Enterprise Planning

Hello from bright and sunny Texas USA. Spring is well past sprung and before long we will be in the midst of the blazing Texas summer.  It was already in the 90's this past weekend - that's 32c. 

I'm pleased to announce something that has been in the works for sometime,

AFS Wisconsin Chapter

Enterprise Planning for Small & Medium Sized Foundries

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
9:00 am – 11:00 am

Olympia Resort and Conference Center located in Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin

http://www.wisconsinafs.org/1006/2010Conference.pdf

Chris Collins -CEO and Managing Director - Synchro32

Tom Renk President - United Machine and Foundry

Chris and Tom will discuss the concepts and importance of Enterprise Planning (ERP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems in a modern foundry, focusing particularly on the needs of small and medium sized foundries.  Practical experiences with the use of these systems to improve the bottom line in a foundry will also be presented.

I'm already hard at work getting everything organized for this Expo in the new location.  Check out where Synchro32 will be at http://www.olympiaresort.com/

Things are going exceedingly well at Synchro32 and April 2010 was a most outstanding month with many new installations.  May has already taken off and Simon will be making a mid month swing through Canada, the USA, and Mexico with new installations.  I'm already working on booking his June and July trips.  Richy remains in the "land down under" with new installations and will be returning home to the UK before long.  I am also working on a trip to North America for him in the early July timeframe and a return to the trans-Oceanic region for late July.

Other news, Richy will be attending the AFI, Australian Foundry Institute Conference/Exposition 
which will be held in Adelaide, 17-20th October 2010 at the Stamford Grand Hotel, Glenelg Australia.  See
http://www.afiaustralia.org/html/conference_2010.html for more details.

Finally, although GIFA it is not until next year, the Synchro32 Sales and Marketing Department has already reserved a spot and we are gearing up for the premier global event.  I am definately planning on being there.
http://www.gifa.com/

Obviously lots of good stuff going on at Synchro32.

Till next time, see you on down the road...

Shane Allen