Summary: As North America emerges strongly from the recession, it is more important than ever that manufacturers look to improve performance and investigate new strategies in order to remain competitive. To capitalize on a growing sector that is seeing stronger orders and production, the 2010 agenda has been created to mirror the latest innovative manufacturing strategies being implemented across the industry.

Key Topics: Developing long-term lean cultural change - engaging the workforce to achieve manufacturing excellence, Managing Operational Excellence value streams and techniques to reduce costs year on year, Integrating IT systems to develop real-time intelligence and process understanding, Engaging key supplier for just in time delivery - managing in-bound logistics to reduce inventory whilst minimizing risk, Made in America? - The growing threat of manufacturers from low currency countries.