| Check boxes to print selections |
Tuesday |
 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
|   | ADVT 300a - VBA and FastForms Advanced Technical Workshop | |
| | This four-hour advanced technical workshop will focus on specific projects that attendees bring to the conference and is perfect for users who are currently working on a project with VBA and/or FastForms and need assistance to move the project along. Users should bring their laptop with a fully-functional, standalone instance of Made2Manage and a current programming project. All attendees should have VBA installed and FastForms, if applicable.
**Prerequisites: M2M Foundations, VBA and M2M FastForms.
| |
| | ADVT 300b - SQL Server Administration Advanced Technical Workshop | |
| | This four-hour workshop will begin with an introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and its architecture and will be particularly beneficial to system administrators and IT personnel. Attendees will participate in a detailed discussion of:
SQL Versions 2000, 2005, 2008.
Manual SQL backup.
Restoring a SQL database from a backup.
A SQL database maintenance plan (automatic backups) and protecting your data.
Recovery methods for the SQL Transaction Log files.
SQL security. | |
Wednesday |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
|  | GEN 100 - Consona ERP Welcome Session | |
| | | |
| 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM |
|  | ACON 201 - Advanced Configurator - Advanced User Interface Discussion | |
| | This session is perfect for attendees looking to enhance the look and feel of their user experience, either internally or on the web. Learn how to get the most out of the User Interface Builder to create dynamic and visual user interfaces.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of User Interface Builder.
| |
| | ADVT 301 - VBA and FastForms Advanced Technical Workshop Part 1 | |
| | This is the first of three workshops that will focus on specific projects that attendees bring to the conference. This session is perfect for users who are currently working on a project with VBA and/or FastForms and need assistance to move the project along. Users should bring their laptop with a fully-functional, standalone instance of Made2Manage and a current programming project. All attendees should have VBA installed and FastForms, if applicable.
Note: Attendees will gain a more complete understanding of VBA and FastForms administration by attending all three workshops.
**Prerequisites: M2M Foundations and VBA and M2M FastForms.
| |
|  | FIN 201 - Understanding Cost Flows in M2M | |
| | This session will focus on the flow of transactional costs in Made2Manage and is perfect for attendees with such job roles as controller, staff accountant, and anything on the shop floor. Attendees will learn the costing flow of:
Make-to-stock items.
Buy-to-stock items.
Make-to-order items.
Buy-to-order items.
| |
| | FIN 301 - Turbocharge your Purchasing with M2M 6.x | |
| | This session will introduce the new Planned Purchasing Queue and RFQ features in v6.0, plus review some key purchasing setup items in the item master. Attendees will see how the Planned Purchasing Queue interacts with M2M Planning and the many improvements over the standard purchasing queue.
**Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Made2Manage, production setups, item master, BOMs, routings, shop floor overview, planning overview, and purchase orders.
| |
| | GEN 101 - Getting the Most Out of v6.x | |
| | This session will focus on the new features in M2M version 6.0, providing an overview of the major enhancements. References will be made to classes that will address these in more detail. In addition, we will review many of the areas of change that are not as highly advertised. This will be a solid opportunity for those seeking to make the migration to the latest version of Made2Manage and all areas of an organization will acquire value from this discussion.
Some areas of discussion will include:
Quotes and sales orders.
Job order closings.
Backflushing alternatives for labor and material.
New attachment screens.
Data integrity changes.
Customer account master.
Contract pricing.
Shop Floor Data Collection changes.
Field Service upgrades.
RFQ integration with quote/sales order and associated BOM.
BOM print to Excel.
Future of M2M Scheduling/M2M MRP.
| |
|  | PRODO 101 - Omnify Product Overview | |
| | In this session, we’ll take a detailed look at Product Lifecycle Management and how Omnify gives you control of your product record and keeps engineering and manufacturing marching to the same tune. This session is intended for customers that do not currently have this product or are a new user. Omnify PLM can help you:
Manage engineering changes, BOMs, work instructions, documentation and scrap.
Centralize quality, project and training information and tie it to the product record.
Easily manage data for various compliance requirements (FDA, FAA, ISO, Environmental, etc.).
