Process Connections

Inforum 2008's Process Connections explores more than just products. It addresses all the industry-related business challenges that are foremost on your mind: from rising costs to margin pressures to compliance and recalls to minimizing the total cost of quality, and more.

Process Connections will help you:

spotlight ways to improve supply chain profitability
understand how to make green and sustainable processes more viable
enhance overall operational effectiveness
reduce capital expenditures (CAPEX)
provide options to accelerate new product introductions, and more

You'll discover solutions and approaches that will make a difference in your unique business.

Opening General Session

Kick off your Inforum 2008 experience with a special opening general session for process manufacturers that will challenge your expectations for the conference.

During the opening session, Cindy Jutras, vice president and group director from Aberdeen Research, will review findings from the ERP Plus in Process Industries Sector Insight which explores how best-in-class process companies are achieving:

97 percent complete and on-time shipments
96 percent perfect orders
94 percent manufacturing schedule compliance
32 percent reduction in order cycle time

Additionally, Rory Granros, Industry and Product marketing manager at Infor, will address how companies can achieve those statistics through use of Infor solutions. This information will help you navigate which sessions, discussions, or expo partners you'll want to explore during Inforum 2008.

Recommended sessions

The 14 different Inforum Connections address many facets of your business-from plant floor operations to the office of finance and beyond. We recommend evaluating all the sessions in advance and bringing additional departmental representatives with you on this journey. Take advantage of this valuable "one-stop-shop" opportunity to consider all aspects of your company's future.

Some of the key Process Connections that will be available to you include:

        Discover our complete vision of extended solutions that benefit process manufacturers. See how
        companies are incrementally improving competitiveness and profitability through Process Essentials.
        Also, get an update on several process customer experiences with Role-based Home Pages and Infor
        Open SOA.

        Hear how to accelerate your new product introduction, improve sample conversion rates, and help manage
       compliance regulations with Infor PLM Optiva. Find out how Enterprise Asset Management can improve
        your overall equipment effectiveness, reduce CAPEX, and enable your organization to become "greener."

        You'll also learn how to evolve from spreadsheet chaos to an integrated and automated planning and
       budgeting process with Infor PM 10. Come to understand new ways to improve customer service and
        position your company to capture more business with Infor CRM. Additionally, you'll get a chance to explore
        how Infor Demand Planning can improve forecast accuracy, promotional effectiveness and profitability by
        balancing demand across channels.

        Find out the latest news and technical updates regarding your ERP solutions-including Infor ERP BPCS,
        Infor ERP LX, Infor ERP VISUAL, Infor ERP Adage, Infor ERP Protean, Infor ERP PRISM, Infor ERP System21,
        Infor ERP PRMS, and more.

Explore new ideas about process industry and ICOE vision sessions

Hear more about real-life customer stories, share lessons learned, suggestions, and next steps

Delve into product migration stories and current version experience

Birds-of-a-Feather

Inforum 2008 will feature our popular Birds-of-a-Feather roundtable sessions, allowing you to connect with your peers in a small group atmosphere about specific topics that are of interest to you and your company. You can prearrange a process Birds-of-a-Feather session ahead of the conference or set up additional sessions on-site. We also encourage you to submit your discussion topic ideas ahead of Inforum 2008.

Click here to submit a Birds-of-a-Feather session.

Enterprising Square

This unique setting will provide you with an informal, central networking environment designed to bring pioneering people together between conference activities. Enterprising Square is structured around the same 14 primary tracks as the educational and technical sessions, generating an easily accessible setting for you to connect with others from your process product community.

Let's Do Lunch

During lunchtime each day, we'll set aside designated sections marked with appropriate signage so you can easily gather with other members of your Process Connections team.

Solutions Expo

Meet with experts to get hands-on experience with the various solutions you've heard about during the conference. Process manufacturers looking to minimize compliance risks and costs should speak directly with representatives from Atrion International, a Quebec-based company that provides compliance content, applications, and new legislation search solutions.

"Inforum 2008 has everything to offer in one place. The entire Solutions Expo site is easy to navigate, and we plan on visiting almost every partner in attendance again this year. This gives us great insight into where Infor is going with regard to its partner relationships."

George Neill
Director of "One Griffith"
Griffith Laboratories