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On Wednesday 4 May the Client / Supplier Day will be held, the usual annual meeting aimed at stimulating opportunities for innovation, new relationships and common projects between companies in the CRIT network (CRIT Associated Companies, Accredited Suppliers Network, External Companies).

The meeting, organized in collaboration with Bologna Business School, will focus on the theme: “Creation of value in the Customer-Supplier relationship“.

During the day some companies belonging to the “Customers” world will be involved, who will share their experience with the participants on the theme of the day; speakers include:

• Marco Venturi, President of the Emilia Romagna and Marche Section of ADACI (Italian Purchasing and Supply Management Association)
• Alessio Bellini, Engine purchasing manager of Ducati Motor Holding Spa
• Marco Sairu, Head of Engine Project Management of Ducati Motor Holding Spa
• Riccardo Guiati, Supply Chain Manager of IMA Spa

And every company adhering to the Endorsed Suppliers Network, will bring its own testimony concerning an activity or project realized that has brought a real benefit to the final customer.

The testimonials of the Suppliers will be grouped by macro areas:

1. Process improvement and Quality Control
2. Design and R&D
3. Factory of the Future

9.30 Registration of participants

9.45 Welcome and start of work – CRIT and Bologna Business School

10.00 Customer’s point of view:

• Marco Venturi, President of the Emilia Romagna and Marche Section of ADACI (Italian Purchasing and Supply Management Association)
• Alessio Bellini, Engine purchasing manager of Ducati Motor Holding
• Riccardo Guiati, IMA Supply Chain Manager

11.00 Process Improvement Session and Quality Control (Aula Magna)

Presentations from the Accredited Suppliers Network:

• Process and quality improvement in the gearmotor sector – Unicomgroup and Comer Industries
• Lead time reduction and product quality improvement through Lean Manufacturing – Tellure Rota
• Umbra Cuscinetti and VICIVISION: Quality control as an integral part of the production process – VICI & C
• How to achieve cost reduction through the integration of the supply process – Colombo Filippetti
• Statistical control of production processes and measurement systems in the supply chain: some examples of value creation in the world 6σ – Tec Eurolab
• The integration of an order manager in the customer / supplier relationship – Omron Electronics and SITI B&T Group
• Creating customer value with enterprise social collaboration technologies – Engineering PLM Solutions
• Design to Cost as an instrument of competitiveness: the SACMI case – Hyperlean and SACMI

13.00 Lunch break with buffet

14.00 Design and R&D session (Aula Fuoco)

• Desmodromic Variable Timing (DVT): modulate the supplier know-how on the needs of the Ducati product – Marco Sairu, Head of Engine Project Management of Ducati Motor Holding spa

Presentations from the Accredited Suppliers Network:

• Research and Development activity for high and very high strength screws – Vimi Fasteners
• The co-design and integration of the quality function as strengths in the development of the projects – Ghepi and Datalogic
• Lightening, optimization and innovation in the Supply Chain: a possible combination – Zanardi Fonderie
• WINDFORM materials and use of Additive Manufacturing technologies for customized orthopedic devices – CRP Technology
• Torque measurement on rotating shafts in the automatic machinery sector with inductive or battery-powered – Deltatech
• Sliding shoe for automated warehouses Modula: an example of co-design – FM and Modula
• Quality control of welds on a friction flywheel – MaGyc
• Research and development activities in the aerospace field: innovative pointing systems and nanosatellite platforms – NPC Italy
• Working for the international project ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) as an engineering company – Nier Ingegneria

14.00 Factory Factory Session (Aula Magna)

Presentations from the Accredited Suppliers Network:

• Automation of complex assemblies through the use of sensitive and collaborative robots and robot-vision applications – Egicon and Kuka Robotics Italia
• Optimization of the production process through the implementation of predictive multivariable controllers – Rockwell Automation
• Condition Monitoring activity on a drive belt for an automatic plant – Ecor Research and National Instruments
• “All in One” systems for the automation and movement of linear motors: from the study to the testing – Aepi Industrie and Iprel Progetti
• Analyze and optimize the behavior of a transport line before its installation by virtual commissioning – Consorzio LIAM
• IoT Applications for Safety – A-Key
• 4IndustryTV: communicating innovation – Hypertec Solution and VidyFast
• Linear direct drive technology for material handling – Motor Power Company and Finmeccanica
• Supply is a system (not a chain): How design can change supply models and client-supplier relationships – Niew Design
• Technology provider and networker of skills – Wonderware Italia

17.00 Closure of works