8:00 - 8:30 AM - Registration
8:30 - 9:00 AM - Refreshments + opening Remarks
Join us for morning refreshments and opening remarks from Travis Egan, Publisher, Modern Machine Shop.
9:00 - 9:45 AM - Top shops 2018 results
Steve Kline Jr., Director of Market Intelligence, Gardner Intelligence
This presentation will take a deep dive into Modern Machine Shop’s Top Shops annual benchmarking survey. Analyzing the trends in the survey over time will reveal the particular strategies and practices that make the best job shops stand out from the crowd.
This presentation will take a deep dive into Modern Machine Shop’s Top Shops annual benchmarking survey. Analyzing the trends in the survey over time will reveal the particular strategies and practices that make the best job shops stand out from the crowd.
9:45 - 10:45 AM - Top Shops 2018 Honorees Panel discussion
Moderator:
Peter Zelinski, Editor-in-Chief, Modern Machine Shop
Panelists:
Kylan Hastreiter, Marketing and Development Director, Hastreiter Industries
Peter Doyle, COO, Hirsh Precision Products, Inc.
Andy Reinwald, President, Ripley Machine & Tool Company
Jerry Kablak, Business Development / Program Engineer, Baker Industries
This panel discussion will include real, applications-based insights from executive leadership from this year’s Top Shops honoree companies. Mr. Zelinski will lead this group in a discussion about the Top Shops data, the value of business benchmarking and a practical look at this year’s Top Shops’ successes in the four main survey categories: machining technology, shopfloor practices, business strategies and human resources.
Peter Zelinski, Editor-in-Chief, Modern Machine Shop
Panelists:
Kylan Hastreiter, Marketing and Development Director, Hastreiter Industries
Peter Doyle, COO, Hirsh Precision Products, Inc.
Andy Reinwald, President, Ripley Machine & Tool Company
Jerry Kablak, Business Development / Program Engineer, Baker Industries
This panel discussion will include real, applications-based insights from executive leadership from this year’s Top Shops honoree companies. Mr. Zelinski will lead this group in a discussion about the Top Shops data, the value of business benchmarking and a practical look at this year’s Top Shops’ successes in the four main survey categories: machining technology, shopfloor practices, business strategies and human resources.
10:45 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 - Noon - Data-driven manufacturing panel discussion
Moderator:
Mark Albert, Editorial Director, Modern Machine Shop
Speakers:
Ben Mitchell, Chief Product Officer, Plethora
Jeremy Herrman, Founder and CTO, Plethora
Plethora has redesigned what a contract machine shop does and how it operates. Developing its own software to automate the quoting, scheduling and CAM programming processes is a key part of this redesign, but there is much more that is radically different about Plethora’s business model.
Mark Albert, Editorial Director, Modern Machine Shop
Speakers:
Ben Mitchell, Chief Product Officer, Plethora
Jeremy Herrman, Founder and CTO, Plethora
Plethora has redesigned what a contract machine shop does and how it operates. Developing its own software to automate the quoting, scheduling and CAM programming processes is a key part of this redesign, but there is much more that is radically different about Plethora’s business model.
noon - 1:00 PM - lunch + Top shops 2018 awards presentation
Enjoy a plated lunch as the 2018 Top Shops award winners are recognized.
1:00 - 2:00 PM- workforce development panel discussion
Moderator:
Derek Korn, Executive Editor, Modern Machine Shop
Panelists:
Robbie Earnhardt, President, Superior Tooling
Guy Loudon, President, Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC)
Although most machine shops face challenges attracting and training new employees, there are programs and tools available to help them. In this panel discussion, industry experts will touch on a few such programs and offer general, helpful advice for shops struggling with workforce development issues.
Derek Korn, Executive Editor, Modern Machine Shop
Panelists:
Robbie Earnhardt, President, Superior Tooling
Guy Loudon, President, Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC)
Although most machine shops face challenges attracting and training new employees, there are programs and tools available to help them. In this panel discussion, industry experts will touch on a few such programs and offer general, helpful advice for shops struggling with workforce development issues.
