have the pleasure to invite you to the following event: FOREIGN MANUFACTURER'S ASSOCIATION Analyzing the Costs in Your Business and Doing Something about Them Monday, 26th September / 3:00pm - 6:30pm Grand Mercure - Oriental Ginza Shenzhen Language: English Content The key to successful business is to control costs and reduce them wherever possible. However, in most cases it becomes difficult to identify where the hidden costs are and where you can cut back without damaging your business. In this seminar the speakers will have a look at which reports are essential in identifying poor efficiencies, how to get them and how to read balance sheets and profit/loss accounts to discover information. The interactive seminar will cover following topics: 1. Analysing your production costs effectively 2. Optimising Costs in a developing Chinese manufacturing WOFE 3. Kaizen is Easy for Everyone Speaker Donald Gadsden - Advisory Director, PwC Hong Kong Don is a Director in Advisory and has 30 years business experience within various market sectors including retail and consumer, supply chain services, of which 18 years in Asia. Don has lead complex business transformation projects including sales, operational, financial and M&A activity. He has held past CEO roles with MNC's such as Heinz China, Electrolux China, Yeo Hiap Seng and Sara Lee Indonesia and Sara Lee Corp Asia. Malcolm Staff - Managing Director, Halifax Fan Group Ltd Malcolm currently works for Halifax Fan, a leading industrial fan manufacturer, with its headquarters in the UK and a branch in Shenzhen. Malcolm is currently living in China as a business man going through good growth and careful management. Malcolm joined Halifax fan 7 years ago from Danfoss. Christian Gassner - Managing Director, Limoss Shenzhen Limoss, although only existing for 3 years now, has quickly surpassed competing manufacturers in sales, and manufacturing capability. Christian has been in China since 2003 setting up three German Manufacturers and improving several assembly lines of old styles ways into the way Limoss is doing it right now. Address Grand Mercure - Oriental Ginza Shenzhen, Zhuzilin, Shennan Boulevard Futian District 田区深南大道西竹子林深圳市东方银座美爵酒店 深圳市福田区深南大道西竹子林深圳市东方银座美爵酒店 Members 200 RMB & Non-Members 300 RMB Agenda 15:30-16:00 16:00-16:40 16:40-17:15 17:15-17:30 17:30-18:10 18:10-18:30 Registration Presentation by Donald Gadsden Presentation by Malcolm Staff Coffee break & refreshments Presentation by Christian Gassner Q&A RSVP via fax 0755-8632 9759 or via e-mail shenzhen@gz.china.ahk.de at least 24 hours in advance. Name: No. of Participants: Company: Member: Telephone: E-mail: □ GCC □ BritCham □ CCIFC □ Non-Member □ ECC