Constellation welcomes members of UKWA for our Southern Regional Meeting held at Constellation Park, Kings Weston Lane, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 9FG on Wednesday 23rd March beginning at 1030 am.    Members should indicate their interest to attend by emailing Mick Davison, Membership Services Manager on mdavison@ukwa.org.uk  stating your name and position within your company.  Car parking is available and all attendees are requested to report to Reception.       

About Constellation

Constellation is the world's leading premium wine company, achieving success through an unmatched knowledge of wine consumers, storied brands that suit varied lives and tastes, and talented employees worldwide. With a broad portfolio of widely admired premium products across the wine, beer and spirits categories, Constellation's brands include Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Blackstone, Arbor Mist, Estancia, Ravenswood, Jackson Triggs, Kim Crawford, Corona Extra, Black Velvet Canadian Whisky and SVEDKA Vodka.

Constellation is the:

• leading premium wine producer in the world
• leading premium wine company in the U.S.
• leading wine company in Canada
• a leading supplier in New Zealand
• leading beer importer and marketer in the U.S. through our Crown Imports joint venture with Mexico's Grupo Modelo

Constellation is an S&P 500 Index and Fortune 1000© company with approximately 6,000 employees, sales in about 125 countries and operations at approximately 30 facilities. They believe that industry leadership involves a commitment to their brands, to the trade, to the land, to investors and to different people around the world who turn to their products when celebrating big moments or enjoying quiet ones. 

 Programme

1030

Tea & Coffee on arrival

1100

Introduction and welcome by Steve Francis, UKWA Southern Region Chairman 

1110

Presentation by Kevin Eyre, Head of Consulting, S A Partners LLP, a leading consulting firm in the field of Lean Thinking and Continuous Improvement. Kevin began his career, after a brief flirtation with academia, in Human Resource Management and has spent the past ten years applying the thinking and practice of CI across a range of industry sectors which includes Retail Distribution, Steel Making, Pharmaceuticals and Oil and Gas.  His talk today, CI – Uncommon Sense will seek to share insights painfully learnt during the course of helping organisations create and implement systems of Continuous Improvement. Chief among these is the idea that a systematic (perhaps scientific?) approach to CI is more likely to yield sustainable benefits than would more casual and more directive approaches. Investing in CI requires a significant leadership commitment. Kevin’s experience may well help you to understand more about what it takes – it will certainly raise some good questions in your minds.

1140

Presentation by Paul Smitherton of Rocket Consulting. Rocket has a proven track record in working across the entire project from evaluation, proof of concept, design, to implementation and beyond by combining experienced consultants and proven project approach with your business experts to ensure success.  They deliver practical and optimal solutions using their project, technical and operational skills to provide consultancy services and turnkey solutions that add value across the industry.  Collaborating with you to understand your goals and strategies they introduce flexible methodologies to your business. Paul’s presentation will focus on Is SAP right for your Business.

1210

Update on Association news and events by Roger Williams, CEO UKWA

1230

Product presentation and tour of the Constellation facility

1330

Lunch and networking

1430

Depart