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Global Flexibility: Operations Execution for the Global Manufacturer
Challenged to implement best-practice business processes across your global manufacturing operation?
The ability to develop business processes centrally and execute them locally continues to challenge manufacturers as they grow into global enterprises. Learn how industry leaders like L'Oréal, Saint-Gobain, and British American Tobacco are implementing uniform processes across the extended enterprise in support of expanding global operations.
Recent research shows an increase in the use of enterprise operations execution platforms. This webcast will feature guidance for visionary manufacturers looking to optimize their global operations with solutions that:
- Offer the flexibility needed for successful deployment in multiple manufacturing environments
- Provide an IT infrastructure that easily integrates across the enterprise to support a distributed manufacturing computing environment
- Enable visibility into all of a manufacturer's dispersed operations
This Managing Automation-hosted webcast will feature research findings and real-world case studies from several global manufacturers.

Duration: 60 Minutes
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Chris Chiappinelli
Managing Editor
Managing Automation
Chris Chiappinelli joined Managing Automation as Managing Editor in 2005. Prior to that, he spent five years as associate editor and online manager of Area Development, a magazine dedicated to facility planning for manufacturers, and the leading publication in its field. Chris attended the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and graduated with a degree in magazine communications.
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Greg Gorbach
VP Collaborative Manufacturing
ARC Advisory Group
Greg is an acknowledged industry leader in Collaborative Manufacturing and MES. He provides clients in a number of manufacturing vertical markets, including Medical Device, Aerospace, Automotive, and High-Tech, with strategic advice in dealing with boundary-crossing business processes. |
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Tom Comstock
Sr. Vice President of Product Marketing
Apriso
Tom brings 20 years of manufacturing software marketing and sales experience to Apriso. Most recently, Tom was VP of Product Marketing at Brooks Software, a $120M software division of Brooks Automation, which focuses on real-time execution software for high tech manufacturers. Previously, he held VP of Marketing roles at Sequencia Corporation, a leader in PLM and automation for batch manufacturing companies, and at Promis Systems, a leader in MES systems for semiconductor manufacturers. Tom also provided sales and marketing leadership to Palette Systems and worked in electronics manufacturing with Consolidated Micrographics. Tom received his BA from UCLA, Masters from UC Berkeley, and his MBA from Pepperdine.
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