New Venue Announced for The Manufacturer LIVE 2006 Conference and Exposition
BEVERLY, Mass.--Jan. 2, 20065, 2006--Conquest Business Media, publisher of the award-winning magazine The Manufacturer, has announced the addition of a new venue for The Manufacturer LIVE 2006 Conference and Exposition, to promote and share best practice in manufacturing. The event, hosted at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers on October 4-5, 2006, is a live extension of The Manufacturer magazine and will showcase manufacturing at its best, drawing on examples of manufacturing excellence from the most successful and innovative authorities on world class manufacturing."We believe our new format will be an irresistible draw to the leaders of the manufacturing industry, creating a very unique environment within which senior manufacturing executives and directors can observe, learn and interact with their peers," states John Blatnik, chief operating officer of Conquest Business Media.
The 60-speaker program features workshops, seminars and debates taking place in seven theaters dedicated to The Manufacturer's seven pillars of manufacturing:
Leadership and strategy - exploring everything from the fundamental requirement of government to provide macroeconomic stability to manufacturing industry's readiness and ability to provide the strength of leadership to exploit it;
World class manufacturing - often referred to as the LEAN zone, embracing the processes and techniques that transport manufacturing to the very highest global levels of efficiency and excellence;
HR & skills - from recruitment, retention, training and personnel management systems to changing the way manufacturing and factories are perceived and the management of change itself;
Logistics & supply chain - the all-pervasive nature of logistics and supply chain management in the manufacturing industry rightly dictates that the subject is always on the executive agenda;
Design and innovation - making the most of research and development, design and innovation - the "front end" of the process of making things;
IT and infrastructure - the facilities and services that are needed across an entire enterprise - dominated in the modern manufacturing world by information management and the technology to drive it;
Manufacturing operations - what happens on the plant floor of every industrial enterprise, its machines, process flow, maintenance procedures, and cycle times; all united in the cause of meeting customer demand.
Speakers from The Manufacturer LIVE 2005 event represented world-class companies that include Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, AstraZeneca, American Standard, Unilever, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Airbus and The Financial Times.
The Manufacturer LIVE 2006 features the co-located Energy LIVE 2006 Summit, promoting industry best practice and highlighting the experiences, strategies and operational practices of those organizations that are successfully meeting the challenges.
"Energy is destined to be a top issue within the manufacturing industry for the foreseeable future, and never more so than in 2006, the year when everyone has to learn to live in a new world of unprecedented global demand and escalating prices" states Blatnik. "This is our way of helping industry and commerce address the issues."
The Manufacturer AWARDS recognizes the world-class levels of manufacturing excellence being achieved in North America. Showcasing manufacturing best practice, the awards celebration will be held concurrently with The Manufacturer LIVE 2006 on October 4, 2006.
About The Manufacturer
The Manufacturer is a magazine with a mission to promote best practices in manufacturing. As manufacturers increasingly strive to become world class through the adoption of lean manufacturing techniques, The Manufacturer shares their stories so that others can learn to be lean. Through contacts with academia, government and top business thinkers, The Manufacturer is at the forefront of thought leadership in the manufacturing sector, helping to drive innovation and change. For more information, please visit http://www.themanufacturer.com.