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TBM Consulting Group, Inc.Kathy Million Director, Business Development 4400 Ben Franklin Boulevard Durham, NC 27704 Tel: (919) 471-5535 kmillion@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 140 Fullarton Street, 9th floor London, ON Canada N6A 5P2 Tel: (877) 809-6444 Fax: (519) 668-3227 marketing@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 
UGSDavid Shuey Director, America's Marketing 5800 Granite Parkway Suite 600 Plano, TX 75024 Tel: (800) 498-5351 Fax: (314) 264-8913 info@ugs.com www.ugs.com UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with nearly 4 million licensed seats and 46,000 customers worldwide. The Tecnomatix (www.ugs.com/tecnomatix/) suite of digital manufacturing applications improves plant efficiency and manufacturing processes in a wide range of industries. Tecnomatix solutions for plant design and optimization, production management, assembly planning, part manufacturing, human motion simulation, and quality improvement leverage UGS' proven knowledge management environment. Spanning the entire product lifecycle, Tecnomatix facilitates informed decision-making, rapid response to product/process change and the use of best practices. For more information on UGS products visit www.ugs.com. Session Host Sponsors 
E2openTerry Hunt Marketing Director 1600 Seaport Blvd., 5th Floor Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel: (650) 381-3771 terry.hunt@e2open.com www.e2open.com E2open is a leading provider of software and services to help companies gain visibility and control over their global supply chains by automating inter-company processes with their suppliers, customers and other trading partners across multiple tiers of their supply network. E2open's Software-as-a-Service model (SaaS) helps companies cut costs, slash cycle times, increase supply assurance and gain the flexibility required to meet customer demand. E2open customers include: Agere/LSI, Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Seagate Technology, Solectron and Wistron. E2open is headquartered in the U.S. with locations in China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK. www.e2open.com 
Infor13560 Morris Rd., Suite #4100 Alpharetta, GA 30004 Tel: (678) 319-8000 inforinfo@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. 
InvensysCraig Conrad Director of Communications 33 Commercial Street Foxboro, MA 02035 Tel: (508) 549-6250 craig.conrad@invensys.com www.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. 
Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 www.microsoft.com/manufacturing Microsoft, along with its specialized industry partners, provides manufacturers with software that empowers their people to meet the challenges of product innovation, operational excellence, and supply chain collaboration in a globalized market. Based in Redmond, Washington, USA, Microsoft maintains industry practices in automotive, industrial equipment, high-tech, energy, consumer goods, aerospace/aviation and lean manufacturing. 
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. Continuous Breaks Sponsor 
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. Wednesday Breakfast Sponsor 
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 (formerly Plantwatch, Inc. and NETCON Technologies) is the leading provider of real-time visualization solutions for the discrete and process industries. SeQent drives cost savings and productivity improvements for enterprises by pro-actively monitoring manufacturing environments and sending real-time, automated messages to key personnel through LED display/Andon boards, pagers, mobile phones and PDAs as soon as defined out-of-tolerance events occur. SeQent supports customers including DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Goodyear, GE Fanuc, Michelin, Visteon, Alcoa, Heinz, Kellogg's, Kodak, Intel, Pfizer Pharmaceutical and Abbot Laboratories. The company is privately held and is headquartered in London, Ontario with U.S. operations in Troy, Michigan. Partner 
The Indy PartnershipMike Dellinger Director of Business Development 111 Monument Circle, Ste 1800 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Tel: (317) 464-5412 Tel: (317) 236-6275 mdellinger@indypartnership.com www.indypartnership.com The Indy Partnership, a privately-funded, not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening economic and job growth in the 11-county Indianapolis Region -- Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby and Tippecanoe counties. Located in Indianapolis, The Indy Partnership has a full-time professional staff ready to assist clients interested in business expansion or relocation in the Indianapolis Region. |
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