Consumer products companies have some of the largest portfolios of any businesses around the world. But even with the large overlap between products, many still operate within a more permanent framework for manufacturing. Make a large lot all at once, then adjust to the next product run. This is anathema to the consumer trends many of these companies are trying to follow.

Software is helping change that. And Alastair Orchard joins us on the podcast to talk about how. From production change-overs to demand planning, let’s dive into the evolving shop floor and how it is impacting industries like consumer products.

In this episode you’ll learn about:

(00:00) Curious consumer products

(05:43) Flexibility at scale

(14:30) On demand production

(16:41) An eye on the future

About the voices:

Alastair Orchard runs Digital Enterprise Thought Leadership for Siemens Digital Industries, working with customers to become more flexible, cost effective, transparent and collaborative organizations. All while bringing their world-class products to market faster than their competitors. He is also the co-founder and CTO of dimax.cloud – a distributed manufacturing platform cutting costs, carbon and complexity from supply chains.

Nick Finberg is a technical marketing writer and coordinator for Software-Defined Everything, with a background in Nuclear Engineering. He has worked with experts to cover many industries and topics including Automotive, Battery, sustainability, and systems engineering.