Date: 16th September 2009 | 15:15 – 16:15 CET

MES multi-country rollouts: How to
increase ROI and reduce risk

Sponsored by:

In 2004, Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals launched a programme to harmonise all its chemicals plants on one MES platform - 13 plants located on 7 production sites in 4 European countries in total. The main objectives were to: 

• Harmonise all plant information,
• Create one-way-of-working on production accounting
• Engage better opportunities for plant performance benchmarking

From a business point of view, this programme intended to clear a path to improve quality and overall business performance.

In this one hour session, it's time to look back:

• What have been the results?
• What are the lessons learned to keep in mind when running comprehensive MES harmonisation programmes?

Insights from Akzo Nobel as well as other key Atos Origin clients will be discussed, providing you with necessary tools to:

• Plan, manage and control all pre-programme activities to de-risk project activities
• Use best practices to accelerate the implementation and the acceptance of an MES solution across multiple plants/countries keeping delivery quality high
• Manage the most important KPIs to control your performances and promptly take corrective actions
• Make use of experience of other companies to quickly leverage ROI’s on multi-plant MES installations

Presented by:

Luca Benporath, Director - Global Sales & Markets - Manufacturing, Atos Origin

Luca has an education in economics but has spent more than 14 years in the manufacturing sector, managing offerings such as ERP, Trouble Ticketing, E-business, Innovation, Supply Chain & Traceability and of course Manufacturing Execution Systems.

He joined Atos Origin in 1999 and since then has held various positions both at local and global level, with responsibilities ranging from Programme Director for large multinational projects to Delivery Manager for ERP. Since 2006 he is the Portfolio Manager within the Global Sales & Markets organisation for Manufacturing and leader of the MES global network. Based on this experience he became the Champion for Atos Agile Manufacturing in 2008.

Following the presentation you will have the opportunity to submit your questions during an interactive Q&A session.