Technology in the manufacturing industry - with breakfast

May 2004 News Surveillance Logistics (Industry)

On 28 May 2004 ProLoCon will be holding a technology breakfast outlining technology in the manufacturing industry. The company has invited a number of production managers/IT managers/validation officers/technical press, etc, from the chemical, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing industries.

The subject of the presentation will be 'Affordable, scalable, full lot traceability for the manufacturing industries' and will include a working demonstration of ProLoCon's BatchManager Pro software. Some of the suppliers will be available to discuss enterprise resource planning (ERP), industrial weighing terminals and devices as well as bar code printing/labelling and scanning.

The event will be held on Friday 28 May 2004, at the Extreme Sixteen (X16) Conference Venue, William Nicol Drive, Bryanston. Activities will include a detailed presentation, a full breakfast, an opportunity to have a look around the X16 sports car and 4X4 showroom as well as an opportunity to be taken by a professional driver around the X16 4X4 track.

For more information contact Marc Ashton, director, ProLoCon, 011 465 7861, prolocon@prolocon.com, www.prolocon.com

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