time and the right price to meet your needs.

The unsurpassed FedEx worldwide network links you to more than 220 countries and territories, often within 24 to 48 hours. But today's FedEx also brings you all the international support services you need -- customs clearance, freight forwarding, supply chain services. Put it all together, and it's easy to see how FedEx is extending its industry leadership and connecting the growth sectors of the global economy.

Gold Sponsors

ABB
Dave Biros
Business Development
ABB Full Service North America
579 Executive Campus Drive
Westerville, OH 43082
Tel: (614) 818-6445
dave.biros@us.abb.com
www.abb.com

ABB Reliability Services assists clients in achieving operational excellence by driving reliability in production assets, processes, and people. ABB provides a full scope of services to help customers maximize the useful life of their production assets and optimize the performance of their operations.

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 104,000 people.

Datacraft Solutions
Contact Info
Kelly Pryor
Marketing Specialist
Tel: (918) 667-9804
Fax: (918) 682-5986
www.datacraftsolutions.net
kpryor@datacraftsolutions.net

Datacraft Solutions' Digital Kanban® solutions enable forward-thinking manufacturers to increase the benefits of their Kanban replenishment management systems and further reduce non-value-add activities, on the plant floor and throughout the supply chain.

TBM Consulting Group, Inc.
4400 Ben Franklin Boulevard
Durham, NC 27704
Tel: (800) 438-5535
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 Corporation
140 Fullarton Street, 9th floor
London, ON Canada N6A 5P2
Tel: (519) 668-7336 or (877) 809-6444
Fax: (519) 668-3227
sales@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.

Silver Sponsors

BBK
David Wolgast
Managing Director and Operations Advisory Group Lead
300 Galleria Officentre, Suite 103
Southfield, MI 48034
Tel: (248) 603-6379
Fax: (248) 603-6380
www.e-bbk.com dwolgast@e-bbk.com

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