Exploring the Characteristics of Smart Manufacturing Leaders, Live from the Smart Manufacturing Experience

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Dec 5

There’s no doubt that Smart Manufacturing has a plethora of benefits for manufacturing organizations. It can help speed up your processes, improve your product quality and reduce your costs.

But effective Smart Manufacturing adoption lies with the leader. That’s why host Chris Luecke asked seven industry leaders for their Smart Manufacturing tips and tricks on our latest bonus episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, recorded at the Smart Manufacturing Experience at SOUTHTEC.

They discuss how leaders can cultivate a Smart Manufacturing mindset through their organization, why it’s OK to start with small changes and why factory floor teams should be involved in discussions before leaders make Smart Manufacturing decisions.

Plus, discover how you can leverage the benefits of Smart Manufacturing in four actionable steps.

Head to the previous episode for Part 1.

Guests in this episode include:

Jeff Winter – Sr. Director of Industry Strategy, Manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions America
Habib Quazi – Director of Innovation & Business Transformation, ExxonMobil
Rick Van Dyke – Sr. Director of Supply Chain Engineering, PepsiCo
Rick Bullotta – Founder of ThingWorx
Sanjeev Heda – Principal Industry Consultant, IoT Division, SAS
Sudarsan Rachuri – Federal Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Olivia Morales – Solutions Architect, CESMII

Questions Jeff answers in this episode:

What is your definition of Smart Manufacturing and, more importantly, how would you describe a "smart manufacturing mindset?"
What have you learned from being on the Advisory Board to the Smart Manufacturing Executive Council with CESMII?
What's the latest evolution or trend in how manufacturing leaders are approaching their Smart Manufacturing initiatives within their factories or enterprises?
From your experience, what does it take to start adopting that mindset?

Link to Manufacturing Happy Hour’s original podcast page