2:00 - 3:00 PM - Next-Gen Issues Surrounding Supply Chains, Procurement and Sourcing
How do suppliers position themselves for success with large OEMs? What are the biggest barriers to innovation in OEM sourcing practices? What technologies will change the way contract manufacturing is conducted in the next five years? In this panel discussion, industry experts will cover next-gen issues surrounding supply chains, procurement and sourcing from differing perspectives so you can learn how to prepare your shop for the future of manufacturing.
Panel Moderator:
Drura Parrish, EVP of Platform, Xometry
Panelists:
Paul Ericksen, Purchasing & Supply Chain Consultant
Jim Rink, Plant Manager at Caterpillar
Jeff Rizzie, Director of Digital Machining at Sandvik Coromant
Panel Moderator:
Drura Parrish, EVP of Platform, Xometry
Panelists:
Paul Ericksen, Purchasing & Supply Chain Consultant
Jim Rink, Plant Manager at Caterpillar
Jeff Rizzie, Director of Digital Machining at Sandvik Coromant
3:00 - 3:15 PM - Break
3:15 - 3:45 PM - Manufacturing Analytics, Simplified: Where do you stand versus your competition?
Bill Bither, CEO, MachineMetrics
Do you know what goes on your shop floor in real-time? Do you know how efficient your machines are? Do you know what the main sources of downtime and overall equipment efficiency (OEE) are? Do you know where you stand relative to your competitors? Do you want to know how to successfully implement Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 technology at your facility?
With thousands of different machines and control types, understanding and benchmarking CNC machine performance has been a unicorn of sorts for manufacturing analysts. No business has had the capabilities to connect to all machine types and aggregate a data set with statistical significance to accurately benchmark true machine performance...Until now.
For the first time, MachineMetrics CEO Bill Bither will be sharing insights from their real-data driven benchmarking reports on machine performance, an industry first for the machine tool industry. The release of this new capability allows MachineMetrics customers to understand their machine performance relative to their peers that can be segmented by type of machine and industry.
Bither will also be discussing Industrial IoT, Industry 4.0, manufacturing analytics, preventative maintenance, and how to apply the latest and greatest technology to your operation. MachineMetrics Industrial IoT platform and Industry 4.0 solutions were designed to work out-of-the-box for manufacturers that use CNC machine tools to increase productivity through real-time visibility, deep manufacturing analytics, and predictive notifications.
Do you know what goes on your shop floor in real-time? Do you know how efficient your machines are? Do you know what the main sources of downtime and overall equipment efficiency (OEE) are? Do you know where you stand relative to your competitors? Do you want to know how to successfully implement Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 technology at your facility?
With thousands of different machines and control types, understanding and benchmarking CNC machine performance has been a unicorn of sorts for manufacturing analysts. No business has had the capabilities to connect to all machine types and aggregate a data set with statistical significance to accurately benchmark true machine performance...Until now.
For the first time, MachineMetrics CEO Bill Bither will be sharing insights from their real-data driven benchmarking reports on machine performance, an industry first for the machine tool industry. The release of this new capability allows MachineMetrics customers to understand their machine performance relative to their peers that can be segmented by type of machine and industry.
Bither will also be discussing Industrial IoT, Industry 4.0, manufacturing analytics, preventative maintenance, and how to apply the latest and greatest technology to your operation. MachineMetrics Industrial IoT platform and Industry 4.0 solutions were designed to work out-of-the-box for manufacturers that use CNC machine tools to increase productivity through real-time visibility, deep manufacturing analytics, and predictive notifications.
3:45 - 4:30 PM - Top shops: The Future
Doug Woods, President, AMT
Digital manufacturing has made the industry’s technological rate of change faster than ever before. With the rise of technologies like advanced robotics, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and machine learning, what does that mean for the industry’s future? Doug Woods will tell you about the technologies that will shape the future of the factory floor, and how they are impacting your business right now.
Digital manufacturing has made the industry’s technological rate of change faster than ever before. With the rise of technologies like advanced robotics, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and machine learning, what does that mean for the industry’s future? Doug Woods will tell you about the technologies that will shape the future of the factory floor, and how they are impacting your business right now.
4:30 - 5:30 PM - Cocktails + Questions
