Connected visibility: automotive production's resilience advantage
Identifying and managing the hidden challenges in operations, ensuring small problems don’t become big losses.
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Automotive manufacturers are under growing pressure to squeeze more value from the assets they already have rather than defaulting to fresh capital investment. Yet small, everyday problems, unplanned micro-stops, patchy technology integration, siloed data and disconnected teams can quietly erode performance long before they show up in the numbers.
In this livestream, AMS and L2L bring together manufacturing leaders to explore how visibility across people, processes and technology helps operations catch small problems before they become costly losses.
The conversation will cover how to balance investment against utilisation of existing equipment and networks, how to monitor and manage hidden efficiency drains such as micro-stops, and how new technology can be integrated without dragging down operator performance.
It will also look at upskilling shopfloor teams to drive change, connecting data from shopfloor to network level, and the practical challenge of scaling successful pilot projects into everyday operating practice.
Join us for a candid conversation on building resilient, connected manufacturing operations.
Key discussion points:
Balancing investment against utilisation of existing assets: Organising and optimising networks, equipment, systems and people
Identifying hidden challenges: Monitoring and optimising overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), managing micro-stops
Visibility across technologies, processes and people: Ensuring technology upgrades and integration don’t create an unintentional drag on process performance and operator efficiency
Upskilling and leveraging experience: Providing shopfloor operators with the tools to drive change and improve efficiency
Getting connected: Best practice for connecting manufacturing operations from the shopfloor to network level. Syncing production data with processes, equipment and people, and improving access to usable, relevant information
Scaling change: Overcoming the challenge of scaling from project to operations. Identifying the value of a project and deciding which parts to scale
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.
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.
Moderator
Ilkhan Ozsevim
Deputy Editor
Automotive Manufacturing Solutions
Ilkhan Ozsevim is a seasoned editor and journalist with a passion for uncovering the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.
With a keen eye for detail and a knack for storytelling, Ilkhan has established himself as a trusted voice in the automotive world, specialising in engaging thought leaders and writing insightful features on topics ranging from EVs and smart factories through to automotive logistics and supply chain management.
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