Customized Manufacturing at Massive Scale has long been a bridge too far. No longer. The emergence of a specific suite of technology combined with a post-pandemic sea-change in consumer expectations – the world of smart manufacturing has turned on its head. Successful organizations are now joining Product, Process and the Consumer into one fully integrated digital thread.

And the recipe for success is not just with the process, at the very core – the people on the product development, manufacturing floor and in after-market services must engage in a formal structure to manage through this significant change in ways-of-working.

Come hear about the Connected Value Chain, Equipment Efficiency, Secure Digital Threads, Sustainability drivers and how to tie this all together to gain a competitive advantage by making your Smart Manufacturing……Smarter.

The labor shortage is a continuing trend for manufacturing and a key demographic – women – is largely untapped.  Recruiting more women into the industry requires thinking differently, deploying new technology and redefining processes around how you attract, hire and retain women.  Ms. Grealis has insights from more than 3500 companies and will be sharing best practices and thought leadership on this critical and timely topic. 

Arguably, digital transformation in manufacturing is well understood, accepted, and well underway. The focus is shifting to now achieving true scale, repeatably. For digital transformation to keep realizing its promise, the focus must shift to repeating the virtuous cycle of business value creation consistently and efficiently.

What does it take to achieve and maintain business scale, while involving and engaging all stakeholders, from both the domains of IT and OT? How does one “industrialize the boardroom”? 

These sessions provide hands-on demonstrations of innovative and cutting-edge technologies that are helping to shape the future of your organization.

Discover the challenges facing CISOs, CIOs, CROs and Engineering leaders in a highly connected environment. Adversaries are shifting focus to attack vectors focused on IT and OT convergence, embedded devices and ‘Smart’ everything. Discover the security solutions that you should invest in to effectively deal with the increasingly intelligent attacks and better protect your critical assets.

In recent years, the recurring theme of Digital Transformation enabled by new technologies like IoT, Edge Computing, 5G and AI brought the attention not only to incredible business opportunities, but also to significant risks that a more open and connected world faces in term of Security. In this panel we will discuss:

• State of the art in terms of Technology Security, with a focus on connected operations and connected products

• What are the weakest elements you should focus on first to improve your security protection

• How to include ‘security by design’ in your operations and products, without impacting productivity and user/customer experience

• The increasing role of AI in Cybersecurity (good and bad)

• What’s next in terms of Technology Security and Cyber Threats

Implementing digital technologies at scale requires establishing trust.  How do you ensure confidence in delivering on the promised value and effectiveness?  Can you create solutions that are secure, safe, and private?  How do you gain the enthusiastic buy-in and upskill your customers and workers?  

Entrepreneurs behind innovative solutions will each present pitches on why their technology is best and how it will add the most value to business. After some tough questions from our judges, the audience will have their chance to vote on which technology they are more likely to implement within their own organizations. Who should win this startup challenge?

While we may be past the pandemic and want to be done talking about it, the lingering effects are still in play.  Our "human" resources continue to be impacted in ways that directly affects our enterprises.  When you couple that with the paradigm shifts happening in the Manufacturing arena, thinking and acting differently will be keys to continued success.  Let’s talk about how we prepare, plan and perform differently going forward.  

The technology innovations impacting tomorrow’s connected products and production strategies are coming at a rapid pace. Driving the vision of a fully transparent lifecycle from product conceptualization through production and distribution, to a fully informed, useful and optimized experience for our customers. Efficient digital transformation of all aspects of industry, and emphasis on the trustworthiness of systems are essential to this vision.    

Chuck Byers, CTO of the Industry IoT Consortium, has been at the heart of many of the most innovative technologies we are implementing today, from the wired, wireless and optical network technologies our products and plants use, to Fog & Edge Computing, the application of AI, and much more. Prashant Kelker, ISG Chief Strategy Officer will join Chuck for a fireside chat to explore the innovations we can expect to accelerate and transform the way we work, live, learn and play, how consumers will acquire and interact with our products, and how the value chain will evolve. ISG's Shafqat Azim will join Chuck.

These sessions provide hands-on demonstrations of innovative and cutting-edge technologies that are helping to shape the future of business.

Manufacturing companies are making significant commitments towards Sustainability with an estimated $5 trillion of economic opportunities from sustainable business models by 2030. Sustainability initiatives are driving enterprises to adopt new operating models, with visibility across all operational aspects. Learn how enterprises are driving ESG initiatives throughout Sourcing, Product Design, Operations and Distribution in their journey to Net Zero.

Digitalization and sustainability are of equal importance and need to be embraced and delivered. Your connected value chain and digital thread are part of your sustainable manufacturing foundation. Our panel of industry experts will reveal their 2023 sustainable manufacturing initiatives and ESG goals and tackle questions such as:

•   What sustainable manufacturing concepts are being taught to next-gen engineers?

•   What artificial intelligence (AI) based advanced engineering system can support sustainable manufacturing goals?

•   How can automated data analytics and metrics reporting support your sustainable manufacturing and ESG journey?

