Event Details
Date: April 23, Friday
Time: 09:00– 17:30
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront
Address: 392 Havelock Road, Singapore 169663
For directions to get to the hotel, visit www.grandcopthorne.com.sg .
Agenda

With the upturn in the economy, many manufacturers are looking at how they can respond quickly to the market opportunities. The focus of this conference highlights how manufacturers in Asia are leveraging on technology to drive business efficiencies, improve responsiveness and control, while staying compliant and reducing overall operating costs.

• IMPROVE RESPONSIVENESS : Smart technology investments can help manufacturers gain insights into their supply chain. Manufacturers can manage their end-to-end manufacturing process to enable faster and more informed decision-making. This will enable them to quickly respond to changing customer demands and needs.
   
• COST REDUCTION : Find out how technology can help to reduce cost and drive efficiencies while delivering strong returns-on-investment (ROI). Technology will enable manufacturers to make accurate forecast, reduce waste and cost.
   
• COMPLY TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND LEGISLATION : Manufacturers need technology that enables to comply with industry benchmarks and government legislation. Manufacturers with regional operations will need to manage different legislation and reporting systems, as well as different languages and currencies.

PANEL DISCUSSION : The panel discussion focus on key factors that manufacturers need to know in order to help them make superior, results-oriented decisions about the IT investments for their businesses. This includes understanding and optimizing the relationship between IT investments and business goals/objectives to enhance business processes; gain insights on the hidden costs when implementing and maintaining the solutions over the long term. The panel discussion will also help attendees understand how to plan their technology investments to ensure strong returns-on-investment (ROI) by putting effective measurement frameworks in place, tied to business goals.

This panel discussion is moderated by Debashis Tarafdar, Associate Research Director, IDC Manufacturing Insights with shared experience from our panelists.

• Debashis Tarafdar, Associate Research Director, IDC Manufacturing Insights
  • Asia Manufacturing Trends and IT Spending in 2010.
  • The challenges that manufacturers are facing.
     
• Lauw Kok Keen, Acting Director, Singapore eSupply Chain Management Council
  • Factoring IT in your overall budget; considerations in deciding on government funds, grants to help SMEs to increase productivity with technology.
  • Technology capabilities that mid-size manufacturers are looking for.
     
• James Norwood, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, Epicor Software Corporation
  • ERP has become an essential component in helping businesses to improve efficiency and reduce operations cost.
  • Find out how Manufacturers worked with Epicor on their planned technology investments at low total cost of ownership (TCO) with returns-on-investment (ROI).