Integrate your CAD/CAM systems and ERP BOM database.
Improve collaboration among internal external teams with web-enabled technology.
Create more efficient processes, corrective actions, preventative actions and NCMRs.
** Prerequisites: General understanding of M2M engineering information, such as items and BOMs.
| |
| 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
| | ACON 302 - Advanced Configurator - Data Manager | |
| | This session will provide an in-depth review and demonstration of CS-Connect (Data Manager) and CS-Adapters. Learn how to facilitate the retrieval, synchronization and integration of data from foreign sources. | |
| | ADVT 302 - VBA and FastForms Advanced Technical Workshop Part 2 | |
| | This is the second of three workshops that will focus on specific projects that attendees bring to the conference. This session is perfect for users who are currently working on a project with VBA and/or FastForms and need assistance to move the project along. Users should bring their laptop with a fully-functional, standalone instance of Made2Manage and a current programming project. All attendees should have VBA installed and FastForms, if applicable.
Note: Attendees will gain a more complete understanding of VBA and FastForms administration by attending all three workshops.
**Prerequisites: M2M Foundations, VBA and M2M FastForms, and VBA and FastForms Advanced Technical Workshop, Part 1.
| |
| | FIN 102 - Getting Control of Your Costs: Interactive Discussion | |
| | In this session, we will answer attendee questions regarding cost flow processes and procedures with a short opening presentation framing this topic. This session is perfect for attendees with job roles related to controller, staff accountant and cost accountant. Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions prior to the conference via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. | |
|  | OPS 102 - CRM: Outlook Synchronization | |
| | In this session, we will answer attendee questions regarding Made2Manage v6.0 CRM with a short opening presentation framing the topic. Attendees with job functions related to customer service, customer sales, or sales management will benefit the most from this session. Content for the session will be developed with questions sent in prior to the conference via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. In addition, we’ll discuss the following questions, time permitting:
What does M2M v6.0 CRM include?
Why would you use CRM?
Would my company benefit by using the new CRM features?
How does CRM work with Microsoft Outlook?
| |
| | OPS 202 - Understanding M2M Scheduling Core Concepts | |
| | This session will describe the M2M Scheduling application and how it relates to Planning and Purchasing. This session is perfect for attendees who are involved in planning, purchasing and scheduling of their shop floor. The presentation will address the following questions:
What is the data requirement for Scheduling?
How to control and manipulate the schedule?
What are the difference between Basic and Advanced Scheduling?
What is the difference between Planning and Scheduling?
How Scheduling drives purchasing?
| |
| | PRODO 102 - Shop Floor Manager Product Overview | |
| | This session will open with a brief presentation framing the topic followed by a discussion of attendee questions regarding Shop Floor Manager. Attendees with job roles related to production supervision, production leads, and operations management will benefit the most from this session. Content for the session will be developed with questions sent in prior to the conference via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. In addition, we’ll discuss the following questions, time permitting:
How can Shop Floor Manager help me communicate with my production team?
Where can I more effectively manage my routings?
Can we go paperless on our shop floor?
How can we make documentation available?
**Prerequisite: General understanding of Made2Manage job orders, BOMs and routings.
| |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
| | ACON 103 - Advanced Configurator - Release 4.0 Overview | |
| | This session will be a detailed review of new functionality delivered in release 4.0. New capabilities to be discussed include:
New 4.0 configurator and GUI development environment.
New advanced table grid functionality—database-driven and rule enhancements.
New setup and deployment options for increased performance.
| |
| | ADVT 303 - SQL Server Administration, Part 1 | |
| | This is the third of three workshops that focuses on specific projects that attendees bring to the conference. This session is perfect for users who are currently working on a project with VBA and/or FastForms and need assistance to move the project along. This session will assist attendees in continuing to move their projects forward. Users should bring their laptop with a fully-functional, standalone instance of Made2Manage and a current programming project. All attendees should also have VBA installed and FastForms, if applicable.
Note: In addition, attendees will gain a more complete understanding of VBA and FastForms administration by attending all three workshops.
