 Executive Session
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 |  | EXEC 103 (Wednesday, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM) - Executive Session by Jeff Tognoni, CEO | |
| | | Are We There Yet? Assessing the Economic Environment
Join Consona’s CEO Jeff Tognoni for his personal take on where we’ve been and where we’re going in today’s economic rollercoaster ride. In this session, you’ll gain tremendous insight into economic history, theory and drivers, and how you can take action in your own business.
All conference attendees are welcome to attend this session.
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| | EXEC 107 (Thursday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM) - Executive Session by Jeff Tognoni, CEO | |
| | | The Big Switch – Just How Big is Cloud Computing?
Join Consona CEO as he explores what he calls the most “disruptive opportunity” in software’s recent history. Inspired by some of the thinking in Nicholas Carr’s The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google, Tognoni will walk you through the opportunities presented by cloud computing, and how Consona is responding to support you.
All conference attendees are welcome to attend this session.
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| | EXEC 108 (Thursday, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM) - Executive Session by Thomas Millay, General Manager of Consona CRM | |
| | | Join the General Manager of Consona’s CRM products Tom Millay as he opens up the Consona playbook and delivers key insights into best practices in strategy development and operational planning. In this session, Millay will draw upon his 30 years of experience in the information technology industry across sales, marketing, business development, systems development and operations to provide practical suggestions on how to develop, refine, and roll out new business strategies, as well as align operations to support them.
All conference attendees are welcome to attend this session. |
| | EXEC 110 (Friday, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM) - Executive Session by Steve Bailey, CTO | |
| | | Join Consona CTO Steve Bailey as he breaks down various cloud architecture approaches in this advanced technical discussion. In this session, he’ll share with you both the risks and benefits of these approaches, as well as further explain how Consona is building the reference architecture for cloud computing—and how soon you can take advantage of it. |
 Finance
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| | FIN 101 (Wednesday, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM) - Let Support Help Solve Your General Ledger Woes | |
| | | This session will guide attendees through some common general ledger issues and the steps DTR support recommends to track down/resolve these problems. Perfect for attendees with accounting job roles, this session will provide:
A better understanding of the year-end closeout process within TMM.
The best steps to troubleshoot problems in reconciling financial and aging reports.
A more advanced and problem solving-oriented look at the accounting side of TMM.
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| | FIN 206 (Thursday, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM) - Forecasting/Rough Cut Open Forum | |
| | | This open forum will focus on providing examples of using Rough Cuts as an annual operating budget tool for planned expenditures, labor needs, plant expansion needs and product margin evaluations. Attendees will learn:
Another use for accurate BOMs.
How to generate a forecast for use as a source of data for budget preparation.
Insight from other users into the role Rough Cut plays at their facility. How to utilize this tool to gather data in answering critical planning questions.
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| | FIN 208 (Thursday, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM) - Financial Roundtable | |
| | | In this interactive roundtable, we will discuss various financial topics. Customers should bring their ideas and points of interest for discussion. |
 General
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| | GEN 100 (Wednesday, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM) - Opening Welcome Session | |
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| | GEN 101 (Wednesday, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM) - UPS Interface | |
| | | This session will introduce a new TMM module that allows you to link shipping data from your packing slips into the UPS WorldShip application. This bi-directional feed also pulls key data out of UPS and feeds it back into TMM. The session will consist of both a lecture and a lab to demonstrate this exciting new capability. Note: An extension of this module to include FedEx is also in the works. |
| | GEN 102 (Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM) - Become Lean with Utilities in TMM | |
| | | This session will focus on streamlining your daily activities within TMM and is perfect for attendees with job roles related to accounting, inventory control, purchasing, shipping, production control, customer service, and database administration. Attendees will learn:
Tools to trim TMM time.
How to access valuable data.
How to utilize ALERTS for customer/vendor notifications.
How to send data to history.
**Prerequisites: Good working knowledge of TMM and enthusiasm for change.
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| | GEN 103 (Wednesday, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM) - DTR Update & Product Roadmap | |
| | | This session will provide an overview of what’s been happening with the DTR product line over the past year, as well as where it is headed in the coming years. This session is intended for all attendees and will include:
DTR Product Developments in 2009 and 2010.
DTR Product Roadmap.
DTR Professional Services outlook for 2010 and beyond.
