Solutions Showcase for CPG Manufacturers
Presented by SSI, Sponsored by Microsoft
Venue: Yew Lodge Conference Centre, Kegworth, Derby (M1 Junction 24)
Thursday 14th April 2005
Manufacturers supplying the major retailers, either directly or indirectly, are facing increasing pressure on costs, quality, delivery and regulatory compliance.
This unique one-day event brings together a number of best-of-breed IT solution suppliers to showcase systems designed to address the business challenges experienced by manufacturers of consumer goods including food, drink, personal care, household chemicals, OTC pharmaceuticals, paper and textile products.
The benefits of these solutions will be illustrated through business scenario presentations covering collaborative product development; demand forecasting; customer and order management; production planning; scheduling; production monitoring; RFID; quality control and distribution, with management information systems and financial control to complete the picture.
Microsoft will present their IT strategy for the manufacturing industry, showing how their technology will continue to unlock benefits in the retail supply chain into the future.
There will be opportunities for individual discussions with each of the suppliers taking part in the Showcase, with product demonstrations where applicable.
This event will be of value to Managing Directors; Finance Directors; Commercial, Technical, Supply Chain and Production Directors and Managers; and those with responsibility for business IT in their organisations.
The Showcase is being organised and run by SSI, featuring their TROPOS ERP and manufacturing supply chain system which is widely used in CPG manufacturing. Supporting SSI will be:
Ramesys Creations New Product Development system
Barloworld Optimus Optimiza Retail Forecasting and demand planning
Nematron SCADA factory integration and industrial touch-screen terminals
Intermec Bar coding and data collection systems
Claricom Coding and labelling control
Imscan Document Management
Cognos Business Intelligence
CODA Financial Management
i2i Export Document Management
Mitrefinch Time & Attendance Recording, Access Control, Personnel Management
Vecta Sales Intelligence Systems
The free event is being held on Thursday 14th April 2005 at the Yew Lodge Conference Centre, Kegworth, Derby (M1 Junction 24) Advance registration is essential.
To register online visit www.microsoft.com/uk/events quoting event code 118756721
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