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This two day conference will assemble many leading quality assurance and manufacturing professionals to present and discuss implementation of successful quality assurance, productivity, and cost efficiency techniques to meet the international demands of the next decade. This conferrence is held in cooperation with the Automotive Division of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC).
Meeting Location & Registration: 7:15 a.m. Governors Hall.
A continental breakfast is available each morning.
Early Bird Registration: Sunday, July 31, 5-7 p.m.
Meetings Begin: 8:00 a.m.
Meetings Adjourn: 2:00 p.m.
Monday's session includes a social hour from 5-7 p.m.
Sessions conclude after lunch.
The Automotive Division, American Society of Quality Control offers .5 recertification credit per day for attending this seminar.
Chairman: Donald N. Smith, Associate Director, Manufacturing Systems, Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).
As the 1990s unfold, global pressures to seek out and incorporate more and better ideas for reaching and maintaining world class standards in manufacturing are intensifying. This forum will identify and examine world class manufacturing standards, practices, and management methods that are characterizing the rapidly accelerating competition. Leading global competitors will discuss both strategic and tactical applications, successful technologies, production processes, human resource programs, and management/financial policies in several types of manufacturing operations.
Meeting Location & Registration: 7:15 a.m. Governors Hall.
A continental breakfast is available each morning.
Early Bird Registration: Sunday, July 31, 5-7 p.m.
Meetings Begin: 8 a.m. Monday; 7:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Monday's session includes lunch and a social hour from 5-7 p.m.
Tuesday's session concludes after lunch.
Co-Chairmen: Jeffrey Liker, Associate Professor and Director, Japan Technology Management Program, College of Engineering, University of Michigan; and Mitchell Fleischer, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Industrial Technology Institute
One of the most significant changes of the 1990s has been the unprecedented high level of early supplier involvement in product development in the United States. Presented in the seminar will be automakers' perspectives on the role of suppliers in product development now and in the future, as well as the experiences of large and small suppliers who have changed the way they do business to make early investments in product development. In addition to U.S. companies, Toyota and several of their U.S. suppliers will talk about integrating U.S. suppliers into the Toyota "design-in-process."
Registration: 7:15 a.m. Governors Hall.
Meeting Location: Tower Room AB
Meetings Begin: 8:30 a.m.
A continental breakfast is available each morning.
Early Bird Registration: Sunday, July 31, 5-7 p.m.
Monday's session includes lunch, and a social hour from 5-7 p.m.
Chairman: David E. Cole, Director, Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation, The University of Michigan
New concepts and buzz words continue to emerge that attempt to capture the fundamental thrust of the change that has become a way of life for the automotive industry. Agility is certainly one of them and perhaps best reflects the idea of how industry can effectively address its future. It suggests the importance of both creating change through creativity and innovation, as well as quickly responding to changes driven by any number of factors from shifting customer demands and technological breakthroughs to volatile political and economic forces.
At its most basic level, agility means form should really follow function. We must focus on what we want to accomplish and design and implement systems to support our goal, rather than allow traditional concerns with organizational boundaries, compartmentalized thinking, and old ways of doing business to determine how we meet our objectives.
It is important to address the challenge of being an "agile" industry within the framework of collaboration and teaming. This industry must be able to quickly recognize, adapt, and execute as a matter of survival in the '90s and beyond.
Meeting Location & Registration: 7:30 a.m. Governors Hall.
A continental breakfast is available each morning.
Early Bird Registration: Tuesday, August 2, 3:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Meetings Begin: 8:30 a.m. each day
A complete list of speakers and titles will be sent with registration confirmation.
Partners' Program List of Events
Monday -- Tuesday: $70.00
Wednesday -- Friday: $35.00/person or $60.00/person
On-site registrations will be accepted to the capacity of the program facilities.
The Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT), at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, focuses on the future of the international automotive industry. Its overall objectives are to provide industry research and analysis, information resources, and communication forums that respond to the continually changing needs of the international automotive and automotive-related industries. In addition, OSAT serves as an interface between stakeholders, including manufacturers, suppliers, the University, labor, government, the media and the general public. For more information, please telephone (313) 764-5592.
The mission and programs of the Office of Technology Transfer, a public service unit of the College of Engineering at The University of Michigan, are designed to contribute to the expansion of existing companies and the creation of new industries resulting in the growth and diversification of the Michigan economy. The office's efforts to foster the transfer of technology from College of Engineering research labs to industrial application and use are focused on: active liaison and assistance to industry and economic development leaders; assisting in building academic research partnerships with industry and government; facilitating the commercialization of technology emerging from the College; and offering conferences and continuing education courses. For more information, please telephone (313) 764-5260.
The Site
Other facilities within short driving distances of the Resort:
Days Inn of Traverse City 616/941-0208 or 800/TCDays
Hampton Inn 616/946-8900 or 800/HAMPTON
Holiday Inn 616/947-3700 or 800/888-8020
North Shore Inn 616/938-2365
Park Place Hotel 616/946-5000 or 800/748-0133
Pointes North Inn 616/938-9191 or 800/968-3422
Traverse Beach Motel Condos 616/946-5262 or 800/634-6113
Waterfront Inn 616/938-1100 or 800/551-9283
For additional accommodation suggestions, please call the Grand Traverse
Convention & Visitors Bureau, at 800/872-8377.
Registration for the Monday--Tuesday seminars will take place just off the lobby of the Grand Traverse Resort Sunday evening, July 31, 5 - 7 p.m.; and in the Governors Hall on Monday and Tuesday beginning at 7:15 a.m.
Registration for the Automotive seminar will take place just off the lobby of the Grand Traverse Resort Tuesday evening, August 2, 3:30-7:00 p.m.; and in the Governors Hall on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday beginning at 7:30 a.m.
Management Briefing Conference Registration
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Room 111
2901 Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150
Phone: (313)936-1077
(313)764-5592
Fax: (313)936-1081
or email kathi_compton@um.cc.umich.edu with 'management briefing seminars' as your subject.
Participants may register for one or more seminars. Early registration is advised.
Deadline for registration is July 25.
One day: $325
Two days: $600
Three days: $780
Four days: $900
Five days: $960
Fees are per person and include continental breakfast and lunch or brunch each
day. Payment is due in advance by check or money order payable to
The University of Michigan, drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. dollars.
Payment is also accepted by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express).
Deane Baker, Ann Arbor; Paul W. Brown, Mackinac Island; Laurence B. Deitch, Southfield; Shirley M. McFee, Battle Creek; Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor; Philip H. Power, Ann Arbor; Nellie M. Varner, Detroit; James L. Waters, Muskegon; James J. Duderstadt, ex officio