October 30th & 31st, 2017 | San Diego, CAwww.manufacturing-summit.com
Forging the future direction of American manufacturing
POST EVENT REPORT
The 2017 summit welcomed over 150 senior manufacturing and operations executives to San Diego.
Over 25 sessions motivated and provided them with practical knowledge to drive their organizations’ manufacturing strategies forward.
Amongst many discussions that took place over the two days the key topics included lean and OpEx strategies, advanced digital manufacturing capabilities and developing future leaders.
2017 saw the inaugural American Manufacturing Leadership Awards Dinner take place. Celebrating the achievements of the award winner, Jose Miguel L. Ascaso, the evening gave guests an additional opportunity to network in a more relaxed environment.
Included in this report, you’ll find the presentations approved for release, a snapshot of who attended and how you can get involved in the 2018 Summit.
Thanks to Everyone that Contributed and Attended the AMS Summit 2017
87.5%93.7%
said they learnt something new that could be applied to
their company
said they would attend again
said they would recommend the summit to a friend or colleague
87.5%
DELEGATE TESTIMONIALS
“High quality collaboration” – Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Manager, Arconic
“Excellent event! An opportunity to align with other industries and had a good variety of topics” – Senior Manager- Smart Manufacturing & Technical
Projects, CESMII
“I met some great leaders in industry. I was also impressed with some truly cutting-edge topics” – Director of Manufacturing Operations, Biotix, Inc.
“Outstanding presentations!” – Director, Supply Chain, Kinetic
“Excellent contacts made with the people who participated.” – Director of Business Excellence, Greenfield Global
“Just great, we found the information shared by the speakers very interesting” – Plant Manager, Asteelflash
Latest Manufacturing Technologies for Low-cost, Energy-efficient Manufacturing of Advanced
Polymer CompositesUday Vaidya
Chief Technology OfficerIACMI
The Journey to a Smart Manufacturing FutureConrad Leiva
Chair of Smart Manufacturing GroupMESA International
Increasing People Engagement through Coaching, Mentoring and Empowerment
Stephanie Pullings HartVice President Manufacturing
Nestlé USA - Ice Cream
Moving the World at WorkLorinda F. Lewis, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Continuous ImprovementOshkosh Corp
Developing Leadership Talent Capable of Executing your Manufacturing Vision
Ron DunfordBoard of DirectorsSchreiber Foods
Who Said Nothing is Free? – Understanding the Science of Inventory Reduction
Jack Feng, PhD. Vice President of Operational Excellence
Commercial Vehicle Group
PRESENTATIONS
Driving to Zero: An Executive Discussion and Case Study on Exceptional Manufacturing Performance
Jordan WorkmanDirector of NA & EMEA Client Development
Performance Solutions by Milliken
Smart Manufacturing: Implementing Smart Manufacturing to Improve Energy Efficiency /
ProductivityMiguel Corcio, P.E.
Senior Manager – Smart Manufacturing & Technical ProjectsClean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII)
Time to Bring Manufacturing Back to AmericaRosemary Coates
Executive DirectorReshoring Institute
Best Practices for Manufacturing Digitization & Supply Chain
David StonehouseDirector, Global Connected Enterprise
Rockwell Automation
Rising from Crisis: A Semiconductor Company’s Pursuit of Excellence in Operations
Mario FariaVice President Operations - Americas
The MAX Group
The Future of Conitnuous ImprovementJohn Biedry
Former Senior Director, Global Lean EnterpriseNike
PRESENTATIONS Continued
Implementing Lean on a Global Scale: Succeeding through Diversity of Products,
Processes and PeopleAlejandro Tassara & Richard Hainrihar
Directors, Luvata Production SystemLuvata Special Products
Empowering Employees through Change Management
Greg RadzinskiContinuous Improvement Manager
Becton Dickinson-San Diego
Creating a Technology Ecosystem for Flexible Hybrid Electronics
Jason MarshDirector of Technology
Nextflex
PRESENTATIONS Continued
WHO ATTENDED?
