Data and Decision-Making: Connecting The Big Disconnect

Manufacturing companies underutilize an abundance of available knowledge that could point to a more profitable future. What's needed is an information excellence plan for strategic management and analysis of large sets of data.

Most manufacturing companies don't holistically manage all of the data coming into their operations from a multitude of functions. Yet, within this information lies highly valuable knowledge that can help leaders and managers to see which decisions are most likely to achieve desired outcomes. By developing an enterprise-wide data-management and analysis strategy -- information excellence -- companies can efficiently harness this knowledge and empower all levels of the organization to make decisions that are most likely to achieve strategic goals.

In this webinar, attendees will hear the results of an IndustryWeek reader survey that documents a rising influx of data into manufacturing companies, a trend that will continue. Simultaneously, many companies lack processes to manage this flood of information and glean its highest value: Insight that helps leaders to make decisions that support strategic goals. The presentation will address this disconnect, describing in detail how using the right tools is crucial to transforming data into knowledge, and delivering the right information to the right people, in the right quantity, at the right time.

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Speakers

Tonya Vinas
Project Leader
IndustryWeek Custom Research

Tonya Vinas is a business-to-business communications/content specialist with a focus on manufacturing and technology. She works with IndustryWeek Custom Research to manage research projects and produce resulting content such as reports, whitepapers, and online events. She formerly held the positions of Managing Editor and New Media Editor at IndustryWeek. Prior to this, she worked as a business reporter, features writer, assistant bureau chief, and copy editor in the newspaper industry. She also has experience in healthcare marketing and public relations. In addition to IndustryWeek, her clients include global business software and solution providers, process-improvement consultants, manufacturers, business-process and financial-services providers, international trade journals, and national trade associations.
 

Mike Newkirk
Director of Marketing and Supply Chain Solutions
SAS

Mike Newkirk is the Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Solutions at SAS. He has a 30-year background in manufacturing-based companies, primarily in capital equipment for automotive, aerospace and defense, and electronics assembly. He is responsible for the development of industry-specific marketing initiatives for SAS® solutions in manufacturing, life sciences, and energy markets. He has a bachelor's degree in industrial management and an MBA. He has been certified by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

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