**Prerequisites: M2M Foundations and VBA and M2M FastForms, and FastForms Advanced Technical Workshop Parts 1 & 2.
| |
|  | EXEC 103 - 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. | |
| | FIN 203 - Advanced Reporting (Financial): Interactive Discussion | |
| | In this session, the focus will be on answering any questions you have regarding Advanced Reporting—Financial Reports with a short opening presentation framing the topic. Perfect for attendees that are currently utilizing Advanced Reporting, considering future deployment of Advanced Reporting, financial-based users, and report writers with some knowledge of Made2Manage financial structure the session content will be developed with questions sent in via our pre-conference interactive website. Below are the different customization methodologies that will also be discussed:
Creation and modification of typical financial-based reports.
Options available for advanced filtering, formulas, etc.
Budgeting overview.
Company consolidation and eliminations overview.
Formatting.
**Prerequisites: Basic knowledge Microsoft® Excel and the Made2Manage Chart of accounts for those seeking information to justify its potential use and basic report-writing knowledge for those wishing to expand their knowledgebase.
| |
| | GEN 103 - M2M Product Roadmap | |
| | This session will provide a detailed look at new features, functionality, technology, options and interfaces developed during 2009 and 2010, as well as an overview of future development plans and timing. This session will assist attendees in making decisions about when to upgrade to the next Made2Manage version and whether new options available may be of use to their company. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to voice any suggestions you have regarding our future development plans. | |
| | OPS 203 - Shop Floor Manager and M2M Planning and Scheduling - Taking Control of Your Manufacturing Operations | |
| | To be competitive in today’s environment, the resources of a company must be used effectively to build products that satisfy real demand. In this session, we will demonstrate how M2M Planning & Scheduling and Shop Floor Manager are used to drive the manufacturing operations to achieve these goals. The presentation will focus on answering the following issues:
How to avoid missing demand opportunities, while at the same time minimizing the inventory investment.
How to get an efficient and reliable schedule, enabling a high level of on-time delivery.
How CTP is used to establish a dependable and competitive order promising process.
How to maximize the throughput of manufacturing operation to gain the most out of a fixed-cost investment.
How to use Shop Floor Manager to execute the schedule on the shop floor.
| |
| | PRODO 103 - Cutting Your Costs with EDI Product Overview | |
| | This session will focus on setting up, troubleshooting, and using Made2Manage EDI/supply chain integration to cut your costs, improve your margins, achieve better on-time delivery and make your customers happier. We will discuss EDII, customer and item setups, common troubleshooting and techniques to use EDI to improve your business. | |
| 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
| | ADVT 304 - SQL Server Administration, Part 2 | |
| | This session will provide an introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and its architecture. Throughout this series of sessions, attendees will learn about:
SQL versions 2000, 2005 and 2008.
Manual SQL backup.
Restoring a SQL database from a backup.
A SQL database maintenance plan (automatic backups) and protecting your data.
Recovery methods for the SQL transaction log files.
SQL security.
| |
| | OPS 204 - Physical Inventory & Cycle Counting | |
| | In this session, we will focus on inventory exception reports for EOM close, key data elements for cycle count success and performing a physical inventory in M2M. This session is designed for attendees with job roles related to material planning, inventory management or controllers. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
Review and correct common end-of-period inventory discrepancies.
Set up item master records, inventory locations, group codes and other data elements to support sustainable cycle count rules.
Prepare and conduct a physical inventory.
**Prerequisites: Basic concepts in inventory management and experience with item master maintenance.
| |
|  | ROUND 204 - Quality Feature Team | |
| | This session is designed to gather feedback on quality functionality and is the perfect opportunity for attendees to speak directly to the product manager to share thoughts and ideas on what features and functionalities should be included in future product releases. Ideal for all individuals involved in quality-related job functions, this session is the time to present ideas for enhancements to the M2M product that would expand the current quality-based offerings. | |
|  | RTT 104 - Real-Time Topic: Using MS Word & Excel with M2M, Shop Floor Roundtable, Understanding Cost Flows Roundtable | |
| | This session will focus on the topic of your choice. Below are topics we think are critical to your product and your business, but we want you to vote and tell us which ones to present. Your choices are:
Using MS Word & Excel with M2M
Shop Floor Roundtable
Understanding Cost Flows Roundtable
After you register for the conference, you can vote for your preference at 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.
| |
|  | TECH 304 - Technical Tips Interactive Discussion | |
| | This session will open with a brief presentation framing the topic then address attendee questions regarding Made2Manage ERP administration. This session is perfect for attendees with job roles related to system administration and M2M database administration. Content for the session will be developed with questions sent in prior to the conference via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. In addition, we’ll address the following topics, time permitting:
M2M database overview.
