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Enabling the Smart Connected Factory
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Enabling the Smart Connected Factory

April 25, 2019

Understand how technology and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are changing the manufacturing landscape, enabling greater competitiveness Hear how industry leaders are leveraging people, processes and technology to manage key industry challenges such as demands on quality, agility, and cost-out Gain practical knowledge and find out what actions you can take today to accelerate your own business transformation with the power of the IIoT John Barcus VP, Manufacturing Industry Solutions Oracle — John Barcus is Vice President responsible for the Oracle Global Manufacturing Industries. The Manufacturing Industries Solutions Group works globally with customers, partners, and within Oracle to refine…

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Integrated Automation Solutions: The IKEA Way
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Integrated Automation Solutions: The IKEA Way

April 24, 2019

Walking through IKEA’s take on the integrated manufacturing system. What sets us apart? Offering the lessons we have learned from exploration to pilot phase, and discussing next steps Per Berggren Industrial Strategy Manager IKEA — Per Berggren is the Industrial Strategy Manager at IKEA Industry. In this function his responsibilities include Manufacturing Strategy, Footprint, M&A, Product development, R&D, Technology, IT, Business Processes and Sustainability. IKEA Industry is IKEA’s manufacturing branch operating 40 plants across 10 countries and employing some 20 000 coworkers. Per has experience from SCM and Manufacturing where he has been running operations in a number of countries…

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Six Steps to Improve the Journey to Operational Excellence in Smart Manufacturing
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Six Steps to Improve the Journey to Operational Excellence in Smart Manufacturing

April 23, 2019

Offering insights from one of the world’s largest IoT patent holders with 100+ years of experience owning, operating, servicing, and supplying companies in the operational and information technology sectors Taking action to reduce costs, increase agility, and reduce bottlenecks, improve utilization of factory assets and resources, increase production speed and quality, and meet compliance and sustainability goals Learning to draw a more detailed digital manufacturing road map and avoid the early pitfalls that make it difficult for so many companies to thrive in the the digital world of smart manufacturing Leveraging existing data to improve KPIs, aggregate and analyze data…

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Converting Disruptive Ideas and Innovation into Scalable Capabilities to Transform Supply Chain Performance
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Converting Disruptive Ideas and Innovation into Scalable Capabilities to Transform Supply Chain Performance

April 23, 2019

Transforming your supply chain performance through a structured approach similar to the “product R&D stage gate process” applied for disruptive improvement ideas and supply chain innovation Screening and evaluating novel ideas and technologies while bringing solutions to a “proof of concept” in an effective and efficient manner (fit for purpose) Agile testing (sprints) of demonstrated solutions proving feasibility, applicability, and value in real business environments Deploying these novel solutions successfully and turning them into sustainable capabilities requires the use of a robust “Standard Operating System” Shifting from the functional expertise focused Centers of Excellence (COE) approach towards a much stronger…

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Process Based Leadership – Tactical Processes for Sustainable Strategy Execution
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Process Based Leadership – Tactical Processes for Sustainable Strategy Execution

April 23, 2019

Countless organizations conduct annual strategic planning exercises, and 70% of those plans fail. Organizational saturation and the inability to sustain aspirational plans are the two leading failure factors. Now is the time to stop talking about the next plan, tool, meeting, or strategy and examine first and foremost the purpose, function, and output of your tactical “Way of Work.” Learn how to: Drive business acumen that allows colleagues to answer the question, “Are we winning or losing?” Drive a communication cadence that puts leaders on offense, not defense Drive an execution system that makes accountability visible, personal, and measurable Move…

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One Little Part: Our Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

April 12, 2019

As part of the 2019 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit, Scott Schiller, HP 3D Printing’s VP, Global Head of Customer and Market Development, gave an in-depth interview on how Industry 4.0 solutions are changing the very nature of Integrated Business Planning. The full transcript of the interview is below, or you can download a PDF version. Tell us a little about how HP is using 3D printing technology to change its supply chain. At HP, we believe digital manufacturing can completely revolutionize major industries from auto to healthcare to heavy industry, and that core digital technologies like 3D printing enable…

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Push Button Manufacturing: The Future of Making Things
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Push Button Manufacturing: The Future of Making Things

June 21, 2018

The nature of work is changing How can we remove the constraints on design that traditional manufacturing processes impose? What are the major catalysts for disruption that we are seeing? There is a convergence of new technologies in manufacturing and our goal is to make these available to everyone Our prediction: “As designed” will become “as built” with the push of a button — At the 2018 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit, Greg Fallon, Autodesk’s VP of Generative Design and Manufacturing Products, gave a breakfast briefing on Push Button Manufacturing. Afterwards he sat down for a follow up…

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Building a CI Culture in LEGO
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Building a CI Culture in LEGO

June 20, 2018

Business Services Organization – A new adventure Joining the LEGO Family – onboarding and developing Building our BSO Management System – Cascaded Strategy & Accountability Continuously Improving – The LEGO way… — Peter Evans LCI Director LEGO Peter Evans was born in 1955. He joined the LEGO in February 2016 The early part of his career was in Finance in various industries, including Defence, Financial Services and Telecommunications. Peter worked for GE Capital throughout the 90’s including spells in Manchester, Brussels, Shannon (Eire) and Connecticut in various Quality Leadership roles From 2000 to 2013 he worked in Telecoms in the…

