Industry experts to discuss innovative supply chain technologies and how they are delivering quantifiable improvements for MCFA and other complex industrial equipment manufacturers
JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, today announced it will co-present a complimentary webinar titled "Industrial Equipment Top Performance: Learning from Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc.," with Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc. (MCFA) and in conjunction with Aberdeen Groupon Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Event Details
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA), one of the world's leading manufacturers of material handling equipment, dramatically reinvented and improved its supply chain operations to decrease inventory, increase throughput and cut costs in the face of global operations, volatile economic conditions and evolving production requirements. The webinar will feature the following speakers:
- Kevin Prouty, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, Aberdeen, will share his unique perspective on the evolving trends in the industry and what today's leading manufacturers are doing to maintain a competitive edge.
- Saravana Sigamani, senior manager, assembly operations and capacity planning, MCFA, will present the methodology and technology employed to achieve quantifiable improvements at MCFA.
- Harish Iyer, vice president, industry strategy, JDA, will explain how software solutions can be used to effectively address various business objectives in a complex industrial environment.
During the webinar, attendees will discover how:
- MCFA used material and planning synchronization to reduce component inventory 30–40 percent, reduce work-in-process inventory by 70 percent and improve throughput time by 50 percent.
- Industrial equipment manufacturing companies become top performers and how to benchmark against them.
- Companies can gain more visibility into material and capacity constraints to make better business decisions that minimize risk, increase efficiency and improve agility.
Individuals wishing to attend this free webinar can register by clicking here.
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About JDA Software Group, Inc.
JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, is a leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders, including i2 Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA's multiple service options, delivered via the JDA® Private Cloud, provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership, and 24/7 functional and technical support and expertise.
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