{"id":2176,"date":"2010-10-13T16:38:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T23:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Network-and-learn-best-practices-from-your-peers-at-GMA\/ba-p\/334494"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:16:44","slug":"network-and-learn-best-practices-from-your-peers-at-gma-manufacturing-excellence-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/network-and-learn-best-practices-from-your-peers-at-gma-manufacturing-excellence-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Network and learn best practices from your peers at GMA Manufacturing Excellence Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><TABLE border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"710\"><BR \/><TBODY><BR \/><TR><BR \/><TD width=\"18\">&nbsp;<\/TD><BR \/><TD width=\"673\" valign=\"top\">Siemens is pleased to be the title sponsor of the upcoming&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/www.packexpo.com\/pei2010\/public\/Content.aspx?ID=1075\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">GMA Manufacturing Excellence Conference <\/A>co-located at the PackExpo on November 2-3 in Chicago. If you are part of the CPG, Food &amp; Beverage industry, check out best practices&nbsp;presented by&nbsp;your peers and industry experts. Here is a partial listing of the workshops and leaders:<STRONG>&nbsp;<\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Overall Equipment Efficiency can Drive Lower Costs and Harmonization<\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/>Neil Ackerman, PI Engineer, Pepsico-Quaker<BR \/><BR \/>Rob Aleska, Machine Control Section Head, The Procter &amp; Gamble Company<BR \/><BR \/>Mel Bahr, Founder, MGS Machine<BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Manufacturing Execution Systems; Case Studies from Inside and Outside the CPG Industry<\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/>Samuel Bethea, Director North America, M&amp;R, Campbell Soup Company<BR \/><BR \/>John Blanchard, Senior Anaylst, ARC Advisory Group<BR \/><BR \/>Mark Hanley, Worldwide Reliability Lead, Kraft Foods, Inc.<BR \/><BR \/>Andrea Molinari, Technical Coordinator, Siemens<BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Workforce Development, Critical to Future Manufacturing Success<\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/>Pamela Stroko, Vice President Management and Organizational Development, Kraft Foods, Inc.<BR \/><BR \/>Joel Whalen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kellstadt Graduate School, DePaul<BR \/><BR \/>Jennifer McNelly, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Institute, NAM<BR \/><BR \/>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.packexpo.com\/pei2010\/public\/Content.aspx?ID=1075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn More and Register Today!<\/A><\/TD><BR \/><\/TR><BR \/><\/TBODY><BR \/><\/TABLE><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;    Siemens is pleased to be the title sponsor of the upcoming&nbsp;GMA Manufacturing Excellence Conference co-located at the PackExpo on November 2-3 in Chicago. 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