1. 16th - 18th June, 2014
Hotel Excelsior, Munich, Germany
Rajan Nagarajan,
Senior Vice President,
Business Process
Transformation,
Kraft Foods Group
Klaus Hedegaard,
Vice President
Process Excellence,
Vestas
Mark Seekings
Group CEO
Beldam Crossley Ltd
John Hardwick,
Director of Business
Improvement
Emerging Markets,
GlaxoSmithKline
Anosh Thakkar,
IT Vice President,
Royal Phillips
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Improving manufacturing process agility, enhancing
innovation and driving down costs to remain competitive
in the European manufacturing market.
Presentations from the most
compelling and influential speakers
in the manufacturing industry including:
Marcel de Grutter,
Functional Business
Relationship Manager
Operations and QC,
Establis hed Pharmaceuticals Division,
Abbott Healthcare Products B.V
Lee Constable
Head of UK
Operations
MEL Chemicals
Jon Alder
Director of Group
Lean Enterprise
Rexam PLC
Mohammed Mazoir,
Opex Manager - EU
Sterile Operations,
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Volker Staab
VP Industrial Engineering
& Operational Excellence
SAS Automotive
Europe’s only 360˚view of achieving
process excellence in manufacturing
Learn how to achieve the most streamlined,
efficient and agile manufacturing systems by:
Managing change: gaining the transparency, agility and efficiency needed
across your entire enterprise to achieve optimum process excellence
Establishing the future of manufacturing in Europe: utilising process
excellence to maintain your market position
Meeting customer demand: how BPM will meet the challenge of operational
excellence in manufacturing
Integrating process excellence culture and consumer culture into
manufacturing processes to achieve optimum agility
Improving productivity through continuous improvement: implementing
a systematic guideline
4 Reasons to attend the Manufacturing
PEX Europe Summit:
Manufacturing PEX Europe - the 2014 must attend PEX event is made by
the industry, for the industry, with a leading advisory board and detailed
interviews with your peers to create the most relevant content
Industry led interactive sessions: roundtables, speed networking, panel
debates and group exercises to fully maximize your time at the event
Truly European event: with speakers from leading brands all over Europe, you
won’t get a 360 view on manufacturing process excellence anywhere else
Bought to you by the PEX Network - the world’s most trusted process
excellence resource
shingo prize winner
2. P.S. Make sure to attend our pre-conference focus
day specifically dedicated to providing key solutions
and materials central to achieving optimum process
excellence in the manufacturing industry.
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Dear Colleague,
There has never been a more critical time for the manufacturing industry to achieve process excellence. Amidst unprecedented
operational and economic pressures, the European manufacturing sector is finally seeing some recovery. Despite signs of recovery
experts agree that in order to ensure growth and profits, manufacturers must drive down their costs, measurably improve process
efficiencies and enhance innovation at every level of the organisation. So what are you doing today, to make this happen tomorrow?
Implementing the correct process solution is a critical challenge manufacturers must get right. With that in mind we are delighted to
introduce the PEX Network’s Manufacturing PEX Europe Summit.
Taking place 16th - 18th June, 2014, Hotel Excelsior, Munich, Germany, the summit provides an integrated, 360� view of over coming
process excellence challenges in European manufacturing. Packed with case studies, panels, debates and discussions, the summit is
designed to inform, challenge and advance your understanding of manufacturing process excellence.
Meet with Europe’s manufacturing process leaders including Vestas, Whirlpool, Kraft Foods, Nestle, Roche Diagnostics,
GlaxoSmithKline, Mel Chemicals and many more, that are leveraging the latest operational excellence tools and as a result are entering
a dynamic phase of growth. Hear their success stories and learn how you can implement tried-tested strategies which will help you drive
efficiencies, deliver innovation and plan for long term success.
By attending PEX Manufacturing Europe, you will:
Maximise your learning opportunity with a comprehensive three day agenda – information which would take weeks to read is
presented, debated and work shopped in an interactive, expert environment
European case studies, practical tips, strategies, panel discussions – use instantly at the office
Learn from and benchmark your process excellence strategy with global organisations
Attend interactive roundtables arranged by speciality focus areas to enable you to customise your learning experience
Participate in technology test drives and demonstrations to keep up to date with the latest industry developments
Make valuable industry contacts through the business card exchange
Experience 7+ hours dedicated to industry discussion and networking
Join us at the Manufacturing PEX Europe Summit on 16th - 18th June, 2014 to get the tools you need to drive innovation,
enhance agility and dramatically improve process efficiencies.
I’m looking forward to meeting you in Munich in February.
Louise Gibson-Bolton,
Director, Manufacturing PEX Europe Summit
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The Manufacturing Process Excellence Europe Summit will be hosting a pre-conference workshop day to help you to develop your process
and operational excellence strategies and discuss how to implement various tools and techniques to optimise manufacturing processes.
