The National Association of Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Leadership Council recognizes these world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders for their outstanding efforts.

Manufacturers of the Year

  • Large Enterprise – Flex
  • Small/Medium Enterprise – Starkey

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

  • Bart Talloen, Vice President, Operational Services and Standards, Johnson & Johnson

Project Finalists and Winners

 

AI and Machine Learning

  • WINNER: Schneider Electric USA, Inc. – Schneider Electric NA Supply Chain – Artificial Intelligence Guided Vision Adoption
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. – Cassandra: Improving Factory Quality Alert Root Cause Cycle-Time with AI/ML
  • Clarios – Waking Up Old Processes with Data Science and Machine Learning
  • Flex – Creating an AI/ML-Powered Vision Inspection Tool
  • Ford Motor Company – Ford and GFT Harness AI/ML to Improve Vehicle Manufacturing Productivity by 5 to 10%
  • GE Renewable Energy – Safety M.A.T.E. (Machine Learning and AI Tool for EHS)
  • Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – Advanced Data Analytics Pharma Technology (ADAPT) Production Yield Improvement
  • The Hershey Company – Smart Complexity: AI-Based Network Optimization Engine for Integrated Portfolio Decisions
  • IBM – AI Characterization of Order Backlog to Autonomously Detect Data Anomalies
  • IBM – ML-Synergy – Machine Learning-Based Solution for Synergy Between Manufacturing and Service in IBM Supply Chain
  • Intel Corporation – Unleashing the Promise of Shared Equipment by Applying Machine Learning
  • Intel Corporation – Zero Defect Escapee Using AI
  • ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division – Pulp Mill Performance Enhancement through Advanced Analytics
  • John Deere – Quantifying Value from Data and Analytics Investments Supporting John Deere Smart Industrial Strategy
  • Maxion Wheels – Maxion Wheels Casting Process Digital Twin Using Big Data and AI
  • Pfizer – Increasing Manufacturing Throughput with Timely Closure of Investigations
  • Voith US Inc. – Ensuring High Quality through Analytics: An AI-Based Predictive Quality Solution for Monofilament Extrusion

Collaborative Ecosystems

  • WINNER: Dow Inc. – Embracing the Digitalization of Material Science with PU Predictive Intelligence
  • Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – Accelerating Tech Transfers through a Multi-Disciplinary Scale-Out Approach
  • The Greenbrier Companies – Virtual Sample Railcar™ (VSR)
  • Hitachi Energy – Remote Installation and Commission of High Voltage Circuit Breakers
  • Johnson Controls, Inc. – Creating Velocity through a Digitally Threaded Collaborative Ecosystem
  • Johnson Controls, Inc. – Digital Solutions Transform Business at JCI Wuxi Chiller Manufacturing
  • Maxion Structural Components – Maxion Structural Components Cruzeiro Improves Productivity with Lower Power IoT Sensors
  • Owens Corning – Transforming Operational Capabilities with Superior Remote Support

Digital Network Connectivity

  • WINNER: Celanese – A Connected Digital Twin of the Future
  • The Boeing Company – Digital Thread for Additive Manufacturing: Enabling Quality at Scale
  • Eastman – Embracing Enterprise Mobility for Frontline Workers in Intrinsically Safe Operations
  • Essity – A Digital Approach to Improving Safety and Productivity
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation – Delivering Security Insights: Digital Asset and Risk Discovery in Manufacturing
  • MillerKnoll – Digital Hour by Hour at MillerKnoll
  • MxD – Cyber Marketplace
  • Nexteer Automotive – Nexteer Manufacturing Digital Transformation
  • Siemens – Monterrey Cooling System Monitoring through MindSphere
  • Siemens Smart Infrastructure Electrical Products – Industrial Network – Foundational Element of Our Digitalization Journey
  • Starkey  – A Fully Connected and Predictive Equipment Management System (EMS)
  • Whirlpool Corporation – Project Lodestar – Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Web Application

Digital Supply Chains

  • WINNER: IBM – Supply Chain Resiliency Advisor – Risk-Constrained Materials Requirements Allocation Optimizer
  • Anheuser-Busch InBev – Revolutionizing Supply Chain Connectivity and Transparency: The SODA Platform
  • AUO Corporation – Zero Missed-Delivery Over the Troubled Water
  • BAE Systems – Seeing the Future Supply Chain Impacts
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. – Analytics Driven Ecosystem – Managing Field Quality Challenges and Customer Mitigation
  • Fictiv – Fictiv Globalization of Digital Supply Chain Solution with India Expansion
  • Flex – Joint Risk Management: Shifting Supply Chain Risks from Unknown to Known
  • Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain Cold Chain Real-Time Temperature Monitoring
  • Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain Manufacturing Assets and Consumables Track and Trace
  • KLA – KLA Incoming Parts Attributes Data Digitization, Analysis and Visualization
  • MxD – Supply Chain Risk Alert 2 (SCRA2)
  • National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) – Advanced Manufacturing Crisis Production Response (AMCPR)
  • Protolabs – Prototyping-to-Production Supply Chain Solution
  • Roche – Digitizing Management of Critical Materials for Product Supply

