WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 2010 | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010

THE 18TH ANNUALMANUFACTURING AND AUTOMOTIVE CONFERENCE FOR INFOR XA USERS

HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS TIPPING POINT

IF YOU’RE IN MANUFACTURING, THIS EVENT WAS MADE FOR YOU.

(SMALL THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE)

It takes more than just cutting costs. Get effective ideas for creating a “tipping point” for your business—small ideas

or methods that can make a BIG difference. Join 200 manufacturing professionals, executives, material planners,

controllers, customer service personnel, I/T, … and solution providers from across the country. Learn from other

companies, attend specialized sessions, and hear from Infor, IBM, and various XA and manufacturing experts.

Also, join us in a GREAT location: the world-class Frederik Meijer Gardens andSculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Please visit www.meijergardens.org

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14th

Infor is one of the leading providers of business software in the world. As you’d expect, Infor also has a leading-edge management team that drives the company. This conference features the top executives from Infor who are driving the changes for XA and other integrated manufacturing solutions. In addition to many Infor executives and specialists, several Solution Partners with integrated solutions for XA will also be inattendance.

LUNCH FEATURE: Manufacturing and Supply-Chain TIPPING POINTS that Changed Business and the World

You’ll be sure to appreciate our luncheon speaker! He is extremely knowledgeable, knows what “hands-on” really means, and has consulted and implemented solutions around the world for companies like Polaris, Vestas, MTD Products, and hundreds of others. He has incredible insight into the evolution of “supply-chain” and advanced manufacturing techniques THAT WORK.

Our speaker will explain how Henry Ford revolutionized the supply-chain for manufacturing and was later followed by an unknown but successful disciple, Taiichi Ohno, who created the Toyota Production System. Moreover, he’ll give real-world examples of customers using XA (MAPICS) who used innovative technologies to create tipping points at their companies. He’ll also discuss the extraordinary DROP IN TECHNOLOGY COSTS that make such projects affordable at one-fourth the cost of such projects just a few years ago. Thus, you may learn new ways to leverage technology to make DRAMATIC improvements in your business.

The Manufacturing and Automotive Conference for Infor XA Users is one of the biggest singlegatherings for Infor XA customers. This conference is full of new ideas and sessions for almostevery manufacturer. You’re guaranteed to get at least one key “tipping point” idea that couldbecome a strategic project for your company.

Registration and Continental Breakfast – GRAND ROOM in the Meijer Gardens

Introduction: TIPPING POINTS—Relevant “small” things that changed business

Customer Presentations: “Successful Projects That Became Meaningful Tipping Points”

The Infor XA Roadmap and Future

Q&A Round-table with Infor Executives

First Group of “Target” Sessions (see details on opposite page)

Lunch and Feature Speaker

Resume Target Sessions

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General sessions are 8:30 to 11:00. The general sessions and lunch are in the Grand Room

SUPPLY-CHAIN ANDAUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONSPFEIFFER ROOM

ENTERPRISESOLUTIONSHAUENSTEIN ROOM

ADVANCEDMANUFACTURINGMICHIGAN BOTANIC ROOM

FINANCESOLUTIONSJOHN BREWER ROOM

PERVASIVETECHNOLOGYBURKE PORTER ROOM

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NEW and COOL STUFF IN XA!

Release 7.8 and 9 have a lot of meaningful features and new capabilities. These are more than simple enhancements. They are NEW COOL STUFF! They are capabilities that make life faster, easier, and better for users. Come and see how.

Program Management Center and Engineering ChangeManagement.

Integrate and manage all aspects of Product Development and Program or Project Management: people, processes, data, tasks, Feasibility Analysis, Milestones, Processes, APQP, Issues, Correc-tive Actions, Checklists, Document Management, Item and B/M Revisions, including all history for that item. See how to seamlessly integrate with MS Project, and also how to effectively deal with ECs.

Configuration Management BUY DESIGN! See this exciting new product and sales configurator for XA. It is an outstanding fit for any company that has numer-ous product features, options, rules, pricing methods, or other “configure-to-order” needs.

F9 Financial Statement Reporting

F9 is a powerful and easy financial reporting and analysis tool. It integrates with MS Excel and the GL of XA. It offer easy one-step re-calculation. Create your XA financial statements and do ad hoc financial reporting with the Report Wizard.

Infor Document Management

Learn all about Infor’s new Document Management solution for ERP XA users and discover how you can eliminate paper, filing cabinets, and streamline your operations. This session will show how to automate invoice processing, customer service, and do so directly from your XA screens.

Integrating Your Enterprise

Would you like to seamlessly inte-grate several applications and data into your XA System? Without your users having to search where to go to get what they need? Enterprise Integrator and System Link—along with other tools and features in XA—provide this capability. See the latest, greatest, and also the most innovative use of what XA has to offer to integrate your enterprise.

RF-based MaterialMovement / Control

Controlling material flow with scan-ning and RF devices is a hot topic. There are many issues related to RF. This session will discuss vari-ous RF issues and review how an RF system deals with them. The key function is to provide material movement and material validation processes via Radio Frequency Terminals (RF). Support multi-plant operations and real-time status with barcode scanning.

