AI and Data Analytics are buzz words we are all hearing about right now. What does that mean for manufacturers? How can these tools assist small, medium, and large sized manufacturers?
We will be having MPMA members a COUPLE of GURUS and FactoryTwin share how this is applicable to manufacturers. This Toolbox Talk will be a webinar. It is free to attend, but registration is required.
Topics covered:
Office Applications
Using Microsoft AI Copilot: covering Word - Power Point - Outlook - Agents - Studio
Shop Applications
AI for improving shop metrics: Throughput - Profitability - Cash Flow - Delivery
What you will learn:
Why AI for shops is best suited for small and medium manufacturers.AI application requires good and complete data - How to get started.
What is possible? Case studies of actual shop metric improvements at small and medium manufacturers.
Ways to improve productivity in the office.
Presenters:
Keith Schoolcraft:
CEO
About Keith Schoolcraft
Keith is a CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) Registered Practitioner, owner, and Chief Executive Guru of a COUPLE of GURUS. Keith holds multiple industry certifications dating way back from the days of Netware to Microsoft systems engineering certifications.
Keith started his first technology company at the age of 17. He later conceived a brilliant idea for a fun company that would succeed to become a COUPLE of GURUS (officially born February 2002).
Keith puts his experience as an engineer and a small business owner to work for his clients. His ongoing involvement with the international peer group HTG has given him extensive knowledge of the IT industry and its best practices. Keith is a visionary with practical sensibilities, making him a natural at his work in a CIO consulting capacity. By growing our relationships with local small and medium-sized businesses, Keith hopes to help those organizations transform IT into a strategic advantage.
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Vivek Saxena
Founder & CEO
Vivek's helps factories harness the superpower of their data.
FactoryTwin brings the benefits of advanced data analytics and digital twins to manufacturers so they can reduce complexity in their operations and make 'better decisions faster'. Designed to be affordable even for Small & Medium sized Manufacturers, our high ROI, secure and highly intuitive data analytics platform - FactoryTwin - super-charges any shop's performance while also improving employee fulfillment. Double digit improvements are a norm using these predictive and prescriptive analytics.
I enjoy enabling digital transformations and helping people & organizations grow. My hands on experience in multiple functions allows me to meaningfully engage & build trust with senior executive teams and working teams to drive change quickly. I thrive in highly complex business situations and advanced technology environments.
I have worked as an executive (up to CEO level) or as an advisor with OEMs, Tier 1s & 2s, PE firms as well as startups.