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Efficiency gurus on stage at
manufacturing summit
The leading gurus on manufacturing efficiency from the UK and the US will be presenting from the same stage in two mouth-watering sessions at a top UK manufacturing summit
The leading gurus on manufacturing efficiency from the UK and the US will be presenting from the same stage in two mouth-watering sessions at a top manufacturing summit The UK's Professor Dan Jones and America's Anand Sharma will feature in special sessions of The Manufacturer Live event to be held at the International Centre, Telford in September
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Anand Sharma was named a Hero of US Manufacturing by the influential Fortune magazine and is the author of "The Perfect Engine".
Glen White, group chief executive of Conquest Business Media which organises the Telford event said he was looking forward to two exciting debates.
"These two academics are the real global experts in lean manufacturing and the elimination of waste.
When they speak, everyone in manufacturing listens.
While they agree on many things, there are differences in approach so both sessions will be of major relevance to today's manufacturing environment.
It will be impossible to sit in the audience at these sessions and not learn something," he said.
The Manufacturer Live 2005 is set to be even bigger and better than last year's event.
Senior figures from BAE Systems, Unipart, Siemens, Airbus UK, Rolls Royce, Microsoft, Red Bull Racing and Boots will be among more than 50 speakers delivering presentations on all aspects of the manufacturing process.
The event, which is sponsored by Barclays and supported by the DTI, will be held at the Telford International Centre on September 28 and 29.
It will offer manufacturers the chance to learn from their peers and share their own best practice, and will culminate in the prestigious Manufacturer of the Year Awards.
The presentations and exhibitions will be based around the "seven pillars" of manufacturing excellence: leadership and strategy, world class manufacturing, design and innovation, skills and HR, logistics and supply chain, IT in manufacturing and manufacturing operations.
Andy Martin, head of UK Manufacturing at Barclays said the bank was delighted to be the corporate sponsor of The Manufacturer Live 2005.
"As the leading bank covering the UK manufacturing industry, we are committed to helping the industry grow and remain competitive on a global scale.
We believe The Manufacturer Live is the perfect forum for people who share both this commitment and the desire to promote and share best practice.
This year's event is particularly important given the current challenges facing the industry, and we are very pleased to be associated with it".
Confirmed speakers at the event already include Alastair Reid of BAE Systems, former businesswoman of the year Dawn Gibbins, chairman of Flowcrete, Derek Thomason, general manager of Unipart, Tony Lorne of Airbus UK, Nigel Wood of Boots, Neil Eardley from Siemens and Lawrence Jenkins from Rolls Royce procurement.
There will also be presentations by senior people from Linklockers who were last year's Manufacturer of the Year in the leadership category, design and innovation category winners e2v technologies, Aeromet, Weir Pumps, Hamworthy Combustion, Red Bull Racing, Johnson, Richco and Snap On Tools.
At the end of the first day, the event is punctuated with the culmination of The Manufacturer Awards 2005, a benchmark awards programme recognising excellence in the seven pillars of manufacturing, with additional sector awards for automotive, aerospace and process.
The awards will be presented at a 750 seat gala dinner.
The winner of winners award for Manufacturer of the Year was won last year by BAE Systems, Edinburgh.
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