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Panel: Utilizing Data Collection and Analytics to Measure ROI and Training Effectiveness
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Panel: Utilizing Data Collection and Analytics to Measure ROI and Training Effectiveness

How are we measuring the effectiveness of training initiatives?
Strategies for using data collection and analytics to identify trends in learning behaviors, track performance, and pinpoint areas where further investment is needed
Identifying areas that require investment for building robust data-collection policies, tools, and training
How can we create smarter training plans that are tailored specifically to our employees’ needs?
Assessing learning experiences quickly according to the changing industry trends or dynamic markets

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Data Doesn’t Lie – Digital Manufacturing ROI
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Data Doesn’t Lie – Digital Manufacturing ROI

Matt Lowe has served MasterControl for nearly two decades across several different executive leadership roles including product, engineering, sales, and marketing, and now as Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, Lowe brings vast institutional knowledge of the market, MasterControl’s products, and customers to identify growth strategies and expansion opportunities for the company. He also serves on the MasterControl Board of Directors.

Lowe is a medical device expert with experience in product development and product management at Ortho Development Corp. and Bard Access Systems, a subsidiary of BD. Lowe has successfully launched more than a dozen medical devices. He has five patents issued and one pending. His regulatory experience includes writing a 510(k) that was cleared by the FDA and managing a multi-site, multi-year postmarket clinical study for orthopedic devices.Lowe has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah and an MBA from Indiana University.

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Speed to Market: The Power of Centralized Data and the Promise of AI
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Speed to Market: The Power of Centralized Data and the Promise of AI

Ken has spent over 30 years in product, project and IT operations leadership focused in the software and life science industries. Prior to joining IDBS where he focuses on software to manage biopharma manufacturing process data, Ken served as Director, Project Management at BIOVIA. Previously, he was Director of Commercial Operations at Fischer Imaging and Director of IT at Allos Therapeutics and Genomica.

Ken holds a BSc in Computer Science from Cal Poly and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Denver.

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Fireside Chat: Learnings from Diageo’s Approach to Building a Sustainable and Resilient Operation
FOOD MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, MANUFACTURING

Fireside Chat: Learnings from Diageo’s Approach to Building a Sustainable and Resilient Operation

Ray Reddrick is Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Distillation for Diageo North America. Diageo has an outstanding collection of more than 200 brands making the organization a global leader in the beverage alcohol industry. Jonnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit, Smirnoff, Cîroc, Ketel One, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray, and Guinness represent a sample of the consumer products reach Diageo has across more than 180 countries.

Mr. Reddrick has developed a diverse background across several industries in the manufacturing and CPG supply space. Prior to joining Diageo in January of 2023, Mr. Reddrick consulted supporting Diageo’s strategic growth strategy for their domestic and international business. Mr. Reddrick has held supply chain leadership roles with Heartland Coca-Cola as the Vice President of Supply Chain where he played a critical leadership role in the total enterprise start-up of a new $700 million dollar Coca-Cola beverage manufacturing and distribution franchise business. Additionally, Ray has held critical supply chain leadership roles as director of manufacturing for PepsiCo, Land O’ Lakes, Data replication leadership with Sony where he executed the manufacturing acceptance testing for Sony’s Play Station format and the manufacturing liaison for Harmon Motive a tier one supplier of high-end transducers branded as JBL, infinity and Harmon Kardon. The Harmon Kardon premium products were specially engineered for Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Land Rover, Toyota, GM, and Fords high end product offerings installed at site automotive assembly locations across the US and Canada. Mr. Reddrick has over 30 years of manufacturing and supply chain experience transforming supply networks to deliver world-class businesses and operations results throughout his career.

Mr. Reddrick has extended his leadership talents outside of the manufacturing space providing leadership guidance, governance and strategic thought leadership while serving on the following boards:

South Fulton Georgia Chamber of Commerce (2008 – 2013)

Board of Directors Member
Executive Board Member
American Red Cross – Georgia (20011 – 2013)

Diversity Recruitment Board Member
Fulton Industrial Community Improvement District (2010 – 2013)

Executive Board Member – Commissioner Appointment
Appointed by Commissioner William Bill Edwards – Vice Chairman Board of Commissioners – Atlanta, Ga
Coca-Cola National Product Supply Bord Member (2019 – 2021)

Southeastern Container Company Board Member (2020 – 2021)

Illinois Manufacturer’s Association Board Member (2023 – Current)

Mr. Reddrick earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology – Manufacturing Systems from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.

