With increased globalization, cost pressures and workforce challenges, companies are trying to leverage digital transformation, digital thread and digital twin solutions to innovate, optimize grow in their market share.  This presentation provides an high level overview on various use cases that end users, original equipment manufacturers and system integrators can leverage to achieve their goals.  This presentation will also show how Rockwell Automation has leveraged these methodologies to implement digital transformation in their manufacturing facility. 

Our Speaker for the Evening: Udaya Kumar, CMfgE, GICSP, P.E. is a Senior Solution Consultant at Rockwell Automation responsible to help customers meet their business objectives by leveraging Rockwell Automation’s scalable offerings.  He assists customers to define their smart manufacturing /smart machine /digital transformation journey.  He has over 30 years of industrial automation experience in technical consulting, technical sales, design, development, management of automation systems for a broad variety of industries.  He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University and MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Oklahoma State University.  He is also a Certified Manufacturing Systems Engineer, Professional Engineer in Control Systems and a Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional.