Flex Focuses On ‘Autonomation’ For Best Returns From Digitalizing
Global operations head Baldassari advises retaining advantages of human workers amid push to automate.
Global operations head Baldassari advises retaining advantages of human workers amid push to automate.
AR/VR, cobots, metaverse, wearables and similar technology are high on hype but are not really making a difference on the shop floor. Here’s what CEOs should really be focusing on.
Chicago, Grand Rapids and Columbus are emerging as ideal locations for manufacturers looking to up their digital game.
Holt oversaw robust growth, proof of business model amid Covid, and beginning of supply-chain shift.
The French industrial giant’s factory in Kentucky shows the way for harnessing the digital industrial revolution.
One of the most recent prognostications about the toll that robots will take on manufacturing jobs: About 20 million factory positions could be displaced by industrial robots by 2030, according to Oxford Economics. But before you break out into cold sweats, look closer.
Elon Musk’s interview on 60 Minutes shows that even though he doesn’t want to “adhere to some CEO template,” the erratic CEO of Tesla needs to grow up.
For all their promise, two decades of overblown hype and expensive false starts have clearly demonstrated that robots will not replace humans any time soon. Just ask Elon Musk.
Steven L. Blue, CEO of locomotive and freight car parts manufacturer Miller Ingenuity, has plenty of experience in taking Rust Belt manufacturing operations into the modern age—he’s been doing it for decades now.
Learn why the innovation of business leaders is actually creating jobs faster than automation and technology are destroying them.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
We are in a period of rapid change. Customer needs, technologies, competitors and internal capabilities require companies to review and update their strategies for the new realities. In this workshop, strategy experts Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison will show you a systematic approach to strategic planning to help you refine or redefine your business strategy and approach including:
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.