Maintenance—What? How? When?.
Troubleshooting (performance, errors and CMDS).
Productivity (e-mail and OLINK).
**Prerequisites: Basic understanding of VFP and SQL. This session is based on the current version of M2M (6.x). VFP information will be provided in a handout.
| |
Thursday |
| 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
| | ACON 205 - Advanced Configurator - Supporting the Configurator Technical Environment | |
| | This session will focus on setting up and maintaining the Consona Advanced Configurator in various technical environments and is perfect for attendees who are responsible for maintaining the configurator application, database and integrated systems. Following this session, attendees will be able to:
Understand the configuration and install of all components.
Create and maintain different environments, groups and users.
Understand the upgrade process.
Troubleshoot common problems.
**Prerequisites: Basic technical background and familiarity with the Consona Configurator application.
| |
| | ADVT 305 - VBA Fast Forms Workshop, Part 3 | |
| | This is the third of three workshops that will focus on specific projects that attendees bring to the conference. This session is perfect for users who are currently working on a project with VBA and/or FastForms and need assistance to move the project along. Users should bring their laptop with a fully-functional, standalone instance of Made2Manage and a current programming project. All attendees should have VBA installed and FastForms, if applicable.
Note: Attendees will gain a more complete understanding of VBA and FastForms administration by attending all three workshops.
**Prerequisites: M2M Foundations, VBA and M2M FastForms, and VBA and FastForms Advanced Technical Workshop, Parts 1 and 2.
| |
| | GEN 105 - 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 of cloud computing. | |
| | OPS 205 - Vendor Management | |
| | In this session, we’ll discuss vendor management issues that support internal metrics for a quality management program (ISO or QS). This session is perfect for attendees with job roles related to purchasing or quality who would like to be able to:
Create an approved vendor list and a Parts-by-Vendor report.
Produce standard vendor metrics (on-time delivery, volume variance and cost variance).
Explore the RFQ capabilities in Made2Manage version 6.x.
Create a vendor non-conformance using the vendor service request form.
**Prerequisite: General M2M purchasing background.
| |
| | OPS 305 - Shop Floor Manager: Interactive Discussion | |
| | This session will open with a brief presentation framing the topic, followed by a discussion of attendee questions regarding Shop Floor Manager. Attendees with job roles related to production supervision, production leads, and operations management will benefit the most from this session. Content will be developed with questions sent in prior to the conference via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. In addition, we’ll discuss the following questions, time permitting:
How can Shop Floor Manager help me communicate with my production team?
Where can I more effectively manage my routings?
Can we go paperless on our shop floor?
How can we make documentation available?
**Prerequisites: General understanding of Made2Manage job orders, bills of material, and routings.
| |
| | TECH 205 - Preparing for an Upgrade | |
| | This session will focus on upgrading to Made2Manage 6.00/6.01, as well as all the available options. It is perfect for customers who are thinking about upgrading. Specifically, we will cover:
The Made2Manage services for upgrading to 6.00/6.01.
Things the customer can do to prepare for the upgrade.
The upgrade steps for customer wishing to do this on their own.
**Prerequisite: Advanced level of Made2Manage and system administration knowledge.
| |
| | TECH 305 - Standard Reporting | |
| | This session will focus on adding fields and customizing reports and is perfect for attendees with who have technical job roles or technical knowledge. By the end of class, you will be able to:
Add a new field to a report from tables that are already used in the report.
Add a new field to a report from a table that is not already used in the report.
Customize current Made2Manage reports.
