ARC's Tenth Annual Forum in Asia
Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Global Manufacturers

July 16, 2008 - Tokyo, Japan

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 Tokyo to learn what they are doing and what you can do to develop your own winning strategy.  

• 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 This Forum is designed specifically for senior executives at manufacturing companies and their partners. Titles of executives attending previous ARC Forums include: CEOs, COOs, and Presidents 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 Plant Managers and Supervisors Production Managers and Supervisors Directors, Managers and Architects of Enterprise Integration No other event offers you such a high level of personal interaction with so many top industry executives. In past Forums, over 50% of the attendees have titles like Chairman, CXO, President, Vice President, Director, Publisher or Partner.

Executive Speakers

The following executives are among those who will present at the forum.

Agenda

Following is the preliminary agenda for the forum.

Travel Information

The Forum is held at the Bellesalle Kanda.

Bellesalle Kanda
Sumitomo Kanda Building
7 Kanda Mitoshiro-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Phone: (03) 3346 1396
www.sumitomo-rd.co.jp/building/kaigishitsu/bs_kanda/

Attire

Normal business attire is suggested.

Get the Most Out of Your Trip to Japan

Japan is rich in culture. While you are here why not visit a few of the many regions. Visit www.jnto.go.jp for more information on Japan and assistance with your travel plans.

To Register

Forum Fee

The forum fee is US$595 if registered by June 20, 2008.  After June 20, the fee will be US$695.  The fee includes a luncheon and a “Getting Acquainted” Dinner Party plus all program materials.

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 +81 42 991 1685 or +1-781-471-1000, e-mail sabe@arcweb.com or info@arcweb.com, or fax +81-42-991-1686 to obtain a registration form.

Sponsorship Opportunities

For information on opportunities for sponsoring the forum, please contact Shuji Abe, sabe@arcweb.com, +81 42 991 1685.