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Harnessing the Power of Digitalization
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Harnessing the Power of Digitalization

Highlighting Honeywell’s digitalization efforts and the importance of collecting data and analytics Illustrating how to create a seamless Digital Operations Platform to use data more effectively and connect the operation end-to-end Exploring how a large company streamlines and standardizes manufacturing processes to improve visibility Ensuring manufacturing helps drive Honeywell’s sustainability goals and strategies — Torsten Pilz SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer Honeywell Torsten Pilz is Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Torsten has broad responsibilities for the integrated supply chain, including procurement and driving improvements in plant efficiency and working capital while continuing to enhance quality and…

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Fireside Chat: Dow’s ESG Program and our Path to Zero
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Fireside Chat: Dow’s ESG Program and our Path to Zero

Offering an overview of some of the challenges an organization like Dow faces when it sets itself on the Path to Zero Walking through Dow’s planning and decision-making to transform how we do business, and how our successes fuel investment and support of continuous improvement Discussing the important of people as catalysts for positive change: From top down and bottom up, how are we encouraging and developing the new ideas and initiatives that are making the difference? How do new tools and technologies fit into the large conversation of our journey on the Path to Zero? Showcasing Dow’s sustainability program…

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Improving Supply Chain and Operational Resilience- What We’ve Learned and What Can be Applied
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Improving Supply Chain and Operational Resilience- What We’ve Learned and What Can be Applied

Our People are our greatest strength. How have we built a more resilient workforce? How have we used our Management Systems to drive more efficient and resilient operations? How have we built a more Sustainable Supply Chain? How have we leveraged Technology to create an integrated Supply Chain? — Elito Siqueira Global VP Anheuser Busch InBev Elito Siqueira is the Global Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics.  Over his career, he has 25 years of experience with roles across manufacturing, logistics, procurement, and sales.  In that time, Elito has led important business transformations including M&A integrations, Digital Transformations,…

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Factories of the Future Now
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Factories of the Future Now

Discussing Nissan’s Ambition 2030 to address “What’s next?” and how to ready our workforce and facilities to accelerate electrification and technological innovation Addressing how to prepare people and technology to work together to action a plan to bring our vision to life Smarter automation: how can we utilize external partners and suppliers to increase efficiency — David Johnson SVP, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Nissan Motor Corporation David Johnson is the SVP, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management. Prior to this role he was Vice President, Production Engineering and New Model Quality, Nissan North America, Inc. where he was ensuring the…

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Delivering the Ramp-Up: Developing an Aerospace Ecosystem in Mobile, Alabama
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Delivering the Ramp-Up: Developing an Aerospace Ecosystem in Mobile, Alabama

The first 10 years in Mobile: The story of the start of Airbus’ U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Alabama Meeting the demand: Expanding our capacity and capability to meet the market demand for A320 and A220 Family aircraft in North America Securing the talent: Developing a world-class workforce development stream Integrating robotics: Fueling the growth through smart automation solutions — Daryl Taylor SVP Commercial Operations Airbus Americas, Inc. Daryl Taylor was promoted to Senior Vice President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft Operations in the U.S. in late 2022. In this role, he is responsible for the integration of Airbus’ operations organizations across…

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Fireside Chat: Driving Transformation at Toyota with a Focus on People, Process and Partnerships
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Fireside Chat: Driving Transformation at Toyota with a Focus on People, Process and Partnerships

Gain insight into how the automaker empowers its people to think creatively to make significant improvements. Learn about Toyota’s approach to transformative change through innovation. Explore how Toyota is setting aggressive goals to become a mobility company while achieving carbon neutrality. Hear why partnerships are critical for developing new technologies and the workforce of the future. — Natalie Wilkinson VP, Vehicle Manufacturing Innovation Toyota Natalie Wilkinson is the Vice President Manufacturing Production Innovation Center (MPIC) and dual capped as General Manager of Strategic Business Management and Production Support Center for Toyota North America.  A graduate of Oakland City University with…

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How a Global MedTech Leader Operates to Keep Growing Despite a Worldwide Pandemic
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How a Global MedTech Leader Operates to Keep Growing Despite a Worldwide Pandemic

Highlighting Stryker’s strategy to maintain strong growth while impacting more than 130 million patients globally despite the global supply chain crisis Exploring how Stryker works closely with its customers to improve healthcare while ensuring life-saving and life-improving technologies remain available Discussing the evolution of manufacturing plants, technology initiatives and the importance of procurement transformation Analyzing key challenges in manufacturing such as supply challenges for key components including global chip shortages — Viju Menon Group President, Global Quality & Operations Stryker In his role, Viju is responsible for global operations, including manufacturing, direct procurement, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, sustainability, integrated business…

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Rapidly Create Value: Driving Impact Across the Enterprise
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Rapidly Create Value: Driving Impact Across the Enterprise

Explore how industrial connectivity and real-time data analytics can transform your industrial data into faster business decisions Connect your machines, employees, products, and processes—gaining a holistic perspective across the value chain Deliver accurate product and process information to the right person, at the right time, in the right context Leverage new technologies to improve efficiency and maximize revenue growth for your business — Craig Melrose EVP, Digital Transformation Solutions PTC Craig Melrose is the Executive Vice President of Digital Transformation Solutions at PTC. In this role, Craig works to build customer-facing, (operationally transformative) solutions that incorporate PTC’s industry-leading CAD, PLM,…

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How Navigating the Pandemic Helped Us Write a Roadmap for Future Success
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How Navigating the Pandemic Helped Us Write a Roadmap for Future Success

What comes after the pandemic? Offering potential solutions to address performance, manufacturing practices and the role of automation Hear how industry leaders are leveraging automation to manage key industry challenges such as inflation, availability of materials, compensation gap, business continuity, and more Exploring the Smart Factory: how to digitize and measure processes to become even better and more efficient through automation The importance of building a standardized approach to address culture, labor retention, hiring, revolving door systems, and creating building capabilities — Rodrigo Lance SVP Global Supply Chain Kellogg Company Rodrigo Lance is the Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain….