Visual Planner

Perform functions of MPSP, MRP, and CRP simultaneously and with a “graphical board” that provides visual analysis for planners and schedulers. If you need “what-if’ shop floor scheduling and analysis, scheduling of the supply-chain in seconds or minutes, or assurance that orders will meet their due dates, Visual Planner is the tool. Use it to perform material and capacity planning as it schedules orders.

Web-Req Approval System for XA

Do you need VISIBILITY to, and CONTROL of, expenditures; or would you like to compare requisition costs to IFM budgets? Automate your requisition/pur-chase process. This web-based system creates, approves, and tracks all requisitions. It converts them to PO’s in XA based on your rules, limits of authority, and processes. This can also be use-ful for tooling and capital projects. Manage sub-budgets that aren’t part of your chart of accounts.

IBM Power Systems

IBM revolutionized the POWER Systems with major announce-ments on August 17th. Thissession will provide a compre-hensive technology update on the new Power Systems and future direction of the System i. These are major announce-ments from IBM.

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The LEAN Office/Company

How do you eliminate “waste” across the company—not just on the shop floor? This session will review over 10 solutions that reduce paper, processes, and time. How? Automate corrective actions, supplier requirements via the Internet, quality concerns, RMA’s, EC’s, quotes, or the entire requisi-tion process. Automatically send invoices, PO’s, past due notices, acknowledgements, A/R statements, or ship notices via e-mail (without manual efforts).

Material Logistics

Do you have multiple sites with supply/demand issues between them? Do you need to automatically drop-ship from the most efficient plant or warehouse based on customer location, available stock, and currency considerations? Or accept internet orders and route to appropriate processing centers automatically? Or automate inter-company elimination accounting? If so, then ML is the solution. See this new application that handles numerous inter-site material scenarios.

MES

Manufacturing Execution System is new, and MUCH more than just data collection. MES contains WIP management tools for lean execution, kanban, quality management,production reporting, labor, time and attendance, inventory tracking, and more. Completely redesigned from the old MDCC, this is no longer just a data collection system. It is a system to increase perfor-mance in the plant through greater visibility and broader-based tools.

Performance Management 10

PM 10 is a powerful application from Infor to assist Finance in the analytical and budget process and to provide financial statement reports, drill-downs, graphs and charts. It is the ultimate analytical tool to slice, dice, and view financial data. PM 10 can also handle budgeting, forecasting, consolida-tions, and sophisticated financial statement report writing.

CRM for XA

Infor has developed a Customer Relationship Managementapplication in the XA Power Architecture (Infor Development Framework). This CRM system is specifically built for XA to integrate with Customer Order Management, track prospects and customers, manage campaigns, and do much more. Here it is! Integrated CRM for the Enterprise XA user—not just a stand-alone application.

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The X-TENDER--XA in the “Cloud”--

What if you could deploy XA over the Internet but optimized for mobile devices? This is one form of “Cloud Computing,” a topic that is getting both good and bad press. There is a “fit” for applications that run on your iPhone, Blackberry, or other mobile devices. On-the-go inquiries; mobile data input;pinpoint monitoring. See howthis is done QUICKLY andSECURELY with XA.

Supply Web

Need to communicate supplier requirements, manage supplier performance, or streamline your sourcing and negotiation process via the web? Supply Web is an Infor application designed to facilitate multiple procurement methodologies in a collaborative environment with your system and your suppliers.

Quality Management

This session gets into the details of the new Quality module of MES. Quality is of increasing importance as manufacturers continue to refine processes and eliminate waste. XA’s MES offers a Quality module with the ability to build control plans for testing against manufacturing orders, kanban orders, PO’s, or even testing against procedures, processes, or audit plans. MES Quality allows the recording ofstatistical data to be plotted in simple X-Bar and R charts or export the data to Excel for more complex charting needs.

Estimating, Quoting, and How to Get it Right

Estimating and Quoting are a PROCESS. You need people, data, tasks, historical information, drawings, images, item data, bills of material, costs, and other “stuff.” You need to connect and automate these. See how to EFFICIENTLY manage estimates, costs, tasks, items, feasibilities, Supplier RFQs, … and smoothly integrate them into an EFFEC-TIVE Quote process with revision level support.

Enterprise Asset Management & Sustainability

Energy Management and increased asset performance are strategic initiatives for most companies. Enterprise Asset Management is focused onOPTIMIZING equipment and asset maintenance andperformance, including energy and emissions management. Learn about improving this key area of your business. EAM is the follow-on to MP2.

This year’s conference will feature four breakout sessions on Wednesday night, October 13th, followed by a reception and dinner. Attendees who need to travel on the 13th can maximize the day with a couple of early evening sessions and then have dinner in the beautiful Meijer Gardens. Exclusive rooms in the Gardens have been reserved for reception and dinner, and we will have access to most of the facility. For descriptions of the following sessions, please see the schedule for October 14th (these sessions are repeated on Thursday).

OPTIONAL:WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13

New and COOL STUFF in XA!

