ADVISORY/Syncata Presents New Information Technology Strategies & Solutions at AUTO-TECH 2001 in Detroit
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WHAT: Business consulting and system integration firm Syncata is
set to host a day of informative presentations at the
Automotive Industry Action Group's multi-technology
conference focused on supply chain processes between
automotive parts suppliers and their customers. Founded in
1982, the AIAG is a not-for-profit trade association of
approximately 1,600 automotive and truck manufacturers and
their suppliers.
SCHEDULE:
-- 9 a.m. -- Avoiding Recall Fiascos - Detecting Parts
Defects - Trends, Technologies and Solutions: Session
examines current parts defect issues facing OEMs, new
mandatory changes from the Department of Transportation,
and specific innovative IT solutions, including the "OEM
IMMUNE System" developed by Syncata and HNC Software to
help automakers avoid costly recall disasters.
-- 10:30 a.m. -- Making the Real-time Enterprise Real: An
Introduction to the Asera eBusiness Operating System for
the Automotive Industry: Rapidly changing business
requirements and shifting market opportunities demand a
technology platform designed to enable business-to-business
connectivity across the extended value chain. This
evolution will ensure a common user interface and
persistent workflows -- which in turn will allow consistent
business processes across all applications. Most
importantly, a common framework will fuse best-in-class
applications with strategic vision to enable customer
demand to drive production and evolve companies toward a
true build-to-order business model.
-- 1 p.m. -- BTO Building Blocks for Suppliers: OEMs are
extending to their tier one suppliers more opportunities to
deliver complex modules. Forward-thinking suppliers are
using information technology to help them streamline their
supply chains and mitigate their risks. In this
presentation, Syncata's supply chain practice area leader
Rakesh Batra reveals how suppliers can proactively evolve
toward a build-to-order business model using Asera's
eBusiness Operating System.
-- 2:30 p.m. -- BTO Building Blocks for OEMs: Automakers are
striving to find a way to let customer demand inform or
even dictate production. Using the Asera platform, which
enables real-time communication with customers, partners,
suppliers and employees, this presentation illustrates how
Syncata plans to move manufacturers closer to the build-to-
order paradigm, one block at a time.
WHO: All sessions will be chaired by Syncata's Supply Chain
Practice area leader Rakesh Batra, a former Andersen
consultant with more than 20 years' experience in strategic
procurement, manufacturing-planning and supplier
integration.
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT
WHERE: AUTO-TECH 2001 at Detroit's Cobo Center -- Room No. 02-41
RSVP: Chris Bechtel, communications manager
Syncata, 310/963-5692 (mobile)
Eric Schwartzman
Schwartzman & Associates, 310/789-2460 (office)
eric@schwartzmanpr.com -- http://www.schwartzmanpr.com
About Syncata Corp.
Syncata (http://www.syncata.com) has extensive industry experience within the automotive trade. The firm recently completed American Honda's Market-Oriented Vehicle Environment (MOVE), a network-based collaborative solution that helps the automotive manufacturer balance dealer vehicle requests against factory supply, dropping the automaker's channel inventory to just 38 days, according to "Automotive News," a weekly trade magazine that charts weekly Domestic and Imported Car and Light-Truck Inventories. The findings put American Honda in the industry's top two percent.