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| | GEN 105 (Thursday, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM) - Cloud Computing Premiere | |
| | | Cloud computing is the hottest topic in the IT world today and promises to revolutionize how ERP applications are delivered. In this session, we'll cover the basics of cloud computing and explain why so many industry analysts are excited about the benefits. |
| | GEN 107 (Thursday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM) - Customer Panel | |
| | | Join us for an interactive panel discussion with DTR customers who have utilized TMM to help streamline operations and realize improved performance during tough economic times. In this session, fellow users will discuss how they have deployed TMM functionality and/or services, as well as the benefits that were expected and realized. This session is intended for all DTR customers. |
| | GEN 109 (Thursday, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM) - 9.3 Features & Enhancements | |
| | | This session will present an overview of new features that are now available in TMM 9.3, including new capabilities that have been recently added in 9.3 service packs. In addition, attendees will get a look at some upcoming new, value-add features that will be made available as service pack enhancements. This session is intended for all TMM users planning to upgrade to the latest version, as well as those who have already upgraded and are interested in recently added or upcoming enhancements. Customers interested in a more in-depth look at some of the major new modules offered in TMM 9.3 should also attend the Quote Manager Walkthrough and Preventative Maintenance Walkthrough. |
| | GEN 210 (Friday, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM) - Certification and Document Management | |
| | | This session is designed for users who have the need to capture or produce any form of certification documentation in their manufacturing processes. We have integrated flatbed scanners and Loftware to capture and produce certification documentation natively with TMM. The session will demonstrate the current implementations and open up a discussion on other possible use cases. |
| | GEN 111 (Friday, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM) - TMM 10.0 Feature Team | |
| | | This session provides an opportunity for TMM users to participate in the product development process for our next release of TMM. Designed for experienced TMM users who wish to help steer the direction of the product, this highly interactive session will include discussion of:
Planned new features being considered for TMM 10.0.
User opinions and input on product direction and feature designs.
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 Industry Solution
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| | IND SOL 105 (Thursday, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM) - Advanced Reporting: Part 1 - Basic Setup and Dashboard Creation | |
| | | Come join us to explore the new report writer for both Financial and Operational reports.
We will show you how to install Synoptix on a workstation, and Terminal Server, setting up the ODBC connections, determine how many SQL Servers for the OpenEdge Database, setting up users, groups, periods, and create a simple report, and then turn that report into dashboard.
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| | IND SOL 106 (Thursday, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM) - Advanced Reporting: Part II | |
| | | A deeper drive into Advanced Reporting, including how to build your own SQL views, and how to turn those views into Spheres. troubleshooting when reports don’t run as expected. A brief overview of some SQL tuning, e.g. update statistics, and other OpenEdge SQL tuning features. Snorkel and mask not required. |
| | IND SOL 207 (Thursday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM) - ABRA Demo and how it integrates with TMM | |
| | | This session will be a demonstration of the current ABRA product and how it integrates with TMM. The new Time Clock Interface that is currently being used by ABRA will also be shown. This session will focus more on the features of ABRA and how it can assist a company with their payroll needs. This session is not meant as a training session but more of a show/tell for ABRA and the new Time Clock Interface.
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| | IND SOL 209 (Thursday, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM) - Bar Coding and Pseudo Serialized Inventory | |
| | | Many modern business requirements push manufacturers to serialize their inventory. Traceability of product from cradle to grave is a key metric that many TMM customers now face and fully serializing an inventory by hand in TMM can be a daunting task. During this session, we will explore a bar coding technique that has the power of serialization without all the internal TMM overhead. Come prepared to share your requirements and investigate this powerful set of techniques. |
 Operations
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| | OPS 101 (Wednesday, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM) - How Data is Processed and Flows Through TMM Production | |
| | | This session will focus on the manufacturing functionality within TMM and is perfect for attendees with job roles related to customer service, inventory, and shipping/receiving. Following this sessions, attendees will lhave:A firm understanding of data flow through TMM.
Knowledge of the relationship various TMM files throughout the database.
A basic understanding of the manufacturing and distribution aspects of TMM.
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| | OPS 102 (Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM) - Master Scheduling Roundtable | |
| | | This session will focus on Master Scheduling and is perfect for attendees with job roles in scheduling and manufacturing. Attendees will leave this session with:
Tips for troubleshooting.
Knowledge transfer from other users.
Ideas on how to use Master Scheduling more efficiently.
**Prerequisites: Current user of, or in the process of implementing, Master Scheduling.
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| | OPS 104 (Wednesday, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM) - EDI Roundtable: EDI Tools Within TMM | |
| | | This session will be an interactive discussion on the EDI tools available to you within TMM. The discussion will be centered on EDI parameters, how to purge data, how to re-send data when ASN and EDI invoices are created and more. We will also discuss the customizations and how they can be hooked into TMM for inbound and outbound data. Attendees should already have EDI implemented within TMM and have a working knowledge of how EDI works. |
| | OPS 105 (Thursday, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM) - Preventive Maintenance Walkthrough | |
| | | This session will focus on the process of building, scheduling and completing maintenance procedures and is designed for attendees with job roles related to maintenance, shop floor and/or tool shop supervision. Attendees will learn:
How to build reusable and easily-maintained maintenance procedures.
The integration capabilities of Preventive Maintenance schedules with the production schedules.
The process, purpose and utilization of the Preventive Maintenance module. |
| | OPS 106 (Thursday, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM) - Inventory Roundtable | |
| | | This session will focus on inventory and is perfect for attendees with inventory control job roles. Attendees will engage in discussions concerning:
Inventory issues.
The importance of inventory closeout.
TMM’s perpetual inventory.
How to handle different inventory activities.
Consignment inventory.
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| | OPS 207 (Thursday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM) - Taking the Guess Work Out of Master Scheduling Branch and Item Settings | |
| | | In this session, we will focus on both Branch and Item settings within Master Scheduling. Perfect for those users familiar with interface and scheduling, attendees will leave with:
A better understanding of item settings and their impact on the process flow within Master Scheduling.