Engineering and Production Technology

  • WINNER: Johnson Controls, Inc. – DC1 Sprinkler Assembly Automation
  • Applied Medical – Automation Cell with Advanced Technology to Inspect and Manipulate Semi-Transparent Film
  • Corning Incorporated – Multi-Scale Business Modeling Applied to Manufacturing Supply and Demand Planning
  • Corning Incorporated – Video Analytics for Process Understanding
  • General Motors – Robot End Effector for Flexible Manufacturing
  • General Motors – Thermal Distortion Simulation and Mitigation
  • Grace Technologies, Inc. – Engineering and Producing a Life-Saving Electrical Safety Device
  • Helvex – Design, Development, and Validation of New Bathroom Strainers
  • Intuitive Surgical – RFID – Digital Transformation
  • JELD-WEN – Digitalizing Shop Floor Processes for Transformational Impact
  • Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain Mix-DEPOT
  • Lexmark International, Inc. – Real-Time Automated Tracking of Parts for Cost and Quality Improvement
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Robotic Countersinking System
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – The Automated Structural Laser Cleaning (AutoSLC) System
  • Maxion Wheels – Maxion Wheels Thailand Optimizes the Paths to Higher Productivity
  • MxD – SMART – Standards for Metrology-Aided Robot Technology
  • National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) – ALSAM – Acceleration of Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing
  • National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) – AXIOM – Additive eXtreme Improvement in Optical Mounts
  • Nexteer Automotive – Predictive Analytics to Improve Product Quality and Performance
  • Pfizer – Accelerated Deployment of Pfizer’s Next-Gen OEE Solution – Workcenter Performance Monitoring
  • Saudi Aramco – Hybrid Produced Water Treatment Technology
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company – Creating a Ful’fill’ing Environment Through Collaboration
  • Siemens Smart Infrastructure Electrical Products – Digital Twin Enabling Rapid Manufacturing of Highly Variable Electrical Designs
  • Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. – Propelling Aerospace Through Concurrent and Collaborative Digital Design Manufacturing

Enterprise Integration and Technology

  • WINNER: Jabil – AI Automatic Visual Inspection Driven by 5G and Edge Computing
  • Albemarle Corporation – Digital Transformation – Albemarle Way of Excellence
  • All Metals Fabricating – Integrated ERP Solution Improves Machine Utilization by More Than 150%
  • Anheuser-Busch AB InBev – Transforming the Operations: An Innovative Brewery of the Future Program
  • BAE Systems – I4.0 Machine Data Platform: Enabling a Manufacturing Defense Cloud and Scalable Analytics
  • Corteva Agriscience – Corteva Agriscience FutureERP
  • Eastman – Enhanced Material Tracking Utilizing Mobile Devices and SAP Warehouse Management
  • General Motors – eDiagnostics: Empowering Manufacturing with the Right Data, Right Time, at Their Fingertips
  • Hologic Inc. – Hologic Costa Rica: Applying Technology to Management Performance in Manufacturing
  • Jabil – JABOT: Factory Automation through Transport Management System (TMS)
  • Nexteer Automotive – Global FIFO Inventory Management and Lot Control Traceability Strategy – JFK
  • Pure & Gentle – Pure & Gentle Creates a Next-Generation Custom Digital Dealer Portal
  • Sylvamo Corporation – Developing an IT Organization for a Successful Transformative Company

Operational Excellence

  • WINNER: Corning Incorporated – SmartFlow – Advanced Analytics, Modeling, and Control for High-Volume Wareflow
  • Anheuser-Busch AB InBev – Revolutionizing Problem-Solving: The Power of Integration
  • The Boeing Company – T-7A Redhawk: The Factory of the Future
  • Dow Inc. – Digital Turnaround Productivity Improvement
  • Hexcel – Hexcel Future Factory
  • Intel Corporation – Automated Classification and Separation of Statistical Process Control Data
  • Intertape Polymer Group – Operational Excellence Utilizing an Analytical Approach
  • Rockwell Automation – Closing the Loop in the Supply Chain
  • Zebra Technologies Corporation – Holistic Lean Six Sigma Adoption Among Zebra Manufacturing Suppliers (Tier 1 & Tier 2)

