8.30 am
Registration
9.30 am
Chair’s Welcome
Speakers:
9.40 am
Morning Keynote: Best practice technology selection for UK manufacturers
- Investing time and effort in the early stages pays dividends with the subsequent ROI
- Business-led, not technology led
- Building solid foundations to then move into the implementation phase
Speakers:
9.55 am
Panel 1: Challenges when dealing with your systems?
Speakers:
10.15 am
Discussion Session 1
Choose a discussion group to join from across all three conference streams – click the tabs to see the available discussion groups in each stream. Each discussion group lasts 30 minutes and is limited to 7 delegates. All discussion groups are concurrent, allowing you to work your way through the discussion groups that matter most to you over the course of the day.
Rene VoogtSolution Consulting Manager, Sage Enterprise Management
James BlissBusiness Development Manager, Codestone
Colin ScottSenior Consultant, Codestone
David JamesManaging Director, Advanced
Steve TattumR&D Leader, Sage
Mark BreedenSenior Account Manager, HSO
John ParkerCorporate Sales Representative, Oracle-Netsuite
Willie CarrAccount Director, UK & Ireland, Rimini Street10.50 am
Coffee break and networking
11.20 am
Discussion Session 2
Rene VoogtSolution Consulting Manager, Sage Enterprise ManagementJames BlissBusiness Development Manager, CodestoneColin ScottSenior Consultant, CodestoneDavid JamesManaging Director, AdvancedSteve TattumR&D Leader, SageMark BreedenSenior Account Manager, HSOJohn ParkerCorporate Sales Representative, Oracle-NetsuiteWillie CarrAccount Director, UK & Ireland, Rimini Street11.50 am
Discussion Session 3
Rene VoogtSolution Consulting Manager, Sage Enterprise ManagementJames BlissBusiness Development Manager, CodestoneColin ScottSenior Consultant, CodestoneDavid JamesManaging Director, AdvancedSteve TattumR&D Leader, SageMark BreedenSenior Account Manager, HSOWillie CarrAccount Director, UK & Ireland, Rimini Street
Gareth PotterCorporate Sales Representative, Oracle-Netsuite12.20 pm
Lunch
13.20 pm
“This new system is rubbish!”
What is the purpose of an IT implementation; is it to bring in a new IT solution or is it to bring about tangible business change? In this session we’ll look at how to turn the projected benefits into a reality by engaging with your people based on the lessons learnt from the change programme of major systems implementations (and how to avoid your people saying, “This new system is rubbish!”)
Speakers:
13.35 pm
Panel 2: How to evaluate the claims of enterprise software vendors?
IT teams will play a critical role in enabling British industry to successfully transition to what is being called the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. Effective vendor selection will be key to this.
Speakers:
13.55 pm
Discussion Session 4
Rene VoogtSolution Consulting Manager, Sage Enterprise ManagementJames BlissBusiness Development Manager, CodestoneColin ScottSenior Consultant, CodestoneDavid JamesManaging Director, AdvancedSteve TattumR&D Leader, SageMark BreedenSenior Account Manager, HSOWillie CarrAccount Director, UK & Ireland, Rimini StreetGareth PotterCorporate Sales Representative, Oracle-Netsuite14.25 pm
Conference Recap
Speakers: