Emerging Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
An exclusive executive event for manufacturing leaders
Leadership Forum Details
Event Date & Time: April 22, 2026, 8:30AM to 5:00PM
After Hours Networking: 5:00PM – 7:00PM, Topgolf, Fishers, IN
Location: 12 Municipal Drive, Suite 200, Fishers, IN 46038
Fee: $495
Executive Overview: Manufacturers face ongoing pressure to improve reliability, visibility, scalability, and cost efficiency while operating with tighter labor resources and increasingly complex plants. This workshop is designed for leaders who need practical, actionable paths forward. The focus is not on theory or high-level concepts. Instead, the conversations center on the real architectures, technologies, and implementation steps that enable organizations to execute these strategies effectively and at scale.
Hear from Leading Industry Experts
Leadership Forum Highlights:
- Opening: From Vision to Action: An Executive Blueprint
- Thought Leader Intensives: Lessons from experienced coaches
- Technology Spotlights: AI, IoT, Digital Twins, emerging tech in practice
- Roundtable Discussions: Peer-to-peer insights
- Networking: Lunch & late afternoon cocktail hour
Who Should Attend?
Who Should Attend?- Manufacturing Executives
- Plant Managers
- Digital Transformation Leaders
Business Challenges Addressed
Through Technical Solutions
This workshop focuses on common business challenges and unveils how manufacturers use existing and emerging technologies to address them.
- Equipment and Quality Challenges
Address reliability and quality pressures through modern automation, MES, and data solutions that improve consistency and throughput. - Data and Visibility Gaps
Focus on strengthening real-time visibility by reducing system fragmentation and enabling integrated, actionable insights across the plant. - Workforce and Knowledge Issues
Highlight how labor shortages and shifting workforce dynamics increase the need for standardized digital workflows and automation that reduce dependency on tribal knowledge. - Scaling and Coordination Barriers
Explore proven ways to scale technology across sites and improve alignment between IT, OT, and operations through standardized architectures and integrations. - Process and Production Limitations
Examine how digital tools, MES optimization, automation, and emerging technologies support more predictive, efficient, and scalable production models. - Rising Operating Costs
Discuss opportunities to offset increasing labor, energy, and material costs through improved efficiency, throughput, and smarter automation and data use.
The Details
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12 Municipal Drive, Suite 200, Fishers, IN 46038
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Have questions?
If you have any questions, please reach out to Becca Quick at becca.quick@flexwareinnovation.com.
