SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- If your company could use some updating, some brushing off the old and incorporating the new, here's the ticket and it's free. How to be a successful manufacturer in today's business climate will be the focus of the free seminar sponsored by the prestigious international company, Japan Management Association (JMA). On Thursday, May 26, the heavyweights in manufacturing will convene to exchange ideas and know-how in manufacturing. The free seminar for large volume manufacturers will be at the Hyatt Regency near Chicago's O'Hare Airport from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Space is limited and offered to qualified registrants only. The seminar's theme is "Strengths and Weaknesses of American and Japanese Manufacturing Industries." Expert management speakers will focus on "The Changing Business Environment and Potential Solutions." Takashi Asano, President of JMAC said, "Companies in the United States must tune into new methodology in order to be successful in a competitive business world. It is no longer the case that a company can rely on traditional ways of thinking. This seminar will cover how to make these successful changes."
The originator of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and a worldwide leader in corporate management support, the JMA Group brings decades of expertise to the management table. Created in Japan in 1942, JMA developed a consulting division (JMAC) that became the foremost consulting firm in Japan. It went on to capture the manufacturing support of companies worldwide, doing consulting and training for some 80% of the companies on the Nikkei Stock Exchange. Soon their prestige spread to America as JMA know-how became a byword for Japanese subsidiaries in the U.S. The establishment of JMAC America was completed in 1995, thus bringing its proficiency to American companies, as well.
High-powered speakers at the Seminar are Atsushi Niimi, the President & CEO of Toyota Motor Manufacturing of North America; Dr. Wallace J. Hopp of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University; Dan Ariens, President & CEO of the Ariens Company, and Takashi Asano, President of JMAC America. After their stellar presentations on the present and future of manufacturing, a panel discussion will ensue on "How Manufacturing Can Survive in America: the Key to Success."
For information or to register, call JMA Consultants America, Inc. (847) 228-5555 or visit www.jmac-america.com/seminar.