PlantSuccess
Newsletter
Volume IV,
Issue 8
31 March 2004
Dear Subscriber:
Were just three weeks from PlantSuccess Gulf Coast 2004 22 April
at the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake, our 10th conference in the major
process industry centers of Houston and Philadelphia. The theme is Best Practice
Driving Plant Performance. As keynote, Tom Jefferson, Director, IT Production &
Technology, Bayer Polymers, LLC, will lead another roster of outstanding speakers
from industry leaders:
Visit www.PlantSuccess.com
to review agendas and presentations from previous conferences, register online and
take advantage of the early bird discount. If lodging is required, use the special
rate for PlantSuccess at the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake 281-333-9300.
Join us for a very special Welcome Reception a Texas BBQ by Truett
My hobby is competitive cooking. Airhart
We have an attractive discount for multiple attendees from the
same company -- let us know if this applies to your company. If you have questions
or need additional information, please call me at 770-565-3282.
Carl Howk, Chairman
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By leveraging
three key componentstechnology, people, and processesto drive business, companies
can build in flexibility, a variable-cost environment, and a competitive advantage.
from an article by Corey Ferengul the current issue of Optimize Magazine.
A company that
can predict the future, map current IT resourcesnamely people, technologies, investments,
and projectsto business demands, and analyze those it has used in the past is an
adaptive organization. It has the edge on the competition and can show value to
stakeholders. Adaptive organizations are flexible and link business processes in
previously unachievable ways, unearthing more sophisticated business options. They
also move from a heavily fixed-cost environment to a variable-cost one, where overall
IT costs reflect demands in real time. This flexibility creates new options for
leveraging existing technology to drive the business. READ
MORE.
The HBR List
of Breakthrough Ideas for 2004
HBR Online has done a nice job with flash technology
promoting its annual list of breakthrough ideas and the esteemed Harvard Business
Review. These ideas are worth a read and a subscription is never a bad idea.
A few of my favorites from the top 20:
If you asked
most people to describe the past decade of IT, they would call it boom and bust,
a roller coaster ride. The reality is that despite the sharp swings, the bursting
bubble, the scandals and the countless other disappointments, technology has marched
smoothly and relentlessly ahead. Ray Kruzweil
Investors are
always scrambling to find out where the smart money is going. Its also important,
whether youre an investor or a business manager, to know where the stupid moneys
going. Joel Kurtzman
Fear of risk
can cripple a companys ability to compete aggressively. But a new framework for
enterprise risk management may finally convince businesses that they can systematically
assess hazards on all fronts without damping their managers entrepreneurial zeal.
Leigh Buchanan READ MORE
Join us for
a comprehensive series of presentations on Best Practices driving plant performance
including a presentation on Risk Management by noted author and consultant Bill Treasurer.
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Full links to
Volume IV, Issue 8 Newsletter articles:
1. http://www.plantsuccess.com/
3. http://www.is.siemens.com/itps/indx/index.htm
4. http://www.optimizemag.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=18201385
5. http://images.ed4.net/images/htdocs/hbsp/hosted/hbs/hosted.htm