The workshops are an interactive learning opportunity where specific process excellence challenges the manufacturing sector faces are
debated, discussed and work-shopped to develop key take-aways and tactics.
09:30 Pre-conference workshop day registration and networking coffee
10:00 Organisational deployment: top down support and bottom up engagement
The target area for manufacturing process excellence is creating an entirely collaborative, connected, engaged workforce.
This workshop addresses the impact achieving successful organisational deployment has on the entire business and what
it can mean to your company both functionally and financially.
This workshop will equip you with the tools and techniques to implement in your business to achieve a fully engaged
workforce that will drive the best results in process excellence.
Joseph Paris, Founder, OPEX Society
12:00 Lunch and networking
13:00 Lean and six sigma: back to basics to achieve your process excellence goals
Despite the on-going awareness of lean and six sigma, there are still many companies who are struggling to establish the
fundamentals of their process excellence foundation with lean and six sigma. This workshop revisits the basics but also addresses
how to reapply these methodologies into a completely new era of operational excellence, as industry requirements change
and develop. By the end of this workshop you will re-engage with lean and six sigma and be able to apply them effectively
to the most complex manufacturing operational requirements.
Klaus Hedegaard, CEO Lean Simplexity and Cofounder of Co-Lean, former Senior Vice President Process Excellence, Vestas
15:00 Afternoon coffee
15:30 Vertical start-up products as a crucial element in achieving process excellence
With the changes in consumer demand, increasing pressure is placed on new product production processes. This workshop
provides a detailed step by step guide to the perfect vertical start-up, including addressing difficulties that may arise and how to
implement these processes into the pre-existing framework.
Rafal Rejdych, Design Quality Manager, Whirlpool Corporation
17:30 Close of pre-conference workshop day
Pre-Conference Focus DayMonday 16th June, 2014
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08.30 Registration & networking coffee
08.50 Chairperson’s opening remarks and welcome
09.00 Establishing the future of
manufacturing in Europe: utilising
process excellence to maintain your
market position
Europe must grow the size of its manufacturing
industry if it is to maintain international
competitiveness in a period of crisis and
dramatic change over the next 3 years.
How will this impact your process excellence
strategy and approach?
Understanding the current climate to
identify your company’s current status in
process excellence
Implementing the key steps needed to
achieve process excellence and remain
competitive in the current market
David Rivalain, Manufacturing Centre Manager,
Latelec
09.40 Why Manufacturing Process
Excellence (MPE) matters?
The critical role of Manufacturing Process
Excellence for achieving an integrated
supply chain
Mastering the art of workforce engagement in
Manufacturing Process Excellence as the
driver for a sustainable cultural change
Establishing metrics as the foundation of
manufacturing process excellence
Rajan Nagarajan, Senior Vice President,
Business Process Transformation, Kraft
Foods Group
A Lowdown on Lean
11:50 A lean Basics Case study from
GlaxoSmithKline
In line with the theme of ‘back to basics’,
John will share a real world case study of using
rigorous process observation techniques
to identify and remove waste across the GSK
production sites. Using videos and observation
sheets he will remind us all why we do ‘Lean’
and why it is such a powerful tool for
improving productivity.
John Hardwick, Director of Business
Improvement Emerging Markets,
GlaxoSmithKline
12:30 LEAN in an environment of excess capacity?
Certain production processes or highly automated
production steps are natural enemies of a LEAN and
flow-oriented manufacturing philosophy. In order
to keep these machines or lines continuously
operating and highly utilized, production planners
have to make compromises and plan excess capacity
around them. This conflict is not new, but many
companies struggle with it when trying to implement
a sustainable LEAN process and culture.
LEAN versus ToC – Two different approaches with
one goal
Automisation is indispensable – Objectives and
reasons for problematic production steps
Effects of highly automated production steps on
the production flow
Excess capacity versus continuous improvement
– how excess capacity limits your ability to see
problems and ultimately restricts operational
excellence
Coping with the conflict – Various ways to address
the problem between removing excess capacity and
enhancing your processes despite the excess capacity
Supporting Goal Management - Developing adequate
and actual performance indicators and establishing a
culture of transparency, enablement and engagement
Markus Gosse, Director of Manufacturing,
EuWe Eugen Wexler Gmbh
10.20 Networking Session: Business
Card Exchange
Branded as “the best networking session I’ve
ever attended” by a number of past IQPC
delegates, this structured networking session
is the ideal opportunity for you to capitalise on
your time of the office by speaking to each of
your peers in attendance. This unique session
allows you to find out – within just five minutes
– if it’s worth meeting up with someone later,
or whether there’s a possibility of a future
business relationship. Nowhere else will you
gain such an in-depth understanding of who
is within your global network and where their
short and long term priorities lie, offering
you a great chance to benchmark your
own development.