**Prerequisites: The following recorded classes: Common Report Functions and Filters, Report Program Modification, M2M Data Structure and Table Relationships, and Basic Report Layout Modification.
| |
| 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
| | ACON 106 - Advanced Configurator - Product Roadmap | |
| | Attend this session for a review of the Configuration Solutions product roadmap, including details of release 4.0 and a look at the development plan for the future. | |
| | OPS 206 - Managing Customer Returns | |
| | In this session, we will focus on reviewing and understanding the new customer service inquiry, RMA (Return Material Authorization) process, and RMA options and integration. This class will be most beneficial for attendees involved with customer service, quality control, receiving and sales. By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:
Understand and create a customer service inquiry.
Understand and create an RMA.
Understand and follow through the integration portion of the RMA process.
**Prerequisites: Good working knowledge of customer master, item master, BOM, routings, sales orders, job order status, job order planning and releasing, and job order analysis, completing and closing.
| |
| | OPS 306 - Planning and Scheduling: Interactive Discussion | |
| | This session will focus on everything you ever wanted to know about planning and scheduling. Perfect for present and future Made2Manage Planning and Scheduling users, this session provides attendees the opportunity to steer the conversation and:
Learn from the experience of other users as well as the expertise of Made2Manage consultants and education specialists.
Contribute your own experiences and provide your own input.
Network with other Made2Manage Planning and Scheduling users.
Learn whether Made2Manage Planning and Scheduling is right for your company.
| |
| | PRODO 106 - Shop Floor Data Collection Product Overview | |
| | This session will include a demonstration of how Shop Floor Data Collection manages the full-range of data collection requirements for your shop floor. In addition, we’ll demonstrate how you can eliminate paper and manual data input, improve inventory accuracy and automate bar code processes with Shop Floor Data Collection. Attendees that do not currently have this product or new users will benefit the most from this session. We’ll specifically cover:
Labor reporting.
Material movement and inventory transactions.
Shipping and receiving.
** Prerequisites: General understanding of labor and inventory transactions in M2M. | |
| | RTT 106 - Real-Time Topic: CRM Interactive Discussion, Setting Up for Purchasing Success | |
| | This session will focus on the topic of your choice. Below are topics we think are critical to your product and your business, but we want you to vote and tell us which ones to present. Your choices are:
CRM interactive discussion.
Setting up for purchasing success.
After you register for the conference, you can vote for your preference at 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.
| |
| | TECH 206 - What Happens in M2M When I…? | |
| | Based on the current version of Made2Manage (6.x), this session will review the transactions that occur and tables that get updated in Made2Manage based on certain changes. It is perfect for attendees with job roles related to system administration, as well as power users. Attendees will be given the option to select which areas they would like to see discussed, via the pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. In addition, if time permits, we will discuss three of the following topics:
Item master, BOM and routing.
Shipping and receiving
Accounts receivable and accounts payable invoicing.
Barcode posting.
Planning & Scheduling.,/li>
**Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Made2Manage and the M2M Dataflow CBT.
| |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
| | EXEC 107 - Executive Session by Jeff Tognoni, Chief Executive Officer | |
| | 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.
| |
|  | UG - BT - User Group Meeting: Brian Tognoni, CAM | |
| | | |
| | UG - EJ - User Group Meeting: Eva James, CAM | |
| | | |
| | UG - JH - User Group Meeting: Jacqueline Hagan, CAM | |
| | | |
| | UG - JS - User Group Meeting: Joellen Sperfslage, CAM | |
| | | |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| | ACON 108 - Advanced Configurator - Configuration Solutions Flow Manufacturing | |
| | This session focuses on a powerful new Configuration Solutions module—CS Flow Manufacturing—that is designed to support and enhance lean manufacturing initiatives. Attendees will see a detailed presentation of available-to-promise and capable-to-promise functionality, as well as shop floor scheduling-sequencing-dispatching functionality in a ”focused-factory” environment. We’ll also take a look at shop floor documentation functionality. | |
| | ADVT 308 - SQL Server Administration, Part 3 | |
| | This session will provide an introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and its architecture. Throughout this series of sessions, attendees will learn about:
SQL versions 2000, 2005 and 2008.
