Embracing the Shift Towards Digitization
On October 21, 2025, a webinar focused on success stories from change agents in manufacturing will take place. This event, scheduled to last for 60 minutes, will start at 5:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time, 9:00 AM Pacific Time, 12:00 PM Eastern Time, and 11:00 AM Central Time.
Sponsored by Integris, the webinar aims to achieve wide organizational buy-in for digital transformation efforts in manufacturing. The event will provide valuable insights into the strategies, best practices, and case studies that have led to successful digital transformations in the industry.
The webinar will cover a range of topics, including finding the best early technology use cases, discussing the most challenging barriers to buy-in, and providing methods to broadcast the success of technology use cases across organizations.
To achieve broad buy-in for digital transformation, the webinar will emphasize the importance of strategic planning, inclusive communication, measurable impact, leadership focus on behavior change, pilot-based learning, workforce development, and aligned technology adoption.
Strategic planning involves creating a roadmap with clear business objectives, timelines, milestones, and a future-oriented yet achievable path that involves all stakeholders from the start. This fosters commitment across the organization and ensures that the transformation aligns with the company's goals.
Inclusive communication is key to ensuring that all members of the organization understand the transformation's importance beyond the IT department. This involves open communication, addressing concerns, and ensuring a shared understanding of the transformation's benefits.
Measurable goals and KPIs are crucial for tracking progress and adoption. These should be aligned with both operational outcomes, such as throughput, downtime, and costs, and people-focused metrics, such as training completion and employee sentiment.
The human side of change should not be overlooked. This involves shifting mindsets and behaviors through visible leadership, transparent communication, and creating shared ownership to prevent employee alienation and disengagement.
Starting with small, contained pilot projects, such as predictive maintenance or AI-driven process improvements, delivers quick wins, providing early data, building confidence, and allowing iterative learning and adjustment.
Upskilling teams concurrently during technology rollout with targeted micro-credentials ensures workforce readiness and ability to scale adoption.
Transparency with pilot outcomes, sharing KPIs, lessons learned, and decisions to continue, pivot, or stop, builds trust and reinforces resource allocations to initiatives that demonstrate clear ROI.
Incorporating technologies that align with business needs and integrate well with existing systems, such as IoT for machine data and AI vision for human operations, is essential for a successful digital transformation. The webinar will showcase successful cases like Leo Paper Group, which combined lean manufacturing principles with digital tools to unify scattered data and optimize workflows.
In summary, the webinar offers a unique opportunity for those interested in digital transformation in manufacturing to learn from the experiences of change agents, gain insights into best practices, and network with like-minded professionals. For those who have already registered, a link will be provided for logging in to the event.
Finance plays a crucial role in the successful digital transformation of a manufacturing business, as it allows for the allocation of resources to the implementation of new technologies.
The webinar, focusing on success stories from change agents in manufacturing, will provide valuable insights into technology use cases that have led to financial gains in the industry.
