Webcast addresses outsourcing design

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 22, 2004

CoCreate will join with Microsoft in offering a free online event entitled, "Managing the complexities of outsourced design" on Wednesday 5th May 2004 from 1600 to 1645 GMT.

CoCreate will join with Microsoft in offering a free online event entitled, "Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Managing the complexities of outsourced design" on Wednesday 5th May 2004 from 1600 to 1645 GMT.

Outsourcing continues to spread across product manufacturing and into IT.

Currently, two-thirds of companies outsource some portion of their product design.

This webcast will give business decision makers information for turning outsourcing to their advantage, including: an overview of emerging technologies that support product team collaboration and improve business agility; steps for improving the organisational bottom line by incorporating outsourcing partners; and first-hand recommendations from the leading manufacturer of motion and control technologies, Parker-Hannifin Aerospace, on best practices for outsourcing product design.

Presenters include John Alpine, Chief Technical Officer for CoCreate Software, Karl Schulmeisters, Technical Evangelist for Microsoft's Manufacturing Solutions Unit, and Joe Caferro, Senior Systems Engineer for Parker-Hannifin Aerospace.

To register for this live event, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=26330.