Is Your Shop Floor Ready for the AI Era?
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Manufacturing is at an inflection point. AI is forcing industry to rethink how it manages manufacturing operations. However, the data AI needs to succeed often lives in five disconnected places: a CMMS here, an MES there, a spreadsheet for skills tracking somewhere else.
Point solutions can each get "smarter" on their own, but none of them can give AI what it actually needs: one connected view of the shop floor.
Join Rick Franzosa, Vice President of Research for Manufacturing at Tech-Clarity, and John Davagian, CEO of L2L, for a candid conversation on why unifying maintenance, production, quality, and skills on one platform, rather than integrating a patchwork of point systems, is what actually fuels real AI value.
This discussion includes:
- Point Solutions vs. Platform: Why fragmentation, not AI itself, is the real blocker, and what it means to build operations software as one connected system from the start.
- What Top Performers Do Differently: Independent research findings on how leading manufacturers approach analytics and AI investment.
- From Systems of Record to Systems of Action: Why documenting what happened isn't enough anymore, and what it takes to orchestrate what happens next - across maintenance, production, and the frontline workforce.
- The Road Ahead: How you and your organization can pull away from the pack over the next few years.
Speakers
Rick Franzosa
Vice President - Research for Manufacturing
Tech Clarity
Rick Franzosa is the Vice President of Research for Manufacturing for Tech-Clarity. He covers MES/MOM and transitional technologies that support the evolution of manufacturing software technology into the age of Industry 4.0 and AI.
Rick has over 40 years of experience in manufacturing software technology, including 10 years as an analyst (Gartner) in addition to experience in design, manufacturing, and software engineering in aerospace and defense companies. He was involved in the early days of both PDM and shop floor solutions as they morphed into today’s PLM and MES solutions. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Hartford.
Rick’s current areas of research include the role of MES/MOM in a sea of new technologies from both end-user and technology provider perspectives. This includes technology and how technology improves the decision-making skills and competency of the manufacturing workforce. He enjoys working with manufacturers and software solution providers on how to improve performance and create business value.
John Davagian
CEO
L2L
John leads L2L in its mission to eliminate blockers and drive productivity by moving manufacturers from collecting data to taking action. Under his leadership, L2L has become the "Heartbeat of the Modern Factory," helping global brands turn intelligence into billions in reclaimed value by closing the gap between seeing a problem and solving it.
Moderator
Josh Roffman
Chief Marketing Officer
L2L
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