Speakers
2002
Alan Carrie
Allan Carrie is Professor of Manufacturing Systems in the Department of Design Manufacturing and Engineering Management (DMEM) at the University of Strathclyde, where he served terms as Head of Department from 1990 to 1992 and in 1997.
He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers of USA (IEEE-USA). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Operations Management (IOM).
Smartlink Seminar
Topics
Allans work brings together technology and management. As manufacturing
becomes a truly global affair, the basis of competition will switch from
individual companies and their supply chains to regional clusters networks
of interrelated businesses and other organisations. Using practical examples
Allan will discuss the nature of clusters, and the impact on managers of this
shift in the basis of competition.
He is happy to cover topics such as:
The role of public economic development agencies in cluster promotion;
The structure of cluster organizations;
The funding of cluster organizations;
The management of cluster organizations;
The differences between clusters and industry associations and employers organizations;
These topics could be handled either as talks or as workshop/facilitation sessions. For example, workshop sessions might be best for trying to get small firms to see how they might benefit from clusters.
For More
Information
Please visit www.dmem.strath.ac.uk/CSM/Allan/index.htm