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BIG DATA: The New Buzzword For Businesses
Mark Andrew Shaver, CIO and VP Operational Excellence, Joy Global Inc
Collective Talent Powering the Future of Work
Dyan Finkhousen, Director, Open Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing; President, GE Fuse
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In this era of digital transformation where manufacturing processes are becoming smarter, the overall supply chain also needs to be modernized. Manufacturers are adopting cutting edge technologies of IoT, automation, robotics and big data for their supply chain to enhance efficiency and real time visibility for all processes. The technologies that are making manufacturing ‘smart’ are also propelling significant benefits to the global supply chain by reducing risks through improved quality management, compliance and supplier collaboration.
Matt Meier, VP and CIO – North America, Whirlpool Corporation
It’s important to know your customers and the context of your businesses.
Steve Ilmrud, VP, Operations, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Advancements in telecommunications, transportation and business systems have made the world smaller, more connected, and readily accessible to companies seeking to expand their businesses beyond their local areas.
Klas Bendrik, CIO, Volvo Cars
My expectations from technology providers are that they keep their promises and not only the technical or software parts of their promises but actually the business part of their promises as well.
Caglayan Arkan, GM, WW Manufacturing & Resources, Microsoft
When a multinational oil company needed to predict equipment failure in its wells, it applied machine learning from Microsoft to existing data, and within four hours was able to identify six wells in need of attention.
Neil Hampshire, CIO, ModusLink [NASDAQ:MLNK]
Being able to accept, exchange and properly transfer money between countries, while staying within the bounds of global trade regulations, can be overwhelming for emerging brands.
Francois Estellon, VP-IT, Gardner Denver
Understanding IT and technology budgets in the industrial world are tight and other strategic initiatives will compete with IoT.
Leo Casusol, CIO, Liquidity Services
Every business has surplus it needs to manage and dispose of. Incorporating best practices, such as big data and analytics, into the reverse supply chain improves the ability for an organization to correlate complex data in real time.
William R. Dyer, CIO, Cincom Systems, Inc.
Cloud and ERP can be a good mix in certain situations. We tend to see cloud as just one more alternative in a multi-tier ERP architecture. When it’s right, it’s right. Some operations require little or no customization, and the requirements are
James Hall, CEO,Genfour
As a CIO implementing a robotic solution, you have to engage with multiple departments and stakeholders in business if it is to be successful.
Paul Dennies, Global Program Director, Teradata
Data and analytics will form the foundation of factories of the future and in so doing will provide manufacturers previously unimaginable levels of business resiliency, productivity and product and service innovation.
Mark Papermaster, CTO & SVP Technology and Engineering, AMD
This new era of networked connections among people, processes, data, and machines will dramatically change how we interact with people and technology
