Connections 2005
Fast Facts
Connections:
2005 Glovia International User Group Conference
Date
May 22nd-26th, 2005
Location
Hyatt Regency
200 South Pine Avenue
Long Beach, California
Conference Fees
$995 Register before April 30th
$1,095 Register after April 30th
For more information about the 2005 Connections Conference or to register, please click here.
* To guarantee the special Connections rate of $159 per night, hotel reservations must be made before April 29th, 2005.
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Connections, the annual conference of the Glovia International User Group, provides an opportunity for professionals from a wide variety of industries to learn how to get the most from their glovia.com investment. At the conference you will learn cutting-edge strategies to improve your company's performance, hear real-world success stories, and see how leading companies have overcome the same issues you face.
Connections also serves as a way for you to learn about new solutions and services from Glovia International and their business partners that will help you:
- Improve your supply chain
- Collaborate with your customers and suppliers
- Implement lean and demand-driven manufacturing strategies
- Execute cutting-edge materials management techniques
- Maximize your investment in glovia.com
Conference Topics
No matter your role or your industry, Connections has something to offer. Dozens of leading manufacturers, technology partners, and Glovia professionals will deliver informative and thought provoking presentations that cover all aspects of your business — from executing cutting-edge strategies to improving day-to-day operations.
The user conference has a wide variety of educational tracks from which attendees can choose. A sample of this year's conference tracks includes:
Real World Success Stories
Learn how leading manufacturers overcame problems and improved their business with glovia.com:
| Sarbanes-Oxley and Financial Compliance |
| "Sarbanes-Oxley IT Audit" | Daktronics |
| "glovia.com Financials" | Portola Packaging |
| "Implementing Glovia's Advanced Security" | Daktronics |
| glovia.com Migrations and Upgrades |
| "Upgrading Again…Get Serious" | Technical Services for Electronics |
| Automating Your Business with glovia.com |
| "Unattended Batch Processing: How to Run glovia.com in the Evening without a Staff" | Carrier Corporation |
| "Automating glovia.com: Scripts, Reports, and Other Techniques" | Florida Pneumatics Manufacturing Company |
| "How to Automate Accounts Receivable" | Keihin IPT |
| Integrating Your Business |
| "One Port-of-Call Versus Best-of-Breed" | TS Trim |
| "Living with Interface Tools & Techniques Across All Areas of Your Business" | Caterpillar Corporation |
| Lean Manufacturing |
| "Lean Activities that Reduce the Number of Inventory Days" | Keihin IPT |
| Production Planning |
| "glovia.com Factory Planning" | G&T Conveyor |
| Customer Service |
| "Managing the Entire Customer Lifecycle with glovia.com: From Contracts and Sales Orders to Service Orders" | Daktronics |
| Business Intelligence |
| "glovia.com Business Intelligence | The Sheffer Corporation |
Round Table Discussions
Join your peers and Glovia professionals in open forums to discuss some of the pressing issues facing manufacturers today:
| "Upgrades and Migrations" | Technical Services for Electronics |
| "Inventory Control" | East Penn Manufacturing Co. |
| "Customizing glovia.com" | Florida Pneumatic Manufacturing Company |
| "Inventory Deployment and Management" | Glovia International |
| "The Next Generation of glovia.com Documentation and On-Line Help" | Glovia International |
Glovia International Presentations
As the primary meeting of the Glovia International User Group, Connections is the best way for you to learn about new products, services, and solutions from Glovia International:
| "Realizing the Demand-Driven Supply Chain" | Learn how new glovia.com solutions can help you quickly share critical information with your customers and suppliers, streamline your supply chain, and implement advanced materials management strategies. |
| "Lean and Mean Operations" | Understand how glovia.com supports Lean Manufacturing. |
| "Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance" | See how glovia.com can be deployed to help you overcome corporate compliance audits. |
| "glovia.com Shop Floor Data Collection" | Learn how real-time data collection on the factory floor can improve your operations. |
| "Managing Suppliers with Portals" | See how new glovia.com web-based solutions can help you improve your supply chain visibility, collaborate more effectively with your suppliers, and increase your responsiveness. |
| "Pull-based Inventory Management" | Learn how new glovia.com solutions can help you reduce inventory costs through the use of electronic Kanban signaling. |
| "Business System Optimization Analysis" | Understand how Glovia's Professional Services can help you get the most from your glovia.com investment by tuning it to your exact business needs. |
| "Migrating to the Latest Version of glovia.com" | Learn how migrating to a current version of glovia.com can help you eliminate costly customization, deliver advanced functionality, and improve your business. |
Global Manufacturing
Connections will also provide unique insight to the challenges and opportunities of global manufacturing. Learn how leading manufacturers are executing worldwide manufacturing strategies, including:
- Expanding Operations into China
- Managing Global Supply Chains to Meet Demand
- Collaborating Throughout Your Global Supply Chain
Solutions for the Automotive Industry
Learn about new, fully integrated ERP and automotive shipping solutions available from Glovia and their partner Bar Code Solutions:
| "Automating Automotive: Honda and Beyond" | Glovia International |
| "Automotive Shipping and Tracking using BCS-ARMS and glovia.com" | Bar Code Solutions |
Special Interest Groups
Join your peers and Glovia professionals to discuss future glovia.com development needs and plans for:
- Automotive
- Financial
- Projects
- Technology
Personal Improvement
There is more to business than technology and processes, which is why the leading corporate trainer and executive coach John Steiner will host a series of personal improvement seminars, including:
- Attitude Recharge
- Coaching
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Creativity
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Networking
- Public Speaking
- Stress Busters
- Teamwork
About Connections
Connections is the annual educational conference sponsored by the Glovia International User Group, an independent, not-for-profit organization for glovia.com users around the world. Connections brings together glovia.com users, Glovia International professionals, business partners, and industry experts for educational workshops, presentations, forums, training sessions and more.
The Glovia International User Group's mission is to facilitate communication, education, and information sharing throughout the glovia.com user community and help companies maximize the business value they receive from their investment in glovia.com.
More information about Connections and the Glovia International User Group can be found at www.gloviausergroup.com.
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