Unlocking Your Operations Potential

2010 North American Conference
Dearborn, Michigan U.S.A.
June 21 - 23

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MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2010

12:00pm

Registration Opens | Ford Conference & Event Center Lobby

Conference Workshops at Ford Conference & Event Center

 

ROOM 105A

ROOM 106

ROOM 103A

ROOM 103B

LOOKOUT ROOM

1:00 - 2:30pm

Justifying Manufacturing Operations Management to Business Leaders (Also offered from 3-4:30pm)
Charlie Gifford, Chief Manufacturing Consultant; 21st Century Manufacturing Solutions

Darren K. Riley, Sr. Manufacturing Consultant; Rockwell Automation

Dave Frede, Global Marketing Manager of Operations Management Software; GE Intelligent Platforms

MESA Education Program: Real-Time Enterprise, 11 Function Model and MES Product Selection
Mike James, MESA EMEA Treasurer; Group Managing Director; ATS International BV

Unlocking Your Operations Potential
Jan Snoeij, MESA EMEA  Chair, EMEA Working Group Chair; Principal Consultant; Logica

 

Performance Management Benchmark, Practices and Roadmap
Mitchell Weisberg, Managing Director; Lumen, Inc.

 

Optimizing Manufacturing with MES

Rob Markevics, Director, MES Discrete Business Development; Siemens

2:30 - 3:00pm

Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Gallery

 

ROOM 105A

ROOM 106

ROOM 103A

ROOM 103B

 

3:00 - 4:30pm

Justifying Manufacturing Operations Management
(Also offered from 1-2:30pm)

Charlie Gifford, Chief Manufacturing Consultant; 21st Century Manufacturing Solutions

Darren K. Riley, Sr. Manufacturing Consultant; Rockwell Automation

Dave Frede, Global Marketing Manager of Operations Management Software; GE Intelligent Platforms

MESA Education Program: Real-Time Enterprise, 11 Function Model and MES Product Selection (continued)
Mike James, MESA EMEA Treasurer; Group Managing Director; ATS International BV

Working Session for MESA's Quality and Regulatory Compliance Guidebook
Khris Kammer, Sr. Information Solutions Consultant; Rockwell Automation

Performance Management Benchmark, Practices and Roadmap (continued)
Mitchell Weisberg, Managing Director; Lumen, Inc.

 

Opening Banquet at The Dearborn Inn

5:00pm

Welcome Reception | Cocktail Hour | Dearborn Ballroom Foyer

6:00pm

Banquet Dinner | Opening Remarks  | Dearborn Ballroom
John Dyck, 09-10 MESA Chair, Global Director, Software Business Development; Rockwell Automation

James Tetreault, Vice President, North America Manufacturing; Ford Motor Company

6:30 - 7:30pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Game Plan for Success | Dearborn Ballroom
Lou Holtz, Legendary Coach and ESPN Analyst

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010

8:00 - 9:00am

Registration | Breakfast | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Lobby & Gallery

9:00 - 10:00am

Unlocking Your Operations Potential - The Global MESA Community in 2010 and Beyond | Ford Conference & Event Center
Grand Hall 1&2

MESA Industry Thought Leaders including:

John Dyck, MESA 09-10 Chair & Global Director, Software Business Development; Rockwell Automation

Julie Fraser, MESA Metrics Working Groups Chair, Principal; Cambashi Inc

Mike James, MESA EMEA Treasurer, Group Managing Director; ATS International BV

10:00 - 10:45am

The Transformation of Automotive Manufacturing | Ford Conference & Event Center Grand Hall 1 & 2
Jim Tetreault, VP of North America Manufacturing; Ford Motor Company

10:45 - 11:15am

Networking | Refreshments | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Gallery

11:15 - 12:00pm

The Future of Manufacturing in a Connected World | Ford Conference & Event Center Grand Hall 1 & 2
Rick Bullotta, Industry Luminary

12:00 - 1:30pm

Lunch | Networking | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Gallery

 

Track 1 - Manufacturing Executive Speakers

Grand Hall 1 & 2

Track 2 - Manufacturing Executive Speakers
Grand Hall 3

1:30 - 2:15pm

Right-size Your Technology Investments to Fuel Growth While Enforcing Quality 
Greg Augustine, VP Information Systems; Network Engines

Using A Lean System Systematically is the Key to Financial and Operational Success
Dr. Heidingsfelder, Sr. VP of Operations; Freudenberg - NOK

2:30 - 3:15pm

Transitioning to Lean MES at

General Electric
Kevin Uhls, Supply Chain IT Leader; GE Consumer & Industrial

Managing Operations Using Real-Time Solutions - Achieving Plant of the Year was No Accident
Tim Easterling, VP Corporate Engineering; Keystone Foods