Manual SQL backup.
Restoring a SQL database from a backup.
A SQL database maintenance plan (automatic backups) and protecting your data.
Recovery methods for the SQL transaction log files.
SQL security.
Please plan to attend all 3 parts of this topic.
| |
| | EXEC 108 - 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. | |
| | FIN 308 - Making Month-End Reconciliation Easier | |
| | This session will focus on processes and procedures for getting your month-end reconciliation process under control. This session is perfect for attendees with such job roles as controller or staff accountant. In this session, we will demonstrate and explain:
A step-by-step process for reconciling your accounts.
Techniques for correcting out-of-balance situations.
Tips for making your reconciliation smoother.
| |
| | GEN 108 - M2M 7.0 Interactive Discussion | |
| | Made2Manage 7.0 includes a complete transition to .NET for all data entry, as well as upgrades in technology for many features and options. Attendees of this session will learn more about what M2M v7.0 offers, in addition to participating in a discussion of attendees’ questions regarding the upgrade and new version with a panel of Made2Manage personnel. | |
| | OPS 208 - Putting it All Together on the Shop Floor | |
| | In this session, we will focus on using Shop Floor Data Collection to achieve the maximum benefit of its streamlining capabilities. This session is perfect for attendees who are currently using Shop Floor Data Collection or are interested in moving to it and with job roles related to production supervision and materials and operations management. By the end of this class, attendees will be able to:
Review user setup/login controls allowing access to certain screens.
Discuss device controls regardless of who is using the device.
Understand the prompt editor capabilities for defining/changing the user prompts.
Review the M2M Bar Code transaction reports that assist with reconciliation.
Discover the new functions available in M2M v6.0 with Shop Floor Data Collection.
**Prerequisite: General understanding of labor and inventory transactions in M2M.
| |
| | PRODO 108 - SolidWorks + CAD Link Interface Product Overview | |
| | During this session, attendees will learn how the Made2Manage SolidWorks Interface and CADLink Inventor/SolidEdge Interface automate routine tasks within the engineering department by allowing users to easily create and maintain item masters and bills of materials in Made2Manage. The bi-directional synchronization capabilities of these interfaces help engineers to identify and resolve discrepancies between the data in SolidWorks/Inventor/SolidEdge and Made2Manage. This session is perfect for customers who are not currently using this product, but would like to learn how these interfaces can help:
Create and maintain item masters in Made2Manage for parts or assemblies within the CAD model.
Create and edit BOM records within Made2Manage by outputting them from the CAD application.
Identify and resolve discrepancies between the item properties in Made2Manage and the CAD model.
Synchronize BOMs in real time, while maintaining revision control.
Store and synchronize the fields within the Made2Manage item master directly within the CAD model properties.
Use CADLink Inventor/SolidEdge interface to synchronize models with quote/sales order/job BOMs.
| |
| 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
| | ACON 109 - Advanced Configurator - Real-Time Topic: Beginning Rule Development Training, Develop XML Stylesheets, Customer Suggestion | |
| | This session will focus on the topic of your choice. Below are topics critical to your product and business, but we want you to tell us which ones you’d like to see. Your choices are:
Beginning Rule Development Training
Developing XML Style Sheets
Customer Suggestion
After you register for the conference, you can vote for your preference at the pre-conference interactive website, Group Site, and send in questions about your selected topic. Also on Group Site, 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.
| |
| | FIN 109 - Month-End Closing Interactive Discussion | |
| | This session will open with a brief presentation to frame the topic, followed by a discussion of attendee questions regarding Month-End Closing. This session is perfect for attendees with such job roles as controller or staff accountant. Content for the session will be developed with questions sent in prior to the conference via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite. | |
| | GEN 109 - The Consona ERP Cloud | |
| | Tired of the headaches and cost of running your ERP application? Find out how Consona's Cloud Service may be the right choice for you. | |
| | OPS 109 - Moving From MRP to M2M Planning | |
| | This session is specifically designed for MRP users—manufacturers who have invested significant amounts of time and money both in implementing MRP and in collecting and maintaining the data needed to drive it—who are now ready to free their intellectual capital by employing the automatic M2M Planning Engine. It will also serve MRP planners who still require internal/external expediting, last minute, on-the-run product changes, and even a little smoke and mirrors. Attendees of this session will see how easy it is to transition to M2M Planning and leverage their investment in MRP. We will specifically:
Look at the costs to transition and the cost not to transition.
