In a scenario where business is more and more impacted by the Internet and end customers are increasingly able to tell manufacturers exactly what they want and when:
- Manufacturers must respond quickly
- With improved flexibility to enable individualized mass production
- With efficiency to reduce energy and resource consumption.
Merely focusing on the automation of manufacturing processes or on the cost and efficiency of individual production operations is no longer enough to compete in the global marketplace. A holistic approach, spanning the entire value chain and including suppliers, is necessary.
The growing complexity and variation of markets is forcing manufacturers to rethink their source-make-deliver processes, depending on target market locations, requirements and conditions. This requires a closer integration of manufacturing operations in the company’s overall value chain – which will in turn call for harmonization of technologies, the capability to handle massive data flows, the use of appropriate metrics and last but not least, the correct interpretation of this information.
This Seminar will feature a Michael McClellan from MESA International and examples of how automating the manufacturing process can deliver value.
When: Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm CT
Where: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
5601 West 78th Street, Bloomington MN 55439
Meeting Room: Chadwick
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