CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
IPC and the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona
Present, Best in the Business: Fine Tuning Operations and Distribution
May 25, 2004 Embassy Suites Hotel Covina, CA
Companies in the electronics industry - OEMs, printed circuit board and EMS companies and their suppliers - have been forced to fight for every measure of competitive advantage. Companies should not overlook the importance of their Information Technology (IT) infrastructure as an engine for growth and efficiency. This new conference, sponsored by IPC and California State Polytechnic University Pomona College of Business Administration, will focus on the needs of small to medium sized manufacturing and service companies.
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP Systems) offer the business the tools for running the business. Together with the appropriate hardware and software, the ERP system helps management in planning, managing and execution of the business. Company success depends on when and how the ERP system regimen is put in place and its power leveraged to manage the various aspects of the enterprise. Early adopters will harness ERP systems power to make the enterprise function using best practices. Best business practices enable the company to be customer focused, process centric and deliver the highest return on investment.
Conference Chair: N.T."Bala" Balakrishnan CFPIM, CQE, Technology & Operations Management, College of Business, Cal Poly Pomona
Topics sought include (but are not limited to):
* Fast track: Design to Market Lead Time management for product delivery
* Operations Strategy Selection: Batch or Flow Manufacturing
* ERP systems Selection: Discrete or Process centric?
* ERP System Implementation: Case Studies
* Reengineering the Enterprise: Value Mapping and Waste Reduction
* Breakthrough Quality Improvement: Methodologies
* ISO 9000, Customer Satisfaction and Continuous Improvement
* Human Resource Management: The Ideal Employee: Fact or Fiction
* Managing Technology: Design, Fabrication, Assembly, Materials
The target audience will be the small to mid size companies involved in original equipment manufacturers, printed circuit board manufacturers, electronics assembly companies and suppliers to these companies. Attendees should include business owners and individuals who manage operations, engineering, materials, quality, and HR. In addition, ERP software companies, consultants and academics involved in Operations Management and IT management will benefit.
This conference offers time slots between 30-45 minutes long. We ask that your abstract be no more than 200-300 words, along with a brief biography via e-mail to [log in to unmask] To download the call for participation, please go to http://www.ipc.org/calendar/BestintheBusinessCFP.pdf. The deadline for submission of your paper/presentation to IPC is no later than March 22, 2004.
Material must be non-commercial in nature, focusing on the technology rather than a company's product. The deadline for receipt of your paper/presentation to IPC is no later than May 3, 2004.
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