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Will Healy III (Industry Strategy Manager - Americas, Balluff)
Date: Tuesday, December 1
Time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Track: Smart Manufacturing: Robotics & AI
Vault Recording: TBD
New technology is bombarding manufacturers. Every week news pops up about some new incredible technology that is being used to dramatically improve productivity and improve the bottom line. Millennials and Generation Z now dominate the workforce and are demanding that we use more cutting-edge technology. How our organizations are structured today is not the right framework for success tomorrow, and the traditional manufacturing culture is not prepared to take on the upcoming cultural changes and technology disruption. In this session, we will uncover a simple plan for bringing disruptive technology into the plant and how to minimize the cultural shockwaves that any change and especially new technology make.
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