Covisint, ANXeBusiness, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Tenneco, TRW Automotive, American Axle & Manufacturing and AMR All Meet to Discuss and Debate Collaborative Commerce at EyeForAuto's e-Collaboration & e-Supply Chain Management Conference

    DETROIT, Aug. 23 The conference will include exclusive
automotive case studies and expert analysis on how OEMs and suppliers are
integrating the supply chain and utilizing collaborative product development
to improve competitiveness.
    Senior executives from Lear, Johnson Controls, TRW Automotive, Yazaki,
American Axle & Manufacturing and many more will be present to network and
discuss the big issues in automotive collaboration.
    EyeForAuto's e-Collaboration & e-Supply Chain Management Conference 2001
will be looking at the challenges and opportunities within product development
and how the web is leading suppliers to develop and design collaboratively.
Executives will assemble at the Cobo Center for 2 days on October 3rd & 4th to
discuss and debate the future strategies and business models for the
automotive industry.
    At the end of the first day, delegates will have the opportunity to attend
an exclusive workshop from Covisint.  This will explore the impact of
collaborative product development and how to effectively integrate, via the
Internet in a secure environment, a product development and supply community.
    William Pumphrey, President of the Lear Electronics and Electrical
Division, Lear Corporation, who is speaking at the conference quoted recently
in EyeForAuto e-Business Update Magazine "What's really new is the
digitization of this collaboration.  Before, we would often work on our own
design systems internally, but then have to produce hard copy diagrams and
schematics to transfer the work between the customer and the supplier"
    Conference sponsors already include PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG
Consulting, SDRC, UGS and Adexa
    To reserve your place at the event or more information on program and
speakers go to http://www.eyeforauto.com/usa2001
    EyeForAuto's print magazine -- e-Business Update Magazine -- is a free
senior level publication on the subject:  for a free subscription, email your
address details to subscribe@eyeforauto.com.

    About EyeForAuto:
    The EyeForAuto event series and online communities are creations of First
Conferences, a London and New York based company dedicated to building online
and offline communities in e-Business and wireless for vertical markets.  The
EyeForAuto website provides free industry e-business information and free
weekly and monthly email and print newsletters for senior auto executives:
http://www.eyeforauto.com