Silicon Valley Pioneers Meet Detroit Supply Chain Leaders
10 February 2000
Silicon Valley Pioneers Meet Detroit Supply Chain Leaders to Discuss Product Development and E-Business Opportunities
WALTHAM, Mass.--Feb. 10, 2000--Ray Lane, President and COO of Oracle, to shed light on
multi-billion dollar business-to-business Internet venture with Ford Motor; Ford executive to describe implementation realities and
implications for collaborative product development
As the e-business revolution overtakes traditional manufacturing, Management Roundtable's Second International Conference on Product Development and the Supply Chain - Collaborating and Competing in the Age of E-Business, to be held April 17-19, 2000 in Santa Clara, California, will bring together thought leaders and top executives to explore the implications for product and supply chain design.
Nowhere is the impact greater than in the automotive industry. Ford and General Motors are in a well publicized race to web-enable their entire supply chains -- from product concept to delivery and service. With Ford's extended supply chain alone worth $300 billion a year, the competition for business and dollars throughout industry is expected to escalate sharply.
Consequently the pressure, as well as the capability, to speed delivery and cut costs will grow dramatically for product development and supply chain executives. The Management Roundtable conference will provide new solutions and design approaches that enable the responsiveness and supply chain compression required for e-business. It will also explore collaboration strategies for accelerated product development and rapid innovation.
Ray Lane, president and COO of Oracle who is spearheading the venture with Ford Motor, will share his view of how the Internet will restructure the entire supply chain to ultimately provision the buyer in real time. Robert Matulka of Ford Motor who is responsible for execution, will discuss both the challenges and expected benefits, including faster product delivery and unprecedented cost-savings.
Two of the foremost experts in this field, Charlie Fine of MIT/Sloan (author of Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage) and Hau Lee of Stanford University (and director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Forum) will offer insightful commentary into the opportunities and threats associated with Internet-driven product development and supply chain design.
Executives from DaimlerChrysler, Harley-Davidson and Dunlop Tires will be joined by peers at Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems and others to discuss their specific experiences as well as to explore common issues. Facilitated breakout sessions and workshops, led by executives from i2 Technologies, Speed to Market, Supplybase, Performance Measurement Group, Munro & Associates, and Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath, provide the opportunity for in-depth learning and dialogue on topics ranging from custom sourcing and using web-based technology to lean design for the supply chain, e-development and supply chain metrics.
For more information about the conference: http://www.roundtable.com/Event_Center/SUP20/SUP20.html
Or contact the Management Roundtable: 92 Crescent Street, Waltham, MA 02453; www.ManagementRoundtable.com; e-mail: info@roundtable.com; tel: 800-338-2223 or 781-891-8080; fax: 781-398-1889.
For information on the First International Conference on Product Development and the Supply Chain, held in Austin, Texas in September 1999: http://www.roundtable.com/Follow_up/PDSC99/PDSC99-Follow_up.html