PlantSuccess Newsletter
Volume III, Issue 22
7 October 2003
Dear Subscriber:
Its October and the Atlanta
Braves, after going from worst to first in 1991 have completed another
amazing season. Many fans are spoiled by the almost inevitability of reaching
the playoffs for the 12th consecutive year an amazing feat. Manager Bobby
Cox celebrated 1900 career wins; hell see 2000 soon. Greg Maddux had
15 wins for the 16th year in a row beating the record set by Cy
Young. Catcher Javy Lopez set the record of 42 home runs as a catcher
while seldom being behind the plate for Maddux. John Smoltz,
super-starter prior to elbow surgery, was on the injured reserve the last month
of the season, recorded an ERA of 1.12 and 45 saves plus a gutsy performance in
game 4 of the playoffs against Sammy Sosa. The team includes only four
players from 1995, the only year in which the Braves won the World Series.
Great pitching beat anemic hitting
and the Braves season ended early. The loyal fans of the Chicago Cubs fans
enjoyed a playoff victory for the first time since 1908!
Braves fans may not like the final
standing at the end of each season and the players dont brag about not reaching
the World Series; there isnt a professional team in any sport that doesnt
recognize what it takes to maintain this level of performance for so many
years, a great example of sustainability a trait that carries high value in the
commercial world as well.
Another sign of October is
PlantSuccess recruiting a roster of outstanding speakers for a unique
conference focused on the successful use of information technology by
owner-operators in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries. For the 5th
year, industry leaders like Air Products and Chemicals, BP, Dow Chemical,
DuPont, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Rohm and Haas and others contribute
the experience of their innovative managers to speak to their techniques for
exceeding current industry requirements -- sustaining best practices while
driving plant performance.
Jim Porter, DuPonts VP of
engineering and operations, and keynote for the inaugural PlantSuccess, returns as keynote with the
address: Six Sigma and Best Manufacturing Practices: Delivering Powerhouse
Performance. Although youll find it in NHL training, Powerhouse Performance
is not limited to ice hockey.
John Hamilton, Managing Director, Global
Technology Department and Executive Director, Partnerpoint for the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce joins us as a speaker at Thursdays buffet lunch.
Partnerpoint (http://www.partnerpoint.org/) is a
global meeting point for executives in telecommunications, information
technology, e-business, media, the Internet and related technology-intensive
industries. It empowers you to find new partnerships, explore innovative
business models, assemble new value propositions, and reach new customers at
the scale and speed you need. Partnerpoint promotes cooperation in areas such
as marketing/branding, mergers/acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution
arrangements, professional services, financing, transfer of know-how, and
R&D. With thousands of companies and more than a hundred business
organizations already registered from around the world, Partnerpoint is a
powerful networking tool to help you find people to help you grow your
business. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest independent business
federation in the world, powers Partnerpoint.
A complimentary six-month
subscription to Partnerpoint (valued at more than $150.00) is being made available to
all attendees of PlantSuccess Northeast 2003
Join PlantSuccess 15 16 October at
the PHL Airport Marriott for the 5th anniversary conference in the Philadelphia area.
Join us for another unique series of actively moderated sessions and lively
discussions of topics important to everyone involved with process
manufacturing. Visit www.PlantSuccess.com
to learn more about PlantSuccess, to review and download presentations from
previous conferences and to register online.
Join PlantSuccess for a chance to
win Tungsten T3,
the latest and greatest member of the Palm Handheld family. Attend both days of
the conference and be with us for the closing lunch when the drawing and
presentation are made.
Best regards,
Carl. Howk, Chairman
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Current Links
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Immelt's
Four Rules For Fostering Innovation
Companies must engender an
environment where innovation can take place in order to succeed, claims the GE
chairman and CEO in a keynote address at the recent Emerging Technologies
Conference at MIT and reported by InformationWeek. Immelt cites:
"Innovation
is a social imperative today and never was it more important," Immelt said.
"I think the only answer for us today is innovation." READ
MORE.
Revenue
Projections Improving; Cost-Cutting Measures Have Decreased
In its
second annual survey of industrial indicators, GlobalSpec, Inc, the industrys
largest online technical product resource for the engineering and technical
buying community, has found that businesses in the industrial sector are
generally optimistic about revenue projections compared to last year. Further,
the percentage of companies planning to cut spending has dropped substantially
compared to 2002. READ
MORE.
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Full links
to Volume III, Issue 22 Newsletter articles:
1. http://www.partnerpoint.org/
3. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15200356
4. http://www.globalspec.com/News/ShowPressRelease?PressReleaseID=47