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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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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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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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Changing the Narrative: From Technology to Value Creation
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Changing the Narrative: From Technology to Value Creation

Global disruptions have accelerated the adoption of digital technologies in manufacturing and supply chains. Companies are developing strategies to prepare for the new normal leveraging technology but focusing on bottom line performance. In this session, hear IBM speak about systemic approaches to value creation in manufacturing and how companies are doing this successfully today. Specifically, IBM will discuss the need for: Strategy: Co-creating roadmap and practices to solve operational issues and improve metrics that matter Data: Connecting, capturing and analyzing the right data to drive innovation and optimization Scale: Looking beyond proof of concepts and implementing scalable solutions to drive manufacturing excellence and…

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Quality 4.0: Where Do I Start?
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Quality 4.0: Where Do I Start?

 Discussing the current Quality 4.0 environment and addressing the most common challenge of how to get started Applying what we’ve learned to help companies begin their quality and compliance digital initiatives by leveraging behavioral and predictive analytics Ensuring quick results and getting the most value out of your investments in Quality 4.0 initiatives Jaime Velez Co-founder Operations & Quality Systems Improvement Experts (OQSIE) For the last 15 years Jaime has supported more than one hundred consulting engagements with Life Science companies delivering significant productivity improvements in supply chain and quality systems. He started his consulting career at McKinsey &…

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MxD Virtual Factory Tour: Digital Manufacturing – Where Virtual Meets Real
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MxD Virtual Factory Tour: Digital Manufacturing – Where Virtual Meets Real

North American Manufacturing Excellent Summit 2021 was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of senior manufacturing executives and the service and solution providers relevant to their interests from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. As part of NAMES21, Executive Platforms and Siemens organized a virtual factory tour of the MxD on Goose Island. MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) – formerly DMDII (Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute) is where innovative manufacturers go to forge their futures. In partnership the Department of…

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Intelligent Industrial Automation: How Manufacturers can Leverage Pre-Built Machine Learning to Leverage Existing Data and Drive Fast Time to Value
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Intelligent Industrial Automation: How Manufacturers can Leverage Pre-Built Machine Learning to Leverage Existing Data and Drive Fast Time to Value

 Data is becoming ubiquitous in manufacturing- from the low cost of IoT sensors to the mountains of data from legacy systems such as quality, ERP and MES. The problem many manufacturers face is how to leverage this data across disparate equipment and systems in order to have an accurate foundational data set to drive improvements. Learn how to build the right foundation of data for digital transformation and leverage it to drive fast ROI. Specifically, we will discuss: Gain an understanding how you can leverage your existing assets and systems to build a strong foundation of data to drive…

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