Manufacturing organizations are evolving toward more environmentally friendly and socially responsible practices. These range from product design to manufacturing to consumption. This shift is necessary to address the urgent challenges of climate change and resource depletion. At the same time, it enables the creation of a more sustainable future for generations to come. Digital technologies like IoT, AI/ML, digital twins, and 3D printing improve resource efficiency and support sustainable supply chain management. They do this by enabling better management of energy consumption, more detailed and accurate lifecycle assessments, and optimization of sustainable product design. In this session, we'll share practical approaches to using data-driven decision making. The process begins with collecting, analyzing and processing vast amounts of data from different stages of the manufacturing value chain. The aim is to enable real-time decision-making that drives reductions in waste, energy consumption and emissions, improving resource efficiency and product quality.

The manufacturing sector accounts for nearly one-fifth of all forced labor exploitation of adults. 

In today’s investment landscape, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors are becoming increasingly important to investors when deciding where to put their money.

As such, ESG has taken residence on center-stage for many corporations. We’re accustomed to corporate accolades for progress towards a more diverse and inclusive workforce, efforts towards carbon-neutrality, and philanthropic initiatives, however, discussions of recognizing and remediating potential slavery in a company’s supply chain are sparse often due to a lack of knowledge and fear of scrutiny.  Modern slavery is a paramount problem particularly in manufacturing. Many companies struggle to determine where modern slavery exists in their complex supply chains. 

During this session, we will explore the prevalence of modern slavery and the impact slavery has on investors and consumers. We will also discuss how you can uncover modern slavery in your supply chains and best practices for managing supplier relationships where slavery may be present. By addressing these critical issues, we can work towards a more ethical and sustainable business environment in an industry inherent with substantial risk of slavery.

Digital has enabled organizations to move from a sequential value chain of silos, to a multi-dimensional value chain of outcomes. Regardless of their technical ecosystems, organizations have begun stitching together a smart and connected value chain designed to achieve high value outcomes. From enhancing customer experiences to improving ROI, a connected value chain is enabling organizations improve their market position. In this panel, we explore how organizations are approaching their journey towards the smart and connected value chain. Key discussion topics include:

•    Sharing responsibility, accountability, and outcomes across the value chain
•    Key capability use cases driving high value opportunities
•    Moving from pilot to scale with sustainable value realization
•    Cross-functional governance and development management
•    Leverage of collaborative platforms, IoT, and data & analytics capabilities
•    Where is your biggest opportunity to increase ROI?

Properly managed “smart” connected devices offer significant value to businesses, from improved decision-making to potentially new business models and revenue-generating opportunities that can provide a huge competitive advantage.   However, implementing a cloud-based, smart application that is secure and sustainable has many significant challenges, such as lack of standards, interoperability with existing systems, security and scalability. These challenges must all addressed before companies can reap the benefits.  

Discover how Carrier, the leading global provider of healthy, safe, and sustainable building solutions, with the help of Eviden and AWS, are able to deliver a solution that enhances the operational performance, sustainability, safety, and security of buildings for their customers.

These sessions provide hands-on demonstrations of innovative and cutting-edge technologies that are helping to shape the future of business.

You've heard the buzzwords Metaverse, ChatGPT and AI.  In this presentation you will learn how the ChatGPT explosion is already shaping the industrial metaverse - from content creation to analytics, and how to prepare Enterprise metaverse planning to be inclusive of ChatGPT.  

In addition, ISG will share insights on how Enterprises should consider structuring next generation technology strategy roadmaps to align with industrial metaverse attributes, including remote collaboration and predictive maintenance processes.

From simulation, to collaboration, to virtualization, the advanced technological capabilities like AI, machine learning, and the Metaverse will unlock business outcomes for areas of product development, production planning, supply chain management, and others. In this panel, we explore how organizations are embarking on their Industrial Metaverse journeys, and dive into topics including:

- Leveraging simulation to build and distribute products more effectively, efficiently, and sustainably
- Replicating assets, processes, and performance through Digital Twins to extract value
- Enabling collaborative, virtual, and smart platform environments throughout the value chain
- Building digital models to improve planning, consumption, and shifts in production
- Optimizing logistics, transportation, and energy for reduced waste

While Smart Manufacturing delivers cost-savings benefits in terms of more efficient processes, higher yields, fewer defects, and greater flexibility, it also involves a significant investment.  Furthermore, integrating with planning, logistics and customer systems involves a host of complexities and interdependencies which can have a significant cost impact.  In this session, we will discuss key cost drivers and strategies to mitigate them by 30% or more. 

After a day of great content, what do you do with it? ISG will provide guidance on what your next steps should be for your digital transformation!

Many conferences and summits are good networking events, this session however will turn information into action. Through a moderated design thinking workshop, ISG will lead the event through a session where every attendee can leave with actionable outputs customized to your own organization. using a mass customized approach, we will walk through a co-creation methodology where you will translate what you've seen, heard and experienced into something real for your organization to make real change.