More knowledge of Branch settings and how they function.
Various ways to handle different or unique manufacturing processes within Master Scheduling.
**Prerequisite: Good knowledge of Master Scheduling’s functionality and application.
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| | OPS 209 (Thursday, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM) - Scheduling Roundtable: Scheduling Process for both Traditional and Master Scheduling | |
| | | This will be a discussion of scheduling capabilities with TMM and is perfect for attendees with job roles related to scheduling and shop floor management. Highlights of the session include:
An open discussion of various methods and utilizations within TMM for scheduling.
An understanding of the variances in TMM’s two methods of scheduling.
Success stories of how scheduling in TMM has helped with efficiency and costs.
Flexibility of scheduling within TMM.
**Prerequisite: Basic scheduling knowledge.
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| | OPS 110 (Friday, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM) - Quote Manager Walkthrough | |
| | | This session will focus on the quoting process used in Quote Manager and is perfect for attendees with such job roles as account executive, sales manager or customer service representative. From this session, attendees will gain:
Knowledge of the process and purpose behind the Quote Manager module.
The ability to handle prospects when you do not use CRM.
Awareness of the differences between standard item and engineering item.
Options for creating quote documents.
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| | OPS 311 (Friday, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM) - Analyzing BOMs and Shift Reports | |
| | | This session will focus on the importance of BOMs and their impact on shift reports. Attendees with jobs related to engineering, production entry and manufacturing analysis will benefit the most from this session. Takeaways include:
An understanding of the impact BOMs have on the manufacturing process.
Various methods of comparing standards to actuals.
The ability to handle deviations from standard manufacturing processes.
How to track and analyze rejects and downtime.
Knowledge of how to analyze actual manufacturing cost variances from standard.
**Prerequisite: Good understanding of BOMs and shift report entry.
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 Real Time Topic
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| | RTT 204 (Wednesday, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM) - Real-Time Topic: Setting up Account Groups for Inventory Costing and Closing, How Data Flows thru Accounting, Project Costing, MRP | |
| | | RT204 will focus on the topic of your choice! Below are topics we think are critical to our product and your business but we want you to vote and tell us which ones to present. Vote on our interactive website to decide which session we will present during this time! Here are your choices:
Setting up Account Groups for Inventory Costing and Closing
How Data Flows thru Accounting
Project Costing
MRP
After you register for the conference and vote for your preference, you can visit the pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite, and send in questions about your selected topic. Also on Groupsite, join in discussions with the presenter and other attendees on what the focus will be for the winning topic. All real-time topic sessions will be decided and announced on August 1, 2010. |
 RoundTable
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| | ROUND 102 (Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM) - CorVu Roundtable | |
| | | This session will focus on CorVu and is designed to be an open forum for attendees to share best practices and creative ideas with fellow users. Attendees will also discuss CorVu 5.2, analyze the knowledge library for Progress OE 10, and share commonly used formulas and/or applications users have created. |
| | ROUND 205 (Thursday, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM) - Customizations/ Customer Projects | |
| | | This is a round table discussion led by IMS to cover customization issues and the process used to deliver these modifications. |
| | ROUND 108 (Thursday, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM) - Reporting Strategy Roundtable | |
| | | In this interactive discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about our vision for reporting in DTR and voice their opinions on our long term strategy. Discussion topics will include internal DTR reporting and external reporting and business intelligence requirements. This session is intended for DTR customers who drive their company’s reporting requirements, as well as those who need to develop and support reports. |
 Technical
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| | TECH 104 (Wednesday, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM) - Peek Under the Covers at What Makes Your System Tick | |
| | | This session is intended for all non-technical people that use or are responsible for the smooth operation of the TMM system, which rides on a complex set of subsystems to perform and help run your business. In this session, we will describe, in very plain English, what goes on under the system covers and how your business system really works. Startup, backups, performance and overall reliability will be featured. By the end, attendees will have a much better understanding of how things work and why we deploy and manage systems in particular ways. |
| | TECH 208 (Thursday, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM) - Progress OpenEdge 10 Overview | |
| | | This session is meant for users who are migrating to the new Progress OpenEdge 10 platform. New features available in OpenEdge 10 include Type II storage areas, automated after imaging, auditing, and much more. This session will help attendees:
Understand these new capabilities and how to take advantage of them.
Learn database tuning techniques for versions 9 and 10.
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| | TECH 310 (Friday, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM) - System Admin: Advanced Topics | |
| | | In this session, we will focus on database tuning, log review, and backup and recovery of your TMM database. We will also look at OpenEdge Management, your “night operator.” |
| | TECH 111 (Friday, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM) - Sever Virtualization Case Studies | |
| | | This session will focus on a case study regarding server virtualization that has migrated from risky fad status to accepted business practice in the past two years. Join a number of TMM customers to review their decisions to virtualize their data centers. Topics of discussion will include the decision-making process with regard to this new technology, the selection process, and the deployment/operation for each site. |