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Unique Homework Component
Before the workshop, you'll receive a set of homework questions designed to take 10-20minutes. The real value comes from hearing the answers to these same questions from your industry peers during the workshop.
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2023 now agenda available! Contact us to review agenda.
We are always looking for inspiring stories of tech-led innovation!
If you are interested in sharing your experience with other manufacturers please contact us.
Before the pandemic, most manufacturers could focus primarily on market growth, and now the focus for many is how to address supply chain problems, raw material shortages and the broken components of logistics.
Join and gain immense insights from this data analytics leader, responsible for driving operational efficiencies within ABB’s manufacturing plant and supply chain, as well as solving customers’ challenges. Hear the latest on how to leverage data and analytics when tackling the supply chain issue, discover which partners you need to help with inventory management and planning, and how to transform teams and processes.
Meet to hear different perspectives from those who have done it already, and those who have helped them, as they address the important ‘Ps’ to help you get started with tech-led smart manufacturing, or to help reevaluate, your digital transformation strategies.
Questions to be answered include…
PEOPLE: How to address labor shortages, and build the right teams? Which roles should collaborate to ensure implementation does not fail
PLAN: Where do you start? And how do you win over skeptics to gain buy-in? Why is automation investment crucial now more than ever?
PROCESSES: How do you get your ERP, MES, and PLM seamlessly communicating? How do you automate business processes for more seamless change management?
PARTNERS: How do you ensure you choose a vendor that suits you? Which platforms, tools, systems, etc. work together well and can scale?
This panel brings together large, medium, and small-sized manufacturers to focus on how to get started with digitalization. Hear stories on how manufacturers took their first steps away from manual, pen and paper, analog management, and implemented real-time digital tools and leveraged the power of data.
Panelists discuss where they drew inspiration for digital transformation and what they learned along the way. Take away lessons in:
• Gaining buy-in for digital initiatives.
• How to run pilots while avoiding downtime and avoid purgatory.
• Coaching, and getting people behind new technology.
• How to coordinate across different teams and plants, without stunting creativity.
• The technologies they started with, and initial results.
• Where they are today, and where they want to be.
Join this large, global manufacturer to understand what the later steps of digital transformation can bring. Understand how data is enabling manufacturers to deliver the service, not just the product.
Begin by exploring the term ‘Servitization’. And get details of what IoT has allowed manufacturers' suite of products and services?
Dig deep into how to leverage the data yielded from 5G connectivity and IoT to create end-to-end experiences e.g., customization, upgrades, repairs, platforms, and user communities.
Join to hear this digitalization journey within Boeing; discover the steps and sore points of going from a whiteboard to company standard.
See the full lifecycle of removing a paper chain to creating a full digital kit, cutting down administration time and utilizing data effectively. Hear how to get business buy-in, what it involves when taking plans from the factory floor to IT adoption.
Digitalization of manufacturing operations is and will continue to be a top priority in coming years for most of manufacturing organizations. The traditional path with silos of multiple solutions and application stacked in different parts of the business poses multiple challenges. Challenge examples include – higher time to deploy, innovation cost, and overall achievement of potential of benefits. To achieve the transformation goals and speed up incremental benefits achievements, it is:
• Critical to have one integrated data flow from initial Product Design through Planning and Manufacturing and Delivery including all Operational processes that support each phase.
• Important to also have integrated processes that span across business functions from the design in an engineering department, to production on the shopfloor, on-time logistics/traceable material flow and finally maintenance and service operations – until an asset is sunset as a single digital thread.
• Key to enable these processes work on common taxonomy to achieve a cohesive approach to production and intralogistics processes, while also empowering workers for better productivity through bi-directional machine to machine, person to person and machine to person connectivity.
