Connected visibility: automotive production's resilience advantage
Get more from your manufacturing operations. Discover how greater visibility across people, processes and technology can help automotive manufacturers maximise existing assets, uncover hidden efficiency losses and turn successful improvement projects into scalable operational change.
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Are hidden inefficiencies holding back your operations?
With pressure growing to deliver more from existing assets, manufacturers need to improve performance without automatically turning to new capital investment.
But micro-stops, disconnected data, siloed teams and poorly integrated technology can quietly erode productivity. And when these issues aren't visible, identifying where capacity is being lost - and which improvements will deliver real value - becomes much harder.
In this livestream, AMS and L2L bring together manufacturing leaders to explore how connected operations can expose these hidden losses and help teams make better decisions across the plant and wider manufacturing network.
Watch now to learn how to:
How to turn greater visibility into better performance
Maximise the value of existing assets by balancing new investment against better utilisation of equipment, systems, networks and people.
Expose hidden efficiency losses by improving visibility of OEE, micro-stops and other everyday issues that can quietly reduce performance.
Integrate technology without disrupting operations, ensuring upgrades improve rather than hinder operator and process efficiency.
Empower shopfloor teams to drive improvement by combining operator experience with the right information, tools and skills.
Connect data from shopfloor to network level, making production information more accessible, relevant and actionable.
Scale successful improvements by identifying what creates value in pilot projects and turning it into sustainable everyday operating practice.
Speakers
Murugan Boominathan
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Solutions Magna IT - Industrial Solutions
Magna International
Murugan Boominathan has nearly two decades of experience in automotive IT and MES. At Magna, he leads global MES deployments and digital transformation. Previously at Ford, Volkswagen, and Hyundai, he drove MES launches globally across greenfield and brownfield sites. His strengths include MES architecture, integration, automation, stakeholder coordination, mentoring, and managing complex manufacturing rollouts across global operations.
Adam Polcha
Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Development Center
Daimler Trucks North America
Adam Polcha is Manager of the Manufacturing Development Center at Daimler Truck North America, where he works at the intersection of product development, manufacturing strategy and factory execution. He represents manufacturing throughout product development, helping evaluate major vehicle programs, guide launch readiness decisions, and ensure manufacturing considerations are incorporated into key program milestones.
In addition to leading DTNA's design-for-manufacturing and production-oriented design processes, Adam is responsible for corporate manufacturing capital planning and supports manufacturing investment strategy across DTNA's North American operations. His work focuses on reducing launch complexity, improving buildability, and creating stronger feedback loops between engineering, manufacturing engineering and operations teams.
Trent Randles
Engineering Manager
BorgWarner
Trent Randles is an Engineering Manager at BorgWarner, where he leads multidisciplinary teams responsible for Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and Training. He’s also leading the Borgwarner Americas Region - Digitalization Team, leading efforts to shape and accelerate smart manufacturing initiatives across the United States and Mexico.
Over a 22-year career in the automotive industry, Trent has progressed from working as an automotive technician at Ford and General Motor dealerships to leading engineering and operational excellence teams for global Tier 1 suppliers, including Plastic Omnium, Magna Seating USA, and Borgwarner. His experience spans manufacturing engineering in operations, product and process design for manufacturing, new product launch management, and continuous improvement / engineering / digital transformation leadership.
Passionate about driving improvements in manufacturing systems, Trent has led and supported numerous smart manufacturing initiatives involving industrial automation, data-driven production systems, and AI analytical systems. His work focuses on helping his organization bridge the gap between traditional operations and smart manufacturing by aligning people, processes, and technology to improve safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance.
In addition to his leadership responsibilities at BorgWarner, Trent serves on the External Advisory Board for Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), helping strengthen collaboration between industry and academia while supporting the development of future engineering talent. He is a CESMII Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Professional and you can find him at conferences throughout the year, sharing practical strategies for digital transformation, operational excellence, and building flexible, future-ready production systems.
Curtis Bird
Director of Implementations
L2L
Curtis Bird is Director of Implementations at L2L. With 28 years in automotive maintenance engineering and nearly a decade guiding L2L software rollouts, Curtis brings a rare combination to the floor: he’s lived the exact equipment headaches digitization is meant to fix, and he knows how to turn plant-floor data into real, measurable uptime.
Nick Holt
Editor
Automotive Manufacturing Solutions
With over 20 years experience covering the automotive industry, Nick is responsible for editorial across Automotive Manufacturing Solutions. He has gained wide experience in automotive production operations, visiting OEM and tier supplier factories in Europe, India, China and the US.
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