2024 Manufacturing Leadership Award Finalists and Winners

Manufacturers of the Year

Project Winners and Finalists

AI and Machine Learning

• BAE Systems – Machine Learning with Automated Optical Inspection of Die Substrates
• Cooley Group – Machine Learning in Extrusion for OEE Yield Optimization
• Corning Incorporated – CET Extrusion Service Die Prediction
• Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – Igniting Advanced Data Analytics with the Roche-Genentech Data Computation Platform
• Intel Corporation – An AI-Based Solution for Real-Time Inferencing of Semiconductor Wafer Probing  Process
• Intel Corporation – Machine Assisted Diagnostics for Quality, Safety, and Repair Root Cause Analysis
• Maxion Wheels – Product Development Driven by Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning: An Advanced Engineering Approach for Sustainable Efficiency
• Novelis – Plant of the Future with AI/ML
• Saudi Aramco – Shaybah Production Optimization via Integrated AI and Simulation Solutions

Collaborative Ecosystems

WINNER: Anheuser-Busch InBev – Revolutionizing Sensory Tasting and Transparency: The SensoryOne Platform

• Architectural Fabrication – Collaborative Ecosystem: Optimization Leads for 233% – 316% ROI
• EnerSys – Managing Daily Improvement to Better Serve Our Customers
• Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – Virtual Product Home (VPH) – A Collaborative Knowledge Management Tool
• Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – ITOT Business Support Squad
• Hyster-Yale Group | Hyster-Yale Materials Handling – Traffic Management Platform
• MxD – Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Operational Technology (CyMOT) with UMBC

Digital Network Connectivity

• Cisco Systems Inc. – AI-Driven Hardware xDVT Using Telemetry and its Impact on Manufacturing
• Hitachi Energy – Digitalization the Grid via Smart Assets and Remote Services
• MxD – MxD Sensor Kit
• Peterbilt Motors – Revolutionizing Connectivity: Automation Network with Private Cellular and 5G
• Whirlpool Corporation – Manufacturing Digital Transformation

Digital Supply Chains

WINNER: The Wonderful Company – Farm to Shelf: Producing, Packing, and Delivering the Perfect Mandarin with IoT and Cloud Technologies

• Cisco Systems Inc. – All-Around Risk Governance Utility & Solution (ARGUS) – Early Component and Product Risk Monitoring and Mitigation through Closed Looped Corrective Action
• Cisco Systems Inc. – Product Lifecycle Knowledge Hub
• Dow Inc. – Dow’s Evolution of Real-Time Product Availability
• Modine – Modine Implements LeanDNA for Digital Supply Chain Transformation
• NCDMM (National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining) – NE Defense Supply Chain Enhancement for Additive Manufacturing
• Nexteer Automotive – Manufacturing and Engineering Sourcepro
• Viapath Technologies – Educating, Enabling, and Serving Correctional Facilities with Advanced Technologies
• The Wonderful Company – Farm to Shelf: Producing, Packing, and Delivering the Perfect Mandarin with IoT and Cloud Technologies
• Zebra Technologies – Improving Supply Chain Resiliency with Operational Excellence

Engineering and Production Technology

• ANCA – AIMS: Creating a Flexible Ecosystem to Revolutionize Manufacturing
• The Boeing Company – Boeing Defense Field Operations: Additive Manufacturing (AM) Aircraft Repair and Retrofit at Remote Customer Sites
• Corning Incorporated – Predictive Analytics for Injection Molding
• Corteva Agriscience – INATREQ™ Bacterial Strain and Process Improvement
• Eastman – Improving Agility, Quality and Startup Time through Digital Checkout and Commissioning
• ESAB Corporation – Warrior Edge 500 CX
• Jabil – Automation Re-engineered: New I/O Controller PCBA Cuts Setup Time
• Lockheed Martin – Edge Coating Verification Cell
• Lockheed Martin – Digitizing and Automating Faster Kitting
• Maxion Wheels – New Process Design Frontiers through Advanced Simulation, High-Performance Computing and Top-Notch Data Science
• Peterbilt Motors – Driving Connected Manufacturing Excellence: Ignition Platform Integration into Shopfloor
• Plastikos Medical – Plastikos Medical’s Automated Packaging System
• Symmetrix Composite Tooling – How a Digital Fabricator Manages Three Plant Locations with Ease Using ERP
• Whirlpool Corporation – SlimTech™ Insulation – New to the World Manufacturing Process
• Zebra Technologies Corporation – Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities for Optical Image Capture Camera Modules

