SMART Group European Conference Old Ship Hotel Brighton, England Special Workshop SW3 CONTRACT MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES: A discussion Wednesday 13 November 17.00h Brian McKandie Hewlett Packard Espanola, Barcelona Background Contract manufacturing is a huge ($12B) activity, projected to grow at 20-40% pa. Is your company exploring this option? Format A presentation will be made from a USER's point of view, covering the strategic options in selection of CM partners: including technology, cost and geographic location. This will provide the basis for open discussion on future challenges and the best way the OEM/CM partnership can meet them. Who Should Attend OEMs, process & test equipment providers, consumable providers and the Contract Manufacturers themselves. Facilitator Brian McKandie is a procurement specialist with Hewlett Packard, responsible for establishing and managing relations with contract manufacturing partners. Hewlett Packard is a major user of contract manufacturing services worldwide. Special Workshop SW2 USING THE INTERNET TO YOUR ADVANTAGE Wednesday 13 November 17.00h Paul Barlow Vertical Marketing, Wimbourne Objectives Electronic networking can be of real benefit to the bottom line of your company: for marketing, for benefitting from others' experiences to solve your technical problems, for recruiting staff, for keeping abreast of technical and business issues. It is both inexpensive and cost effective. This workshop will show you how to get started; how easy it is. You will be introduced to many of the opportunities that are open to you. There will be practical demonstrations and an opportunity for you to try it for yourself. Details will be given of Bulletin Boards and pages on the WWW specifically for electronics manufacturing. Who Should Attend Everyone who wants to be part of a company operating in the 21st Century. Instructor Vertical Marketing is one of the UK's leading exponents of helping companies benefit from the electronic networking. It has special expertise in appreciating the opportunities for the electronics manufacturing sector. SW2 and SW3 will each have the benefit of a FREE BAR. Contact Tony Gordon at the SMART Group office Tel (44) 01494 465217 Fax (44) 01494 473975 Email: [log in to unmask] Internet Home Page: Http://www.smtuk.demon.co.uk Bob Willis Process Engineering Consultant Electronic Presentation Services 2 Fourth Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 4HA. England. Tel: (44) 01245 351502 Fax: (44) 01245 496123 Home Page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bwillis Email: [log in to unmask] *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************