Agenda

Phil McIntyre, VP, Managing Director, Performance Solutions by Milliken

• Multiple authors indicate that digital transformations often fail to deliver their full potential, but they also highlight common themes across successful transformations
• Pablo has led digital transformations in consulting and industry, and he will share 6 learnings that he believes could help improve the success odds across digital transformation projects
• Pablo will use an example from Bristol Myers Squibb’s digital transformation efforts to explain how each of these principles looks like in practice when applied to an AI/ML use case in operations

Pablo Chavez, Executive Director, Operational Excellence “Compass Fusion Team”, Bristol Myers Squibb

• Research shows that some 70% of (digital) transformations fail as the organizational- and people foundations are not ready to accept/implement the (digital) transformation. However, most transformation projects at P&G do succeed, which rases just 1 question: ‘What does P&G do differently?’
• With IWS, Procter & Gamble/’s OPEX program, P&G builds leadership- and operator capability to drive continuous loss elimination, capability building, and engagement, all factors that are fundamental to transform an organization
• The presentation shows a practical framework what leaders are expected to do to build the needed capability
• The last practical action is how to decide for digital systems and become a smart factory

Tom Porter, Director, Manufacturing Innovation & Capability, Procter & Gamble

• Milliken’s transformation from struggle to global benchmark using zero loss thinking
• What is Zero Loss thinking? Identifying invisible waste in operations, safety & culture
• Making Losses visible, tools & techniques to surface hidden performance killers
• Client application – High impact workshops across functions
• Proven Impact – Real world results & case studies
• Get started – Your path to unlocking performance through Loss Workshops

Darren O’Connor, Director of Business Development EMEA, Performance Solutions by Milliken
Shawn Smith, Director of Business Development – Americas, Performance Solutions by Milliken

Ebose Okondo, Business Consultant, GE Vernova

Nasser Ahmad, Director of Digitalization, Höganäs AB

• Compressed Air is the 4th Critical Utility for plants consuming 10-20% of total energy
• Demonstrating Tamturbo how to reach Sustainability targets with energy savings and up to 90% recovery of the input energy
• Learn how IoT tools offer data for setting and measuring KPI targets
• Sharing a few success stories with leading companies

Hannu Heinonen, Vice President, Americas, Tamturbo

AI dominates today’s headlines, yet for many in manufacturing, the question is still: Where can AI actually help me, and what does it take to make it work? This session takes a practical look at how AI can tackle real challenges in manufacturing, planning, and supply chain operations:

• Which categories of AI are truly relevant for manufacturing, and the problems they can help solve
• The groundwork you need to make AI deliver value for you
• Why AI is best seen as the “brain in a jar” – powerful, but only effective if connected to the real world

John Rogelstad, Managing Consultant, The Logic Factory

Darren Kline, Director of Manufacturing Solutions , GoEngineer

• Understand why checklists alone do not build lasting organizational change
• Discover the Stratical™ model: integrating strategy, tactics, and culture
• Explore a real-world MES rollout case study and lessons learned
• Learn how to move from compliance to commitment at all levels
• Build rituals and systems that reinforce your organizational purpose
• Take away practical tools to drive cultural transformation in your own teams

Barrett Hopper, Director of Manufacturing and Operations, MKS Inc.

• In this interactive and engaging presentation, Ricardo will highlight the 8-Whys of Operational Excellence failure to deliver sustained value.
• Why #1: This is not my Baby!
• Why #2: The Why, What and How are ‘easy peasy lemon squeezy’
• Why#3: The grass and some Metrics are Greener over the septic tank
• Why#4: Preaching about Diet while Eating Cake
• Why#5: Forgot to add Flour to the cake
• Why#6: The A and the I in AI
• Why#7: At least some Seasoning on that filet-mignon
• Why#8: The Cherry on top of the Pie

Ricardo Estok, Former Global Ops. Transformation at Goodyear and Mfg. Excellence Transformation at Johnson Controls.

• Manufacturing companies – especially those in the automotive supply chain – are facing ever-increasing competition and price pressure
• To secure sufficient contribution margins, reducing both variable and fixed costs has become essential
• Stringent plant governance and productivity through effective shop floor management are non-negotiable. They provide the foundation for daily employee-driven continuous improvement and reliable goal achievement
• At the same time, grown overhead structures often restrict agile decision-making and lean workflows. Modern assessments of these structures enable substantial reductions in overhead and leadership layers, generating significant annual savings
• ConMoto, part of Horn & Company, has been a trusted partner to the manufacturing industry for decades. We support companies in assessing and implementing more efficient processes and structures, driving down manufacturing conversion costs, and ensuring readiness for sustainable, profitable growth

