Cadbury Schweppes to tell all with Lotus, Bentley and 20 manufacturers at Best of British

The event, taking place at Haydock Park near Liverpool on 26 September 2006, is aimed at managing directors, operations directors and directors and managers of finance, IT, production, supply chain, purchasing and design. Organiser Findlay Publications says that delegates can expect ‘warts and all’ advice on how to harness IT to drive maximum sustainable business improvement and to move lean initiatives up to the next level. Tim Langlois, Cadbury Schweppes’ business integration manager, will tell delegates the behind the scenes story around the company’s SAP and e-business roll-out, and the most recent Lawson ERP implementation at its Monkhill Confectionery site. Adrian Williamson, engineering design manager at Bentley Motors, will explain how its digital product data management and validation system has been re-energised to take Bentley from a low-volume, niche manufacturer to a mid-volume luxury car maker by integrating styling, surfacing, engineering and production data. And Martin Blackburn, group IT manager at Magal Engineering, will tell delegates how to get ERP systems in, up and running for less than £50,000 each, including licences, infrastructure, configuration and implementation. And that’s for systems designed to underpin the group’s lean manufacturing and inventory reduction initiatives. In all, the event will play host to 20 case study presentations in eight streams, covering automotive, automotive supply, parts & components, the process sector, project engineering, electronics/high tech, electro-mechanical and configure to order manufacturing. For information and to book go to www.bestofbritishmfg.co.uk or contact Kerry Wilkins on kwilkins@findlay.co.uk 0r 01322 221144.