In this session, you hear examples of companies who have enabled factory and plant process transformations at enterprise scale with an approach towards Industry 4.0 best practices. This comprehensive, yet simple approach helps mitigate innovation challenges for customers looking to reinvent production, intralogistics, quality, maintenance, and service processes to build the journey toward Intelligent factory and plants and to embark on journey which creates a competitive advantage, increases productivity, and – ultimately – improves business performance.
The digital transformation of business has a huge impact on IT, and often barriers are faced when it comes to IT integration. IT/OT Convergence is the biggest pain point for manufacturers as they digitalize and embrace Industry 4.0. Tying together teams, solutions, partners, and infrastructure components, requires a lot of analysis around better ways of working.
In this session we will take a high-level view of Business Agility and the concept of migrating from a Project Mindset to a Product Mindset. Business Agility is the ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative, digitally enabled business solutions. We will look at balancing our transformation from Projects to Products, focusing on types of teams, work, and people. The goal is to give you a starting point for each of the important concepts to help you in your specific journey.
When and how do you decide to take the leap with a technology investment? Join Eric Borowicz, General Manager of AFL Accessories in South Carolina, to understand the complexities of a build to order job shop, and which technologies are helping to assist systems, and bring time and cost savings. Benefit from a 360 view of the delivery and implementation of a new technology investment. And then, gain real life examples of the advantages brought to the operations of a ‘spaghetti shop’, and a view of the new possibilities automated processes bring to customer service.
To get true ROI from your technology investment, you need to take your people with you and gain buy-in at all levels. However, this is much easier said than done, especially in a time of labor shortages and skills gaps.
This broad range of panelists bring a mix of perspectives and tips on people management, answering questions and discussing:
• What does Manufacturing X.0 management look like? Coaching and leading through change.
• Which do core competencies are required in the digital age, and how do you train, and assess?
• What is the best way to fill a skills gap- do you build your own ‘digital brain’ or outsource?
• Steps to inclusive recruitment and diverse teams.
This session will consist of 3 x 10-minute pitch-style presentations focused on how new, innovative vendors’ products or platforms are bringing savings and efficiencies, followed by comments and questions from our judging board, and audience vote.
The winner will be announced at the beginning of Day 2 of the conference.
• 4.50 pm – Judge’s Intro
• 4.55 – 5.05 pm PITCH 1: CHRISTOPHER LEWIS, SENIOR DIRECTOR, SOLUTION CONSULTING, INFOR
5.05 – 5.10 pm Judges’ Q&A
• 5.10 – 5.20 pm PITCH 2: AMANDA DOTTEN, SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, SYMPHONY INDUSTRIAL AI
5.20 – 5.25 pm Judges’ Q&A
• 5.25 – 5.35 pm PITCH 3: JASON ADAIR, VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES, AIRGAP NETWORKS INC.
5.35 – 5.40 pm Judges’ Q&A
Transforming operations and augmenting human capabilities to drive scalable value. There can be no success without a vision. Join Peggy Gulick, a renowned smart factory leader as she shares her invaluable insights on:
• There can be no success without a vision
⦾ Evolution vs revolution
⦾ Rethinking how we work
• Culture eats strategy for breakfast and technology for lunch
⦾ Continuous Innovation, the new continuous improvement
• When you have the ideas, but the plants have the money
• Millennials, meet the Gen Z workforce
⦾ Upskilling for factory of the future
Learn about the history of 3D model-based engineering (MBE), which some years ago fostered the creation of the Digital Thread and enabled improved integration between engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and sustainment. Gain further knowledge of the plethora of advanced manufacturing technologies such as automation, optical projection, and non-contact metrology.
Then examine Digital Twins, a close relative of the digital thread, and how the digital representations of physical or virtual assets engendered the use of modeling and simulation to reduce the cost and span for product development and testing.
Analyze how together these technologies comprise Digital Transformation, focused on increasing enterprise speed, agility, insight, and competitiveness, and what distinct advantages they can bring to your business.
