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Presenting ARC's Seventh India Forum

Driving Business Transformation Through Innovative Manufacturing and Supply Chain Solutions

November 12–14, 2009 - Bangalore, India

BangaloreBusiness transformation is an ongoing process even in the best of times and in today’s economic scenario it is more relevant, as the manufacturing world will emerge a transformed entity after the downturn.  The discrete manufacturing industry in India that has borne the brunt of the downturn’s impact in the country has to reinvent itself to overcome the after effects.

Indian discrete industry manufacturers will have to extensively deploy manufacturing IT solutions to enhance their performance through innovative strategies.  Manufacturers must turn to enabling technologies to achieve business transformation.

Discrete industry manufacturers are beginning to recognize that their main challenge is not so much the declining demand, but their ability to prune ‘costs of manufacturing’ along the entire manufacturing supply chain as opposed to the ‘spend cuts’.  The entire Design-Operate-Maintain cycle will need continuous addressing to discover newer ways to reduce manufacturing costs.  There is constant need to channel investments into systems and solutions and adopt best global industry practices in order that greater operational performance levels are achieved.

From ARC's Recent Hyderabad ForumShortening design and engineering cycle times is critical to reducing costs of manufacturing, which essentially means reduced iterative actions necessary to design, manufacture, and deliver products to consumers.  Manufacturers need to invest in technologies and solutions leveraging digital manufacturing, third-party product engineering services, and collaborative production management (CPM/MES) systems, backed up by state-of-the-art factory automation, supply chain management, and product lifecycle management and digital manufacturing systems.  OEMs must have state-of-the-art plant floor automation systems and integrate them with automation and decision support systems.

ARC has been focused on helping manufacturers develop winning strategies and best practices, and this two day forum is one such initiative for the expanding Indian discrete industry verticals, such as aerospace & defense, automotive & auto components, machinery manufacturing, building automation, electrical, electronics & semiconductor, capital equipments, and others.

This forum will bring industry thought leaders to share their experiences and strategies for success in these challenging but opportune times.  Key decision makers and thought leaders from various manufacturing industries, along with suppliers of automation systems and manufacturing IT solutions, will discuss the latest trends, case studies, and best practices relating to success in a global marketplace.  The knowledge transfer would come from case study presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and peer-to-peer networking.  Presentations will highlight how manufacturers are leveraging product lifecycle management and digital manufacturing solutions.  Speakers will also discuss how they integrate plant-level systems with enterprise solutions and deploy CPM/MES systems to achieve continuous productivity improvements and supply chain efficiencies.  Independent design and engineering service providers will discuss how they are helping many OEMs successfully launch product upgrades and new products, how they can help design products for manufacturability, and reduce costs through value engineering.  There will be workshops on integration challenges, interoperability issues, wireless in automation, industrial networks, vision systems, and others.

Tangible Benefits:

  • Gather intelligence on strategies that will help your company become performance-driven and flexible
  • Find out about approaches that will help you achieve Operational Excellence and emerge best-in-class
  • Learn how to achieve collaboration and synchronization between the plant floor and the boardroom
  • Understand how to use digital manufacturing and innovative technologies to help reduce time-to-market
  • Discover how to exploit global resources throughout your value chain
  • Hear from your peers how they have improved profitability by integrating production and business systems
  • Network with top industry executives

Join us in Bangalore to learn from global industry leaders and develop your own winning strategies.  Learn from the strategic thinking of others and leave with perspectives and ideas for your own team.  Whether you are a manufacturer or a technology supplier, this is a not-to-be-missed event!

Topics

  • Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Manufacturing Companies
  • Improving Return on Assets through Asset Lifecycle Management and Digital Manufacturing
  • Connecting the Plant Floor with Business Systems
  • Enhancing Order Fulfillment Capability through Manufacturing Execution Systems/Collaborative Production Management Strategies
  • New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Engineering Strategies
  • Overcoming Challenges and Emerging Successful
  • Driving Continuous Productivity Improvements and Emerging Solutions
  • Workshops

Agenda

Following is the agenda for the forum.  Timings and sessions are subject to change.

