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1 week ago | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
Washington, D.C. — The Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, today revealed the list of world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders recognized as finalists for the 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Awards. “In times of business uncertainty, manufacturers find that investments in digital technology can pay off for improving efficiency and overall performance and innovation,” said David R.
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1 month ago | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
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1 month ago | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
Penelope Brown, MLC: Well, hello, everybody, and thank you for joining us for the February 2025 edition of Executive Dialogue, and today we are super excited to be talking to Tim O’Neal of Dow. He is their Global Director of Operational Excellence and Leveraged Services, and he is also one of the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s newer members of our Board of Governors. We’re really excited to have him on board and to get to know him a little bit today. So, Tim, thank you for joining us.
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2 months ago | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
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2 months ago | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
Skip to content Penelope Brown: Hello everyone and welcome to our latest edition of Executive Dialogue and I’m happy to be here today with Angela Accurso who was one of our Next-Generation Leadership winners at this most recent year’s Manufacturing Leadership Awards.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
Rethink conferenceThe Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, welcomed its members and other leaders from the manufacturing community to several events in 2024, including plant tours and Rethink, the Council’s signature event. These images represent a sample of this year’s in-person events.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
Skip to content Penelope Brown: Hello everyone and welcome to our latest edition of Executive Dialogue and I’m happy to be here today with Angela Accurso who was one of our Next-Generation Leadership winners at this most recent year’s Manufacturing Leadership Awards.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Penelope Brown
KEY TAKEAWAYS:● Digital manufacturing leaders need to build traditional leadership qualities with new skills such as fostering a data-driven culture and guiding the workforce through change. ● Despite progress in creating digital strategies, many manufacturers lack formal training programs for upskilling their workforce, and many feel that leadership is unprepared for the future.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | John Coykendall |Kate Hardin |John Morehouse |Kruttika Dwivedi
TAKEAWAYS:● Generative AI may be an important next step in the manufacturing industry’s digital transformation journey. ● Generative AI is expected to offer immense potential in areas such as product design, talent development, aftermarket services, and supply chain management. ● Manufacturers seem to be investigating the possibilities of generative AI through several use cases across the business that could help to add significant value to their operations.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com | Sue Pelletier
TAKEAWAYS:● Digital transformation requires getting the data into the hands of experts who will build, deploy, and scale hundreds of use cases. ● A generative AI chatbot can function as an everyday manufacturing assistant to support those use cases. ● Celanese’s digital platform and standardized knowledge graph, supported by its AI chatbot Celia, is already reaping returns in multiple areas, from troubleshooting and production performance to improved decision making.