3:15 - 3:45pm

Networking | Refreshments | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Gallery

 

Track 1

Grand Hall 1 & 2

Track 2

Grand Hall 3

3:45 - 4:30pm

MES: Managing Risk and Manufacturing in a Vertically Integrated Medical Device Enterprise
Bob Erb, VP of Operations; Biotronik

The Great Data Exchange - Asset Performance Management and Automation of the Data Collection Process
Lance Holmer, Technical Specialist, Refining Engineering; Marathon Petroleum Company

4:45 - 5:30pm

Production Monitoring & Control for Energy Savings

Mike Durak, Director of IT; General Motors

Multiply the Value with a Global Approach to MES Deployment
Miguel Angel Espinosa, Global MES COE Leader; Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company

5:30 - 5:45pm

Wrap-Up | Review Logistics for Evening & Day 2                                

Wrap-Up | Review Logistics for Evening & Day 2

5:45 - 6:30pm

Exhibits | Ford Conference and Event Center Gallery

6:30pm

Dinner & Networking Event at The Henry Ford Museum

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010

8:00 - 9:00am

Registration | Breakfast | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Lobby & Gallery

 

MESA Unconference | Ford Conference & Event Center - Grand Hall 1 & 2

Track 1 - Spotlight Sessions

ROOM 103

Track 2 - Spotlight Sessions

ROOM 105

9:00 - 9:45am

At the Unconference, attendees can share and learn in an open, participatory environment. It is an intense multi-discussion, multi-room event with no script. Bring ideas and a desire to interact with peers - and test the brains and bounds of the MESA community. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is invited and welcome! 

 

In this "confer and conquer" environment, attendees can present ideas or questions and discuss operations topics with other practitioners and subject matter experts in the spirit of MESA's mission - to provide an environment for the sharing of best practices. Leading industry experts, including members of the MESA Technical Committee, will be on hand to help facilitate discussions. 

MES for Continuous Petrochemical Processes
Dr. Arnesh Telukdarie, MES Engineering Manager; Sasol

Ugan Maistry, Managing Director; EOH Mining & Manufacturing

Quality Operations Management
Ralph Marsh, IT Director; New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.

10:00 - 10:45am

Lessons Learned in Global MES Roll-Out
Gilad Langer, Consulting Manager; NNE Pharmaplan

Kasper Larsen, Sr. Technical Manager; Novo Nordisk

Unlocking Operations for a Competitive Advantage in the Private - Label Beverage Market
Don Enstrom, Sr. Director of Operations; Cliffstar

10:45 - 11:15am

Networking | Refreshments | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Gallery

 

 

Track 1 - Spotlight Sessions

ROOM 103

Track 2 - Spotlight Sessions

ROOM 105

11:15 - 12:00pm

MESA Unconference Continued | Ford Conference & Event Center 2nd Floor

Real-Time Manufacturing Management for a Hybrid Process
Scott Daugherty, Director of Operations; Cormetech, Inc.

Rodney Neal, Practice Manager; Global Automation Partners, Inc., A M&W Group Company

Keys to Achieving Rapid ROI on Plant Software Investments
Melissa Nippert, Director of Capital and Strategic Projects; Pinnacle Foods Group LLC

Mark Sutcliffe, President; CDC Software

12:00 - 1:30pm

Lunch | Networking | Exhibits | Ford Conference & Event Center Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 

Track 1 -

Thought Leadership

Grand Hall 1

Track 2 -

Thought Leadership

Grand Hall 2

Spotlight Sessions

ROOM 105

 

1:30 - 2:15pm

Multiple Site MES Projects:  Systems Implementation is Half the Battle
Simon Jacobson, Research Director, AMR Research

John Southcott, Co-CEO; Brock Solutions

BPM & The Cloud in Operations
Matthew Littlefield, Senior Research Analyst; Aberdeen Group 

Catherine Minter, President of Americas; Cordys

Commitment to Corporate Responsibility -- New Management System Requirement for Suppliers 
Michael Meaden, VP Services & General Procurement; IBM Corporation

 

2:30 - 3:15pm

From Metrics Confusion to Business Intelligence:  Calming the Sea
Larry White, Executive Director, Resource Consumption Accounting Institute

 

Product Lifecycle
Quality

Dr. Michael Grieves, Author and NASA Consultant

Unify PLM & MES Systems to increase Accuracy & Build Quality
Angie Dinsmore, PLM Strategy ATK Aerospace Systems

Prashant Jagtap, Director Strategic Marketing; Siemens Industry Automation

3:15pm

Conference Closes

 

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

ATSRockwell AutomationSiemensInvensysCordysLighthouse SystemsMicrosoftOSI SoftSAP