Thursday, November 12 - Afternoon with Standards

13:30

Registration and Lunch

14:30

Welcome Address
Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director South Asia & South East Asia, ARC Advisory Group

14:45 ISA–95: Workshop on ISA Standard
Bas van de Kerkhof, ISA Europe
17:15

Tea

17:45 Workshop on CANbus
Sudhir Abhyankar, CAN in Automation
19:15 Day's Proceedings Conclude

Friday, November 13

07:00

Breakfast and Registration

08:50

Welcome Address
Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director South Asia & South East Asia, ARC Advisory Group

09:00 Inauguration of Seventh ARC India Forum and Inaugural Address
T. Parabrahman, Chief Guest
Chairman CII Karnataka State Council and Managing Director Kirloskar Toyoda Textile  Machinery
09:30

The Collaborative Enterprise: Keynote Address
Andy Chatha, President & CEO, ARC Advisory Group

09:50 Keynote Address
R. Ramakrishnan, Executive Director, Bajaj Electricals
10:10 Keynote Address
Sunil Khanna, President, AIA
10:30

Keynote Address 
Regu Ayyaswamy, Vice President and Global Head of Engineering and Industrial Services (EIS), 
Tata Consulting Services

11:00 Tea
11:30

ARC – Oracle Co-branded Session
Smart Strategies During Uncertain Times: Adopting the Information Driven Value Chain

Stephen Slade and Karen Theel, Oracle

12:30

Actionable Intelligence for Excellence
K Saj Kumar, Vice President - Discrete Industries, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan

13:15 Lunch
14:00

Factory Automation and OEM Machinery Manufacturing Solutions
Thomas Boenig, Export Marketing Manager, True Wireless Networks, ABB Germany

14:30 Sustainable Production for Discrete Manufacturing Industries
William Sarver, Rockwell Automation 
15:00 Beyond Design & Build: Creation of Supply Chain Clusters
Bejoy George, Chief Marketing Officer, QuEST Global
15:30 Tea
16:00

ARC - Rockwell Automation Co-branded Session
Workshop on Functional Safety – Implications on Machine builders and users 
Mark Meng, Senior Global OEM Technical Consultant, Rockwell Automation

Unified Collaborative Communication for Business Transformation in Discrete Manufacturing Industries
Douglas Bellin, Industry Lead, Cisco Asia Pacific
Sandeep Mehra - Cisco WebEx

MES in Discrete Industry - Case Study Presentation
Rockwell Automation

17:30 ARC Survey Findings on MES and Machine Safety & Safeguarding Solutions in Discrete Manufacturing
S.R. Venkatapathy, Head Research India & South East Asia, ARC Advisory Group
18:00

Executive Panel Discussions
"Driving Business Transformation through Innovative Manufacturing and Supply Chain"
Chairman:
Andy Chatha, President ARC Advisory Group
Participants: End user representatives; Saj Kumar, SAP; William Sarver Rockwell Automation; Steve Glade, Oracle; Tata Consultancy Services Representative; Sandeep Mehra, Cisco
Moderator - S R Venkatapathy, ARC Advisory Group

18:45

World Academy of Productivity Sciences (WAPS) - Presentation of ''Fellow'' Awards
1. A K Saxena, Former Chairman Hindustan Aeronautics and MD Navvavia Pvt Ltd on
   Karnataka - The Global Aerspace Hub
   2. Dr A N Saxena, Vice President WAPS on:
    WAPS Activities and Awards
3. WAPS Felicitation Awards Function: Andy Chatha President & CEO ARC Advisory Group, presentation of "Fellow" Awards to: 
Ashok Kheny, MD NICE; Dr Sudarshan Maini, Founder REVA; AK Saxena, MD Navvavia Pvt Ltd; Dr Maheshappa, Cambridge Institute of Technology, IMS;  KS Narayanaswamy, Chairman GEO-Bio Technology

19:30 Cocktails and Dinner

Saturday, November 14

08:00

Breakfast and Registration

09:00 Improving Processes for Production System Design, Implementation, and Operations
Andy Chatha, President and CEO, ARC Advisory Group
09:30

Safety Integrated, Greater Flexibility in Machine Safety
Sachin Kulkarni, Manager Marketing, Siemens

10:00 Integrated Product Innovation Strategy, Introductions, and Portfolio Management
PV Vishwanath, Principal Solutions Consultant, PLM Applications, Oracle India
10:30 Factory Automation and OEM Machinery Manufacturing Solutions 
R. Vivekanandah, Divisional Manager & Business Head - Automation, Titan Automation
11:00 Energy Management Solutions in Discrete Manufacturing
Pradeep Kumar, Product Manager, Machinery Business, ABB India
11:30 Tea

12:00

Automotive and Other Discrete Industries Session
1. Keynote Address:
K M Karandikar, Tata Motors
2. The Road Ahead for India’s Automotive & Auto component  Industry
Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director South Asia & South East Asia, ARC Advisory Group
3. Innovation & Excellence: Are the two sides of the same coin
Vijay Babu, Solutions Director, PLM-SAP Labs India

ARC - TCS Co-branded Session
Product Engineering Services (PES) in Aerospace/Defense/HiTech Industries

1.Current Aerospace Industry opportunities and challenges
2.TCS Aerospace Design and manufacturing solutions 
3.TCS Supply chain compliance solutions.  Process mapping, process compliance solutions
4.TCS Supplier solution:  Supplier qualification, supplier selection

13:30 Lunch
14:15 Operational Excellence in Discrete Manufacturing using Information Technology
Pranish Kushare, Senior Business Consultant – Manufacturing,  Infor
14:45

Technological Innovation – A key Differentiator
HNLN Simha, Vice President, Strategic Electronics Center, Larsen & Toubro

15:15 Open House Discussions, Feedback Session
15:45 Forum Proceedings Conclude

 

Executive Speakers

Presentations will be made by the following executives.

