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News Release from: Reed Exhibitions (UK)
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2000
More than just an exhibition at
Manufacturing Week
Manufacturing Week 2000 features the Inspex Village, a real racing Elise sports car, a seminar programme organised by Smallpeice Enterprises, and competitions.
Manufacturing Week 2000, the only annual, national manufacturing exhibition, combines the opportunity to source some of the best products and services the British Manufacturing Industry has to offer, together with a host of features designed to enhance any visit to the show Taking place in Hall 1 at the NEC, Birmingham from 7-9 November 2000, this year's event will feature an Inspex Village providing an opportunity for quality and metrology companies to exhibit, in the absence of the biennial Inspex exhibition
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It will demonstrate the techniques that are needed to ensure that operations are productive and competitive and can deliver up to a 70% reduction in cost if applied at the Design Stage.
Visitors can drive a remote controlled replica model of the Lotus Elise Sports at the show - the fastest lap time driver will win a VIP ticket to see the real Elise race in 2001.
XR Associates will also have the latest high-tech Golf Simulator on its stand, which replicates the greens from top international golf courses.
The machine tests the skills of all golfers from a professional level right down to the novice.
The winner will receive an XR Training voucher worth £250.
Manufacturing Week will also feature a FREE Seminar programme, organised by Smallpeice Enterprises - the specialist training company for the manufacturing industry.
Seminars will take place between 10.30am and 3.30pm daily, in a purpose built seminar theatre within the exhibition hall (Stand number 1570).
The seminars will provide delegates with a crucial insight into a range of world class design and manufacturing techniques and will cover key aspects of business excellence.
Essential design issues will be investigated during seminars on Design and Process FMEA and Optimising the Product Development Process.
Achieving best in class manufacturing performance will be discussed during the seminars on Eliminating Waste and Six Sigma Quality.
Essential project management skills will be examined in the seminars on Project Risk Assessment and How to Help Project Teams Succeed.
And finally, crucial training and management practices will be reviewed in seminars on Fast Re-Skilling Techniques and Leadership Skills for today's Team Leader.
For further information on seminar content please visit the Manufacturing Week website.
The new web site Jimfinder.com will be show cased at Manufacturing Week.
The site is solely dedicated to UK manufacturing and has access to a database of 240,000 named professionals in the sector.
Simon Devitt, Managing Director of Jimfinder.com, said " We are delighted to be at this year's Manufacturing Week to promote our new recruitment website, www.jimfinder.com.
The site is dedicated to UK manufacturing and will promote the best opportunities and applicants in the sector.
Throughout the show, to provide a welcome relief from the more serious business of aisle walking, we will be running a slot car racing competition, with prizes for the best lap times each day." SourceNetUK, a new interactive product and service sourcing tool will be demonstrated for the first time at Manufacturing Week 2000.
On launch in January 2001, the SourceNetUK web site will deliver product data to the desktop of potential clients.
Its structured indexing system will return a table of suitable product or service matches, or users can browse a company's entire product range.
Alternatively with the SourceNetUK's product update, accompanying the SourceNetUK web site, respondents can complete the more traditional reader reply card and their enquiry is transmitted to an advertiser within 48 hours.
The SourceNetUK journal, with a pre-launch edition published in November 2000, will be distributed quarterly to a validated database of 50,000 named individuals.
This new service for UK industry will be demonstrated throughout the exhibition on Stand 1221.
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