DETROIT, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- 2007 Automotive News Manufacturing Conference

Theme: "The Seamless Supply Chain: The managerial culture and technical tools that make for high-quality, high-productivity manufacturing"

WHEN: Wednesday - Friday, May 16 - 18

WHERE: Renaissance Center Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.

AGENDA: Program highlights manufacturing success via tight, cohesive supply chain management via:

-- announcement of the formation of the Automotive Research Alliance - a clearinghouse for technological problem-solving in the automotive industry during the Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association Meeting
(noon - 2 p.m. May 16).

The initiative is a joint project of the National Transportation Research Center, Inc.; the Tennessee Valley Authority and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in conjunction with the region's most prominent universities: Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, Auburn, Clemson, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Tennessee.

-- insights from the industry's leading executives through individual morning and dinner presentations and an afternoon panel discussion entitled, "Moving Parts: Achieving perfection in supply chain management"
(May 17)

-- presentation of the first Automotive News Suppliers' Choice Awards, recognizing OEMs that best encourage - solicit, implement and reward - suppliers' innovations as part of their total business plan
(1:45 p.m. May 17)

-- DaimlerChrysler media roundtable luncheon discussion featuring Executive Vice President of Manufacturing, Frank Ewasyshyn as well as Vice President-Union Relations, Al Iacobelli with an on-background labor negotiations overview
(11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. May 17)

-- Suppliers' Choice Breakfast Briefing (7:30 a.m. May 18). J.D. Power and Associates will detail results of the 2007 OEM Supplier Innovation Study revealing suppliers' candid evaluation about the performance of the 11 manufacturers producing vehicles in North America. Automotive News Associate Publisher and Editorial Director Peter Brown and Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Global Automotive Industry Leader Steve Laughman will join in reviewing the study's five key areas:
* Openness to new ideas
* Ease of working with OEM on innovative ideas
* Level of trust
* Willingness to offer financial incentives or rewards for supplier innovation
* Ability to implement innovations

-- VIP tours of Nissan's Smyrna Manufacturing Plant
(a.m. May 18)


SPEAKERS: Executives addressing the Automotive News Manufacturing Conference:

-- Bo I. Andersson, GM Group Vice President, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, General Motors

-- Douglas H. Bartow, Vice President Paint, BMW Manufacturing Corporation LLC

-- William G. Diehl, President, CEO & Global Automotive Practice Lead, BBK

-- Frank J. Ewasyshyn, Executive Vice President - Manufacturing, Chrysler Group

-- Ron Harbour, President, Harbour Consulting

-- John G. Kalson, Vice President - Production, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama

-- Bill Krueger, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management for the Americas, Nissan North America, Inc.

-- John Miller, Vice President, Purchasing, Nissan North America, Inc.

-- Chris Nielsen, Vice President of Purchasing, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

-- Vicki O'Meara, President, U.S. Supply Chain Solutions, Ryder System, Inc.

-- Sanjiv Sidhu, Founder & Chairman, i2 Technologies, Inc.

-- Frederiek Toney, Executive Director, Material Planning & Logistics, Ford Motor Company


INFO: http://www.autonews.com/files/07_anmc

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