10:40 Business Architecture – the nucleus
of business and IT transformation
Philips has embarked on a multi-year
transformation to become an agile,
process-oriented global company to help
business owners bring propositions to market
faster, reduce complexity and lower IT costs.
The key to their success lies in the Enterprise
Architecture Repository (EAR) which allows
Philips to connect the different components
of the business and IT transformation. Learn
how Philips uses the EAR to capture business
models, the process & capability framework
and IT architecture in one connected
repository.
Anosh Thakkar, IT Vice President, Royal
Phillips
11:20 Morning coffee and networking
Conference Day One Tuesday 17th June, 2014
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13.10 Lunch and networking
14:10 Achieving lean excellence and the
pivotal role of consumer culture:
meeting customer demand whilst
ensuring your manufacturing
processes remain lean
Understanding the changing demands
of consumers and implementing this into
manufacturing process excellence.
Establishing a strong foundation for the
effective application of lean
The importance of tailoring your manufacturing
process to the changing consumer
Creating a lean and agile manufacturing
process excellence in order to consistently
deliver consumer demand
Jon Alder, director of group lean enterprise,
Rexam PLC
14:50 Succeeding in manufacturing
process excellence through superior
use of benchmarking
The importance of benchmarking
A step by step guide to effective benchmarking
Professor Ahmad, Director, Teesside
Manufacturing Centre
15:30 Implementing a Manufacturing
Execution System is not turn the Key
and Go!
How to define the maturity of your
organization to successfully implement MES
Can an IT system alone solve organizational
and/or cultural issues?
Understanding the vital relationship between
PEX and MES
Marcel de Grutter, Functional Business
Relationship Manager Operations and QC,
Established Pharmaceuticals Division,
Abbott Healthcare Products B.V
16:10 Afternoon coffee and networking
16:30 Roundtable workgroup breakout discussions
Join one of these interactive roundtable discussions to benchmark, learn and debate with your
peers on a topic that is a priority for you.
During this interactive session take the opportunity to network and learn from those attendees
who share your interests, challenges and expertise to maximise your time at the Manufacturing
Process Excellence Europe Summit.
How does it work? Each table is labelled with a different theme:
Roundtable one:
Creating enterprise wide operational excellence systems
Mark Seekings, Group CEO, Beldam Crossley Ltd
Roundtable two:
How to improve process agility
Anosh Thakkar, IT Vice President, Royal Phillips
Roundtable three:
Increasing productivity through implementing process excellence programmes
Volker Staab, VP Industrial Engineering & Operational Excellence, SAS Automotive
Roundtable four:
Utilising data analytics to streamline and improve manufacturing process
Marcel de Grutter, Functional Business Relationship Manager Operations and QC,
Established Pharmaceuticals Division, Abbott Healthcare Products B.V
You will be able sit with a discussion group you feel is most relevant to you. Whether you’re a seasoned
expert with war stories galore, or completely new to the area, you’ll be surrounded by people who
have been, or soon will be in your shoes. So simply choose a group to join and after 30 minutes of
discussion, you move to new table.
17:30 Developing and sustaining a process excellence culture
• Creating a shared vision and training agenda for a connected workforce
• Engaging and empowering your workforce
• Transforming culture and behaviour through leadership
• Building process excellence in teams and individuals
Mohammed Mazoir, Opex Manager - EU Sterile Operations, Catalent Pharma Solutions
18:10 Closing remarks from chairperson
18:15 Networking drinks reception
Enjoy a cocktail reception with your peers – a chance to exchange war stories,
best practice and industry information over a glass of wine
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08.30 Registration & networking coffee
08.50 Chairpersons opening remarks and welcome
09.00 Improving productivity through
continuous improvement:
implementing a systematic guideline
Where to focus your continuous
improvement efforts and how small
improvements everyday can help your
business achieve process excellence.
Utilising a daily management system to
reduce fire fights
Creating a learning environment in
your operations
Steps to ensure continuous improvement
occurs in your manufacturing process
Volker Staab, VP Industrial
Engineering & Operational
Excellence, SAS Automotive
09.40 Quick fire solution and technology
demonstration drive
Based on the specific strategies and
technology requirements of the manufacturing
sector and focusing on key areas of
investment, the quick fire technology test
drives by exhibitors will run in parallel.
Interactive product demonstrations will
be delivered at the exhibition stands to give
process excellence professionals working
in the manufacturing industry ideas, tips and
explanations about the latest technologies.
Get your vendor passport stamped by
exhibitors, and enter the prize draw!
