CHANDLER, Arizona, October 16 /PRNewswire/ --
MESA International, the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association, is announcing its 2008 European Plant-to-Enterprise Conference, 3-4 November, held at the Top Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic.
Building on the success of last year's conference, the second European Plant-to-Enterprise Conference will focus on "Delivering on Strategies" and the new MESA strategic initiatives. The association's efforts are focused on information technology use to support the real-time events occurring during the production process and how this same information can be used to support broader company and value chain objectives such as lean manufacturing, collaborative supply chain management, regulatory compliance, etc.
"Especially in these uncertain financial times, manufacturers have to be very cautious and very focused in order to successfully achieve their strategic and operational objectives. The MESA Strategic Initiatives guidebooks will be launched after the conference and will offer many very valuable best practices," says Jan Snoeij, Chair of MESA European Board and Principal Consultant at Logica.
Attendees will learn best practices and guidance that detail how plant-wide information systems support five key strategic corporate initiatives:
-- Lean Manufacturing -- Quality and Regulatory Compliance -- Product Lifecycle Management -- The Real-Time Enterprise -- Asset Performance Management
Prominent manufacturers and industry experts will share their experience with strategic initiatives, application of standards, and practical cases in various sessions. The conference agenda includes presentations by the Aberdeen Group, Fraunhofer Institute and University of Cambridge as well manufactures like Rolls-Royce plc, BAT, Campina, Volvo, Unipetrol and many more. Additionally, the conference will provide a networking platform to exchange visions, trends and experience across the industries.
"We are very pleased to have not only the support of many global manufacturers, but also the support of many global solution providers who will be present at the conference to showcase their products and services," says Reinoud Visser, Co-Chair of the European Conference Committee and Principal Consultant for Atos Origin.
This year's conference is supported by Atos Origin and ATS as conference sponsors, as well as by GE Fanuc, SAP, Rockwell Automation, Invensys Wonderware, Siemens, Cordys, IBM, Microsoft, MPDV, Ligththouse Systems, Logica, Apriso, Citect, Camstar, Tata Consulting, and Fraunhofer Institute.
This second European Plant-to-Enterprise Conference will bring practical value to the mission statement of MESA, which states that the industry association promotes the exchange of best-practices, strategies and innovation in managing manufacturing operations, manufacturing quality and in achieving plant-floor execution excellence.
More detailed information about the conference and on-line registration is available at http://www.mesa.org/conference/2008/eu.
Press are invited to contact MESA Headquarters to apply for a complimentary conference registration. Contact: euconference@mesa.org.
About MESA
MESA is an association of manufacturers/producers, solution providers and industry professionals, promoting innovation and best practices sharing, with a goal of delivering valuable knowledge around operations-centric enterprise solutions. MESA defines industry standard methodologies and approaches that allow manufacturers/producers to bridge execution excellence with enterprise level requirements.
For more information, visit http://www.mesa.org
Contact: DeAnn Fedyski +1-480-893-6883
Web site: http://www.mesa.org
DeAnn Fedyski, +1-480-893-6883, for MESA International
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