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Dialogue: M4.0 Leadership from a Digital Champion
Johnson & Johnson’s Bart Talloen says supply chain can be a competitive advantage through digital innovation, customer-centric solutions, and real-time alignment. He urges manufacturing leaders to stay curious, keep learning, and build broad collaboration networks.
AI’s Outcomes Rely On Its Rollout
AI can improve manufacturing safety and efficiency, but success depends on employee training, secure infrastructure, and careful rollout. AI also introduces cyber risks and works best when tailored to specific plant tasks.
Crafting a Permacrisis-Proof Transformation
Organizations facing constant disruption must tackle digital, technology, and transformation debt to adapt successfully. Building culture, speed, governance, and innovation is key to becoming permacrisis-proof.
Welcome New Members of the MLC October 2023
Introducing the latest new members to the Manufacturing Leadership Council
MLC welcomed new members in October 2023, including leaders in digital transformation, manufacturing strategy, IT, quality, and continuous improvement from companies like Dover, Novelis, Medtronic, and Westrock.
Getting the Most Value from AI Investments
Manufacturers can get more value from AI by cleaning, governing, and analyzing data first. Strong data foundations help improve insights, agility, and customer understanding.
AI Driven Solutions for Manufacturing Excellence
AI, IoT, analytics, and robotics are driving manufacturing growth, but legacy systems and change management remain major barriers. The article outlines how smart manufacturing can boost efficiency, productivity, and ROI.
Manufacturers Step into the Industrial Metaverse
Manufacturers are adopting the industrial metaverse for simulation, supply chain tracking, customer demos and training, with most seeing cost, talent and revenue benefits despite cybersecurity and skills challenges.
Crystal Ball: Quo vadis, Industry 4.0 and digital transformation?
In the latest in our Manufacturing in 2030 Crystal Ball series, we look at where Industry 4.0, transformation and digital value creation are headed
Industry 4.0 is reshaping manufacturing with smart, connected factories, mass customization and product-as-a-service models. It helps companies move production closer to customers, improve efficiency and meet sustainability demands.
How Manufacturing 4.0 Got Its Name—and Why It Matters
Manufacturing 4.0 expands Industry 4.0 beyond technology to include organizational and leadership change. The MLC says this holistic approach is key to successful digital transformation in manufacturing.
Crystal Ball: How Data will Drive Seamless Experiences
What Manufacturers Can Expect by 2030
By 2030, manufacturers will centralize and analyze data from across operations to enable real-time decisions, seamless customer experiences and more autonomous automation. Humans will still remain essential for creativity and oversight.