Previous Attendees

The following companies were among those attending recent India Forums:

ABB
Abhijeet Industries
Aditya Birla Management
AIR India
Air Liquide Engineering India
Aquatherm Engineering
Ashok Leyland
Associated Capsules
ATIRA
Auma India
Autoliv IFB
Automation Industry Assoc.
Avant-Garde
Axcend Automation
Bajaj Hindustan
Batliboi SPM
Bayer Material Science
Beijing Hollysys
BEML
Bharat Fritz Werner
BHEL
Bhushan Strips and Steels
Bosch
BPL Technovision
Cadbury India
CMTI
Danfoss
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
Delphi TVS
DRDL
DuPont Engineering
Dynaspede
El Forge
Emerson
Endress and Hauser
Essar Constructions
Essel Propack
Excel Consultancy
EXIDE Industries
FCI OEN Connectors
FLSmidth
GE Energy
GM Technical Centre
Godrej & Boyce
GRUNDFOS Pumps
Guindy Machine Tools Ltd
HAL
Hampson Precision
HCL
Hi Rel
HighTemp Furnaces
Hindustan Lever
HMT Bearings
HMT Machine Tools
Honeywell Process Solutions
IBM
IIIT-Bangalore
IMTMA
Industry 2.0
Invensys
Israel Aircraft
ISRO
ISRO satellite center
ITC
Jasubhai Digital Media
JK Tyres
John Fowler
Kartapur Cold Storage
L & T
L & T - Heavy Engineering
L & T - S&L
L & T - Valdel
Lincoln
LMW
LRDE
M K Raju Consultants
M R F
M.N. Dastur & Company
Maini Group
Mecgale Pneumatics
Metso Automation
National Aerospace Laboratories
Ncon Turbo Tech
Nestlé India
Nuclear Fuel Complex
Nutech Engineers
Oracle
Ordinance Factory
   - Bhusawal
Pioneer Computing
   Technologies
Prismatic Engineering
Rangsons
Raptron Semiconductors
Reliance Info Solution
Reva Electric Car
Rittal India
Rockwell Automation
Rolta India Limited
Sakthi Auto Components
Sanghi Sez
SAP Labs India
Sarla Technologies
Schneider Electric
Seshasayee Paper & Boards
Siemens
Siemens Information Systems
SILWIN WINCHES
SPB Consultants
SPM India Ltd
Supcon
Synchrono
Syspro
Taneja Aerospace & Aviation
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consulting Engineers
Tata Motors
Tata Projects
Tata Technologies
TB Woods
TechNova Imaging Systems
Titan
Toyota Kirloskar
TVS Motors
Twin Engineers
Tyco Electronics
Usha Martin
V S T Tillers Tractors
Vaan Consulting
Vacon
Venus Automation
Vir Rubber Products
Vishay Components
Volvo
VVF
WeP Peripherals
Wintech

 

Location

The Forum is held at the Taj Residency.

Taj Residency
41/3 Mahatma Gandhi Road
Bangalore 560001
Tel: +91-80-66604444
Fax: +91-80-66614444
Email: residency.bangalore@tajhotels.com
www.tajhotels.com

Attendees should make their own hotel reservations. ARC has negotiated special prices with Hotel Ista, Hotel Ramanasree Brunton, and Hotel Ashraya International.  Please refer to the ARC conference to avail the special rate while booking your hotel accommodations.

  • Hotel Taj Residency (conference venue), Tejveer Bedi, 080-66604399, tejveer.bedi@tajhotels.com
  • Hotel Ista is offering a special price of Rs 6500 + tax for a single and Rs 7500 + tax for double occupancy, Ms.  Nandini Nair,  9886203901, nandinin@istabangalore.com 
  • Hotel Ramanashree Brunton is offering a special price of 2200/-net for an Executive Single Room 2600/-net for an Executive Double Room, Mr. Harish, +91 80-30519000, brunton@ramanashree.com
  • Ashraya International Hotel is offering a special price of Rs 2550 + tax for a Deluxe Single and Rs 2975 + tax for a Deluxe Double occupancy, Mr. Suresh Poonacha, +91-80-40355999, ashraya.hotel@gmail.com
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