DAY ONE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE

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OEE Systems Bring About New Levels of Energy-Efficient Baking

Bob King, Manufacturing Director Bread Bakeries Division, PREMIER FOODS

Alan France, Operations Director, IDHAMMER SYSTEMS

Large-scale baking is well understood to be an energy-intensive process. The cost involved in supplying the energy to drive this process is high on the agenda at British Bakeries (part of the Premier FoodsGroup). With an established culture of continuous improvement, Premier Foods began to tackle this issue through conventional energy reduction programmes involving site employees and group procurement. Despite some degree of success, the efficiencies gained from these programmes fell short of the new levels of modern, energy efficient baking required; Premier was really looking for a step-function change. Technology to measure Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) was already in use at a number of sites and it was quickly recognised that improving OEE scores at these sites were accompanied by improved energy-efficiency levels. The decision was therefore taken to extend the roll-out of the OEE system to almost 40 sites using a single database to ensure consistent metrics between them.

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Everything you wanted to know about RFID but were afraid to ask

Simon Reynish, Logistics Systems Administrator, AG BARR PLC

Simon is currently Chairman of North West Region of Chartered Institutive of Logistics & Transport (UK) having joined the ILT in 2000. He joined the Lancashire & Cumbria Branch committee in 2001 becoming Chairman from 2002-2005. Simon developed the Branch creating a robust annual programme of events, various membership services a web site as well as a sub-committee structure for education; events; and policy. In May 2005 elected member of CILT(UK) Council. He is also the Department for Transport's Freight Best Practice Programme, Freight Ambassador for the North West.

DAY THREE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE

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The Path to Performance Perfection

Dr Phil Barden MBA, CEO, CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION

Phil Barden has been involved in consultancy for over 20 years, writing and consulting on a wide range of issues in new technology, scenario planning, and public and private sector organisational development. Phil’s recent publications include, ‘A New Prescription for NHS Performance’ and ‘Financial Management’ which have caused substantial debate about the need to bring performance management under the control of frontline staff. His programme for Channel 4/Sky Business, ‘Turning the World Upside Down’ (2004) radically challenged accepted approaches to organisational performance in the public sector. His recentwork ‘Structured Partnership Working’, published in March 2007, provides a project-based approach to partnership working which will be supported by ‘groupware’.

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Benefits and challenges of taking environmental research to market

Stephen Boult, Director, SALAMANDER

The environment sector is widely perceived to be an expanding market worthy of strategic investment, however, environmental assets remain undervalued and the value is largely controlled by regulation and legislation rather than directly by the end-user. These factors result in particular challenges in developing new products for the environmental market which can be met through collaboration with researchers in environmental sciences. Environmental science research can give early recognition of market requirements and specify designs fit for purpose, however, it can also play a vital part in preparing the market for new product. Regulatory bodies and those parts of end-user organisations responsible for strategic planning must be engaged in order for a new market to be developed and such engagement requires scientifically credible demonstration of new products. Although, potentially a great commercial benefit can, therefore, accrue from environmental science research, there are particular problems to ensuring the potential is realised. The opportunities and the risks are illustrated by a case study of the development of environmental monitoring equipment by acompany that began as a University spin out.

DAY THREE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE

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Further presentation details to be confirmed

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Lateral Thinking for Business Success

Nigel Newman, THE EDWARD DE BONO FOUNDATION UK

Thinking is the most important life skill for individuals, business and society. However, like literacy and numeracy, it is a skill that has to be learned and practiced to be effective. This is especially true of creative thinking, where we generate completely new ideas that haven’t been considered before. Many people believe that only really gifted or highly intelligent people can be creative. This is not so, like any other activity once the thinker has acquired the skills and techniques they can control and direct their thinking at will. To be even more creative or innovative we need to cut across previously established thinking patterns to find alternative ideas in a deliberate and formal way. Lateral thinking is a way of thinking that seeks to do just that by using thinking tools systematically to develop new ideas, reform old ones and change concepts.

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Innovation at Bentley

Anthony Dodworth, New Technologies/Processes and Properties Manager, BENETLEY MOTORS LTD

For over 25 years Antony has worked on the development of new technologies and car programmes. In 1988 he moved to the Formula 1 division of March Racing, which later became Leyton House working on carbon fibre chassis development. In 1990 Antony moved to McLaren Racing to work as a senior composites engineer as part of the racing car development programme, including Ayrton Senna’s worldchampionship winning McLaren-Honda in 1991. His F1 career includes McLaren Cars Ltd on the McLaren F1 road car project, where he was responsible for the main structural body. Antony has worked on road car programmes in the styling studios in Spain and Germany, producing one-off show cars as tasters of cars to come, beforejoining Bentley in 2000.

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Further presentation details to be confirmed