Conference Information
During these difficult economic times, manufacturers like you have been forced to control and drastically reduce costs. At the same time, you must continually increase productivity to compete with lower-cost labor. Despite your best efforts, you may be considering or have already implemented workforce reductions or plant closings. Budgets are squeezed, so where do you invest to get the most immediate value?
The next great opportunity to meaningfully reduce operating costs and increase productivity lies in focusing on the workforce -- since labor often represents the most significant controllable expense for manufacturing organizations. This on-demand IndustryWeek-hosted event provides tips on what manufacturers can do starting today to control and lower labor costs and boost productivity. These tips show attendees where they can gain immediate value from workforce management.
Speakers
Adrienne Selko
eMedia Editor
IndustryWeek
Adrienne Selko manages the editorial content of IndustryWeek's award-winning Web site. Before joining the staff in 2004, Selko was managing editor of corporate publications at a large regional financial institution. She was also an editor for the U.S. based publication of a medical manufacturing company. Prior to that she ran a public relations and marketing company that published a best-selling healthcare book. Selko received a bachelor's of business administration from the University of Michigan.
Jonathan Meltzer
Industry Marketing Manager, Manufacturing
Kronos Incorporated
Jonathan Meltzer is industry marketing manager for manufacturing at Kronos Incorporated, where he focuses on enhancing operational efficiency for manufacturers through improved labor effectiveness.
In his 4 years at Kronos, Meltzer has managed the growth of the Kronos for Manufacturing solution and its application within targeted industries, specifically Life Sciences and Oil & Gas. He has introduced workforce management products, solutions and programs that help over 80% of the top global Life Sciences companies improve productivity, gain operations visibility, control costs and improve compliance.
Meltzer has over 20 years of experience ranging from hardware development to enterprise software marketing at companies like Raytheon, NCR, Compaq and Sun Microsystems, where he identified and created solutions to reduce costs and increase productivity for their customers. Meltzer has a bachelor's in computer engineering from Syracuse University and a master's in business administration in marketing from Columbia University.