With our wheel loader. the 966 KXE, we’re using a new drivetrain that is the first of its kind ever in construction equipment. It offers a 25% fuel savings and a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions. And our excavator is a hybrid, which generates 25% to 35% more fuel efficiency.
Our Tier 4 engines are very clean. No longer will you see smoke or smell diesel fumes. And you’ve heard of driverless cars? We’re already doing that with a 350 ton mining truck. In western Australia, it runs around a mining site 24 hours a day without an operator.
Cat Connect connects our customers to dealers. It monitor everything our machines are doing, so engineers can see whether it has a high exhaust gas temperature or is it running low on oil—all the things the engineer needs to know to run that machine in his fleet more efficiently.
Similarly, I visited a master control room in Atlanta monitoring almost all the machines in their territory. All of this involves software and technology. By the time I got done with that Fortune audience, I felt pretty good about where we were and how we fit in.
I concluded my presentation with a little robot that shot baskets for about 5 minutes and never missed one. It was all computer controlled.
I can’t imagine a job site or canal that doesn’t require iron, engines and fuel, but I wonder if that’s the same a way a farmer felt 100 years ago about a mule and a plow.
Yes, we move dirt. We move a lot of dirt. But this company started on innovation and that continues to be what drives us. When I arrived in 1975, we had a handful of competitors. Today, we have more than 100. The environment has never been more competitive. Disruption and competition are coming and we can’t predict it. [We all need to be ready.]”
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.