Enterprise Integration and Technology

• Flex – Qualifying Processor BGAs for Cloud Organizations in the Era of 5G
• Hologic Costa Rica – IT Transformative Technologies to Improve Processes at Hologic Costa Rica
• MxD – Rapid and Secure Deployment of Medical Devices and Instrumentation: Lungs-in-the-Loop
• Parker Hannifin – Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Throughput as a Service (MTaaS)
• Tamarack Products – How a Job Shop Increased Machine Utilization by 10% in One Year

Operational Excellence

WINNER: Owens Corning – New Digitally Enabled Remote Support Strategy Drives Record Manufacturing Results

• Anheuser-Busch InBev – Next-Level Maintenance Now in Your Hands: The Maintenance Execution (MAX) App
• Cooley Group – M4.0-Integrated Environment Empowers Team to Drive Change
• CoorsTek – CoorsTek Model Plant Implementation
• Corning Incorporated – Enabling Cost Visibility at Actionable Level
• Corteva Agriscience – RINSKOR™ Herbicide Launch Manufacturing Process
• Dart Container – Rapidly Boosting Operational Efficiency with Connected Workforce Technology
• EnerSys – Enersys Common Cell Tubular Project
• Flex – A Digital Management Platform for Operational Efficiency and Quality
• Foundation Wellness – Implementation of MES with IIoT Technology to Improve Real-Time Visibility and OEE
• General Motors – Improving Manufacturing with Automated Bin Picking
• General Motors – Improving Laser Welding Quality with Smart Vision Technology
• GM Defense – GM Defense Doubles Production and Leads Industry Best Practices
• IBM Corporation – Empowering Supply Chain by Manufacturing Transformation
• Intel Corporation – Simplification and Automation of Extraordinarily Complex and Dynamic Production Lines in the Semiconductor Industry
• Intertape Polymer Group – Analytics and AI Accelerating Factory Efficiency – Intertape Polymer Group Midland, NC, Plant
• Lockheed Martin – VAST (Virtual Aircraft Systems Troubleshooter)
• MORryde International – Low-Cost, High ROI Manufacturing System for Operational Excellence
• Northrop Grumman – Performance Management Takes Flight at Northrop Grumman
• Oshkosh Corporation – Revolutionizing RCV Manufacturing with Industry 4.0
• Pella Corporation – Transforming Continuous Improvement and Accelerating Productivity through Smart Factory Integration
• Peterbilt Motors – Cab Trim One Piece Flow
• Samuel, Son & Co., Limited – Optimizing Aluminum Extrusion: Advanced Die-Copy Performance Enhancement Program
• Schneider Electric NA – Platforming Business Intelligence for Continuous Improvement
• Scientific Games – Innovative Production Technology for the Lottery Instant Scratch Game Global Market
• Swinburne University of Technology – Industry 4.0 SME Manufacturing Business Readiness Program in Partnership with Cablex
• Zebra Technologies Corporation – Lean Six Sigma 4.0 Business Process Optimization

Sustainability and the Circular Economy

WINNER: Intertape Polymer Group – Sealing the Promise of a Greener Future: Sustainability Scaling

• Benchmark – Benchmark’s 2023 Environmental Challenge
• The Boeing Company – Reusable Packaging for Regulated Materials Distribution
• Celanese – Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) to Chemicals
• Corteva Agriscience – Sustainable Manufacturing Process for the Launch of ADAVELT™ Active
• Dow Inc. – Dow’s Journey to a Sustainable Supply Chain
• Flex – A Circular Economy Ecosystem Transforms E-Waste
• The Greenbrier Companies – High-Strength Steel Gondola™
• Hologic Costa Rica – Reduction in the Use of Ethylene Oxide for Sterilization Process
• Jabil – Facing China’s Energy Crunch, Jabil Invests in Renewable Energy
• Maxion Structural Components – Maxion Structural Components Innovates Developing a Low-Cure Powder Paint to Reduce CO2 Emissions
• Pure & Gentle – Beyond Green: Pure & Gentle’s Sustainability Mission
• Race Winning Brands – How Race Winning Brands Leveraged Gravity to Reduce its Cost and Emissions
• Saint-Gobain Life Sciences – Targeting Scope 3 Emissions and Improving Sustainability at Saint-Gobain Beaverton
• Saudi Aramco – Rejected Gas Recovery System for Gas Oil Separation Plants (Two Inventions)
• Whirlpool Corporation – Sustainable Manufacturing Operations
• Winnebago Industries – Winnebago eRV2
• Winnebago Industries – Winnebago Zero Waste To Landfill