Join this session and leave with key takeaways in:
1. Defining the OT, IoT, IIoT, XIoT and why securing it is critical to the uptime and safety of your OT environment.
2. Best practices for getting started with an XIoT asset visibility program.
3. Common pitfalls other manufacturing teams have faced in their journey to gaining visibility into the XIoT, and how you can avoid them.
4. Next steps in the journey to securing the XIoT once you gain visibility.
5. How to measure the success of your XIoT visibility program.
• Hear how regional bodies can support manufacturers’ plans to advance their manufacturing processes and people through technology investment.
• Learn the moves being taken to overcome labor shortages, attract and upskill talent and investment in South Carolina.
• Dig into the resources available for small and midsize industrial producers.
• Ask your questions directly to the panel, to pinpoint how local partners can back your business goals and lower the risk of your investment.
The use of mixed reality in manufacturing has become more and more prevalent in production and design, and now XR tools are starting to transform the industrial workforce training and development, driven undoubtedly in part by the widespread shift to work from home policies. Join this expert to determine how XR training can help you overcome the challenges of a retiring workforce, the skills gap, and safety concerns when returning to the plant and office.
Work with fellow manufacturing attendees, share ideas, challenge ideas, and have fun!
• Join one of three groups.
• 60 minute engaging and interactive sessions.
• Discussion is led and facilitated by subject experts.
• Summarize the key conclusions you will take back to the office.
Group discussion centered around:
1. What did you come to learn at the conference?
2. Where are you up to in your digital transformation journey, and did you have a specific problem to solve?
3. Which application of Industry 4.0 impressed you the most? Why?
4. What is one discovery from the conference that you will be taking back to your company that will be a quick win to improve business results?
5. Who have you met at the conference that you will reach out to after the conference? And for what purpose?
We are now placing speakers for the September 2024 agenda.
If you are interested in sharing your experience with other manufacturers please contact us.
Hosted by Jeff Winter, Smart Manufacturing Advisor, CESMII
Limited to the first 50 registered manufacturers, this is an exclusive opportunity to learn with and from peers
how to move forward with AI and use it to speed up processes and drive innovation.
Why Attend?
- Actionable Insights: Walk away with practical strategies to enhance your AI initiatives
- Collaborative Learning: Benefit from the collective knowledge and experiences of your peers
- Networking Opportunities: Connect with industry professionals and establish valuable connections
Before the workshop, you'll receive a set of homework questions designed to take 10-20minutes. The real value comes from hearing the answers to these same questions from your industry peers during the workshop.
Kick off the workshop with an insightful presentation on the state of AI in manufacturing. Gain a comprehensive overview of current trends, challenges, and opportunities in the industry.
Engage in a facilitated discussion where we share the aggregate answers to all the homework questions. This is your chance to ask questions, share insights, and learn from the experiences of your peers. Discover where everyone stands and find peers who have the answers you need.
Learn from the best! Between 4-7 leading companies will each present their best practices developed when evaluating, applying, or scaling AI. Gain valuable insights and actionable strategies to implement in your own organization. (Selection of best practices will be a part of the Homework assignment).
PANEL DISCUSSION: How to Utilize Emerging Technologies to Capture Knowledge Quickly & Boost Engagement & Safety on Your Factory Floor
Meet with manufacturing experts to hear how they have advanced their workforce training and development to ensure staff turnover and recruitment do not negatively impact their bottom lines. The panel shares key best practices and answers your questions sent via the Whova App.
- How did you match the technology to the process to improve workforce training and safety on your shop floor?
- What steps are you taking to capture informal knowledge that has been built up over a lengthy career and transfer it quickly to today’s digital native workforce?
- Give examples of how AI and Mixed Reality technologies are driving up employee onboarding and production speed.
- Change management can be specific to the organization, but what approaches and practices have worked for you that others can learn from?
