| Day OneOctober 13, 2008 |
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09.00 |
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Chairperson's opening remarks
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Jeff Hojlo , Research Analyst, AMR Research
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09:05 |
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Answering the Big Question of - “WHY INVEST?” - Defining ROI, Outlining the Worth of Your PLM Investment, Securing Continuous Executive Sponsorship & Support
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- Outlining achievable metrics and measurements: cost savings, new product launches, less resource waste
- Clarifying overall value to the business: synchronization of data, homogenous environment, renewed ability for growth and increased efficiency
- Presenting a “no refusal” case to management with defined and deliverable goals
- Securing substantial monetary investment for the renewed and continued allocation of resources
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| 09:40 |
| Developing A Profitable PLM Road Map |
| Tying Together Strategies & Tactical Objectives for a Clear Pathway to Success |
- Identifying the drivers of your business and clarifying phase one of your strategy
- Defining a framework of deliverables and the metrics that will be used to measure progress and success
- Addressing key obstacles to overcome – legacy systems, enterprise salutations and systems, imbedded processes and cultural changes
- Laying down a realistic time frame until initial implementation
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| Resource and Product Data Management |
| Lessons Learned from The Coca Cola Company’s PLM Implementation Across Global IT Resources |
- Mapping the journey of the global IT group for The Coca-Cola Company as they move to one integrated project tool
- Exploring what you should know before implementing
- Integrating multiple tools into one single source of information to work from
- Developing a unified portal for project information: project management financials, support methodology and governance processes
- Maximizing opportunities for improved resource utilization
Sue McCusker, Project Manager, Global IT , The Coca-Cola Company
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| Taking PLM Further Into The Enterprise |
| Understanding Next Generation Thinking and New Ways To Drive the Value of Your PLM Investment |
- Taking an existing PLM implementation further into the enterprise
- Penetrating new areas with PLM: moving into sales and marketing
- Understanding the boundless opportunities provided by effective PLM and which steps to take next
Michael Burkett, Vice President, AMR Research
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| 10:15 |
| Interactive Workshop |
| Outstrip The Competition By Creating New-To-The-World Products
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- Synchronizing
strategic product planning and innovation process
execution to make better business decisions about which products to develop
- Identifying new market opportunities to bring a greater number of the right products to market faster
- Achieving sustainable market differentiation with innovative products that deliver superior business results
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| Interactive Workshop |
| Target Costing Solutions in PLM - Balancing Target Costs With Product Requirements to Ensure the Success of New Products to Market |
- Overcoming drawbacks in the traditional product costing process
- Adotping the ‘Target Costing Process’ to secure the success of all new products to market
- Harnessing target costing process solutions and accurate product cost estimates early in the development cycle
- Ensuring the success of new products!
Seshagiri K, Group Project Manager, PLM, HCL
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| Interactive Workshop |
| Putting The “Value” In PLM: Integrating Economic Evaluation Of Projects With Operational Applications To Ensure Maximum Profits
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“It doesn't matter how good your PLM system is unless you are working on things that are going to produce value”
- Understanding key steps to integrating value-based management into the PLM Process
- Addressing uncertainty to optimize value in recessionary times
- Balancing the project/product portfolio to assure you’re getting the maximum return on your investment
Don Creswell, Vice President Sales and Marketing, SmartOrg Inc.
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10:50 |
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MORNING COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
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11:10 |
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Globalizing Departments & Process - Bridging the Communications Gap between Marketing, Manufacturing, R&D & Engineering to Allow for Collaborative Product Development
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- Effectively addressing the balance and shift of resources needed to implement a strategic overhaul
- Utilizing IT to become a united organization through shared documentation and data management systems
- Building a collaborative product development process to enhance product offerings and capitalize on organizational intelligence
- Organizing a committee dedicated to understanding interface requirements of each department and continual training needs
Eamon O'Kelly , Director, Global Customer Support & Services , Schneider Electric
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| 11:45 |
| Hi-Tech |
| An End to End PLM Study from Nokia Siemens Networks - Aligning PLM for Product Data Management from Concept to Release |
- Managing the independent, yet interrelated, pieces of the new product development and introduction process
- Enabling valuable cross-process automation and collaboration
- Developing and introducing breakthrough products that appeal to entirely new user markets or dramatically expand existing market opportunities
Konrad Schütte , Program Manager, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH
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| Food & Beverage |
| PLM For Quality Management - Mitigating the Risk of Re-call and Poor Product Quality Through Correct Data Documentation & Supplier Compliance
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Case study:
- Applying new product traceability and tracking methods for recorded documentation of source origin ingredients and product parts
- Managing supplier data input and compliance for continued security
- Decreasing the risk of product re-calls and lost revenue
Werner Stoll, Global, Integrated Specification Management , H J Heinz
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| Aerospace & Defense |
| Digital Prototyping – Move Your Business Beyond The Boundaries Of 3D Modeling & Lesson the
Risk of Product Failure By
Managing Designs From The
Conceptual Phase |
- Moving your business beyond the boundaries of 3D modeling
- Creating a single digital prototype that can be used in every stage of product development: across design, engineering, mechanical design, and manufacturing teams
- Visualizing and simulating real-world performance of the design with no reliance on costly physical prototypes
- Retaining information in order to enable re-use later down the line without having to re-create the model
Kurt Kuhn, Structural Analysis Tools Manager , The Boeing Company
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| 12:20 |
| Life Sciences |
| Analyzing How the Role of PLM Technology and Process Can Create a Common PDM Environment |
- Outlining and understanding your vision for PLM
- Creating a harmonized environment for product data management
- Uniting design teams across global domains
- Taking PLM further into the business to enable design for manufacturability
Carla M. Hawley , IT Director, CRDM , Medtronic, Inc.
