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Even when the hype is stripped away there
is little doubt that the Internet is having, and will continue
to have, a profound impact on traditional manufacturing models.
The accelerated impact of globalisation, disintermediation
and mass customisation, to name but a few, are already being
felt by more and more companies. At the same time most organisations
are waking up to the opportunities that e-commerce presents.
However jumping in to e-commerce unprepared can do more harm
than good. Without repeatable and reliable
levels of operational effectiveness, e-commerce will only
exaggerate organisational weaknesses. Unless waste and inflexibility
are driven out of internal processes e-commerce initiatives
will not achieve the expected cost
reductions and margin improvements. And without a change in
traditional, functional behaviours companies will
not have the flexibility and adaptability to gain sustainable
competitive advantage.
The third e-cognition briefing will examine the effect of
e-business on manufacturing. In a focused two hour briefing
these and other key issues will be addressed by some of the
world’s leading experts to give you unique
insights into how manufacturing operations can be re-invented
to take advantage of e-business.
Date
& Venue
E-cognition 3 will be held at the Belfry,
West Midlands,
on Wednesday September 20th.
B R I E F I N G
Can
e-business help manufacturing operations? Yes, and bring
cost and efficiency improvements. Find out how.
Prerequisites for e-business in manufacturing
E-business offers huge advantages to manufacturing operations.
But there is also a huge risk if companies do
not prepare carefully. Based on his considerable experience
Andy Coldrick, Director of Stratabridge and former Chairman
of Oliver Wight International, will discuss how companies
can achieve the three fundamental prerequisites for exploiting
e-business, and ensure e-commerce doesn’t turn into
e-chaos:
 establishing
minimum thresholds of operational effectiveness
adopting
lean thinking and time compression
creating
a collaborative culture.
The e-enabled manufacturer
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young have worked with many well
known companies to e-enable their manufacturing
operations. Martin Ellis, Executive Consultant, will share
with you how they have gone about it, the factors they have
had to take into consideration, the potential pitfalls they
have identified and the results they have achieved.
Transforming manufacturing through e-business
For the last decade Oracle Corporation has been helping
manufacturing companies to transform their operations. Oracle’s
position as a leader in e-business solutions places them
in a unique position to help manufacturers take advantage
of e-business practices. Giuseppe Rossi, EMEA Operations
Manager, will draw on Oracle’s own customer experiences
to illustrate Oracle’s strategy for manufacturing,
the issues to look for and the benefits that accrue.
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