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3 February 2009
Events News
Microsoft to Hold Empowering Excellence Workshops to Help Manufacturing Firms Innovate and Reduce Costs in Uncertain Times
From 3 February to 15 April the workshops will take place across Europe, Middle East and Africa with the participation of leading partners and key industry speakers.
What: Empowering Excellence in Manufacturing & Resources Through Innovation - EMEA Road Shows
Join Microsoft Corp and key business partners at these workshops to learn how, in times of economic uncertainty, leading-edge technologies can help firms realise cost savings, increase efficiency, enable change and foster innovation. The sessions dedicated to IT and business decision-makers will highlight the state-of-the-art solutions empowered by Microsoft technologies:
Manufacturing operations. How to help ensure operational excellence through flexible and integrated manufacturing operations with high quality, low cost and tools for securing regulatory compliance.
Business insight and visibility. How to accelerate insight, increase transparency and manage risk at all levels to reduce time to decision and locate and analyse inefficiencies.
Collaboration and communication. How to manage innovation and accelerate collaborative product development across global design teams to improve time to market and reduce costs.
Consumer-centric approach. How to observe and serve consumers and customers globally with insight into their specific needs and drive profitable revenue growth
Who: These speakers from Microsoft will be featured:
Jon C Arnold, managing director, Worldwide Utilities, Microsoft
Nick Barnett, EMEA Industry Solution manager, Manufacturing Operations, Microsoft
Norbert Braendli, worldwide managing director, Automotive and Industrial Equipment, Microsoft
Karel Crombach, industry market development manager EMEA, Worldwide Manufacturing and Resources Sector, Microsoft
Ruediger Dorn, managing director, Worldwide Life Sciences Industry Group, Microsoft
Albrecht Ferling, managing director, Worldwide Oil and Gas Industries, Microsoft
Bill Gerould, senior director, Worldwide Marketing, Manufacturing & Resources Sector, Microsoft
Charles Johnson, worldwide general manager, Manufacturing and Resources Sector, Enterprise Partner Group, Microsoft
Sanjay Ravi, managing director, Worldwide High Tech and Electronics Industry, Microsoft
Gunter Rester, Worldwide Director PLM Solutions, Microsoft
Don Richardson, director, Global Innovation and PLM Industry Strategy, Worldwide Solution Management, Microsoft
Dates and Locations:
3 Feb 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
18 Feb 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
19 Feb 2009, Goteborg, Sweden
25 Feb 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa
5 March 2009, Barcelona, Spain
6 March 2009, Madrid, Spain
10 March 2009, Oslo, Norway
13 March 2009, Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
16 March 2009, Helsinki, Finland
17 March 2009, Paris, France
19 March 2009, Moscow, Russia
20 March 2009, Moscow, Russia
25 March 2009, Cologne, Germany
26 March 2009, Vienna, Austria
6 April 2009, Reading, UK
7 April 2009, Midlands, UK
8 April 2009, Vedbaek, Denmark
15 April 2009, Dubai, Gulf States
More Details: More information is available at https://microsoft.crgevents.com/empoweringworkshops/Content/Home.aspx.
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