Sustainability and the Circular Economy

  • WINNER: dsm-firmenich – Bio-Vitamin A: New Technology Development that Dramatically Improves Sustainability
  • ALOM Technologies Corporation – ALOM R2NZ Roadmap to NetZero Supply Chain
  • The Boeing Company – Aerospace Manufacturing Phaseout of Cadmium Plating to Alkaline Zinc Nickel
  • CertainTeed – Technology Upgrades for a More Sustainable Manufacturing Future
  • Dow Inc. – Delivering Carbon Neutrality and Socio-Economic Value with Renewable Energy
  • Flex – Flex Supplier Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Program
  • Helvex – New Technology for Zero Water Consumption in the Urinal with TDS (TOTAL DRAIN AND SEAL)
  • Hologic Inc. – Expanding Innovation for Sustainability
  • Intertape Polymer Group – Sustainability Program Implementation at Intertape Polymer Group
  • Lexmark Internacional S.A. de C.V. – Lexmark Carbon Neutral
  • Lexmark Internacional S.A. de C.V. – Sludge Waste Reduction and Raw Material at Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Pure & Gentle – Pure & Gentle Moves Toward a Carbon-Negative Future
  • Rheem Manufacturing Company – Delivering A Greater Degree of Good™ Through Sustainable Products and Manufacturing
  • Toray Resin Company – Blue River Solar Facility
  • United Scrap Metal – Enabling Sustainability and the Circular Economy Across the Metals Value Chain
  • Vital Farms – Egg Central Station: Raising the Standards of Food Production
  • VSP Optics – Creating a More Sustainable Company and Leading Optics Brand in the Market
  • Whirlpool Corporation – Sustainable Operations
  • Zebra Technologies Corporation – Improving Environmental Sustainability of Packaging Solutions Using Retention Film Cartons

Transformational Business Cultures

  • WINNER: Cisco Systems, Inc. – Digitizing the Supplier Quality Engineering Workforce
  • AUO Corporation – The Univactory of AUO: How We Learn and Perform
  • Barilla – Barilla’s Transformative Diversity and Inclusion Journey
  • Essity – Transforming Culture – An Employee Ownership Journey
  • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company – Plant Optimization: Empowering the Shop Floor at Goodyear’s Plant in Pulandian, China
  • Helvex – From Strategy to Action – Helvex Way: A Philosophy with Passion
  • Hologic Inc. – Hologic Cosa Rica Intern Program
  • Intertape Polymer Group – Driving a Digital Onboarding and Empowerment Culture
  • Jabil – Creating an Agile, Data-Driven Culture at Jabil
  • Lockheed Martin – Machinist 4.0 – Cornerstone of the Future Factory
  • M. Holland Company – The Plastics Company Empowering Innovation with Family Values
  • Marvin – Driven by Purpose, Guided by Values – A Framework for the Next 110 Years and Beyond
  • Pfizer – Extended Reality (XR) at Pfizer – Creating the Covid Vaccine at Lightspeed!
  • Saint-Gobain Life Sciences – Transforming Culture through Trust, Empowerment and Collaboration
  • Starkey – Master Artist – Custom-Made Hearing Aids
  • Whirlpool Corporation – I-Improve Suggestion System
  • Winnebago Industries – Elevating Excellence in Operations through Resiliency, Flexibility, and Agility

Manufacturing in 2030 Award Winners

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev – Transforming the Operations: An Innovative Brewery of the Future Program
  • AUO Corporation – The Univactory of AUO: How We Learn and Perform
  • The Boeing Company – Digital Thread for Additive Manufacturing: Enabling Quality at Scale
  • Flex: Joint Risk Management – Shifting Supply Chain Risks from Unknown to Known
  • Flex – Flex Supplier Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Program
  • General Motors – eDiagnostics: Empowering Manufacturing with the Right Data, Right Time, at Their Fingertips
  • IBM – ML-Synergy: Machine Learning-Based Solution for Synergy Between Manufacturing and Service in IBM Supply Chain
  • Pfizer – Extended Reality (XR) at Pfizer- Creating the COVID Vaccine at Lightspeed

Individual Finalists and Winners

Digital Transformation Leadership

  • WINNER: Melanie Kalmar – Dow Inc.
  • Suvajit Basu, Goya Foods, Inc.
  • Gerald “JJ” Creadon – Jabil
  • Jeff Drewett – Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
  • Michael S. Gliedman – Ranpak
  • Jonathan Harris – Corsair Gaming, Inc.
  • Brad Heath – VIRTEX Enterprises
  • Cory Massey – Greene Tweed
  • Jean Olivieri – Fictiv
  • Priya Rao – Worthington Industries
  • Oscar Repping – Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Diego Silva – Gates Corporation
  • Edgar Su Su-Choug – IBM
  • Daniel Szabo – Körber Digital GmbH
  • Bart Talloen – Johnson & Johnson
  • Mike Tomasco – Pfizer
  • John Wood – The Chemours Company

Next-Generation Leadership

  • WINNER: Amanda Ahrens – Dow Inc.
  • Nura Aden – General Motors – Ultium Cells
  • Emily Ambrose – Saint-Gobain Life Sciences
  • Amy Cuccaro – General Motors – Ultium Cells
  • Gloria Belem Hernandez – Starkey Hearing Technologies
  • Jacob Michael Hubert – Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
  • Ashley Jamison – General Motors
  • Eric Kozikowski – MxD
  • Ryan Miely – General Motors – Ultium Cells
  • Ethan Torres – Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
  • Andrea Saraí Peña Urzúa – IBM
  • Shane Whitaker – Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Partners in Collaborative Innovation

  • Arch Systems
  • Assent, Inc.
  • AT&T Business
  • BDO
  • Dassault Systèmes
  • ECI Software Solutions
  • GFT
  • IoTCo
  • L2L
  • LeanDNA
  • NTT DATA
  • Predictronics
  • Seeq
  • TheMathCompany
  • West Monroe