Transformational Business Cultures

WINNER: Humtown Products – Transforming Business Cultures Through the Industrial Athlete Operating System

• Cooley Group – Leveraging M4.0 to Build Resilient Manufacturing
• Enersys – Enersys Operations System: Boosting Accountability, Skills, and Servant Leadership
• Hologic Costa Rica – Operative Training Process to Improve Culture Development and Engagement
• IBM Corporation – Citizen Co-Create Framework Revolutionizing the Transformation Landscape
• Intertape Polymer Group – Manufacturing Momentum: Cultivating Human Action through M4.0 Leadership and an Innovative Digital Culture in Plant Operations – Intertape Polymer Group Tremonton
• Maxion Structural Components – Maxion Structural Components Cruzeiro Empowers Employees to Improve Digital Transformation Culture
• Modine – Modine Drives Transformation and Sustainable Growth through 80/20
• ResMed Ltd. – Empowering Transformation through Data Citizens and Analytics
• Saint-Gobain North America/CertainTeed – Driving Culture through Employee Experience at CertainTeed Oxford
• Samuel, Son & Co., Limited – Become a More Agile Organization
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals – Accelerating People Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Through Learning Sprints
• Winnebago Industries – COE Approach to Transforming Operational Excellence

Individual Winners and Finalists

Digital Transformation Leadership

WINNER: Julian Tan, IBM

• Ibrahim Al-Syed, Celanese
• Jerh Collins, Moderna
• Robert Drexl, Greene Tweed
• John Dyck, CESMII, The Smart Manufacturing Institute
• Abhishek Jani, EnerSys
• Greg Maes, CompoSecure
• Igor Simões, Iochpe-Maxion SA
• Liam Tully, ResMed Ltd.
• Marcease Warren, Sentry Equipment
• Michal Wierzchowski, Jabil
• Clay Wilker, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Next-Generation Leadership

WINNERS:
Angela Accurso, MxD
Marlon Gonzalez, IBM

• Matthew Allison, General Motors
• Mohammed Almuhainy, Saudi Aramco (South Ghawar Producing Department)
• Ana Carolina Ibarra Diaz, General Motors San Luis Potosí
• Shahab Ghandi, Peterbilt Motors
• Mateusz Koziol, IBM
• Megan McCarthy, General Motors
• Jonathan Miller, Saint-Gobain
• Thadeus Nocera, General Motors
• Mackenzie Sievers, GM Defense
• Catherine Tea, Dow Inc.
• Ben Thieme, Saint-Gobain ADFORS

Manufacturing in 2030 Award

• AB InBev: Next-Level Maintenance Now in Your Hands: The Maintenance Execution (MAX) App
• Cooley Group: M4.0-Integrated Environment Empowers Team to Drive Change
• Intel: An AI-Based Solution for Real-Time Inferencing of Semiconductor Wafer Probing Process
• Maxion Wheels: Maxion Wheels Explores New Process Design Frontiers through Advanced Simulation, High-Performance Computing and Top-Notch Data Science
• MxD: MxD Sensor Kit
• Nexteer Automotive: Manufacturing and Engineering SourcePro

Partners in Collaborative Innovation

• Armanino LLP
• BDO USA
• Dassault Systèmes
• ECI Software Solutions
• Epicor Software
• Ernst & Young LLP
• FORCAM Inc.
• Gravity Climate
• International Academy of Automation Engineering (IAAE)
• L2L
• LeanDNA
• NTT DATA
• Oracle
• Pico MES
• PTC
• Rootstock Software
• Tim Figley Consulting