The LEAN Office/Company

Integrate Your Enterprise

The Web-Req Approval System

Hauenstein Room

Pfeiffer Room

7:00 pm - Reception and Dinner in the Victoria and Seasonal Rooms of the Meijer Gardens

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ABOUT THIS LOCATION

The Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a world-class venue with a lot to see and do. It complements this superb event for Infor XA customers.

Conference attendees will have full access to the Gardens and Sculpture Park and will be able to see the famous Leonardo da Vinci horse, garden trails, tropical conservatory, gallery collection, and more. Internationally renowned, the Sculpture Program at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park features more than 160 works in the permanent collection sited both indoors and outdoors on the 132-acre property.

IN ADDITION, Meijer Gardens is extending its outdoor glass exhibition through October! “Chihuly: A New Eden,” has had more than 200,000 visitors in three months! The exhibition offers thousands of pieces of glass works displayed at 15 sites throughout the Gardens. Chihuly’s work is world famous and this collection has been called a “dynamic exhibition.”

Meijer Gardens is only 10 minutes from the Grand Rapids airport (GRR), with many hotels within only 2-10 minutes of the Gardens. To see more, please visit www.meijergardens.org.

There are many “tipping points” in life and in business. These are small things that can make a significant difference to your day-to-day operations, business performance, and life. What could be some of these tipping points for YOUR business? You can sit and wait for them to happen … or you can create them.

In his fascinating book, “The Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell describes various tipping points—some about fashion, social phenomenon, business, or other areas. There are three main characteristics of tipping points:

1 - “CONTAGIOUSNESS”2 - “THE FACT THAT LITTLE CAUSES CAN HAVE BIG EFFECTS”3 - “THAT CHANGE HAPPENS NOT GRADUALLY BUT AT ONE DRAMATIC MOMENT”

This simple explanation is no substitute for this well-researched book, but the idea of “tipping points” has tremendous relevance to our day-to-day business practices. There are seemingly little things—methods, software applications, ideas, new processes—that could really transform how you do business. This conference is a chance to discover one or two “little things” for your company that could make a dramatic difference.

You’ll enjoy this conference. You’ll get some “tipping point” ideas that will improve how you work and could probably save the company time and money in the process. This is not just about software. It’s about innovation, practical ideas, organizing, implementations, and being successful.

COMMENTS FROM ATTENDEES AT PRIOR CONFERENCES:

“This was the best one-day event I’ve attended.”

“This conference pertained to the issues I’m dealing with. It covered real examples.”

“I wish our whole management team had attended.”

“This was more useful than other conferences because it was more focused.”

“The only problem was that I wanted to attend more sessions but could only attend one at a time. Could you repeat some of them?”

WHAT’S A TIPPING POINT? AND WHY IS IT RELEVANT TO ME?

HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS TIPPING POINT

Receive a special group rate of $500 per company for five or moreattendees! $125 attendence fee per person if registering after October 6.(Please send check before October 11.)

How many people will attend dinner on October 13?_______

QUESTIONS? Please call 616-532-5006 x4004 and ask for Lori Burd or see mkassoc.com or guidetechnologies.com. Or, call your MKA or Guide representative.

To register call 616.532.5006, fax enrollment to 616.532.5859, or go to www.mkassoc.com. Register by October 6th and pay only $100 per person.

MANUFACTURING AND XA USER CONFERENCEOCTOBER 13 AND 14, 2010

Location (10 minutes from GRR airport):

Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MichiganTake I-96 to E. Beltline (M-37/44) Exit 38,Go north ¼ mile on E. Beltline (M-37).Nearby hotel is Country Inn: 616-942-7000.

Make checks payable to MK & Associatesand send to:MK & Associates1785 R.W. Berends SWGrand Rapids, MI 49519Online information at www.mkassoc.com

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FEATURING TOP EXECUTIVES FROM INFOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS:- Mark Wright, Executive VP, Enterprise Solutions Group- Robert Russell, VP of XA Product Development- Laurie Lacefield, VP of Channels, System i Business Unit- Joe Marino, VP of Development, Support, and Product Management of System i Business Unit- Ross Freeman, XA Product Manager

WHO SHOULD ATTEND FROM YOUR COMPANY? Executives, Department Leaders, and Users from:

- Finance - Engineering - Production- Procurement/Supply Chain - Customer Service - Scheduling- Program/Project Management - I/T - Quality- Sales/Marketing - Maintenance - Tooling

WHY ATTEND?Look, we’re all forced to do more with less. What idea or initiative could turn into a “tipping point” that improves how you work? How could you potentially gain new EFFICIENCIES and more EFFECTIVENESS? This conference is a way to find out. The following was a simple tipping point for one customer:

XA and MKA solutions “… are helping us create a ‘lean’ office. We’re using business process automation forpurchase orders, order acknowledgements, invoices, ship notices, A/R statements, and past due notices—from beginning to end. We’re improving efficiencies and accuracies. We’re saving the cost of people, phone costs,and other costs, and bringing in cash faster.”

Diane Steffens, Controller | Steffens Enterprises

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