Presenting ARC's Thirteenth Annual Orlando Forum

February 2-5, 2009 - Orlando, Florida

Globalization means more markets, more products, and more partners.  Opportunities expand, but so do the challenges for global manufacturers.   Companies are selling their products around the world and they are facing competition from a growing number of global players.  To survive, they need to adopt new, innovative strategies that incorporate best, globally-available resources throughout their design, manufacturing, and distribution processes.  To win, they need to empower their people with a more collaborative culture and best practices for driving teamwork across partner networks that span multiple geographies, languages, and time zones. 

Globalization also raises the bar for success.  Leading manufacturers understand this and are embracing continuous improvement and operational excellence as core elements of their management philosophy.   They recognize that plant design and maintenance, product design and digital manufacturing, operations management and supply chain management are all critical to success and are implementing programs to achieve best-in-class performance across all of these fronts. 

These issues are high on executive agendas.  Successful leaders have found the right strategies, technologies, and practices to address their company’s challenges.  Come and join us in Orlando to learn what they are doing and what you can do to develop your own winning strategy.  Whether you are a manufacturer or a technology supplier, you cannot afford to miss this event!

• See what others do to create performance-driven, flexible, and higher-margin operations. 
• Compare vision and technology roadmaps of the leading solution providers
• Discover how leading companies develop a highly collaborative culture and infrastructure.
• Learn how companies are managing global engineering and manufacturing operations
• Learn best practices to effectively manage plant operations including automation, manufacturing IT, cyber security, maintenance etc.
• Network with top industry executives.

No other conference offers you such a high level of personal interaction in an environment exclusively focused on manufacturing.

Who Should Attend The Orlando 2009 Forum is a must-attend event for: CEOs, COOs, and Presidents CFOs, VPS, and Directors of Finance CIOs and CTOs VPs and Directors of IT VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations VPs, Directors, and Managers of Supply Chain VPs, Directors, and Managers of Manufacturing VPs, Directors, and Managers of Engineering Directors, Managers and Architects of Automation and Enterprise Integration Plant Managers and Supervisors Production Managers and Supervisors In past Forums, over 50% of the attendees have titles like Chairman, CXO, President, Vice President, Director, or Partner.

Topics

Each of these topics will be addressed through presentations by industry experts.  They will highlight the strategies, insights, and best practices you need to ensure your success.  Each session will also have a panel discussion where presenters will answer your specific questions.  You will learn from the strategic thinking of others and go home with new perspectives and ideas for your own team.

• Best Practices for Managing Global Operations
• Vision and Technology Roadmaps
• Best Practices in Manufacturing IT
  • Automation Value Justification
  • Operations Management
  • Supplier/Customer Collaboration
• Best Practices in Governance and Control
  • Manufacturing IT Governance
  • Cyber Security
  • Performance Dashboards and Metrics
• Best Practices in Implementing Emerging Technologies
  • Wireless Networks
  • Field Networks
• Best Practices in Process Manufacturing
  • Creating a Safety Culture
  • Mobile Operator
  • Advanced Process Control
• Best Practices in Hybrid Manufacturing
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Packaging
• Best Practices in Discrete Manufacturing
  • Smart Assembly
  • Lean Manufacturing and Production Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management and MES Integration
• Best Practices in Asset Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Outsourcing

Innovations Showcase

New industry solutions for manufacturing will be showcased at the Innovations Showcase.  This is an excellent opportunity for executives to assess the potential for emerging applications in production management, interoperability, digital manufacturing, process improvement, asset management, operations management, supply chain synchronization, and more.  Exhibits will have application scenarios for attendees to see how emerging technologies are applied to help solve issues in the manufacturing industries.

The Showcase is open during the Monday Evening Reception and during breakfasts, breaks, and lunches. It is held adjacent to the forum where refreshments are served.