North America is the largest business unit and market for Diageo contributing over 50% of the company’s operating profit. Diageo North America’s supply organization represents the leading producer of alcoholic beverages distilled, blended, matured, barreled, brewed, bottled, and warehoused in the market. North America operates over 12 domestic facilities across the United States, Canada and U.S.V.I.

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Fireside Chat: Revolutionizing Food Manufacturing with the People, Process, and Technology
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Fireside Chat: Revolutionizing Food Manufacturing with the People, Process, and Technology

Mike is currently in the role of Vice President of Supply Chain, Snacks Operating Unit. In this role, Mike is responsible for leading strategies & developing plans in conjunction with Operating Unit & SC Pillar partners to deliver volume, sales, and profit targets. Having started his career as the Flavors & Seasonings Buyer in 2002, Mike has held an assortment of Sourcing roles that extend across ingredients, packaging, dairy, and numerous stops in commodities risk management. During his career, Mike has also spent time in North America Manufacturing (New Albany, Indiana), within the External Supply Chain, and worked internationally in Switzerland for nearly three years at the inception of the Global Sourcing Center.

Mike holds an undergraduate degree in business from the University of St. Thomas and an MBA from the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota. He and his wife Kelly live in Edina, MN with their two children: Taylor (7) and Hudson (4). In his free time, Mike enjoys outdoor sports, gaming, grilling for family & friends, and lots of time with his littles at the neighborhood park!

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Unlock Factory Data in F&B Manufacturing for AI and Data-Driven Excellence
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Unlock Factory Data in F&B Manufacturing for AI and Data-Driven Excellence

Sudhir Arni​ is Senior Vice President of Business Outcomes at Sight Machine. Previously, Sudhir was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co., where he designed and led manufacturing transformation programs for Pharmaceutical and Chemical manufacturers. He received joint MBA and MS degrees from the Kellogg School of Management at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University.

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Building Better Supplier Partnerships with Data
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Building Better Supplier Partnerships with Data

Veteran product marketing and development professional with over twenty years in the technology and consulting industries, with a focus on the food and beverage, restaurant, and retail verticals. Worked with some of the largest and most dynamic brands in the industry. Passionate about the power of technology in helping businesses achieve the resiliency in today’s marketplace.

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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains
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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Paul Bradley of TraceGains to talk about the power of Data in the food manufacturing sector, especially as it relates to communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with partners up and down the value chain to reduce risk, improve compliance, keep people safe, improve the customer experience, control cost, and optimize performance. There is a great groundswell of enthusiasm for emerging tools and technologies, of course, but we are also now seeing real-world applications where gathering, sharing, and acting on the right data at the right time is making an enormous impact, and more and better is on the way. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Shaping the Future: Strategic Insights for Ensuring Food Safety and Quality Excellence in the Years Ahead
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Shaping the Future: Strategic Insights for Ensuring Food Safety and Quality Excellence in the Years Ahead

Jorge Hernandez is the Vice President of Quality Assurance for the Wendy’s Company. As such, he is responsible for the design, implementation and leadership of the Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance Programs that impact suppliers, distribution centers and 7,250 restaurants in 33 Countries.

Previously, Jorge was the Chief Food Safety Officer at Wholesome International; he also served as the Sr. VP of Food Safety and Quality Assurance at US Foods Foodservice Distributor; and the VP of Food Safety and Risk Management at the National Restaurant Association.

Jorge has Degrees in Biology from Rockford University, Microbiology from the Centro de Estudios Medico-Biologicos in Mexico City, Mexico, Languages and Literature from la Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris, France and Executive Leadership from the Said School of Business at Oxford University in Oxford, England.

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Food Safety and Quality Data that Tells a Persuasive Story — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains
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Food Safety and Quality Data that Tells a Persuasive Story — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series we spoke with Paul Bradley of TraceGains about how FSQ professionals document, demonstrate, and communicate the value of their work through data, and how a new generation of data collection and analytics tools are allowing them to share and showcase their contributions to the company in new and exciting ways. In a world where giving food safety and quality data a storyteller’s voice to convey both quantitative and qualitative metrics is the best way to win hearts and minds. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about what’s new, what’s working, and what is coming next. Give it a listen!