12.00 Achieving continuous improvement:
maintaining process excellence and
innovation in your manufacturing
operations to penetrate global markets
Achieving the highest standard of lean in
process excellence
Implementing an increasingly agile
manufacturing processes
Using lean and agility to create competitive
edge and to penetrate global markets
Mark Seekings,
Group CEO,
Beldam Crossley
12.40 Meeting customer demand: how BPM
will meet the challenge of operational
excellence in manufacturing
Improving agility in operational process
excellence through mapping and monitoring
your processes and delivery to meet ever
changing consumer habits.
13.20 Lunch and networking
10.20 State of the industry debate: where
do you think the future of process
excellence lies?
An opportunity to share ideas and debate
contrasting and collaborative ideas and
viewpoints on which areas hold the greatest
importance and focus needs to be shifted
upon them but also in which order. The future
of manufacturing process excellence is for
you to decide
10:50 Driving value agility and cost
effectiveness in manufacturing process
excellence
Understanding the recent shift of focus from
productivity and efficiency to flow and agility
Driving ROI and increased efficiency through
developing agile process capability
Lee Constable,
Head of UK Operations,
11:30 Morning coffee and networking
“Somegreatideas-gotthe“onenugget”thatmakesitworthwhile.”
David Haigh, Demand Planning Manager, J&J Canada, Delegate 2013
Conference Day TWO Wednesday 18th June, 2014
Media Partners
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14:20 Roundtable workgroup breakout discussions
Join one of these interactive roundtable discussions to benchmark, learn and debate with your
peers on a topic that is a priority for you.
During this interactive session take the opportunity to network and learn from those attendees
who share your interests, challenges and expertise to maximise your time at the Manufacturing
Process Excellence Europe Summit.
How does it work? Each table is labelled with a different theme:
Roundtable one:
Changing demand and supply chain no longer in isolation: how to achieve
an integrated supply chain stream for process excellence
Robert Winterhoff, Director, Global Sales Emerging Markets/ BRIC, HARMAN International
Roundtable two:
Autonomous maintenance in your manufacturing line to achieve efficiency
for operational excellence
Roundtable three:
Overcoming disruptive technology and its impact on process excellence
Roundtable four:
Increasing automation of processes for universal standards in process excellence
You will be able sit a with discussion group you feel is most relevant to you. Whether you’re a seasoned
expert with war stories galore, or completely new to the area, you’ll be surrounded by people who
have been, or soon will be in your shoes. So simply choose a group to join and after 30 minutes of
discussion, you move to new table.
15.20 Afternoon coffee and networking
15:50 Enabling innovation through your operational process excellence
Changing the regimented mind-set to allow for more flexible innovation in R&D: the importance
of implementing lean in R&D and engineering
The critical difference between traditional innovation and lean product and process development
Understanding the changing climate for new product launch: re-listening to the Voice-of-Customer
Destroying innovation with process: are people, process and technology destroying innovation?
Is innovation a process?
Klaus Hedegaard, CEO Lean Simplexity and Cofounder of Co-Lean, former Senior Vice President
Process Excellence, Vestas
16:30 Managing change: gaining the
transparency, agility and efficiency
needed in your enterprise to achieve
optimum process excellence
Implementing and developing the correct
processes which empower your business
to rapidly respond to the changing
manufacturing market
Leveraging BPM to gain optimum process
agility, achieve higher quality and consistency
and increase business savings
Benefitting from flexible adaptable business
process technology to outperform
competitors
Developing KPIs: creating a formula to
measure business agility
17:10 Closing remarks from chairperson and
end of conference
17:15 Close of conference
“Thiseventwasreally
inspirationalandgave
mealotoffreshideas
tostartupwith.”
Mirelle Suatan, Process Excellence Manager,
TeliaSonera International Carrier AB, Delegate 2013
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Maximise Your Involvement:
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
Manufacturing PEX Europe Summit is attended by senior officials and decision-makers from
industry, bringing together buyers and suppliers in one location.
Focused and high-level, the event will be an excellent platform to initiate new business relationships.
With tailored networking, sponsors can achieve the face-to-face contact that overcrowded trade
shows cannot deliver.
Exhibiting and Sponsorship options are extensive, and packages can be tailor-made to suit your
individual company’s needs. Most packages include complimentary entry passes, targeted marketing
to industry officials and executives, and bespoke networking opportunities.
Other features of sponsorship include:
• Prominent exhibition space in the main conference networking area
• Participation in comprehensive pre-event marketing campaigns
• Tailored marketing strategies to suit your organisation’s size, capabilities and individual requirement
For more information and to discuss the right opportunity,
contact us on +44 (0)207 368 9300 or sponsorship@pexnetwork.com
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