The
Gold Coast will next week host the Mastering SAP Plant Maintenance conference.
Designed
for Plant Maintenance professionals, with a program created by industry itself,
the conference is expected to draw a strong attendance.
This
year’s event comprises 37 presentations over 2 days, including interactive
workshops, preconference ‘jumpstart sessions’ and a partner solutions showcase.
The
event also has a heavy international presence, with 11 international
presentations from America, Canada, the UK
and New Zealand.
One
international presentation will be made by Paul Kurchina, Board Member of the Americas’
SAP User group and Director of KurMeta group, Canada.
Paul will draw on his experiences as an
American SAP User Group board member, and chairperson of a number of ASUG
Special Interest Groups, including plant maintenance and enterprise
architecture.
In his presentation to the conference, Paul
will discuss the present and the future of Enterprise Asset management (EAM).
Paul will present information from a recent
benchmarking study on EAM conducted by SAP and ASUG.
“That
is really to get an assessment of where an organisation is at from the EAM
perspective, and to look at their peers and some key learnings based on their
participation in the survey, to determine what they can do improve their
performance,” Paul said.
Looking
into the future of Asset Management, Paul will discuss new technologies that
are influencing the asset management market, and will provide examples on what
other companies are doing.
“Particularly
in this economy, people have to drive more out of their assets. They want to
sweat their assets. And the better the information they have around the state
of that asset will help companies extract more value”.
Paul will make his presentation in a
preconference JumpStart Session on Sunday evening. He will also be returning to
Australia
for the SAP technologies conference in March next year.
Other keynotes speakers include Len Harms,
Executive Solution Advisor for SAP America; Phil Awtry, Business Analyst for
Nebraska Public Power District; amongst others.
Well respected media personality and
Australian Rugby player Peter FitzSimons will also make a guest keynote
presentation.
The conference starts next Monday at Hotel
Conrad, on the Gold Coast.
For more information about the conference, visit:
Our
events page
The conference website
The
conference brochure
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