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Building “Deep Trust” and Elevating and Accelerating Customer Experiences Through Autonomous, Intelligent Supply Chains
SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO

Building “Deep Trust” and Elevating and Accelerating Customer Experiences Through Autonomous, Intelligent Supply Chains

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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Cracking the Data Puzzle: How Manufacturers Can Optimize Sourcing and Logistics, and Prepare for AI
SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN

Cracking the Data Puzzle: How Manufacturers Can Optimize Sourcing and Logistics, and Prepare for AI

Blume Global
Blume Global is a multimodal supply chain orchestration platform, uniting international, end-to-end visibility, supplier management and logistics execution. As the single source of truth for logistics data, Blume provides visibility throughout the value chain, from sourcing to delivery. Shippers use Blume to navigate worldwide disruptions and create agile plans amid uncertainty. Direct connectivity to the ocean, air, rail, parcel, LTL and truckload carriers along with Blume’s industry expertise and innovative solutions helps users maximize transportation spend and reduce carbon emissions.

www.blumeglobal.com

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Reimagining the Supply Chain — A Conversation with Allan Dow of Logility, Inc.
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Reimagining the Supply Chain — A Conversation with Allan Dow of Logility, Inc.

At the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Allan Dow, the president and CEO of Logility, to talk about the opportunity supply chain leaders now have to adjust their understanding of what is possible, to set ambitious goals, to build up and test new capabilities, and then to apply all of this to the fundamentals of their job to support their organizations’ growth, productivity, performance, and customer satisfaction.

The next generation of technologies, including AI, are offering supply chain professionals the freedom to fundamentally reinvent their processes and do more than ever before. What does that look like, and what is the logical way to set realistic but ambitious plans to reinvent and reinvigorate themselves for the future? It is a big topic firmly rooted in today’s exciting realities but with a lot of tempered optimism for the future. For all that and more, give this episode a listen.

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Zero Code Technologies Delivering Data-Driven Solutions to Supply Chain Challenges — A Conversation with Sathish Thirumoorthy of UCBOS
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Zero Code Technologies Delivering Data-Driven Solutions to Supply Chain Challenges — A Conversation with Sathish Thirumoorthy of UCBOS

Sathish Thirumoorthy
Chief Strategy Officer
UCBOS Inc.

Sathish Kumar Thirumoorthy has an extensive background in enterprise services, supply chain consulting, and IT consulting. With experience in companies such as ITOrizon Inc., Oracle, CGI, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sathish has held roles ranging from Senior Support Consultant to Director, Consulting and Practice Leader. Sathish’s expertise focuses on consulting, solutioning, presales pursuits, and client relationship management across various industry verticals. Sathish’s career has been marked by strategic leadership, solution-based project delivery, and proactive proposal development to drive business growth and enable transformation for global clients.

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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

Lee has 25+ years of experience across manufacturing (Boeing/Corning), software technology (GE VERNOVA), and consulting (EY) that enables him to craft digital strategies that optimize manufacturing operations. As trusted advisor for manufacturing transformation, Lee works with clients to develop strategic roadmaps, navigate technology selection, and ensure financial viability for their smart factory initiatives.

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Staying Ahead of the Manufacturing Technology Curve — A Conversation with Shan Muthuvelu of UCBOS
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Staying Ahead of the Manufacturing Technology Curve — A Conversation with Shan Muthuvelu of UCBOS

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Shan Muthuvelu, the CEO of UCBOS, to talk about technology trends manufacturers need to be aware of, and how to on top of developments as exciting new tools come onto the market. The biggest question that we keep finding new answers for is, “What are we going to do with all the data?” LLMs and Generative AI are opening up exciting new capabilities there, but it is important to remember all of this needs to work for and with the people doing the job day-to-day and over the long term. What do they want and need? What is going to make the biggest impact on their productivity and job satisfaction? What does the user experience need to look like for people to engage with the systems and capabilities being offered to them? How can companies tailor these broad possibilities to solve problems and open up new opportunities based on their own very specific scenarios? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Navigating Market Uncertainty with AI and Data-Driven Forecasting
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Navigating Market Uncertainty with AI and Data-Driven Forecasting

Danielle Marceau is a Principal Economist & Senior Director, Analytics at Prevedere. Danielle has an extensive background in modeling, forecasting, research and development, and sharing her industry expertise on economics, leading indicators, and predictive analytics. Her role at Prevedere includes guiding the company’s macroeconomic outlook as well as driving research & development around advanced analytics. Her expertise helps business leaders navigate their company’s future opportunities and risks through econometric modeling and leading indicator analysis. Before her role at Prevedere, Danielle was a senior economist at ITR Economics and received her M.S. in Applied Economics from Southern New Hampshire University.

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