| Day 1: Tuesday 08 June 2010 |
| Best Practice Case Study |
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11:00 - 11:45
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A1: Mitigating risk in the supply chain
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Mitigating risk in the supply chain
- Why the supply network is important to major aerospace and defence primes
- Why primes need to understand risk in the supply network and plan to mitigate risk
- Identifying “what we don’t know we don’t know”
Nigel Strutt, UK Director, Trade & Industrial Development, Lockheed Martin UK
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| Supply Chain Development |
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12:00 - 12:45
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A2: Aerospace supply chains for the 21st Century
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| Aerospace supply chains for the 21st Century
· Why UK aerospace needs to up its game
· Working together to create more efficient supply chains
· What SC21 means to your company
Phil Curnock, SC21 Project Manager, A|D|S, the trade organisation for the UK aerospace, defence and security industries
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| Sourcing Strategy |
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13:00 - 13:45
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A3: Opportunities in nuclear energy
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| by Dr Stephen Court, Chief Technology Officer, The National Materials Technology Centre (NAMTEC)
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| Business Issues |
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14:00 - 14:45
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| Sourcing Strategy |
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15:00 - 15:45
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A5: Thailand: Your Right Destination for Investment & Sourcing
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| by Chanin Khaochan, Thailand Board of Investment
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| Day 2: Wednesday 09 June 2010 |
| Best Practice Case Study |
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11:00 - 11:45
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| Supply Chain Development |
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12:00 - 12:45
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B2: Keynote Speaker: Mission to shatter world land speed record
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Mission to shatter world land speed record
- Hear about the BLOODHOUND Project’s progress in its mission to break the 1,000 mph land speed barrier
Richard Noble OBE, Project Director to the BLOODHOUND Project
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| Sourcing Strategy |
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13:00 - 13:45
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B3: Why it makes sense to source from UK suppliers
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| Why it makes sense to source from UK suppliers
· Low cost economies are not the be-all and end-all of efficient sourcing
· Practical reasons to use British subcontractors
· What our industrial heritage means and why we should support UK manufacturing
Carl Chinn MBE, Professor of Community History at the University of Birmingham
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| Business Issues |
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14:00 - 14:45
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| Sourcing Strategy |
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15:00 - 15:45
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| Day 3: Thursday 10 June 2010 |
| Best Practice Case Study |
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11:00 - 11:45
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C1: Lean tools sharpen the supply chain at Goodrich
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| Lean tools sharpen the supply chain at Goodrich
· How the leading Goodrich uses lean tools to keep suppliers up to scratch
· Value stream mapping the supply chain
· Carrying lessons learnt into in-house manufacturing
Paul Lennon, Vice President Machining, Goodrich Actuation Systems
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| Supply Chain Development |
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12:00 - 12:45
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C2: Source or retain decisions for world class capability
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| Source or retain decisions for world class capability
· The global background as to why companies need to make this kind of decision
· What to keep and what to let go of
· Developing the extended enterprise and NWAA’s aerospace supply chain excellence programmes
Neil McKay, Chairman, North West Aerospace Alliance
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| Sourcing Strategy |
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13:00 - 13:45
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C3: Subcontracting in China
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| Subcontracting in China
· Why China?
· A detailed ‘How To’ guide: from finding a subcontractor to watching out for supplier tricks
· Life after subcontracting – setting up your own factory and Joint Ventures
Christopher Devereux, Managing Director of Chinasavvy HK Ltd and Vice Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong
 
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| Business Issues |
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14:00 - 14:45
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C4: Getting access to government funding
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| Getting access to government funding
· The whats, whys and hows of getting access to grant aid for manufacturing businesses.
Ian Heywood, UK Grants Limited
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