2025 Agenda

• How to deliver maximum end-to-end PERFORMANCE with minimal effort
• How to enable problem solving at SCALE with cross-functional teams
• How to RETAIN your people by enriching their work day and sense of purpose
• How to leverage a zero loss mindset to build in excellence LONGEVITY

In this session Performance Solutions by Milliken (PSbyM) will show you how the best organizations are thriving in the current challenging landscape and how their teach-coach-mentor model of partnership helps these organizations engage their employees to excel with rapid ROI.

• A perfect storm is hitting the front-line workforce in manufacturing. The combination of high turnover and a multi-year learning curve is leading to a drop in average tenure and a loss of domain knowledge. This negates the improvements from investments in new technologies and leaves productivity stagnant
• Solving the front-line workforce issue starts with making operators more effective, faster, and more confident when making process changes to increase line speed, improve quality, and reduce costs
• Mike Patulski, General Manager & Production Supervisor at INX International, and Willem Sundblad, CEO and Co-Founder of Oden Technologies, will lay out the steps, tools, and lessons learned in overcoming these challenges and delivering breakthrough production gains
• You’ll learn the secrets behind INX 20% OEE gain through the use of Oden’s Data analytics and AI solutions
• Mike will dive into how they scaled this solution and where they are headed next in using AI and analytics to close the productivity gap in both new and experienced operators

In today’s rapidly evolving environment, manufacturers must navigate the complexities of discrete, process, and complex manufacturing while ensuring efficiency, compliance, and innovation. This session explores SAP’s integrated manufacturing solutions, designed to streamline production, optimize operations, and drive business value. Attendees will gain insights into the strategic advantages SAP brings to the manufacturing industries in general and manufacturing execution and production control specifically.

• Unprecedented convergence and pace of disruption are challenging manufacturers ability to become a talent magnet while the workforce is simultaneously demanding a differentiated experience due to structural forces.
• Organizations need to pivot from a digital-first orientation to a Humans@Center focus and engage key levers across organization, technology and culture that prioritizes holistic employee engagement to drive efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Procter & Gamble offers a unique case study of a best-in-class organization that has realized sustained performance improvement and ongoing innovation with a people-first, enhanced employee experience strategy.
• Supply chain leaders need to reframe their transformation agendas to focus on the one function that truly creates value and competitive differentiation – manufacturing superior products that drive brand choice.

Join Sight Machine to see how streaming, transforming and analyzing plant floor data – in real-time and at enterprise scale – optimizes plant productivity, operator workflows, resource use, supply chain, after-sales support, and enable generative AI copilots.

• Utilizing  IBP Inventory Optimization to enhance profits
• Ensuring data integrity with S/4HANA
• Weekly Supply Planning process with Order Based model for Production Planned Orders