In today’s global economies, manufacturers are constantly under pressure from rising supply chain costs and increasing customer demand to deliver products faster with higher quality. The current global COVID pandemic has brought the core issues of visibility, planning, and resiliency to the fore. Increasing automation is not the only solution. Digital transformation has to be a part of the strategy. Smart manufacturing, powered by the latest innovations in information technologies such as IoT, big data, cloud computing, and AI/ML, will allow enterprises to build robust manufacturing operations that can handle the dynamics of fluctuating market demands. This presentation will highlight the next-generation tools and technologies required to tackle today’s most pressing operational problems and pave the way for the digital maturity necessary to achieve supply chain resiliency.

Pat Mariles, Oracle