| The Markinson User Conference 2006, held on October
24th & 25th at the Sheraton Mirage on Queensland’s Gold Coast
celebrated Markinson’s 20th year providing solutions for the
supply chain industry.
This, Markinson’s sixth User Conference catered for one hundred
Markinson product users, sponsors and guests who attended two days of
IT, business and product presentations from experienced industry
experts, Markinson customers, staff and partners.
The objective of this year’s conference was to help clients ’drive their technology investment further’ by providing delegates access to information on key business trends, challenges and opportunities faced by small to medium enterprises; quality technical solutions and the opportunity to discuss business and technical solutions with partners, Markinson staff and fellow product users.
Sessions were presented by a variety of experienced industry
speakers, Markinson partners and staff on a broad range of
information technology, business and supply-chain industry
trends and solutions.
Presentation topics ranged from the impact of the new Industrial
Relations laws on small to medium businesses; eCommerce threats,
opportunities and legal considerations; business finance and
infrastructure solutions; supply-chain accreditation; human
resource and employment trends, among others.
Markinson presented the latest developments within the
MomentumPro product suite, including MomentumPro WebOnline
2.0, Markinson’s advanced eCommerce solution; the
supply-chain Business Intelligence application MomentumPro
BI; developments in the latest version of MomentumPro V3.0,
in addition to the future direction of these offerings. A
product demonstration and partner trade show area allowed
delegates to get a hands-on feel for Markinson’s product
range and partner solutions available to MomentumPro users.
With 89 percent
of delegates rating the Conference as ’excellent’ or ’good’,
feedback from attendees has been very positive making Conference
2006 an exciting success. The event unveiled a fresh corporate
focus and customer service strategies under Ralph Hunt,
Markinson’s Chief Executive Officer since September 2005 and
excited Markinson’s client base in the company, products and
services, partners and future direction.
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2006
Conference Features |
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Theme:
Driving your Technology
Investment Further. |
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Customer
Panel Session: The open discussion format of the
customer panel allows for open and honest accounts from
fellow Markinson clients, MomentumPro users and industry peers; an openness highly
valued by conference delegates. |
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Solution
Display Area: Over
two days, the conference solution display area allowed
delegates to view and interact with new products available from Markinson and selected
partners, including some of Markinson's latest offerings
and partner solutions ready to work with MomentumPro.
Clients could discuss the application of some of
Markinson's newer releases with early adopters. |
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Wednesday Morning Keynote & Supply-Chain
Simulation: Ian Dover’s
Wednesday keynote presentation, "Using Supply-chain
Management to Increase Business Capacity & Profits" was
a particularly popular session. Dover's presentation
identified methods that can help simplify business and
increase efficiencies and sales success. The key
principles of Dover’s presentation were then illustrated
in a series of supply-chain simulations that had the
entire delegate audience involved and ’thinking outside
the square’. |
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Gala
Evening:
The Tuesday
evening Gala event at SeaWorld proved an exciting and
popular social treat for delegates and their guests. The
night began with a private
dolphin show and before the night was over there were
limitless rollercoaster rides, conga lines, great food,
drink and dance well into the night. |
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