User Group Recap

Hosted by the Glovia International User Group, the annual conference brings together Glovia & Fujitsu professionals, customers, business partners and industry experts for a focused exchange of plans, tactics, strategies, solutions and ideas to maximize investments in Glovia products and solutions. This year's conference was held at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee from May 21-26, 2006.

Customers attended workshops, forums, and training sessions, to learn how to succeed and optimize the value they receive from Glovia products and solutions. This year's conference featured sessions on a wide range of topics including Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

In addition to the hard work and networking that went on at the conference, attendees had the opportunity to enjoy and tour Nashville, the 'capital' of country music. The Grand Ole Opry, featuring some of the best in country, bluegrass, comedy and gospel music in the country, was one of the most anticipated and visited attractions. The Glovia hosted event at the Country Music Hall of Fame was also well received and offered the opportunity to learn about the history and evolution of country music and music in general.

Next year's conference, from May 20-24 at the Hilton at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, promises to be another informative, value packed and fun conference. For more information on the 2007 "Connections" conference please visit the User Group website. We look forward to seeing you in Orlando next year!

Presentations and other materials from the 2006 conference are now available for review on the Glovia customer site (customer login required to view these materials).

Pictures of the conference are available on the Glovia User Group website.

Here is what attendees have said about this year's conference:

Keynote:

"Very good speaker. I have attended most of Peter's classes because he is informative and entertaining."

"Very informative and enjoyable soft skills that will be useful to me in work and personal life."

"Again, Peter has proven to be an extremely good speaker. Peter did a great job of explaining how to deal with difficult people. I would recommend his session to anyone."

"Really enjoyed the attitude presentation. Peter did a good reality check that reminded me that most of the problems start with looking in the mirror."

"Peter has a great way of getting the audience involved, which makes learning a bit more fun. It was practical, interesting, and good sound presentation that I can put to use."

Glovia Presentations:

"A very thorough yet concise presentation. Displayed a deep understanding of the lean principles and offered a "plan" to get there."

"A lot of good discussion in this meeting. Was very pleased and learned and/or gained more knowledge of how other companies are using Glovia."

"I think the discussion was good and the forum was one that focused on many diverse issues surrounding inventory control and management."

"I like the fact that Glovia has established a BOA process for migrating. This shows the road map to improve the companies' use of Glovia."

"Good practical explanation, quality presentation, frank and personable presentation style. It was very informative and added a lot of insight on utilizing the eKanban process."

Customer Presentations:

"This is a powerful presentation, both with regard to Glovia and LDS' humanitarian efforts. It's refreshing to see Glovia used in a not-for-profit environment of this nature."

"Great information on upgrading and very well organized. Migrations are a big concern for us all. Thanks for sharing yours with us."

"Well organized. Content of presentation was robust, informative, with just the right amount of detail."

"This presentation was real, practical advice for every IT department. He's (the presenter) has a great honest attitude and is in tune with his customers, both internal and external."

"A good overview on Glovia and hardware / operating systems / oracle support. Really a superb job of presenting in-depth details and putting it all together!"

The Glovia International User Group is an independent, not-for-profit organization for glovia.com users around the world. If you have not participated in any of our activities before, please consider starting now!

The User Group is an extremely valuable way for you to get the most from your Glovia solutions as well as network with and learn from your fellow manufacturers. As with any organization, the User Group always becomes stronger and more successful when others participate.

If you are interested in learning more about the Glovia International User Group, visit our web site at www.gloviausergroup.com.