As the world continues to change rapidly around us, businesses need to adapt quickly to the needs of their customers and the limitations of their supply chain. In this episode, Mike Loughran introduces Götz Erhardt, senior managing director at Accenture, and Susana Gonzalez, president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Rockwell Automation, to discuss how digital manufacturing can help to ensure success, even during the most volatile and unstable of times.

As businesses continue to struggle to find the workforce they need, it’s becoming increasingly necessary to empower the people we already have to allow them to work at their best. In this episode, Mike Loughran introduces Billy Goodman, managing director at CAMA North America, and Chris Rabago, director of manufacturing at Hawaiian Host, who explain how modularity helped them optimize their workforce, despite particular challenges around labor shortages.

Discover more about this project in our case study, here:

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-gb/company/news/case-studies/hawaiian-host-group-overcomes-packaging-challenges.html

When it comes to developing more sustainable solutions, collaboration is the key first step. In this episode, host Mike Loughran introduces Hans-Peter Mertens, CEO of The Packaging Group, and Tom O'Reilly, vice president of sustainability at Rockwell Automation, who illustrate how this approach helped their companies and their customers to be more sustainable.

Discover more about this project in our case study, here:

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-gb/company/news/case-studies/global-toy-company-migrates-to-95-paper-based-bagging.html

Every business wants to eliminate operational silos, enhance data accuracy, and provide their workforce with unified data sources. And that’s exactly why BIC chose to implement the Plex MES solution at their Bizerte factory in Tunisia. In this episode, Mike Loughran introduces Rogelio Demay, Senior Manager IT Manufacturing at BIC, to explain how it has benefited the company and laid the groundwork for the future.

You can find out more about the BIC story with this video case study: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/case-studies/digital-transformation-with-bic.html

Data is critical to the decision-making process, but the results are only as good as the data you collect. In this episode, Mike Loughran introduces Etienne Fellay, IT Director at Constellium, to look at the immense power a standardized data collection system can offer for manufacturing. From cost savings to easier integration, the benefits are huge.

Learn more about this application, here: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-gb/company/news/press-releases/plantpax-dcs-delivers-process-control-for-waste-recovery-technology.html

Accurate data and precision controls open the door to better, faster decision-making – this is essential if you want to hit your business targets and your sustainability commitments. In this episode, host Mike Loughran introduces Vicente Centelles Forner, of Greene Enterprise, to talk about how their use of the PlantPAx® distributed control system (DCS) helped develop an innovative and highly effective waste-recovery technology solution that supports sustainability goals.

Discover more about the project at Greene Enterprise here: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-gb/company/news/press-releases/plantpax-dcs-delivers-process-control-for-waste-recovery-technology.html

From knowledge sharing to improved training, from efficiency gains to better quality control, allowing your machines and your workforce to work better together is one of the key benefits that digitalization has to offer. In this episode, Mike Loughran discovers way to create this synergy with the help of Riccardo Cavanna, chairman of Cavanna Packaging Group.

Partnerships are built on trust. And when we work together and trust one another, we can achieve so much more than we could alone. This is true in business as much as in any other aspect of life. In this episode, Mike Loughran introduces Prabhu Badrinathen, CEO, Falcon Group, and Srikrishna Ganesan, CEO, Al Ghandi Electrical & Automation, to learn how their collaborative approach and mentality has generated significant benefits while future-proofing their respective businesses in the Middle East.

You can learn more about the Falcon Group project here: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-be/company/news/press-releases/thingworx-helps-to-boost-machine-utilization.html

Balancing sustainability targets and business needs around productivity may appear challenging, but with an energy-savings-as-a-service approach, you can achieve both – with additional benefits as well. In this episode, Mike Loughran is joined by James Hynd, CEO at Energy Drive, and Tom O’Reilly, VP Sustainability at Rockwell Automation, who explain how this concept works and what it could do for your business.

This is Part 2 of a two-part episode.

Balancing sustainability targets and business needs around productivity may appear challenging, but with an energy-savings-as-a-service approach, you can achieve both – with additional benefits as well. In this episode, Mike Loughran is joined by James Hynd, CEO at Energy Drive, and Tom O’Reilly, VP Sustainability at Rockwell Automation, who explain how this concept works and what it could do for your business.

This is Part 1 of a two-part episode.