DAY 1: TUESDAY JUNE 21, 2022
7.30 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: STARTING & SCALING
8.30 am CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS + SPEED NETWORKING
9.00 am Presentation: ADVANCING INTERNALLY & EXTERNALLY: THE EVOLUTION OF STANLEY BLACK & DECKER’S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
Benefit from insights into the platforms built by Stanley Black & Decker to achieve business prowess, and the digital technologies and partners integrated into the business’ processes. Understand the journey: wins, losses, and key lessons you need to note. Then discover how you can evolve the transformation tools employed internally to bolster external client offerings.
9.25 am Presentation: INDUSTRY 4.0 – THE FUTURE OF PRODUCTIVITY
The Future of Productivity requires resilient, customer-centric, and sustainable operations.
• The power to move production enabling any plant to produce any product at any time.
• Industry 4.0 principles
allows you to react in real-time to changing customer demand and dynamic supply chain challenges which has become the new normal.
• The focus on end-to-end processes is required to tap the full potential out of Industry 4.0
• Bring intelligence to the plant with “closed loop,” data-driven optimization of end-to-end business processes.
• The traditional boundaries between R&D, Manufacturing, Logistics and Operations
are dissolving within the enterprise and across the supply chain.
• It is not about capacity, but responsiveness.
• Bring data-driven processes and operational flexibility to the entire business.
9.45 am Panel Discussion: DIGITAL MANUFACTURING: STARTING WITH THE BUSINESS OUTCOME & TRANSFORMING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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 implement successful digital transformation strategies.
Discussion to be centered around:
PEOPLE: How to do change management right? How to steer through 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? How to come up with viable investment and financial strategies?
PROCESSES: How do you get your existing systems, and new ones, 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?
MODERATOR: DR. FEDERICO SCIAMMARELLA, PRESIDENT & CTO, MxD
10.30 am NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK
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11.15 am | CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
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11.20 am | POWERING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES WITH SERVICE DATA With the right data, what type of insights can a business unlock? And more importantly, how can that information be used to drive value across engineering, sales, finance, supply chain, and more? Join Mark Hessinger, Senior Vice President of Global Customer Success at 3D Systems Corporation, and Aquant for a session on how their business and process transformation unlocked previously untapped insights from service tickets, driving business value across the organization. We’ll take a deep dive into how to leverage previously hidden data for transformational insights. Learn more about 3D Systems’ service insights journey, including how the organization:
| THE GREAT PIVOT TO SERVITIZATION – Are you ready? The increasing pace of innovation is changing customer expectations on the value and outcomes that products should provide. This change is forcing manufacturers to transform not only how they sell, but how they manufacture, service and design.
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11.40 am | SCALING YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FROM THE GROUND UP The data-driven analytics and automation provided by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 can provide substantial rewards to small and midsize manufacturers. However, the road to Digital Transformation is not without risk. Learn where to begin, how to get your team to engage, and how to get the most from your data. Move beyond the theory, with the story of how I transformed my shop from the grease and grime of old manufacturing to high-tech precision machining.
| MANUFACTURING A NEW CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Building connected products, in a connected age, brings together a set of new challenges for manufacturers. From user experience issues to questions around how to integrate with new systems, to getting pricing models and marketing methods right, fresh approaches to strategy are needed. However, perhaps the biggest obstacle is finding a way to understand today’s customers’ changing expectations. Hear how Bunn has met the challenges created by bringing IoT to their traditional offerings, and the extensive technology investments they’ve made to support their advancement on the digital transformation journey.
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12.05 pm | Panel Discussion: INDUSTRY X.0 101: GETTING STARTED WITH DIGITAL MANUFACTURING This panel brings together large, medium, and small-sized manufacturers to focus on how to get started with digitalization. Hear stories about how manufacturers took their first steps away from manual, pen and paper, analog management, to implement real-time digital tools and the power of data. Panelists discuss where they drew inspiration for digital transformation and what they learned along the way. Take away lessons in:
Moderator: CARLOS GONZALEZ, RESEARCH MANAGER, OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, IDC
| Panel Discussion: DELIVERING DATA-DRIVEN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES The manufacturer’s customer base is changing, with the increase in available digital touchpoints and data insights requiring new steps to optimize experiences across channels like dealers, distributors, and digital commerce. Join digital experts to address:
Moderator: PRASHANTH SANKARAN, VP DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, BUNN
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1.50 pm | WHAT IT TAKES TO BE COBOT READY This presentation will describe the process to get started on your CoBot journey and prepare for scaling up as projects are development and deployed. The key steps that will be discussed are:
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2.15 pm | DEFINING THE OT, IOT, IIOT, XIOT, & WHY SECURING THEM IS CRITICAL TO THE UPTIME & SAFETY OF YOUR OT ENVIRONMENT Best practices for getting started with an XIoT asset visibility program. Next steps in the journey to securing the XIoT once you gain visibility. How to measure the success of your XIoT visibility program.
