to attend the manufacturing event of the year

1. Opportunity: With six keynote addresses from the US and UK, thirty five best practice presentations, over fifteen factory tours and four special interest interactive sessions, there is simply no better learning opportunity for your management team and colleagues this year.



2. Inspiration: Never before has the need to improve and strive to compete against the challenges of the global marketplace been greater - this three-day event will provide you with the inspiration to meet those challenges head on.



3. Change: Lean is fundamentally changing the way we manage and work together at every level of a business. Many businesses have started the lean journey, but few have stayed the course to reap the lasting benefits that can have such a powerful impact on their people, processes and overall performance. The challenge is to accelerate this change and sustain lean progress so that it becomes part of a company’s DNA.



4. Leadership: Whether you are at the head of a small company or part of a senior management team, people rely on your vision and leadership. Successful businesses are not sustainable without the growth of a visionary culture that unites people in an environment of trust and respect; when change and culture clash, culture wins every time. The UK/US Summit will show you how to produce sustainable change through growing talent, teams and leaders.



5. Company-wide improvement: If you are an MD, CEO or Chairman then bring along team members from across your business: commercial, operations, production and finance for example. Over fifteen companies sent five or more senior delegates to the 2006 Summit, some bringing their entire senior management team to the event – for many the event served as a catalyst to kick-start an enterprise-wide improvement programme in their workplaces.



6. Learn from the best: If you are a manufacturer in the UK there are many threats to your business - surviving is simply not enough, being good is not enough. Participate in this year’s UK/US Summit to understand the steps you must take to ensure your business thrives.



7. Factory Tours: You can choose from an outstanding programme of tours that will take you into the heart of business improvement programmes. You will be able to speak first-hand to the people who were at the heart of those changes and hear about the solutions that can be applied numerous business settings.



8. Special Interest Sessions: These highly interactive sessions offer a limited number of delegates the opportunity to grasp some of the fundamental issues of lean, value stream mapping and lean accounting. Delivered by some of the UK’s most experienced practitioners, we recommend early registration for these sessions.



9. Networking: Over 500 delegates will be in attendance at the Summit over three days – you will be able to network, exchange ideas and best practice, and socialise with like-minded peers. The Gala Business Awards dinner on the 17 October will be packed with live entertainment and is also an excellent opportunity to wine and dine with speakers and delegates in prestigious surroundings.



10. Professionalism: The Manufacturing Institute prides itself on its reputation for delivering high quality, professionally delivered events that delight our customers. If you are committed to improving your organisation, its people and its processes then you cannot afford to miss the UK/US Summit.