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2024 Manufacturing Leadership Award Finalists and Winners
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
Small/Medium Enterprise: Cooley Group
Large Enterprise: Intertape Polymer Group
Manufacturing Leader of the Year
Dan Dwight, President and CEO, Cooley Group
Project Winners and Finalists
AI and Machine Learning
WINNER: Celanese – Gen AI-Powered Celanese Digital Twin at Scale
- 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
WINNER: Molex, LLC – Twinax Cable Production Operator Transformation
- 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
WINNER: Van Wijnen Smart Structures – Van Wijnen Redefines Construction and Slashes Sales Time in Half
- 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
WINNERS:
Dow Inc. – Digital Manufacturing
General Motors – Unleash Manufacturing Potential with Live Data Intelligence
- 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
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Tim Figley Consulting