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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement
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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement

What does investing in your people look like on a day-to-day ongoing basis? How does the workforce contribute to steady cumulative improvements as the engine of long-term culture change and improved productivity? Discussing motivational tools that solicit grassroots contributions: Competition, recognition, entertainment, and a sense of accomplishment Offering examples where training, mentorship, job shadowing, and cycling through different job functions improves retention, job satisfaction, and contributes to improved performance How far can a culture of continuous improvement and total workforce engagement permeate an organization?

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Digital Enterprise – Implement Now
MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Digital Enterprise – Implement Now

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
MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Building the Manufacturing Capabilities for the Future to Enable Healthcare Transformation

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

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

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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How Companies and Communities Find Success Together
MANUFACTURING, LIFE SCIENCES, VIDEO

How Companies and Communities Find Success Together

Frank McCrady attended the 2016 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit. In this interview, he shares some of his thoughts about what companies are looking for when they are evaluating where they want to do business and who they want to do business with. — With nearly 30 years of experience in economic development and banking, Frank McCrady has spent 14 of those years as EMCID’s President and CEO, elevating East Montgomery County through strategic planning to a community ready for growth. Under his leadership, development has soared and sales tax revenue for the 158-square mile improvement district has increased…

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