Explain that you already have the skills necessary to transition and to do it in turnkey fashion.
Provide a simple explanation for stakeholders to understand and apply intellectual capital gained in manual systems (MRP) to intuitive (“what if”) synchronized and automatic M2M planning and scheduling solutions.
Discuss the incredible advantage of “What If” planning.
Discuss how to incorporate MRP experience in an automated environment.
Eliminating regeneration and leveraging real-time modeling.
Layout simple steps for transitioning from MRP to M2M Planning & Scheduling.
Roadmap the process, resources and expectations for this simple, free and fast turnkey solution.
| |
| | OPS 209 - Advanced Reporting (Operational): Interactive Discussion | |
| | This intermediate to advanced session will focus on answering any questions you have regarding Made2Manage Advanced Reporting with a short opening presentation framing the topic. Perfect for attendees with job roles related to sales, shop floor, and labor, the session content will be developed with questions sent in via our pre-conference interactive website. Below are four hot issues that will be discussed in the event we don’t receive any additional questions prior to the conference:
What is a sphere?
How to create/modify a sphere.
How to modify the query behind a sphere.
Sphere reports.
**Prerequisites: Prior experience with Made2Manage, transact SQL, data structure, and table relationships.
| |
| | PRODO 109 - Payroll Assistant Product Overview | |
| | This session will center on Made2Manage Payroll Assistant and how it can collect and organize your payroll entries, automatically send them to your payroll provider and then update Made2Manage with correct payroll accounting entries. Made2Manage Payroll Assistant seamlessly integrates critical functionality with integrated transactions from your ERP platform by accessing both hardwired and mobile data collection devices using RF. | |
Friday |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
| | ACON 210 - Advanced Configurator – Advanced Rule Development | |
| | Attend this session to learn advanced rules and system structuring of the Configuration Solutions system. Following this session, you’ll be able to master the power and flexibility associated with infusion, table look-ups, grid definition, attribute definitions, formulas, and other advanced Configuration Solutions functions. | |
| | ADVT 310 - Advanced Reporting Workshop Part 1 | |
| | This is the first of two sessions in our “Working with Advanced Reporting” series. See version 6.0 of Advanced Reporting with additional powerful tools. Advanced Reporting allows you to create operational reports easily and gives you the ability to drill all the way down to the source data with just a few mouse clicks. In this session, you can expect to learn how to:
Easily create both summary and detailed operational reports that can be filtered by any criteria and changed with simple point and click procedures.
Combine data on reports from any area within a database.
Create reports combining detailed and summary data, making formerly impossible or highly-complex reports relatively easy.
Have reports re-fresh automatically and have alerts sent to key personnel.
Use Advanced Reporting's advanced dashboard capabilities to quickly transform reports to display key performance indicators. | |
| | EXEC 110 - Executive Session by Steve Bailey, Chief Technology Officer | |
| | 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. | |
| | PRODO 110 - Communicate Electronically -VIP and Zetafax Duo Product Overview | |
| | This session will provide an overview of electronic communications with customers, vendors and sales. Perfect for customers not currently using these products, this session will address how M2M VIP or Zetafax Duo can help:
Print, fax, or e-mail documents from M2M to customers or vendors.
Receive time savings by automating delivery of batches of documents to multiple recipients in different formats.
Allow customers or vendors to access information, such as order status, invoice status or shipment status online 24/7.
Accept customer orders or vendor RFQs via the web with little interaction.
