2010 Conference Program Packaging Automation Forum 2010 InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Monday, May 3, 2010 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack™ Workshop (registration required) 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Early Registration and Cocktail Reception Tuesday, May 4, 2010 7:15 – 8:20 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:20 – 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Pat Reynolds, Editor, Packaging World 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Packaging Line Performance Tracking - Moving from Cases to Causes Mike Viland, Engineering Mgr., Packaging Engineering Grp., General Mills Steve Bennek, Engineering Mgr., Controls and Information Systems Group, General Mills In this exclusive presentation, General Mills unwraps its view of controls and information on the packaging line via key players at the world's sixth largest food company. Mike Viland, responsible for equipment innovation, and Steve Bennek, charged with controls technologies and infrastructure, share their perspectives and experience at General Mills. Learn how the roles of each team member and the appropriate use of standards will help you improve packaging line performance. Not to be missed! 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Line Management System and Materials Management on a Sophisticated "Flex" Line - ISA88 and ISA95 as Tools Geoff Moore, Controls Systems Manager Lion Nathan Brewery, New Zealand Hear from this Controls Systems Manager at a leading "down under" brewery about how new tools bring flexibility, speed to market and asset utilization improvements to Lion Nathan's packaging operations. 10:00 – 10:40 a.m. Morning Break 10:40 – 11:25 a.m. Drive Line Performance By Turning Data into Useful Information Scott Schienvar, Logistics Director, L'Oreal OEE at L'Oreal facilities has improved dramatically since the firm began using a data acquisition tool whose effectiveness is rooted in operator input and buy-in. Scott Schienvar describes how the tool was implemented first in this cosmetics product maker's Little Rock, AR plant and then rolled out nationwide; the next frontier is global deployment. Learn how this OEE software has been used to create success metrics and leverage technology and best practices to achieve performance goals. 11:25 – 12:00 p.m. Optimizing the Supply Chain - Where Information Technology and Manufacturing Meet Jeff Russell, TPM Coach for Controls and Automation Pepsico Americas Beverages Dynamic past PAF speaker Jeff Russell returns to share new insights on operational and packaging strategies. As a TPM Coach (Total Productive Manufacturing) at Pepsico, Jeff supports such big-name brands as Tropicana and Gatorade and promises an information-laden presentation you can't afford to miss. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon 1:30 – 1:35 p.m. Afternoon Session Welcome Gary Mintchell, Editor, Automation World 1:35 – 2:20 p.m. Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Packaging Space Dr. Dean McKay, IT & Controls Manager, Q4 Integral Group Dennis Bray, Owner, Q4 Integral Group Attendees will learn how the newly formed Q4 Integral Group, packager of aseptically packaged beverages, achieves plant floor to top floor integration via an SaaS Solution from Plex Systems. IT & Controls Manager Dean McKay describes this SaaS approach to ERP as scalable and highly functional yet far more economical than alternative ERP formats. Don't miss this state-of-the-art success story taking place within today's technology-driven aseptic packaging market. 2:20 – 3:00 p.m. MES Tools Boost Line Efficiency David Shaw, Lead Controls/Facilities Engineer, Mars Incorporated Mars, the world's leading confectionery company, joins the discussion at Packaging Automation Forum to describe how an implementation of MES software tools has improved their asset deployment, minimized downtime and boosted packaging line efficiency. Learn first-hand from this well-known corporation, owner of billion-dollar brands including M&Ms®, Snickers®, Dove®, Mars®, Extra® and Orbit®. 3:00 – 3:40 p.m. Afternoon Break 3:40 – 4:25 p.m. Visible Metrics Drive Line Performance Jim Flandreau, Business Process Analyst - Plan to Produce, Perrigo Co. In support of lean principals, the Operations Group at Perrigo, a $60 million private-label drug manufacturer, requested an electronic OEE Dashboard that was work-center specific. The solution that emerged makes Production Performance, Quality, and Safety metrics visible to operators and available to Production Engineering, Maintenance, and Environmental Healthy & Safety. Flandreau will describe the impact this initiative has had in boosting packaging efficiency. 4:25 – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks