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Tuesday, 10 July 2007

09.25 – 10.10 Keynote Address
Keith Copeland
Supplier Improvement Engineer and Engineering Fellow
Nissan, UK
10.10– 10.45 Refreshments
10.45 – 12.00 Session 3: Social and Human Aspects
Chair: Dr Graham Coates
Durham University, UK

Flexible Manufacturing Systems Need Flexible People – But How Do You Recruit, Manage and Develop Them?
A Parker, S Vanson
The Performance Solution Ltd, UK

Empirical Management of Engineering Projects: A Common Sense Approach to Agility
E Green, AMD, Singapore

Examining the Relationships Between Manufacturing Agility and Cooperation, Competition and Conflict
C Yauch, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
D Navaresse, Oklahoma State University, USA

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.15 Session 4: Agile Supply Chain
Chair: Professor Hans Andersin
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

An Analysis of Frameworks for Measuring Supply Chain Agility
H Zsifkovits, C Engelhardt-Nowitzki
University of Leoben, Austria

Supply Chain Agility – Managing the Consequences of Increased Vulnerability
J Hammant, LCP Consulting, UK
A Braithwaite, LCP Consulting/Cranfield University, UK

Manufacturers’ Preparedness for Agile Construction
J Gosling, M Naim
Cardiff Business School, UK
N Fowler, Centre for Performance Improvement/Denne Construction, UK
A Fearne, Kent Business School, UK

14.15 – 14.45 Refreshments
14.45 - 16.50 Session 5: Product Flow
Chair: Dr Charlene Yauch
Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA

Integrated Unit Load and Transport System Design in Manufacturing
J Oser, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Material Handling and Logistic Systems, Austria

Using Discrete Element Simulation to Design and Evolve Agile Manufacturing Systems in an SME
T Patterson, K Dalgarno
University of Leeds, UK

Insights into Lean Manufacturing from Complex Systems Measures
N Scott, Linx Printing Technologies, UK
G Frizelle, University of Cambridge, UK
J Johnson, Open University, UK

Value Stream Mapping for Jobshop
D Glew, Eltherington Aluminium Ltd, UK
R Chitturi, A Paulls
University of Hull, UK

16.50 Close
19.30 Pre- Dinner Drinks
Durham Castle
20.00 Conference Dinner
Durham Castle