As the Engineering Lead for Manufacturing Engineering within Airbus’ Silicon Valley-based Innovation Center, Acubed, Trevor Johnson will bring all his experience to bear on why so many companies get stuck in pilot purgatory, in some cases for years, and how you can avoid it. These bottlenecks are preventing manufacturers from realizing any real digitalization benefits and lead to stagnation of the existing toolset. Find out:

·        What these pilot bottlenecks are that cause companies to get stuck in pilot purgatory

·        The elements and benefits of proper pilot planning and goal setting to improve stakeholder accountability and accelerate success

·        How you can gain a competitive edge by identifying the positive markers that your product is ready to scale up to full implementation

Although many acknowledge the three vital steps of any digitalization plan are the right organizational structure, skilled people and teams and then innovative technologies, too often the first two steps are skipped. It’s easy to get distracted by the cool new applications and technologies, but if your company is not ready to adopt them you can waste a lot of time and money, and end up in dreaded pilot purgatory. This panel of experts will: 

• Share some of their pain points and lessons learned on their digitalization journey

• Outline what departments and people should be involved in planning a successful digital transformation

• Discuss strategies and tactics for getting all stakeholders to buy into the visions and plan – from c-suite to factory floor (or vice versa)

As a contract manufacturer, Jabil strives to be the most technologically-advanced and trusted manufacturing solutions provider. To be able to drive this vision, we are focusing on our processes to prioritize customer needs and expectations. During the presentation you will get more insight into Jabil - who we are; integrating iBPM in our strategy & operating system; iBPM strategy and architecture; the first 15 Months; the overall roadmap and Jabil iBPM, Signavio In use.

After initially focusing for three years on digitalizing its factories, American multinational Johnson & Johnson, with annual revenue of $81.6 billion is currently looking more broadly at end-to-end transformation. This new focus includes external customers, vendors and consumers by scaling its closed-loop process management. As a supply chain management expert, Sultan will explain how a customer-centric focus will help you:

• Ensure value-creation and process improvement remain central to your strategic plan and execution.

• Continuously create value – vertically and horizontally -- at every stage of you process transformation

• Keep your eye on the prize to ensure new technologies adopted are more than dazzling and actually add value 

Discover some of the reasons why Simpson Manufacturing, an engineering firm and building materials producer, decided to utilize the latest workforce technology to prepare for the future of work and how they are leveraging Kronos technology to help adapt to the unexpected as well.

Developing a Data Literate Workforce of the Future to Fully Unleash the Power of Industry 4.0

Data literacy will become a ubiquitous skill set that employees at most levels of a manufacturing organization will have to learn in order to fully support digital transformation. Stephen will navigate the audience through the most important data literacy skills that are table stakes today, and those that will raise the ante in the future:  

• How will workforce data literacy requirements change pre- and post- digital transformation?

• What data analytics skills does the workforce of the future demand? Are you ready?

• What are best practices to upskill your workforce to unleash the power of your data?

While top executives intrinsically know digitalization will improve processes, reduce costs and ultimately increase revenue, many have been loath to invest in it heavily, pressing their teams for fast ROI and immediate hard benefits. The Covid-19 pandemic is changing all that and challenging the long-held strategies and processes that will no longer work.

But how do you measure opportunities lost from failure to move quickly enough as competitors eclipse you? Will you ever be able to catch up? Passionate about this topic, Jesper will share his considerable Industry 4.0 experience on convincing the c-suite to bolster investment by:

• Putting on your sales hat to convince executives of the intangibles such as competitive-edge erosion and fear of obsolescence

• Using your pilot programs intelligently to achieve significant wins in key areas of your operation that are important to executive management

• Clearly outlining the deliverables and milestones you should hit that will convince the c-suite to finance full implementation

There has never been a greater challenge imposed upon manufacturing and supply chains around the world than today. These disruptions are having dramatic effects on corporate leaders who are responsible for organizational strategies focused on value and optimized revenue. We know normal operations have changed, but how do you determine which initiatives will have the greatest impact on optimal asset utilization and how do you operationalize digital transformations at scale?

Key Takeaways:

• Gain insight on how customers can unlock value creation using impact, speed and scale

• Create a prescriptive framework to enable business goals, boost productivity and increase business resilience and agility

• Learn how PTC and the PTC partner ecosystem can jointly drive the execution and enablement of digital transformation

One of the byproducts of digitalization is the deluge of Big Data, which many manufacturers have not yet figured out how to harness and optimize. But the data is key and with the right analytics strategy will enable companies to convert data into operational insights.

Our phone research identified these companies as leaders in advanced analytics. This panel of manufacturing experts is custom-made to help you:  

- Understand the importance of developing an advanced analytics strategy and what its components should be

- Identify best practices to enable continuous processes improvements based on actionable insights and pattern recognition

- Move from real-time analytics to predictive -- and prescriptive -- analytics to improve processes and productivity  

In this case study, Josef will share how MTU Aero Engines achieved flexibility and agility in production processes, increased productivity and reduced costs and overall risk. He will walk us through the vision of the plan, the organizational change it required, the enabling technologies used, the architecture and blueprint for success, and the results of implementation.

IIoT, the Cloud, and the use of wireless devices and technologies in today’s smart factories can leave manufacturers vulnerable to cyber espionage and cyber criminals that want to disrupt your business success for their financial gain. In this session our experts will share:

• The types of cyber risks and cybercrime manufacturers face today, which has only accelerated during the Covid-19 crisis

• Identify where there is weakness in your cybersecurity plan and where and how you should “plug up the holes” 

• How to stay ahead of cyber criminals and their new techniques by engaging your people at all levels to protect what matters most to your smart factories.  

(each attendee can participate in TWO 30-minute roundtable sessions)

3:00-3:30 pm

• What Value Can Digital Twins Bring to Your Organization? - Moderators: Benjamin Randall and Becky Brown, Braincube 

• Cybersecurity: Incorporating it Into your Industry 4.0 Strategy – Moderator: Stephen Mellor, Chief Technology Officer, Industrial Internet Consortium

• Digital Assistant for Remote Inspection and Quality Control – Moderator: Sultan Aziz, Senior Director, Product Supply Strategy Management, Johnson & Johnson 

3:30-4:00 pm

• Transforming Big Data into Actionable Insights – Moderators: Paul Trelc and Briana Wolf, Braincube

• Cybersecurity: Incorporating it Into your Industry 4.0 Strategy – Moderator: Sandra Estok, Founder, Way2Protect

• Exploring Edge Computing to Reduce Latency and Costs – Moderator: Jon Lang, Research Manager, Worldwide IT/OT  

  Convergence Strategies, IDC Manufacturing Insight