Scaling Smart Manufacturing & Industrial AI: The Interoperability Forum

Business Value, Architecture Foundations and Demonstrated Capabilities for Getting There

Presented by the Manufacturing Leadership Council and CESMII, The Smart Manufacturing Institute.

The Challenge

Manufacturers Have a Competitiveness Problem. Which is also a Data Problem.

Manufacturers have invested billions in automation, digitalization, data platforms and AI. Yet many continue to struggle with the same challenges:

Data trapped in disconnected systems
Costly, custom integrations
AI initiatives that fail to scale beyond pilots
Vendor lock-in that limits flexibility and innovation
Inconsistent information across plants, systems and supply chains

The issue isn’t a lack of technology. The issue is a lack of interoperability.

Without a common way for systems, applications and data to work together, every new initiative becomes another integration project—another data silo!

Why Attend?

This forum brings together manufacturing business leaders, digital transformation teams, architects, engineers, technology providers and system integrators to demonstrate how interoperability creates the foundation for scalable smart manufacturing and industrial AI.

Participants will learn how leading manufacturers and technology providers are moving beyond one-off solutions and adopting architectures that enable:

Faster, lower cost deployment of digital solutions
Reusable and portable applications
Reduced integration costs
Greater flexibility across vendors and platforms
Scalable AI and advanced analytics
Improved operational performance and business outcomes

The Audience

For Manufacturing and Business Leaders

Interoperability is emerging as one of the most important drivers of manufacturing competitiveness. By enabling portable applications, reusable solutions and seamless information exchange across systems, interoperability lowers the cost of innovation and accelerates the deployment of smart manufacturing capabilities.

Manufacturers that embrace interoperable architectures are better positioned to improve productivity, quality, workforce effectiveness, supply chain resilience and AI-driven business outcomes at scale.

For Technical and Architecture Leaders

Explore practical approaches for designing and building an interoperable manufacturing environment through: