Afternoon Plenary 1

About this session:

• Keynote: How Interconnection can streamline manufacturing supply chains for customisation and innovation

Brenden Rawle, Director of Interconnection, EMEA, Equinix 

Digital Transformation is a crucial topic within the manufacturing sector. In this keynote we will tackle this head-on and examine some of the challenges, opportunities and major technology in play. We will be discussing just some of these issues:

- Common objectives and challenges for technology adoption in the manufacturing sector.
- The importance of digital collaboration and creation of digital ecosystems.
- Enabling digital services to continually adapt the supply chain, enable customisation and predictive capabilities.
- The importance of a secure data-driven-process.
- Optimising networks to improve distribution, reduce latency and increase capacity.

• Panel: Organisational Culture and Buy-In for Data Strategy
  

  Gerard Bartley, Global Master Data Manager, Jacobs Douwe Egberts

  Keith Roberts, Global Parts Operations Data and Reporting Manager, Jaguar Land Rover

  Suresh Daniel, Data & Architecture Integration Director, Coats

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