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2.35 pm | DRIVING PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE INNOVATION AT THE POINT OF EXECUTION WITH DISTRIBUTED, DATA DRIVEN INTEGRATION, INSIGHTS, AND GOVERNANCE Join this technology leader to understand how to innovate product lifecycle management through a data-driven approach to integrating and managing industrial IOT and PLM data consumption models at the point of execution. Discussion topics include:
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3.00 pm | NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK | ||
SMART LEADERSHIP & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
3.40 pm CHAIR’S WELCOME BACK
3.45 pm LEADERSHIP 4.0 & HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
How do you communicate you vision, connect the people and implement the key strategies effectively? Join the GM of a global manufacturer to fine tune your people management for the digital age. Learn how you retain, and retrain, and discover the key to building a culture of transparency and innovation.
4.10 pm CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY
One size does not fit all when it comes to training on technology implementation. Join this manufacturing and operations training leader to:
4.55 pm MANUFACTURING X.0 INNOVATION DEN
This ‘shark tank’ session will consist of 3 x 10-minute pitch-style presentations showcasing the latest vendor innovations on the market!
Hear 10-minute presentations on hot solutions, then listen to the presenter answer the judging board’s questions, before voting for the product you find to be the most impressive, via the Whova Event App.
The winner will be announced at the beginning of Day 2 of the conference, in the Chairperson’s opening remarks.
JUDGES’ INTRODUCTION
PITCH 1: FLORIAN BARTHOLOMAEUS, PRESIDENT, OCULAVIS
PITCH 2: AMANDA DOTTEN, SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE, PROCEEDIX – A SYMPHONY INDUSTRIAL AI COMPANY
PITCH 3: JOSH ZEIDMAN, VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, KINTA AI
5.45 pm CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
5.45 pm - 6.45 pm NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: WEDNESDAY June 22, 2022
8.00 am NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
8.45 am CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS & ANNOUNCEMENT OF INNOVATION DEN WINNER
9.10 am THE NEXT WAVE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON MANUFACTURING
The manufacturing industry has been relatively immune to the digital disruptions which have rocked so many other industries, including financial services, media, and financial services. There are various reasons for this, but the latest wave of digital technology innovations – such as cloud, new sensor technologies, wireless connectivity, and advanced analytics – foreshadow significant changes to come for manufacturing. The data from IDC’s Worldwide Future of Operations survey provide a glimpse into the impacts of these technologies on manufacturing. Carlos Gonzalez, Research Manager, OT Transformation Strategies, will share some of the findings as well as IDC’s recommendations for successfully navigating this future.
9.30 am IMEC INTERACTIVE 60-MINUTE WORKSHOP
To better understand the industrial landscape of today and plan for the future of Illinois manufacturing, David Boulay will engage the audience to explore possible outcomes of key influencers like workforce changes, automation adaption, and increased innovation. By using real time data to track current and long-term trends, participants will not only leave with a better understanding of the potential of Illinois manufacturing, but the beginnings of a roadmap to help them get there.
10.30 am NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK
KEYNOTES: FUTURE RESILIENCE
11.10 am DEEP-DIVE SESSION: APPLICATION OF AI IN MANUFACTURING
How do you leverage AI and Machine Learning to fulfill their great promise?
Understand your variables collected, accurate domain knowledge, lead time, how to collect difficult data sets, partner choice, and democratize your data.
The checklist before executing AI may seem exhaustive, and this presentation is here to act as a guide, providing the answers to the questions to help you avoid an expensive mistake.
11.35 am ACCELERATING INNOVATION BY EMBRACING THE FUTURE OF WORK
An overwhelming majority of CEOs identify retaining the right talent as a primary risk to their organizations. The COVID pandemic has catalyzed the adoption of remote work -- and dramatically changed the dynamic between companies and workers. Leading companies are shifting from traditional build, buy, borrow frameworks to human capital strategies focused on cultivating an ecosystem of employees, solution providers and partners, consultants, and independent workers. Partnership approaches allow these leading companies to execute more work, faster.
11.55 am Panel Discussion: DIGITAL AGILITY – CASE STUDY DISCUSSION IN THE TOOLS & METHODOLOGIES BEHING DIGITAL RESILIENCE
Join this session to ensure you have the answers you need surrounding today’s popular methodology and technologies in smart, connected, and strong manufacturing.
Moderator: MIKE UNGAR, CO-FOUNDER, INDUSTRY 4.0 CLUB
12.35 pm NETWORKING & LUNCH
1.45 pm Meet and board bus for MxD FUTURE FACTORY FLOOR TOUR
Transportation provided to and from MxD to the Swissôtel Chicago, IL.
MxD FUTURE FACTORY FLOOR TOUR
MxD, the nation’s digital manufacturing institute and the National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing, virtually welcomes attendees back to its innovation center in Chicago with an updated tour.
Find out more: www.mxdusa.org/factory-floor
Transportation provided to and from MxD to the Swissôtel Chicago, IL.
