Sponsored by: Webcast: VISIBILITY- Cornerstone of Business Intelligence Date: December 09, 2008, 11:00am EST, 60 minutes Speakers: Philip Stoten, EMSNow   Bruce Isbell, Valor Computerized Systems   Michael Ford, Valor Computerized Systems On-Demand Viewing VISIBILITY- Cornerstone of Business Intelligence FOCUS on the right things to create actionable intelligence Abstract Many manufacturing operations today could significantly improve productivity, product quality and reduce cost by automated collection and display of real-time data for Line Utilization, OEE, change-over time, DPMO, First Pass Yield, Scrap Level, WIP status, etc. Without automated means of data collection and display, these KPIs and others remain invisible or are seen far too late for effective use as actionable intelligence. It is very easy to create real time displays and fancy dashboards. The real challenge facing manufacturers today is filling the dashboard with the right information to really make a difference. In this webinar we will explore several actual case studies where the right visibility has made a huge impact in continuous improvement, and we will focus on the technologies available today to achieve this kind of effective visibility, the cornerstone to business intelligence. Philip Stoten: Publisher, EMSNow Philip has been working in the electronics supply chain for more than 25 years. Having started his career as a designer, Philip was involved in production, procurement, outsourcing, sales and marketing for several electronics companies before becoming a journalist in 1993. Since then Philip has written for a number of print and internet journals and is currently publisher of EMSNow.    Bruce Isbell: Senior Strategic Marketing Manager, Valor Computerized Systems Bruce Isbell has worked "hands on" in the electronics manufacturing industry for 27 years. His experience on the shop floor as a process engineer spans across low volume complex boards for the military at Texas Instruments, to very high volume boards for telecommunications at Motorola. For the past 11 years Mr. Isbell has utilized his manufacturing experience to refocused his career to help others achieve high productivity by providing software solutions to electronics manufactures. Mr. Isbell joined Valor in 1999 and is now the Sr. Strategic Marketing Manager on the corporate marketing team. Michael Ford: MES Product Marketing Director, Valor Computerized Systems: Michael Ford, with the successful development and implementation of several key systems behind him, was chosen in 1988 to design and lead Sony's corporate "Lean Manufacturing" MES project, TiMMS (Totally Integrated Manufacturing System). Leaving the UK to lead the TiMMS project in Japan, Michael designed the system architecture and set up an international software development team. In 1996, Michael returned to the UK to evolve TiMMS into a commercial product which was fully introduced into the open market in 2005. Though TiMMS was becoming a successful business, in 2008 Sony decided to withdraw from the manufacturing software market as part of an internal process to reduce the number of non-core business operations. In September 2008, Michael joined Valor as MES Product Marketing Director, responsible for the new integrated MES platform, DynamiX.  For questions regarding this event contact Russ Conde