This webinar was originally broadcast on December 12, 2024.
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Summary
Whether it’s safety, compliance with defense contract rules, environmental standards or ISO quality ratings, manufacturers constantly have to track and document their performances against stringent sets of external metrics. The good news is that means they’re collecting vast sums of data that can be converted (with the help of AI and other digital tools) into higher productivity, lower costs, improved quality and smoother supply chain operations.
The bad news? Getting those improvements demands a solid foundation for getting that process and regulatory data to a place where it can create opportunities. Making matters more challenging – vast sums of manufacturing data are, well, messy and disparate.
Financial services data are nice and pretty – all numbers on a spreadsheet. Manufacturing data hides in CAD files, PDF images of various documents or buried on the fifth reply of a 22-entry email chain.
In this webinar, manufacturing and data experts will discuss how to create the right environment to pull critical information from multiple ERP, MES and regulatory tracking systems into one place where AI can generate actionable insights. Join IndustryWeek and Qlik to understand how embracing data and AI can future-proof your manufacturing processes, improve decision-making, and unlock new opportunities for growth.
Key discussion areas include:
- How several manufacturers have tackled the challenge of structuring their data, and what results they’ve achieved
- How to start building that data foundation for future growth and opportunities
- Cross-sector learnings, what manufacturers can take away from successes in other fields
- Why when you’re talking AI, data quality isn’t garbage in garbage out, it’s garbage in exponential disaster out
Speakers
Vijay Sharma | Global Senior Managing Director - Data & AI / Global Lead for Industrial AI | Accenture
Undertaking his role at the intersection of business value outcomes, industry, and Data & AI domain expert, Vijay is an authentic leader thriving on collaboration and building trusted partnerships. Focused on unlocking 360-degree business value for his clients and driving profitable growth, Vijay thrives in shaping and leading large-scale value lead AI & Data driven business reinvention programs that fuel extraordinary growth.
Prior to this role, Vijay led and built Accenture’s AI & Data-led Transformation practice and GTM capability for Europe, driving value-led industry transformation at C-level to help drive that 360-degree value.
His motto in life revolves around change: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often, both professionally and personally.” Vijay is always at the ready to unlearn and relearn.
Susan Dean | Director of Business Technology | Takeuchi US
With a focus on business intelligence and analytics for over 25 years, Susan has worked across industries and business functions for Cognos, Mölnlycke, GE, NCR and SunTrust. In her current role, Susan is the Director of Business Technology at Takeuchi US Manufacturing, in Pendergrass, Georgia, where she oversees all aspects of technology for North America
Susan is a graduate of Emory University with a BA in Political Science.
Sharad Kumar | Field CTO - Data | Qlik
Sharad is a data & analytics thought leader, strategic thinker, and technologist specializing in GenAI, Data Products / Data Mesh, Data Integration, Data Governance and Cloud. In his current role as Field CTO for Data in Americas at Qlik, Sharad Kumar is responsible for technical leadership, customer engagement and sales support around Qlik’s diverse portfolio of data integration and data quality products.
Prior to joining Qlik, Sharad was the founder of Mozaic Data, pioneering the development of an innovative Data Product Experience platform. Prior to that, as Global CTO of Accenture’s Data & AI group, Sharad worked with some of the largest data-driven customers assisting them with their data strategy and transformation to Cloud.
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