29th of September 2004

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Challenges and Strategies, Logistics and Manufacturing
AKJAutomotive, BMW, Bosch, Exel Logistics, DaimlerChrysler, Dräxlmaier, EDS, Exel Logistics, Ford, FORMEX (Magna), FTE, gedas, General Motors, Honda, IPL Prof. Schmidt, ITESM, Kostal, Ryder, Schefenacker Hungary, Siemens VDO, Tremec, UDLA, UPAEP, UNAM, Volkswagen, WOCO Others.

Conference languages spanish and english.

08:00	Open Conference Desk Office and Exhibition
	Visit exhibition
08:30	Session E - Challenges Logistics and Production Moderation: Dr. Victor Lopez (ITESM) and NN
08:30 09:10 09:50	Peter Knorst, Ford, Director Materials Management, Saarlouis, Germany Lean Logistics - Logistics and Productions Measurements as a base to achieve best practices to a lean plant. ----- Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Liker, University of Michigan, USA Building Deep Supplier Relationship- Toyota case ----- Break and exhibition
10:20	Panel F - Challenge Logistics and Supplier Integration Moderation: Pol van Eyghen (FITT) and NN
10:20 11:00 11:40 12:15 13:00	Antal Mihalicz, Schefenacker, General Manager, Mosonszolnok, Hungary People driven strategy deployment – More efficiency and customer satisfaction with total controlled management and methods ----- Dr. H.-J. Klepzig, University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany Dr. K. -J. Schmidt, Institute for Production & Logistics, Saarbrücken, Germany Strategies to fit automotive challenges - A comparison of the objectives and the results of strategies in the german automotive industry. ----- End of lectures Panel H and Infos about tours Quick Lunch and visit exhibition By bus to Tour BMW, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen, NN [More...]
10:20	Session G - Challenge Logistics and IT Moderation: Floria Kotz and NN
10:20 11:00 11:40 12:15 13:00	Andreas Muth, Ryder, Düsseldorf, Germany Systems to plan and control transportation networks – Long- and short-term optimization in global networks. ----- Oscar Alvarez, Sales Director, QAD(MFG/PRO)/HP, México City IT in Automotive - Automotive Processes and Collaboration platforms in the supply chain OEM-tier1-tiern ----- End of lectures Panel H and Infos about tours Quick Lunch and visit exhibition By bus to Tour BMW, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen, NN [More...]