XONITEK EU Operational Excellence Summit

Presented by XONITEK Corporation

& XONITEK (UK) Limited 

 

May 16, 2009: Amsterdam in The Netherlands

 

NH Barbizon Palace Hotel

Conveniently located next to the Metro-Centraal Station

About XONITEK...

  

Bridging private-industry, academia and government;  XONITEK  is pleased to host a Summit on Operational Excellence at the NH Barbizon Palace Hotel in Amsterdam.

The discussions will address leveraging Operational Excellence (Lean, Six-Sigma and Leadership) in driving stakeholder value though business optimizations (transformational organization change), efficiencies (execution and realization), and the pursuit of perfection (continuous improvement).

Who Should Attend

Industry Executive Leadership - Private Equity and Finance - Consultancy Firms and Independents - Industrial and Systems Engineers - Supply-Chain and Logistics Professionals - Quality Engineers and Continuous Improvement Professionals - Operations - Labor Relations and Human Resource Professionals - Academia - Recruitment Consultants - Government Agencies - Health Care - Turnaround Specialists

Take-Away

• Learn the latest techniques, methodologies and technologies
• Understand the value proposition
• Ascertain how to create a culture for change
• Discover why initiatives fail and how to succeed
• How to define the Strategies, develop the Tactics, and organize the Logistics
• Realize how to manage the deployment
• Leveraging OpEx in business work-outs and turnarounds
• Learn how OpEx can be employed to prevent tripping loan covenants
• Hear Case-Studies and Best-Practices
• Networking Opportunities

Summit Agenda

• 0830h-0930h:  Registration; Coffee, Crullers and Networking
• 0930h-0945h:  Opening Remarks
• 0945h-1030h:  Keynote Address
• 1030h-1230h:  OpEx; Best Practices Tools, Techniques and Results
• 1200h-1330h:  Lunch and Networking
• 1330h-1530h:  OpEx; Best Practices Running a Consultancy Practice
• 1530h-1700h:  Networking, Cash Bar
• 1630h-1700h:  Closing Remarks and Door-Prize Drawing.

Keynote Speaker

Fred J Schoon EMEAC Director and Initiative Lead for Lean, Six-Sigma and Change Management,  Merck & Co. Incorporated Mr. Schoon is accountable for building functional capability and anchor methodology in the DNA of Merck in EMEAC as well as responsible for delivering strong business results by supporting major transformational change initiatives.  P&L of over €5billion and >10.000 employees.  Mr Schoon is a senior leader with 20+ years of pharmaceutical business experience and leadership in Marketing and Sales prior to this present role.  Mr. Schoon is a Certified BB and Transformational Change Leader.

Speakers 

"The Elegant Value-Chain"  Based on the book, "The Elegant Universe", understand how "String Theory" and the "Theory of Everything" apply to the value-chain of an enterprise - and learn how to successfully "warp" time and gravity to accelerate connecting the people who "need" with the people who "have".  Delegates will walk-away with a practical understanding of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) and its value-proposition. Joseph F Paris Jr: President, XONITEK Corporation

"Leveraging Lean in Achieving Operational Excellence".  Beyond just a set of tools, a properly developed and deployed initiative can be a facilitator in a company's journey from good to great.  In this session, you will learn the key components in developing an Operational Excellence program and how to realize the full potential. Dirk Van Goubergen: Professor at Ghent University, Owner Van Goubergen P&M Productivity Improvement - Belgium - , Owner Center for Productivity Improvement - Romania.

"Raise Operational Excellence to the Power of Replication"  Understand how to use Knowledge Stream Mapping Events to finding opportunities to leverage replication of best performances across the enterprise to accelerate the benefits of your programs. George Pesansky: President, MyBlendedLearning.com

"Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing & Eliminating the Signs of Decline"  A discussion on how to identify the warning signs in a company as it nears a crisis and how to successfully navigate around. Gregg Stocker: Management Consultant, Author and Speaker

   "Operational Excellence"... How good can you be? 

• Increase EBITDA and free cash-flow from operations
• Cost to produce down 20-50%
• Rework and Scrap down 25-90%
• Lead-time decreased by 50-90%
• Overall cycle-time decreased by 60%+
• Inventory and WIP reduced 50%+
• Floor space reduced by 30%-70%
• Purchasing costs reduced by 5-10% EVERY year
• On-time performance TO PROMISE 99%+
• On-time performance TO REQUEST 90%+
• Customer satisfaction delivered across the board
• Additional dimension of "knowledge" to traditional business transactions
• Changes in corporate/customer perspectives from a logistical (reactive) to a strategic (pro-active) orientation
• Increase velocity and quality throughout the process
• Involve the entirety of the value-chain
• Reduce direct, indirect, and g&a costs
• Enables management from a "holistic" view of the enterprise whilst facilitating access to details
• Eliminate from the process anything that does not add value to the end product in the eyes of the customer

"Wisdom... The Sum of All Applied Knowledge"

Contact Trinity DeMars at DeMarsTK@xonitek.com for additional information

Affiliate Organizations

Association for Corporate Growth	Institute of Industrial Engineers	Turnaround Management Associates

NH Barbizon Palace Hotel
Prins Hendrikkade, 59-72
1012AD Amsterdam
Netherlands

Saturday, May 16, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (GMT+0100)

XONITEK Corporation

XONITEK Corporation is a management and technologies consulting firm with a worldwide presence and reputation for excelling in the optimization of business synchronization. XONITEK provides expert consulting services to companies around the globe.

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