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UK manufacturers are investing in modern automation as a response to major shifts in market access, supply routes, and in customer behaviours. Getting the most flexibility, innovation capacity and productivity from new plant technology requires thinking differently about where the boundaries of automation truly lie.
Too often, modern control systems and automation software are deployed based on the same assumptions and approaches dictated by legacy technology – with an intensive focus only on the physical aspects of automation. Since today’s automation platforms offer new ways to ease the flow of information back and forth between the production asset base and surrounding departments and stakeholders, it’s critical to see automation data as an asset in its own right.
The Manufacturer’s Director of Publishing, James Smith, will be joined by GE Digital’s David Collard, and Novotek’s Sean Robinson, exploring the approaches best-in-class manufacturers take to capitalise on modern automation solutions and the role they play serving different stakeholder groups.
Touching on key developments in the way enabling technology has evolved, James will pose tough questions about how UK producers must increase their expectation of what automation will give them.
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We’ll be asking for insights into how different roles within top performing manufacturers are adapting, zooming in on what new capabilities are demanded by:
James is the Publishing Director at Hennik Group, overseeing the production of The Manufacturer magazine, with the role of roving reporter covering regional developments in UK manufacturing.
Sean works with manufacturers across the UK and Ireland, defining automation and information systems programs that support critical strategies such as building innovation capacity, right-first-time programs, and sustainable manufacturing. Sean brings over 25 years’ experience in a variety of client management, technology consulting, and technology implementation roles. He is past chair of ISA’s Food and Pharmaceutical Industry Division, and has contributed to the work of organisations such as MESA, and Campden BRI. Sean believes in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, and feels that enormous financial and operational opportunities can be captured by manufacturers who adopt that outlook!
David has 20 years of experience with industrial automation and operations management software. He has consulted with well over 100 clients around the world, developing software systems from proof of concept, deployment and initial results to on-going continuous improvement. He has delivered automation software systems in nearly every industry, including power and energy, food and beverage, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, metals, mining, automotive, medical devices, and more.
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