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| Consumer Goods |
| Taking Your Company From A Single Selling Product, To An Offering Of More Than 300 New Items! |
Case study Nokona Baseball Factory
- Implementing PLM solutions across the business by understanding internal and external teams
- Automoting and integrating information processes across multiple applications
- Securing data management for tech packs, price drawing and sample lines
- Taking PLM further into the business and into sales and marketing
- Growing from a single sell product offering to multiple offerings
Jerry O'Connor, Chairman & CEO, Nokona Baseball Factory
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| Automotive |
| PLM In The Automotive Industry - A Glass Half Full! |
Hear first hand data from a global study, funded by IBM, and conducted by Bruce Belzowski at the University of Michigan and universities in Germany and England, focusing on opportunities fulfilled and missed for those driving PLM in the automotive industry
- Viewing PLM as a process rather than a tool
- Taking PLM beyond the engineering function
- Benchmarking PLM "Champions," "Advanced Users," and "Stragglers" in the US and Europe
- Crossing PLM boundaries inside and outside an organization
Bruce M. Belzowski, Associate Director and Assistant Research Scientist, Automotive Analysis Division, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
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12:55 |
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13:55 |
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Accelerating Product Development and Streamlining Workflow Management
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- Noticing and managing variables and opportunities across the product life cycle
- Building product variants and extensions to increase profits
- Effectively managing the entire product lifecycle from conception to end of life
- Managing variables early in the lifecycle: cost, quality, contract suppliers, and compliance
- Meeting competing deadlines and requests to design, create, and manufacture new product lines
Keith Zobott, Corporate Director, Engineering IT Enterprise Applications , Honeywell
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14:30 |
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PRE-ARRANGED ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
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Meet with fellow delegates and solution providers to discuss the key issues in PLM today
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16:00 |
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Lean Product Development Metrics
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Case Study: How PING Drove Lean Product Development and Product Lifecycle Management: Decreased time-to-market by 1/2, Increased New Product Flow 5x, With No Staff Increase!
- Applying lean product development principles and leveraged the gains towards knowledge capture
- Understanding the difference between the Product Development Value Stream and the Knowledge Value Stream
- Achieving results: high productivity and minimum waste
- Asking, "What about an Innovation Value Stream?"
Daniel Shoenhair, Director, Engineering Business Manager, PING, Inc.
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16:35 |
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Building a Business Process Transformation
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Case study Mercury Marine
- Effectively managing your company's intellectual property (IP) by enhancing your ability to process it, consolidate it, and perform fundamental design creations
- Making innovation a technology development process
- Giving development teams the ability to iterate early design concepts by establishing a single source of truth
- Implementing a change management process
Fred Bellio, Director, Global Product Development, Processes, Systems and Support Services, Mercury Marine
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| 17:15 |
| Case: Regulatory Compliance |
| Aligning A Process For Compliance With Environmental, Safety and FDA Regulations |
Case Study:
- Implementing processes to collect, integrate, analyze and report detailed materials and substance data related to all new products
- Aligning the PLM process with compliance features to excel in regulatory management
- Achieving an integrated approach and bridging IT solutions gaps
Randall Reavis, PLM Manager, Smith & Nephew
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| Case: Regulatory Compliance and Sustainable Global Sourcing |
| Unlocking the True Power of Sustainability through a Global PLM Strategy That Allows For Collaboration Across and Beyond the Supply Chain in Revolutionary New Ways |
Case study:
- Utilizing PLM to allow for positive collaboration and connectivity across the supply chain and from communities outside your four walls
- Harnessing policy makers, environmental, academic communities that contribute to the ultimate success of your overall goals
- Overcoming the challenges of building sustainability into your operations from beginning to end by achieving visibility across your supply chain
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17:50 |
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The Inventors, Market Leaders And Visionaries Of PLM - Assessing The Challenge Of Technological Interoperability, Usability And Outlining How Vendor Vision’s For The Future Will Impact The Development Of The PLM Landscape
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- How will solution providers ensure “coopetition" and allow for open API’s and shared standards which help you optimize processes and take PLM beyond a database tool?
- Do solution providers understand their customers, and how do they propose to continue to address and answer the needs of their customers?
- Where do solution providers see the PLM practice of tomorrow and how will the technology evolve?
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18:30 |
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DRINKS RECEPTION & NETWORKING
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