The Asia Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2012 will be taking place on 15th - 16th October 2012 in Singapore. The Asia Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2012 provides the ultimate platform for you and 120+ other manufacturing industry professionals to come together, to network and to share best practice.

Highlights of This Year's Program

 Balancing cost competitiveness and process quality

 Managing your production in a global economy - adapting manufacturing operations to disruptive events

 Increasing level of partnership with local companies vs. protecting IP

 Analysing rise of new manufacturing hubs in the ASEAN region

 Construction and new capabilities of the new Asian plants

 Overview of environmentally friendly investments in Asian plants

Event Format

The Asia Manufacturing Strategies Summit provides:

 Keynote Presentations that offer attendees insight into the major challenges facing the manufacturing executives in China, India, ASEAN region, Japan and Korea.

 Real life Case Studies from experts offering advice how to improve lean management and operational excellence across your plants in Asia

 Workshops with interactive participation, specialist advice and Q&A sessions

 Pre-arranged one-to-one Business Meetings with fellow delegates and leading sponsors to ensure your networking time is spent proactively

 25+ industry Expert Speakers eager to share their knowledge and predictions

This year's multi-streamed sessions include:

Quality control: Balancing cost competitiveness and process quality in the Asian manufacturing plant

 Keeping manufacturing costs competitive while not compromising the integrity of product offering

 Minimizing the cost gap with local competition - is matching the low-cost structure and operations of local manufacturers possible?

Strategies for managing your production in a global economy - adapting manufacturing operations to disruptive events

 How can just-in-time manufacturers minimize exposure to disruptive events?

 Evaluating risk levels of managing production in-house vs. outsourcing

Focus on China: Human resource management in the manufacturing industry

 Current approaches for retaining and developing talent - how to develop loyalty among your employees

 Strategies for offsetting continuous growth of labour costs in China

Rise of new manufacturing hubs in the ASEAN region - diversifying manufacturing operations to reduce business and political risks

 Analyzing impact of "China + 1" strategy on the manufacturing industries in the ASEAN countries

 Improving integration of the region to form a single market for export-based manufacturing

Exploiting the unique competitive aspects of the manufacturing industry in China

 New capabilities of the industry - how is China moving from low-value to high-end manufacturing and what does it mean for the global economy?

 Will opportunities presented by China's growing domestic market outweigh the various concerns over cost?

Focus on Japan: Analysing commitment to lean and continuous process improvement in the Japanese automotive industry

 Developing a culture of lean and continuous improvement in your organisation - seeking leaner ways of doing business with total quality control

 Introducing systematic approach to eliminating waste and non-value added activities

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