Previous Attendees

The following companies have attended recent ARC forums:

3M ABB Activplant ADCO Manufacturing ADM Company Air Products & Chemicals AirSprite Technologies Align Technology Amcor PET Packaging Anheuser-Busch Apriso Aramco Services Aspen Technology ATAN Automation Systems BASF Bayer Boeing Bosch Rexroth Bose BP Oil Bristol-Meyers Squibb BWX Technologies Cargill Caterpillar Celanese Chemicals CH2M Hill Chevron CIDX Cisco Systems Cognizant Technology Solutions Commercial Vehicle Group Conectiv Energy CSIA Corning Chrysler Curtiss-Wright CVRD Cytec Industries Dassault Systemes Dearborn Electronics Degussa Dell Dofasco Douglas Machine Dow Chemical Dresser-Rand DuPont Eastman Chemical Eaton ELAU Eli Lilly Emerson Process Management Energizer Endress + Hauser

ExxonMobil FDT Group FIATECH Fieldbus Foundation Flowserve Fluor Ford Motor Frito-Lay GE Aircraft Engines GE Fanuc Genentech General Dynamics General Mills General Motors Goldman Sachs Goodyear HART Foundation Hatch HCL Technologies  Hercules Hitachi Honda Honeywell Huntsman Chemical Husqvarna Lawn Care Hydraulic Institute IBM Idexx Intel ILS Technology Infor Infosys Technologies Intergraph International Paper Invensys Process Systems ISA ITT Goulds Pumps John Deere Johnson Controls Automotive Kraft Foods Kumba Resources LCRA LibreStream Technologies Lockheed Martin Lyondell Chemical Lubrizol Manhattan Associates MARKEM Merck & Co.  Medtronic Metso Automation Microsoft MIMOSA Mitsubishi Electric Modern Materials Handling Morgan Stanley NAMUR

National Center for Mfg Sciences Nestle Purina PetCare Nissan NIST NOVA Chemicals Northrop Grumman Okuma America Omron OPC Foundation Open Applications Group Oracle OSIsoft Pavilion Technologies Petro-Canada Pfizer Philip Morris PMMI Procter & Gamble RA Jones & Company Reliance Life Sciences Rockwell Automation Rolls-Royce Sabic Petrochemicals  SABMiller SAP SASOL Saudi Aramco Schneider Electric Shell Chemical Shell Global Siemens Solectron Suncor Energy Tata Consultancy Services TenAsys Tennessee Valley Authority Tesoro Petroleum Teva Pharmaceutical The Stanley Works Thermo Fisher Scientific ThyssenKrupp Toyota Motor Tuthill Unilever Vought Aircraft Industries Washington Savannah River Weyerhaeuser Wipro Technologies Wonderware Worsley Alumina Yaskawa Electric Yokogawa

Location

The Forum is held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Rosen Centre Hotel
9840 International Drive
Orlando, Florida 32819
800-204-7234 or 407-996-9840
www.rosencentre.com

Attendees should make their own hotel reservations.  Reservations can be made by calling 800-204-7234.  ARC has contracted a reduced rate of $180, based on availability, if reservations are made by January 9, 2009.  When making reservations, please specify that you will be attending the ARC Forum.  

The hotel is located 15 minutes from Orlando International Airport.  (For directions and map: www.rosencentre.com/Location/Location.htm )  Transportation options include Mears Transportation or local taxi.  Reservations to the airport using Mears must be made 24 hours in advance at the Guest Services desk.  The hotel is also conveniently located near many of Orlando’s attractions: 1 mile from Sea World, 5 minutes from Universal Studios, and 10 minutes from Walt Disney World.  Please call Orlando's Visitor Information Center at 407-363-5874 for information regarding current events in Orlando.

To Register

Forum Fee

The Forum fee is $1,895 if registered by January 1, 2009.  After that date, the fee is $2,195.  The fee includes breakfast and lunch each day, a dinner and reception on Tuesday evening, and all program materials.  Group rates are available.  Please contact info@arcweb.com for more information. 

Cancellations and Substitutions

Substitutions may be made at any time at no additional charge. The registration fee is fully refundable up to three weeks prior to the Forum date. A 50% cancellation fee will be assessed after that date. All cancellations must be received in writing.

Registration Methods

Please use one of the following methods to register for the Forum:

	Register on-line .
	Call 781-471-1000, or to obtain a registration form, e-mail  info@arcweb.com .