Moderator: Terri Sandu, Director, Talent & Business Innovation, Lorain County Community College | Director, Ohio TechNet (OH)
Panelists:
• Susan Carlock, Executive Vice President, Mursix Corporation (IN)
• Brian Marsh, Senior Director, Digital Manufacturing, Nestlé USA (OH)
• Brian Perlstein, Digital Manufacturing Innovation Leader, Owens Corning (OH)
• Bryan Bauw, Chief Operating Officer, Pico
KEYNOTE: How to Speed Up Your Digital Transformation Journey to Create Value Faster
Hear how Eaton approached digital transformation at scale within a business with a very diversified product range, and therefore, many different approaches to manufacturing.
Discover the steps taken to tackle 200+ global plants and benefit from understanding the criterion required when managing culture, technology choice, and processes during rollout.
Craig Sutton, Vice President Industry 4.0, Eaton (OH)
KEYNOTE: Manufacturing Intelligence: The Ultimate Knowledge Companion
The factory of the future will be transformed not by robots but by human ingenuity. Recent technological advancements in the past few years are revolutionizing how manufacturing tacit knowledge is captured, standardized, retained, and enhanced.
This transformation presents a unique opportunity for manufacturers to significantly boost worker productivity, improve retention, and streamline continuous improvement processes. Integrating existing knowledge and best practices with a Manufacturing Intelligence Platform empowers a flexible, skills-agnostic, and digitally proficient workforce.
Join us and discover practical strategies to lead in the new digital-first industrial landscape.
Devin Bhushan, Founder & CEO, Squint
Refreshment Break & Exhibitor Demos
HOW TO EMPLOY ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE TO DRIVE SECURE, OPTIMIZED OPERATIONS
Plenary Session
Chair’s Welcome Back
John Dyck, CEO, CESMII (OH)
PANEL DISCUSSION: Understanding AI - How Can You Take This Intelligence Tool & Optimize Your Business?
AI's potential is recognized and accepted, but how to use it effectively in a production and a wider business setting remains unclear for many manufacturers. Join the panel to unpick the actions needed to ensure you have accurate data and the right tools and technologies to achieve the business outcomes you plan to yield from AI.
Hear detailed, tried, and tested examples of how to apply AI and ML to reduce downtime and costs within a production setting. Understand where Generative AI is being used today and how it is expected to fit in with manufacturing going forward.
Moderator: John Dyck, CEO, CESMII (OH)
Panelists:
• Ben Davis, EVP/CIO, Cambria (MN)
• Anthony Huffman, Enterprise Architecture Strategist, Industry 4.0, Koch Industries (IL)
• Nathan Settlemire, Director of Digital Transformation, Charter Manufacturing (OH)
• John Harrington, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, HighByte
Fortifying Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity & Building Resilience
In today's rapidly evolving landscape, Operational Technology (OT) environments are undergoing significant transformation, integrating more assets and networks than ever before. This connectivity brings unprecedented opportunities but also exposes OT systems to new and evolving threats. Consequently, OT leaders are facing heightened regulatory scrutiny and increasing demands for robust data protection measures.
This session aims to provide a comprehensive overview of OT management strategies, focusing on enhancing cybersecurity, ensuring continuous operations, and seamlessly integrating with digital workflows and processes. Participants will gain insights into proactive measures to strengthen their OT infrastructure, mitigate risks, and enhance overall resilience in the face of emerging cyber threats.
Joe Mulrooney, Head of Manufacturing Industry - Go to Market, ServiceNow
Mark Cristiano, Sr. Director, Global OT Sales & GTM, ServiceNow
A Small Manufacturer’s Journey of a Thousand Miles
With so much hype around Industry 4.0 it’s easy to get caught up in comparing where you aren’t to where others around you seem to be.
In this session, we will explore some practical and tangible first steps you can take in your manufacturing operations to begin to capitalize on the emerging technologies that are bringing real value to the industry everyday. Tactics like digital work instructions, augmented reality for training and remote expert are possible and valuable.