Henning Bruns, President and Managing Partner, ConMoto

• Challenge of fragmented data: Manufacturers struggle with siloed systems (ERP, PLM, etc.), inconsistent formats, and poor data quality—hindering supply chain transparency, compliance, and sustainability initiatives
• Data maturity journey: Companies evolve from manual data wrangling (novice) → system integrations without feedback loops (intermediate) → centralized master data governance (advanced), enabling accurate, scalable insights
• Makersite’s role: Provides a unified platform connecting 150+ data sources into a single product model, delivering 60+ outputs across cost, risk, compliance, sustainability, and supplier insights in real time
• FLSmidth: Automated LCAs for complex mining equipment, embedding carbon transparency into tenders and procurement, unlocking compliance and competitive advantage.
• Microsoft: Cut Surface Pro’s footprint by 28%—automation reduced LCA effort from months to minutes, improved data accuracy, and freed resources to focus on reduction strategies
• Business impact of connected data: Faster time-to-market, lower costs, stronger compliance, and sustainable product innovation—meeting regulatory, customer, and investor demands

Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Vice President of Sales – Head of North America, Makersite

Discover how a manufacturing company can drive safer, more sustainable, and cost-efficient operations through Lean-based digitalization. Learn how digital workers, data insights, and standardized platforms deliver impact — and why people and culture remain central to success.

• Manufacturing at a turning point: safety, sustainability, and competitiveness demand change
• Lean first: streamline workflows before automation and optimization
• Three-pronged approach: Digital Workers & Smart Agents, Data-Driven Decisions, Standardized Platforms
• People at the center: technology empowers, it doesn’t replace

Nasser Ahmad, Director of Digitalization, Höganäs AB

• Why so many AI projects fail… and what to do to prevent these failures
• The importance of People and Processes before Technology
• Culture as an enabler, not a disturbance
• Not one in a Million: AI project gone wrong

Dr. Marcel Schaefer, Senior Program Coordinator, Fraunhofer USA

Phil McIntyre, VP, Managing Director, Performance Solutions by Milliken

• AI is accessible: You don’t need to be a coder, no-code tools make AI approachable for all skill levels
• Start small, think big: Rapidly prototype solutions like predictive maintenance and forecasting before scaling
• Prove ROI early: Validate impact and reduce risk by testing use cases before full investment
• If you can spreadsheet, you can AI: Familiar tools and simple steps make it easy to get started

Hao Dinh, VP Technology, Enpro

The opportunities for improvement we cannot afford to ignore in the 21st century, including:

• How to lead change across sites through Lean/CI mindset
• Increased Learning and Development of tools and methodology to improve the culture
• Implement standardized work, processes, tools, and metrics to drive lean initiatives

Gayle Bayer, Director, Continuous Improvement Americas, Grammer Americas

• The $$$ value of implementing a sustainable planned work culture
• IPSPEC Planned maintenance work execution cycle.
• Implementing an effective multi-week scheduling process using Industry/AI 4.0 technologies with a dedicated focus on minimizing equipment failure risks and maximizing maintenance technicians’ wrench time
• Making Maintenance and Operations work as a team with the common goal of maximizing production capacity.
• Implementing an organization-wide long-term sustainment program to provide permanent value.
• Measuring and sustaining the value across the organization

Jean Charbonneau, President, CiM Maintenance

• Drivers for your digital transformation journey
• Why MES is the foundational element of your operations
• How to align digitalization processes from plant to enterprise, from local to global
• Smart Factory technologies accelerating business growth and opportunities (Cloud, Analytics, AI,…)
• Customer Journeys

Mike Bradford, DELMIA Strategic Business Development Director, Dassault Systèmes SE

• Trends in AI adoption
• Outcomes ServiceNow is enabling across the value chain
• Broader dialogue for the group to discuss real use cases (in pilot or practice)

Michele Hendricks, Director, Inspire Value, ServiceNow

• Exploring a real AI use case from an automotive body shop of a large OEM
• Success stories from lab to shopfloor
• Glimpse into the future: from AI to support inspection to AI orchestrating processes

Dr. Marcel Schaefer, Senior Program Coordinator, Fraunhofer USA

• Strategic Alignment – target business issues tied to enterprise strategy
• Lay the Foundation – unify data from ERP, MES, OT&A, Quality, and Field data into one data platform
• Build Analytics – enable descriptive, predictive, prescriptive, and GenAI capabilities
• Business Insights – deliver insights for the highest-value cases
• Value Creation – quantify benefits for factories, dealers, and customers

Tauseef Ahmed, Former Group Product Manager – Manufacturing Data Platform & Analytics, John Deere

• Using Data Science to help optimize processes and open new business areas and services
• Developing analytical prototypes to reduce downtimes, ensure the high level of machine manufacturing and develop new business models in the process
• Using Deep Learning to develop self-optimizing algorithms and realizing an intelligent predictive maintenance system
• Detect errors and anomalies in advance and thus prevent unforeseeable machine failures, as well as to optimize processes globally and increase machine availability

Daniel Reed, Sr Manager Digital Operations, Baldwin Richardson Foods