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Modern Data Architecture: The 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Game Changer for Mid-Sized Manufacturers
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Modern Data Architecture: The 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Game Changer for Mid-Sized Manufacturers

Modern Data Architectures are revolutionizing manufacturing by connecting 4.0 technologies such as cloud computing, IIoT, AI, analytics, machine learning and data lake architecture with your existing systems allowing an evolution to Smart Manufacturing.  The ideal, and now achievable architecture should be expected to deliver: Predictable and measurable ROI via KPIs Coordination from the top-down and bottom-up Preconfigured manufacturing best practice templates Continuous improvement over time In this discussion, FactoryEye’s Kausik “KD” Dasgupta will talk about how ‘active framework’ is proactively orchestrating operations in real-time for mid-sized manufacturers. — Kausik “KD” Dasgupta Chief Technology Officer NA FactoryEye by Magic Software As the Chief Technology Officer NA, Kausik “KD” Dasgupta brings 25+ years of experience in technical architecture, evangelism and…

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Process Intelligence (PQ): The Key to Building High Functioning Leaders
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Process Intelligence (PQ): The Key to Building High Functioning Leaders

Most organizations conduct leadership training to attempt to develop and retain their leadership talent, however, the last three years have put an unprecedented strain on our leaders and organizations. Leadership fatigue is at an all-time high, the “Great Resignation” is real and relevant, and the leaders of the future must possess much more than just IQ and EQ. Learn the four “Non-negotiable Elements of PQ” that make High Functioning Leaders: Is your organization currently suffering from “Leadership Fatigue?” Does your current Leadership Development program only highlight IQ and EQ? Are your emerging leaders staying or leaving the organization?  Do they even know they…

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Three Steps to Use Advanced Manufacturing Analytics to Empower Staff
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Three Steps to Use Advanced Manufacturing Analytics to Empower Staff

Don’t withhold meaningful data from frontline workers. Understand how poor process visibility and data quality hinders your employee training, retention, and productivity In an unyielding shortage of talent, you can’t wait until the 2030’s to solve the biggest data issues. Learn how to deploy turnkey data infrastructure today to support your people everywhere Reporting that’s bottlenecked with a few specialists is harming your operational excellence. Democratized access, prescriptive recommendations, and contextualized data will position your staff for their success and yours — Willem Sundblad CEO and Co-Founder Oden Technologies Willem Sundblad is the co-founder and CEO of Oden Technologies, a…

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Overcome Uncertain Times: Digitally Enabled Transformation to Drive Business and Workforce Success
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Overcome Uncertain Times: Digitally Enabled Transformation to Drive Business and Workforce Success

Manufacturers around the world are facing big challenges during uncertain times. Workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions, asset downtime, production losses, a new focus on sustainability, and the race to Net Zero- the list is large and daunting. At the same time, the promises of Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation have not reached the bottom line, leading to what some analysts are calling the “Transformation Chasm,” where lots of projects get started but reaching scale and value seems out of reach. What if that chasm could be bridged? What if, instead of being stuck in a pilot program that does not…

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How a Single Platform Solution Can Drive Action Across the Entire Manufacturing Value Chain to Lower Costs, Increase Productivity and Reduce Operating Risk
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How a Single Platform Solution Can Drive Action Across the Entire Manufacturing Value Chain to Lower Costs, Increase Productivity and Reduce Operating Risk

Secure your enterprise technology assets (including operational technology) and prevent downtime from cyberattack Digitize factory-floor processes to lower costs, survive labor shortages and transition to smart factories Provide real time collaboration across supply chain network to improve supply stability and reduce risk — John Dougherty Head of Manufacturing Industry Go-To-Market – Americas ServiceNow John Dougherty has been working with companies in the Industrial Manufacturing, High Tech, Aero Space and Defense, Retail, Wholesale Distribution, and Consumer Packaged Goods industries for the past 24 years with both Symix Software, Oracle, and NetSuite. John is currently Head of Manufacturing for the Americas with ServiceNow. A…

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A Virtual Facility Tour, followed by Digital Threads: Unlocking the Power of Smart Manufacturing
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A Virtual Facility Tour, followed by Digital Threads: Unlocking the Power of Smart Manufacturing

A Virtual Facility Tour of Exciting, Industry-Transforming Manufacturing Innovations For this year’s edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit Executive Platforms is proud to partner with Siemens to bring you a virtual tour of  MxD (Manufacturing x Digital), where innovative manufacturers go to forge their futures. Formerly known as the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) and housed at UI LABS, MxD is an independent entity working in partnership with the Department of Defense to equip U.S. factories with the digital tools, cybersecurity, and workforce expertise needed to build every part better than the last. As a result, their more than…

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