We will walk through some of the key starting points, what’s needed to prepare for the journey and how to overcome the many hurdles that will undoubtedly appear along the way.
Scott Burkey, Technology Fellow, Smurfit Westrock (GA)
People at the Heart: The Human Capital Strategy aligned with the Future if Work
Session details coming soon...
Emily Johns, Sr. Director, Learning & Development Ensuring Supply, Nestle USA
Lunch, Demos & Discussion
TRACK A: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CASE STUDIES FROM THE PLANT FLOOR
TRACK B: GETTING STARTED AS A SMALL-TO-MIDSIZE MANUFACTURER
TRACK A: Chair’s Opening Remarks
Amanda Walden, Co-Founder, Industry 4.0 Club
TRACK B: Chair’s Opening Remarks
Mike Yost, Director, Manufacturing Excellence Program, Manufacturing Works | Chair, Industry 4.0 Club (OH)
TRACK A: Unpicking a Use Case for Augmented Reality to Achieve Actionable Intelligence in Manufacturing
Dive into the business and use cases Colgate-Palmolive’s Ohio team has been working on to deploy augmented reality.
Unpick the hurdles related to AR implementation and the actionable intelligence tools used by current Operator Technicians, Maintenance Technicians, and Controls Engineers in a real manufacturing environment.
John Whited, Plant Automation Engineer, Colgate-Palmolive Company (OH)
TRACK B: You Too Can Build a World-Class Digital Transformation Program: How to Achieve Successful & Sustainable Outcomes Regardless of Your Company Size
Too many digital transformation efforts in manufacturing are based on small-scale but unscalable pilots, unrealistic consultant recommendations, and projects that chase the latest technology. Those organizations that are serious about digital transformation need the proper leadership, strategy, and resources to build a program with a long-term impact, not just a short-term project.
Hear from an experienced practitioner who has built successful programs across multiple companies. We will discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and the key aspects of strategy, execution and resourcing need to drive successful and sustainable outcomes regardless of company size.
Larry Megan, Head of Digital, Baldwin Richardson Foods (NY)
TRACK A: Enhancing Operations with DxOps Transformation
Discover how structured planning and comprehensive requirements gathering, combined with advanced integration techniques, can drive significant improvements in your manufacturing operations.
Enhance Decision-Making: Learn about proven solutions that empower leaders to make informed, agile decisions.
Achieve Agile Operations: Understand how thorough requirements gathering lays the foundation for adaptable and responsive operations.
Streamline Advancements: See how common software integration methodologies like SCM, CI/CD, and containerization accelerate implementation and evolution.
Avoid Transformation Pitfalls: Learn strategies to sidestep common challenges in manufacturing transformation initiatives.
Lay the Groundwork for Future Optimizations: Discover how to enhance your current manufacturing output while setting the stage for continuous improvement.
Join us to unlock the strategies that will not only address today's challenges but also prepare your operations for tomorrow's opportunities.
John Vargo, Director - Manufacturing Execution Systems & Digital Supply Chain, RoviSys
TRACK B: Innovation in the Face of Legacy Equipment & Processes
Learn about the challenging yet rewarding journey of one engineer’s work in spearheading a Smart Manufacturing initiative within a traditional manufacturing business. In this session, you will gain firsthand insights into the obstacles and triumphs of transforming established systems and practices with an innovative mindset and industry-leading solutions available to everyone.
Through stories of perseverance and embracing a fail-forward-fast mentality, the session will highlight how leveraging affordable, adaptable new technologies and platforms can deliver swift, lasting results. Attendees will leave inspired and equipped with actionable insights to drive innovation in their own organizations, no matter the age of their equipment or the depth of their legacy processes.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn strategies for gaining support from leadership and workers alike to foster a culture of innovation and adaptability.
- Discover techniques for integrating new technologies without disrupting existing production workflows.
- Understand how to pilot low-cost, easy-to-implement technologies that can demonstrate immediate benefits, helping to build momentum and support for broader adoption across the company.
