FW5: Getting Started with Smart Manufacturing Workshop

*This conference session requires registration and payment.

Introduction to Smart Manufacturing
In this kickoff to our workshop, we will set a common foundation for smart manufacturing, discuss attendee goals and motivations and review why, how & what manufacturers are investing in for Smart Manufacturing.
Will Healy III – Universal Robots

Going Beyond OEE
OEE is a great indicator to let you know how you are doing. Now you know how efficient or inefficient you are. What are the next steps? We are going to explore various tools to improve your productivity by identifying the root cause of inefficiency.
Jonathan C. Kim – Amada America, Inc.

5 Steps – Put People+Process First for Ongoing, Successful Digital Transformation
5 Key Steps for successful, ongoing digital transformation for competitive advantage from digital transformation: How to create a people, process and cultural environment that enables rapid, painless adoption of new technologies relevant to your business as they become available. Move beyond case-by-case technology implementation, how to ensure people, process and technology work together, how to achieve immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change to Technology: The Last Thing You Need for Digital Transformation.
Paul Vragel – 4aBetterBusiness, Inc.

Collaborative Automation
People-centric technology investments are becoming an important tool for manufacturers to overcome workforce shortages and skilled labor challenges. With re-deployable, productivity-boosting collaborative automation technologies, manufacturers are finding new ways to define return on investment both financially & in their workforce engagement. In addition, manufacturers are extending the careers of the workers they have, increasing production consistency and raising productivity in facilities large and small.
Will Healy III – Universal Robots

Real IIoT Case Studies: Uncovering Benefits, Limitations, and Pitfalls of IIoT Implementation
The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the way industries operate by providing real-time data and automation capabilities. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) specifically targets manufacturing and industrial environments, offering benefits such as increased efficiency and cost savings. This talk will present real-life case studies of IIoT implementation in sheet metal manufacturing, uncovering the benefits, limitations, and pitfalls encountered during implementation. The case studies include examples of increased productivity, improved processes, and remote monitoring capabilities.
Jonathan C. Kim – Amada America, Inc. 

Why UWB RTLS is the Right Technology for Manufacturing Environments
Manufacturing facilities offer unique challenges for RF technologies. By their nature, factories are busy, noisy places with a large amount of metal and a lot of moving parts and machines. Metal reflects RF, and most other surfaces attenuate or weaken any signal passing through. A manufacturing facility needs to make sure the RF or RTLS system they’re evaluating is accurate, secure, scalable, flexible, and first-and-foremost: actually works in a real manufacturing environment. Because facilities do not have clear sight lines and contain large metal machinery, many technologies cannot do all the above functions accurately and reliably. This presentation will explore different RTLS and RF technologies, and why UWB RTLS performs the best in non-line-of-sight highly reflective environments.
Logan Maxwell and Mark Dirks – WISER Systems

Understand the Opportunities for Vision AI to Digitally Transform your Operations
Manufacturers are seeking opportunities to digitally transform their operations to reduce costs, increase output, and/or increase quality. Many of these manufacturers are investigating Vision AI as an opportunity, but often don't know where to start. AI implementations in manufacturing are perceived as expensive with uncertain returns and requiring specialized personnel to implement. In this presentation you will learn the steps required to help you identify where Vision AI systems can be applied along with what it takes to build, implement, and support a vision system..
Derek Bleyle – ClearObject

Digital Transformation’s Next Evolution: The Industrial Metaverse
Augmented and Virtual Reality adoption has grown significantly in gaming and consumer applications. However, use in the enterprise is limited. AR has a small role as an improved method for viewing work instructions. VR is utilized occasionally in training, providing simulations of real-world scenarios without risk. Can these technologies do more in the factory? Could they address workplace issues in an impactful way? Join us to hear about the role of these game-changing technologies enabling the future of remote manufacturing.
Gerry Abbey – Rockwell Automation

Building a Strong Cybersecurity Defense in an Increasingly Connected World
As more and more cyber and ransomware attacks continue to target the manufacturing space, it is becoming increasingly important for organizations to practice the basics of protecting their assets. If you've ever known a business that was affected by an attack, you know that it can create chaos and cost millions of dollars. The presenter takes you through simple methods to make sure your business isn't an easy target and how you can prevent your organization from being attacked using case studies from real customers. In today's digital landscape, your company simply cannot afford to miss this.
Leah Dodson – NextLink Labs

Building YOUR Smart Action Plan
Attendees will wrap-up the bootcamp knowing their next steps. We will discuss: building a strategy, developing a plan of action, linking objectives to goals, identifying stakeholders, pitfalls to avoid, getting buy-in, asking for budget and more. Our goal is to prepare you for a presentation to your executive organization so that they can say yes to your next project.
Will Healy III – Universal Robots

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Conference Pricing

Conference Tracks: 3D/Additive, Automation, Cutting, Laser, Finishing, Forming & Fabricating, Job Shop, Lean, Management, Marketing & Sales, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Stamping, Workforce Development (See below for Welding Track)