Conference focuses on improving packaging line performance



October 16, 2008 - Operations Conference, 18-19 March 2009 in Tampa, FL, focuses on ways to improve packaging line performance as well as bottom line. Conference organizer, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Arlington, VA, seeks noncommercial proposals for presentations that fit with theme, Boost Profits by Rethinking Your Packaging Operations.” Potential topics include “lean” initiatives, cutting costs via sustainability initiatives, operator training, improving productivity in first hour of production, managing changeover, benefiting from overall equipment efficiency monitoring, optimizing strategies, buffering practices, addressing industry trends related to low inventory, short runs, lighter packaging, proliferation of stock keeping units. Candidates need to submit Speaker Application Form (accessed from www.pmmi.org/a/opscon.asp), presentation abstract (100 words maximum), speaker profile by 31 October 2008.


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