A H E A D O F T H E F L O W ® Gary Wilson Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer March 2009

A H E A D O F T H E F L O W®


Gary WilsonSr. Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerMarch 2009


NIBCO INC. Confidential 2

Agenda

• NIBCO Overview

• NIBCO Information Technology

• Career in Business Information Technology



Founded, 1904 in Elkhart Indiana, NIBCO, Inc. is a world leading manufacturer of flow-control solutions

to the commercial, residential, irrigation and fire protection markets.

WHO IS NIBCO?



COMPANY PROFILE

• Private company with four generations of Martin family leadership• Over 100 years experience in flow-control solutions• More than 2,700 employees worldwide• Headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana on a 100 acre campus• 10 manufacturing plants and two distribution centers in the US,

Mexico and Poland



Locations World Headquarters: Elkhart, IN

Manufacturing Locations: Blytheville, AR; Corona, CA; Greensboro, GA; Charlestown, IN; Goshen, IN; Franklin, OH; Lebanon, OH; McAllen, TX; Nacogdoches, TX; Stuarts Draft, VA and Reynosa, Mexico

Distribution Locations:

Atlanta, GA



Breadth of Product Offering



Residential and Commercial

Plumbing

Industrial / Manufacturing

Plants

Chemical Processing

Water / Wastewater Treatment

Plating & Metals Finishing Food Processing

Pharmaceuticals Ultra-Pure Chemicals De-ionized Water

Compressed Air

END USE APPLICATIONS



“The New Pittsburgh Arena”(The Consol Energy Center)

NIBCO:• Bellagio Casino • Mandalay Bay • Intel Corporation• Microsoft

Corporation • Google Data

Center• Universal Studios• Walt Disney Golf

Courses• Pepsi Center• Mayo Clinic




NIBCOInformation

Services



Information Services - Organization

IS Director(Mike Sajdak)

SAP Center of Excellence

(13 associates)

Applications Development

(4 associates)

Technical Services

(12 associates)

IS Customer Support

(4 associates)



Key NIBCO IT Partners

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/#main



NIBCO SAP ERP

One global instance of SAP R/3 One global instance of SAP BW

Strategy – Continuous Improvement: upgrade every 24-36 months



SAP Milestones

3.0FDec. 1997

4.0BMar. 1999

4.7Oct. 2004

ECC 6.0Dec. 2007

4.6CMar. 2001

SAP Upgrades

H R Management System -- 2000

Poland -- 2002

Business Warehouse -- 2003

SAP Portal -- 2006



Major SAP ERP components

SAP R/3 – ECC 6.0Sales and Distribution; Materials Management (w/ WMS;

Production Planning; Financial Accounting; Controlling; Fixed Assets; HR-Payroll; PDM (UniGraphics); Web sites

SAP BI – 7.0

SAP Netweaver / Portals 7.0



Published Successes

NIBCO’S “BIG BANG”A teaching case, prepared by:

Carol V. Brown, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Information SystemsKelley School of BusinessIndiana University

Iris Vessey, Ph.D.Professor of Information SystemsKelley School of BusinessIndiana University

Published in:Martin, E.W., C.V. Brown, D.W. DeHayes, J.A. Hoffer, and W.C. Perkins.Managing Information Technology: What Managers Need to Know,6th edition, Prentice Hall [2009].

mySAPTM SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT NIBCO (Indiana University)

mySAP.com in Lódz, Poland: a U.S. company integrates its Polish subsidiaryAhead of the Flow12.11.2002

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0131789546/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books




Information TechnologyCareer

All companies large and small need information technology experts



Business information technology is an excellent career



Two major technology roles

Businesses roles

• Provide service and support for a business

Technology company roles

• Builds operating systems, databases, networks, technical applications



Consider business information technology as a profession

What's in it for you? – Challenging– Exciting– Marketable– Rewarding



IT roles in a business

Some roles more technical than others

Old stereotypes disappearing



Software advances are enabling a shift in expertise



Roles are changing





TIME

Analytics

ERP

iPod

You tube

Mobile

Web Google

Web 2.0CRM

1995 2009

Facebook

Fast paced, rapidly changing, exciting

SOA



Information Technology

Jobs

Project Manager

Business Analyst

Software Engineer

Web Designer

Security Analyst

Database Administrator

IT Management

User Support

CIO

Variety



IT jobs are…In high demandRewarding



Java

Java EE

Oracle

SAP

Microsoft.NET

SOA

SAN

MS SQL Server

Unix

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0%

Top 10 Skills Reported as Extremely Difficult to Recruit

Source: Gartner 2008 IT Market Compensation Study



Network systems and data communications analysts

Computer software engineers, applications

Personal financial advisors

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors

Financial analysts

Forensic science technicians

Computer systems analysts

Database administrators

Computer software engineers, systems software

0.0% 10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%

Percent Change

U. S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupations with the largest job growth for Bachelor's Degree

graduates, 2006-16



Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ~Joseph Campbell



Webmaster

Technician

Web developer

Project leader

Systems analyst

Technical trainer

Software developer

Systems programmer

Programmer / analyst

E-commerce specialist

Network Administrator

Systems administrator

Database administrator

Communications specialist

Business intelligence analyst

Help desk / technical support specialist

Messaging / e-mail / groupware specialist

IT / IS technology / business systems analyst

$0.00 $10.00 $20.00 $30.00 $40.00 $50.00 $60.00 $70.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00

Staff and Entry-level Positions Total Compensation

Average Total Compensation $72,000

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Information Technology is a good career

• Visit a business

• Take a class

• Learn more



Philosophy in a nutshell:

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

Jonathan Schwartz CEO

Sun Microsystems Inc



Questions?

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A H E A D O F T H E F L O W ® Gary Wilson Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer March 2009