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The Three Steps Manufacturers Must Take to Succeed in Industry 4.0
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The Three Steps Manufacturers Must Take to Succeed in Industry 4.0

June 19, 2018

As part of the 2018 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit, Atul Mahamuni, Oracle’s VP, Internet of Things and Blockchain Cloud Applications, gave an in-depth interview on how manufacturers are embracing Industry 4.0 solutions with specific examples and lessons learned to illustrate what all successful rollouts of these new tools have in common. The full transcript of the interview is below, or you can download a PDF version. What is the real competitive advantage of the Industrial Internet of Things for the early adaptors, the companies that are well-launched into their journey? First of all, the benefits of Industry…

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Business Bootcamp – Driving Greater Execution, Engagement, and Ultimately Earnings!
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Business Bootcamp – Driving Greater Execution, Engagement, and Ultimately Earnings!

May 21, 2018

Are you ready to accurately assess your teams, your leaders, and your performance? For 25 years, Competitive Solutions, Inc. has been taking organizations through Business Bootcamp with some pretty dramatic results. Learn how to: Drive Business Acumen at a tactical level Move accountability from a concept to a practice and elevate expectations of engagement Eliminate hours of meetings a week by recalibrating intent Moving from abstract OPEX tools to business critical necessities What are the eight essential elements of 21st century leaders? — Shane Yount is a nationally recognized author, speaker and principal of Competitive Solutions, Inc. Shane began his…

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Digital Enterprise – Implement Now
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Digital Enterprise – Implement Now

April 23, 2018

The technical prerequisites for Industry 4.0 are available. Digitalization is actively gaining competitive advantages. Now is the time to implement. Experience the Digital Transformation now taking place across various industries. Siemens case study of time, cost, quality results achieved from their own digitalization journey Learn the advantages of industries working together utilizing intelligent, predictive models (Digital Twins) Illustrative examples presented to explain how virtual and real are being connected across the entire value chain — Michael Schroeder Portfolio Development Executive CPG and SHF Siemens PLM Software Michael Schroeder is Portfolio Development Executive for Siemens Consumer Products and Retail Product Lifecycle…

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Building the Manufacturing Capabilities for the Future to Enable Healthcare Transformation
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Building the Manufacturing Capabilities for the Future to Enable Healthcare Transformation

April 20, 2018

Recognizing and acknowledging the major healthcare trends and disruptors How does embracing these trends impact manufacturing capabilities and the end-to-end Supply chain organization? How are we developing a bold and holistic manufacturing transformation strategy, framework and deployment approach to address these implications and meet future customer and market expectations? Offering insights into how to connect and seamlessly integrate the Technology Innovation Process (Mode 2) with the “Operational World” (Mode 1) for broad adoption and deployment across business segments Sharing of critical success factors for implementation of this manufacturing and technology transformation to drive sustainable business and customer impact: Emphasizing the…

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Augmented Reality on the Shop Floor
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Augmented Reality on the Shop Floor

April 20, 2018

How are new tools like augmented reality changing and improving the way we operate? What challenges have limited the scope of this sort of technology until recently, and what has changed? Working with industry partners and collaborators to develop in-house expertise to get the most out of these new capabilities Walking through real-world examples where augmented reality is the difference-maker driving improved performance in our operations Demonstrating the scalability of augmented reality on the shop floor: What can other organizations learn from our experience? — Derrick Register VP, Supply Chain Coca-Cola Refreshments Derrick is a highly motivated leader who believes…

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Panel: Increasing Cooperation with Purchasing, HR, IT, Product Development and Supply Chain Teams

July 17, 2017

How can organizations realistically work towards a “one business, one goal” mentality? Discussing ways to align the actions of front-line workers with the company’s corporate values and goals from the top down and the bottom up Offering best practices to eliminate silos within support organizations to advance the innovation trajectory — Moderator: Alistair Hirst, SVP Global Supply Chain, Kellogg Company Alistair Hirst has been Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Kellogg Company, since 2012. He is also a member of the company’s Global Leadership Team. Mr. Hirst joined Kellogg Company in 1984 as a Food Technologist at the Springs, South…

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Implementing Layered Process Audits to Validate Quality Management and Improve Customer Satisfaction

May 11, 2017

Discussing how to prevent quality management programs from growing complacent over time Walking through how different tiers of management can engage with the quality management process at varied, regular intervals to maintain motivation and a fresh set of eyes to identify and mitigate challenges before they impact the customer Offering best practices to reinforce continuous improvement in quality management to prevent backsliding and improve end-product performance — Eric R. Branyan oversees the complex international network of suppliers that provide critical hardware for the F-35 program. He was most recently Vice President, F-35 Aircraft Production Business Unit, responsible for global F-35…

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Utilizing the Digital Industrial Transformation to Gain a Competitive Advantage

May 5, 2017

In this presentation given at NAMES17, Jay Ford, Director of Membership for UI Labs at DMDII, and Paul Boris, VP Industry Solutions at GE Digital discuss how GE leveraged digital transformation to drive over $700 Million of cost out of their operations. Viewers will learn about the next generation operational capabilities enabled by IIoT technologies, and understand how to better reduce production costs, be more effective with existing resources, and control production schedules in manufacturing operations. — Jay Ford is the Director of Membership for UI LABS, a Chicago based innovation accelerator that brings Universities, Industry, and Government together to…

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