** Prerequisite: General understanding of M2M.
| |
| | ROUND 110 - Reporting Strategy Roundtable | |
| | An upgrade to the technology used for standard reporting is in the works and this session is designed as a forum for customer suggestions that will help guide our development efforts. Attendees will learn where our current development stands and be able to provide feedback. | |
| | RTT 110 - Real-Time Topic: Most Registered Session | |
| | We are always asked by you to repeat sessions throughout the conference for optimal attendance. However, we can never predict what will be the most popular session. So this year, we'll decide after a few weeks of registration what to repeat in this time slot!
Stay tuned for this session title to be announced August 1 and don't worry if you registered for a different session; you can always change your registration selections online or even onsite. | |
| | TECH 110 - Customization Options Interactive Discussion | |
| | This session will consist of a discussion regarding available customization tools that can help streamline day-to-day operations or add functionality specific to a customer’s business needs. Attendees that are tasked with increasing process efficiencies will benefit the most from this session. Questions submitted via our pre-conference interactive website, Groupsite, will be addressed. Time permitting, the following customization methodologies will also be discussed:
CSI customizations (written and delivered by Made2Manage).
FastForms (can be written and delivered by Made2Manage or the customer).
VBA (can be written and delivered by Made2Manage or the customer).
Reports (can be written and delivered by Made2Manage or the customer). | |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
| | ACON 211 - Advanced Configurator – Configuration Solutions Remote | |
| | In this session, we’ll focus on how CS Remote gives configuration capability for quotes and orders to your remote and disconnected personnel. Attendees will learn how to deploy the CS System on disconnected systems (laptops) and synchronize with quotes and orders and configuration data on the “Host” system/server. | |
| | ADVT 311 - Advanced Reporting Workshop Part 2 | |
| | This is a continuation of the previous session on leveraging Advanced Reporting (ADVT 301a).
Join us and learn how to leverage Advanced Reporting's powerful and easy format for operational reporting. Advanced Reporting allows you to create operational reports easily and gives you the ability to drill all the way down to the source data with just a few mouse clicks. In this session, you can expect to learn how to:
Easily create both summary and detailed operational reports that can be filtered by any criteria and changed with simple point and click procedures.
Combine data on reports from any area within a database.
Create reports combining detailed and summary data, making formerly impossible or highly-complex reports relatively easy.
Have reports re-fresh automatically and have alerts sent to key personnel.
Use Advanced Reporting's advanced dashboard capabilities to quickly transform reports to display key performance indicators.
| |
| | PRODO 111 - Field Service Product Overview | |
| | In this session, we will present an overview of the M2M Field Service module of M2M v6.x and discuss using Field Service functionality as an extension of the core product. M2M Field Service setups, data forms and reporting will also be reviewed. This session is appropriate for customers currently using M2M Field Service, capitol equipment manufacturers or customers who service/repair equipment as an after-market provider. | |
| | ROUND 111 - ECO Feature Team | |
| | This session will provide an open forum for attendees to discuss and document their recommendation for future upgrades to the current ECO features in M2M. This forum is open to all individuals currently involved in the process of maintaining and developing protocols for company specific engineering requirements, and we encourage all participants to provide their input as to the enhancements they deem important and those that would add more functionality. Questions regarding current functionality will also be addressed as they arise. | |
| | RTT 111 - Real-Time Topic: Using Microsoft® Word and Excel with M2M, CRM Interactive Discussion | |
| | This session will focus on the topic of your choice. Below are topics we think are critical to your product and your business, but we want you to vote and tell us which ones to present. Your choices are:
Using Microsoft Word and Excel with M2M
CRM Interactive Discussion
After you register for the conference, you can vote for your preference at 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 the focus of the winning topic. All real-time topic sessions will be decided and announced on August 1, 2010.
| |
| | TECH 211 - Remote Access to M2M Using Citrix and Terminal Server Interactive Discussion | |
| | In this session, we will explore the ability to run Made2Manage from remote locations. Attendees will discover the world of Microsoft Terminal Server/Citrix and how Made2Manage is configured to run in this environment. Specifically, we will cover:
Architecture of Terminal Server (TS) and Citrix.
Changes in Terminal Server for Made2Manage v5.52 and greater.
Terminal Server and Made2Manage v6.0.
Other methods of remote connectivity.
Common issues.
| |
Print selections for your reference when registering. |
|