Don't miss this opportunity to explore how perseverance, strategic planning, and modern technological solutions can revolutionize even the most traditional manufacturing setups.
Tim Knezevich, Innovation Lead, Keystone Threaded Products (OH)
TRACK A: How to Implement a Digital Twin & Gain Greater Control of What's Happening on Your Shop Floor in Real-Time
Building a digital replica of processes and the ability to run a what-if scenario are the main objectives of Digital Twin. Leveraging process simulation, 3-D modeling, and real-time monitoring are key to achieving a Digital Twin of any process. Hear the steps Otis takes when implementing a digital twin of any process within the manufacturing space.
Gain insights into:
Jolly Ehiabhi, Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Otis Elevator (SC)
TRACK B: Jergens Way: Stepping Beyond Technology to Drive Efficiencies
Kurt Schron, CFO at Jergens Inc, provides insights into Jergens' journey to leverage modern technologies in support of their business, sharing lessons learned about people, process, leadership, company culture, and technology along the way.
Kurt Schron, CFO, Jergens Inc. (OH)
TRACK A: Interactive Round Table Discussion
Building a Case: Where To Look For The Highest ROI Use Cases In Your Digital Transformation Journey
Learn how to identify high-ROI use cases, overcome internal hurdles, and measure the ROI impact of software deployments. Hear and share best practices for pinpointing impactful areas, driving adoption, and how to be successful with change management. Learn what success looks like and engage in interactive discussions to share experiences and suggestions.
Led by Dylan Conway, Head of Customer Success, Squint
TRACK B: Your Roadmap to Building Your Digital Capabilities
Hear from local manufacturers who are taking ownership for building their digital capabilities and developing their own strategic Smart Manufacturing roadmap - with a little help from their friends.
Join leaders from two northeast Ohio manufacturers and the NxGen Group as they share insights on their journeys, working within the safe space provided by Manufacturing Works, leveraging invaluable guidance from their facilitators, and learning the roadmap tools provided by CESMII, the national institute on Smart Manufacturing.
Explore what they’ve learned in engaging their organization, addressing key barriers and desired outcomes, and building a successful plan everyone supports. Dig deeper into their stories as proof-points of the region’s commitment to educating the entire manufacturing ecosystem and scaling help to every manufacturer
Moderator: Sophia Long, Manager, Industry & Innovation, Team NEO (OH)
● Mark Dawson, President, Cleveland Steel Tool (OH)
● Doug Keehan, Plant Manager, Advanced Polymer Coatings (OH)
● Jim Wetzel, Founder, The NxGen Group (OH)
Quick Coffee Break & Networking
DATA-DRIVEN POWER & KNOWLEDGE
Chair’s Remarks
Jeff Winter, Smart Manufacturing Advisor, CESMII
PANEL DISCUSSION: How Have You Derived Value from Your Data to Drive Operational Improvements & Business Buy-In for New Investments?
Predictive maintenance, quality control and defect detection, process optimization, and supply chain visibility are all key, well-known areas where data insights can help manufacturers. However, it is also well-known that collecting, managing, and creating meaningful insights from data is not easy.
Join these Manufacturing OT/IT, Continuous Improvement and Quality, and Supply Chain leaders to hear their different perspectives on what works, what does not, and what is next for data management and analysis so that you do not end up with just a load of lakes!
Moderator:
Panelists:
CLOSING KEYNOTE: Using Digital Transformation to Revolutionize Manufacturing
· Value realization in manufacturing to boost OEE and productivity
· IT and OT convergence in people, process, technology, and security
· Sustaining transformation and innovation through factory automation, AI, and responsible change management
Dhananjay Gadgil, Vice President, Manufacturing Operations, Americas, Rockwell Automation (OH)
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Jeff Winter, Smart Manufacturing Advisor, CESMII
Happy Hour Drinks!
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