Over 150 senior manufacturing, operations and engineering professionals were in attendance from companies including:
Abbott
GlaxoSmithKline
Bayer
Edwards
Fox Head
Alere
General Atomics
AtriCure
Boeing
Commercial Vehicle Group
Epicure
Advanced Bionics
Amway
Ingredion
Clorox Endologix
General Dynamics
Allegion
Gilead
BaxterClean Energy Smart
Manufacturing Institute
Esterline
WHO ATTENDED? Continued
Kinetico
Lush
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing
Innovation Kellogg’s
Kohler Luvata
Kimball Office
Medtronic
NestleNavistar
Paccar
Nike
PentairOshkosh Defence Philips
Rolls-Royce Schreiber ShireSmart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition
ValsparUS Synthetic Zodiac AerospaceWabash National
WHO ATTENDED? Continued
PRIMARY JOBFUNCTION
27.9%
Operations
24.8%
Manufacturing
11.6%
Engineering Plant Manager
10.9%
Continuous Improvement
10.1%
0.8%
2.3%4.7%
Technology Production
Quality
Supply Chain
ProcurementLean
Automation
Manager27.7%
C-Level9.7%
Senior Manager10.3%
VP14.8%
Director27.1%
Head of0.6%
Plant Manager9.7%
SENIORITY
72.2% Senior Manager or above
WHO ATTENDED? Continued
INDUSTRIES
Aerospace & Defence
Medical Equipment & Devices
Industrial Equipment & Machinery
Food & Beverage Production / Products
Electronics
Consumer Goods
Energy & Utilities
Recycling & Environment
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Academic/ Non-Profit
Automotive
Heavy Vehicles
Other- Metalworking - Construction
- Domestic Appliances & Home Electronics
- Forest Products - Materials Handling
- Software & IT - Textiles
- Transport & Logistics
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SUMMIT GROWTH
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Workforce development & leadership 77.7%
Lean & operational excellence 66.6%
Cost reduction/ assest management and utilization 51.1%
Automation 46.6%
Software 44.4%
New technologies/ products 42.2%
Safety, quality & risk management 40.0%
Corporate social responsibility 20.0%
Regulatory/ quality compliance 13.3%
TOP INVESTMENT AREAS*of the 49 delegates who took part in iSolve
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
The Max Groupwww.maxieg.com
Tijuana EDCwww.tijuanaedc.org
Firestone Building Productswww.firestonebpco.com
Oniquawww.oniqua.com
Systemawww.systemagmbh.de
Performance Solutions by Milliken
www.performancesolutionsbymilliken.com
Rockwell Automationwww.rockwellautomation.com
Lionbridge Technologieswww.lionbridge.com/en-us
3D Systemswww.3dsystems.com
INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING GROUP
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PHOTOS
Hear what the attendees had to say and see the highlights from this year’s Summit.
HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO
JOIN US NEXT YEAR
AS A DELEGATE
To register as a delegate, you must work in an operational role for a company that manufactures goods. EARLY REGISTRATION: $1095FULL PRICE: $1495
Register your delegate place at:www.manufacturing-summit.com/booknow Or contact:Adrian [email protected]+44 (0)20 3874 9209
AS A COMMERCIAL PARTNER
If your company provides products, services or solutions to manufacturers and your responsibilities include business development then you can only attend as a commercial partner. To find out more about commercial partner opportunities please contact:
Jack Jones [email protected] +44 (0)20 3874 9204
Like any good manufacturer we’re focused on continuous improvement and 2018 is going to see a significant change. The AMS Summit will be collocated with the inaugural American Supply Chain Management Strategies Summit. This reflects your evolving role in manufacturing and operations and will provide you with a holistic and harmonized look at companywide operational excellence strategies. This natural progression of the summit will grow the seniority and size of the audience even further, providing you with more valuable intelligence and experiences than ever before.
SECURE YOU PLACE AT THE AMS SUMMIT 2018
Mark Allen Group, St. Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London, SE24 0PB, UKpackagedsummit.com | [email protected] | +44(0)20 7738 5454
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