PlantSuccess Newsletter

Volume II, Issue 12

5/3/02

 

Dear Subscriber: 

Links to important articles from ARC Advisory Group and Accenture plus the latest on regional PlantSuccess conferences and the leading companies presenting.

Abbreviated PlantSuccess conferences have gone from Philadelphia to Chicago and now Houston with outstanding presentations featuring innovative managers discussing “best practices” implemented by leading manufacturers, including: 

 

Company

Presenter

 

 

 

 

Atofina

Plant E/I Systems Engineer

 

BP

CAD Coordinator - Gulf Coast

 

CDI Engineering Group

Turnaround Services Manager

 

Dofasco

Senior Reliability Engineer

 

Dow Chemical

Global Maint. Resource Center Leader

 

Dow Chemical

Best Practices/FEL Leader

 

DuPont

Manager, Process Control & IT

 

ExxonMobil

Risk Management Advisor

 

Lyondell Chemical

Manager, Technology Planning

 

Marathon Engineers

Manager, Eng & Info Systems

 

Rhodia

Plant Manager

 

Vulcan Chemicals

Maintenance & Engineering Manager

 

AIChE's CCPS

Consultant

 

Industry Consultants:

 

 

     Charlie Gillard

 

 

     John Pfeiffer

 

May 9, 2002, join keynoter Terry Leigh, Facilitator, Global Maintenance Leadership Team for the Dow Chemical Company at the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake for another outstanding conference that includes breakfast and lunch. Visit www.PlantSuccess.com to review agendas, download previous presentations and to register online. For additional information call 770-565-3282

Join our sponsors, all leading technology companies:

 

Sponsors

 

 

 

Bentley Systems Inc.

 

Cadcentre

 

Enigma, Inc.

 

Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore

 

J.D. Edwards Company

 

Rebis Industrial Workgroup Software

 

FIATECH

 

pdXML

 

Chemical Engineering magazine

Attendees to this unique conference will represent owner/operators, contractors and consultants from the Gulf Coast area with an interest in improving plant reliability, maintenance and operational effectiveness.

All paid attendees, not currently subscribers to Chemical Engineering magazine, will receive a 1-year complimentary subscription.

Regards, Carl Howk.

Chairman

 

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Current Links   

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·         Creating Value During a Recession

Despite a recent spike in GDP, most business people think we have a ways to go. A recent piece from consulting company Accenture (Aren’t they glad they changed their name.) titled: Creating Sustainable Shareholder Value from an Economic Downturn, is still appropriate.

The first pull-quote is worth remembering: “A recessionary economy is different from a growing economy; but one does not stop creating value during a recession.”  READ MORE

 

·         Web Services: Invest Incrementally

Industry consultant ARC Advisory Group has a timely piece on Web Services – one of the most talked-about technologies in the industry today. Again, a pull-quote is worth noting, “For manufacturers, the possibility of using Web services as a single connection method from plant floor to enterprise to partner to supplier is compelling. But an incremental strategy is necessary.” READ MORE

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Full links to Volume II, Issue 12 Newsletter articles:

http://www.plantsuccess.com/

http://www2.bentley.com/

http://www.cadcentre.com/flash/welcome.htm

http://www.enigma.com/e/

http://www.ingr.com/ppo/

http://www.jdedwards.com/

http://www.rebis.com/

http://www.aecsystems.com/

http://www.che.com/

http://www.fiatech.org/

http://www.pdxml.org/synapse/center/homepage.cfm?website=pdXML.org

http://www.accenture.com/xd/xd.asp?it=enWeb&XD=services\finance\fpm_thought2.xml - creating

http://www.arcweb.com/arcweb/newsmag/newsmag_e.asp