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Plastics Encounter’s
Management Day Program
Indiana Convention Center
(last updated 4.20.05)
Tuesday, May 24 Agenda
Co-presented by Plastics News & the Mid-America Plastics Partners Inc. Click on a session title to see a complete description of the session and information on the speaker.
Track 1: Maximizing Operational Performance
  
9:00-10:00 amIndustry trends and benchmarks

Jeff Mengel, Partner, Plante & Moran PLLC
  
10:00-10:10 am Break
10:10-12:00 amMaximizing company profits
  Robert E. Fox, Chairman, Theory of Constraints Center
  
12:00-1:15 pmBreak for lunch/Visit show floor
      
1:15-3:15 pmProductivity strategies for the production floor -- AUTOMATION
 

Jim Brogden, President & CEO, Master Industries

Robert Collett, Director of Human Resources, Bullard

John Gibbs, Automation Specialist, Toledo Molding and Die Corp.

Robert Elliot, Automation Manager, Tasus Corp.
    
3:15-4:00 pmGetting the most out of your management team
  Troy Nix, Executive Director, Mid-America Plastics Partners Inc.
  


Track 2: Maximizing Human Performance
  
9:00-10:10 amProcessors / mold makers: Increase efficiencies with
advanced DESIGN technology

Dr. Karthik Ramani, Professor, Purdue University & Director, PRECISE  (Purdue Research & Education Center for Information Systems in Engineering)

Jeff Chamberlain, Vice President Marketing,
Imaginestics Inc.

    
10:10-10:20 am Break
   
10:20 am-12:15 pmMaximizing factory efficiency through factory design as a
system
  Santiago Archila, Manager – Factory Planning, Husky Injection Molding Systems
  
12:15-1:30 pmBreak for lunch/Visit show floor
  
1:30-3:30 pmImpact lean and continuous improvement programs with
better thinking SKILLS
  Leo P. Jolly III, Director, Community College Services, Kepner-Tregoe Inc.
  


Track 3: Maximizing Machine Performance
  
9:00-10:10 amMachine Operator Certification Program

Rick Walters, President, DeKalb Molded Plastics

Bill Warrenfelz, Operations Manager, Makuta Technics

Carol Krol, Human Resources Manager, Metro Plastics Technologies

      
10:10-10:30 am Break
   
10:30 am-4:00 pm Best practices in maintenance
  
10:30-11:45 amReliability centered maintenance
 

Terry Harris, President, Reliability Solutions

Steve Wolf, Maintenance Director, Master Industries

     
11:45 am-1:00 pm Improve machine performance: Best practices in lubrication and oil management
  Matt Spurlock, Laboratory Lubricant Analyst, Noria Corp.
  
1:00-2:15 pm Best manufacturing practices in air management
  Kurt Barhorst, Sales and Administration Manager, Air Handling Equipment Inc.
   
2:15-3:15 pmIf it's ONLY water, then why is it so important?
  Edward K. Leaderach, Corporate Sales and Technical Support Director, Crown Solutions Inc.
   
3:15-4:00 pmPredictive maintenance – finding trouble spots before they become catastrophic
  James Lancaster, President, Infrared Technologies Inc.
   
 
        
          

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