Ford Motor Company to Host MESA 2010 North American Conference

March 1, 2010
June Conference Focuses On Unlocking Untapped Potential in Operations

The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) announced that Ford Motor Company will host MESA's North American Conference, June 21 to 23, 2010 at the Ford Conference and Events Center, in Dearborn, Michigan.

Nationally-known conference speakers from industries including continuous process, batch and discrete will focus on best practice methods and strategies for unlocking potential for operations excellence.
 
This year's conference, themed "Unlocking Your Operations' Potential," provides an opportunity for production leaders and professionals to collaborate and share best practices across a broad range of industries within the discrete, batch, mixed and continuous process environments.  Sessions will focus on topics such as lean, quality and compliance, asset performance management, tying operational metrics to financial metrics, and sustainability.  An "Unconference" portion of the event will feature attendee - chosen and - led interactive sessions – with a goal of working together to better understand what’s possible in operations to improve profitability, business value, agility, and customer satisfaction.