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European Industry Leaders Gather to Discuss How to Build a Profitable Digital Factory Strategy
October 16, 2002 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Nashua, N.H. -- As manufacturers worldwide look to grow business, keep costs in check and improve quality in an increasingly competitive environment, European industry leaders will meet in Germany October 20 through 22 to exchange ideas on building and enhancing the digital factory.
The MPM Conference 2002, attended by manufacturing executives, engineers, designers and other professionals will feature presentations from several highly regarded industry leaders, including Olaf Henkel, Ph.D.; Prof. Frank-Lothar Krause; Prof. Ing. Claus Morgenstern, Ph.D.; Mike Evans; and Jim Duncan. Attendees will have many chances to network and meet with companies in automotive, aerospace and electronics that have successfully implemented MPM solutions.
Highlights of the event (subject to change) will include:
- "Competitiveness of Europe's Manufacturing Industries," presented by Olaf Henkel, member of numerous Supervisory Boards, such as IBM Deutschland, AUDI AG and Continental AG and former president of the Federal Association of German Industries and former chairman and CEO of IBM Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
- An eM-Planner customer case study from the Automotive User Group (including BMW, Audi, VW, Magna and EDAG)
- "PLM in the European Manufacturing Industries," a discussion led by Mike Evans, senior partner, Cambashi
- A full exhibit hall featuring many of today's leading MPM and PLM solutions
- "Potentials for PLM: The EDS-Tecnomatix Alliance," a presentation by Jim Duncan, president EMEA, EDS PLM
- "The Development of Integrated Virtual Product Creation" explained by Prof. Frank-Lothar Krause, IPK, Berlin
- "Six Sigma & Digital Factory -- Consequences for SW-Solutions," led by Prof. Ing. Claus Morgenstern, executive director, Technologietransfer & Qualitatssicherung GmbH
- "SAP's PLM Strategy," shared by Ulrich Eisert of SAP AG's mySAP PLM group
- "Digital Assembly Planning for Small Series," discussed by Nick Miller, manufacturing engineering manager at TWR
- Breakout industry forums on automotive, automotive suppliers, logistics, aerospace defense, machining and quality
- "MPM: The Digital Factory Becomes Reality," presentation from the Tecnomatix Engineering and Consulting team
The 2002 European MPM Conference is sponsored by TecnomatixTechnologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: TCNO), the driving force in MPM solutions.For more information, visit www.tecnomatix.com, www.tecnomatix.de, or www.tecnomatix.fr.