Discover The Latest Trends At The American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2011.

Online, September 8, 2011 (Newswire.com) - The summit will provide attendees with focus on key industry themes such as:

• Overcoming the challenges posed by emerging markets, including China, Brazil and Eastern Europe
• Successfully implementing complex manufacturing strategies across worldwide operations
• Understanding the pros and cons of outsourcing and insourcing manufacturing processes
• Protecting IP, and reducing the risk of IP theft when operating abroad
• Achieving growth by utilizing Operational Excellence and lean best practices
• Developing effective change management strategies to engage employees in new initiatives
• Strengthening technology innovation to ensure cost effective product development
Summit attendees will get an opportunity to choose from a variety of cross-industry case studies. Topics include:

• Creating a learning organization and a culture of Operational Excellence led by Tim Ambrey, Senior Director, Autoliv Production System

• Capitalizing on the issues and opportunities in developing a talented global workforce
led by Bonnie Fetch, Director Global Workforce Talent Development, Caterpillar Inc

• Making change management value add: Integrating change management practices into business excellence programs led by Paige Sefton, Senior Manager Global Pharmaceutical Operations, Business Learning Solutions, Abbott Laboratories

View the full summit program here http://www.manufacturing-summit.com/programme.asp

Delegates from Some of the globally known names include Bacardi Bottling Co, Beckman Coulter, H J Heinz, Moen Inc, Monsanto Company, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser and ThyssenKrupp Aerospace.

Click here to view the list of delegates http://www.manufacturing-summit.com/delegates.asp

Vendors sponsoring the summit include Atachi Systems, Seeit Solutions, CDC Software, Syscon Plantstar, TBM Consulting Group, Eco Innovations Partners, Apriso and Kepner Tregoe.

Click here to view the list of sponsors http://www.manufacturing-summit.com/suppliers_conf.asp

Brief description of the American Manufacturing Strategies 2011

• The event will run from November 7th-8th and will be held at The Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Illinois
• More than 200 senior manufacturing, operations, lean and operational excellence directors and VPs are will to attend the event
• Two day agenda full of outstanding stream sessions, case studies and pre-schedules one-to-one meetings customized for the manufacturing industry
• Organized expo where you can identify the latest technologies to support your manufacturing operations
• Over 30 high level speakers
• Each day includes networking drinks reception, lunches and coffee breaks