Overview
Organizations across the manufacturing and aerospace and defense are facing unprecedented changes today brought in by the post-COVID-19 scenario. Therefore, the companies must work in a smarter way, increase visibility, and learn to become more resilient.
HCLTech’s Manufacturing, A&D, and SAP teams joined hands with Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) and leaders from Stanley Black & Decker and SAP for a series of discussions, comprising four webcasts. This was followed by a live panel discussion on the growing complexity of global supply chains, the relevance of cloud in the development of the manufacturing industry, and the value of digital continuity and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in the A&D sector.
The event saw participation from over 65 manufacturing industry leaders from various organizations.
Key insights
Webcasts
Speakers
Ladi Olaoye
Director, IT, Stanley Black & Decker
Hemant Gupta
Solution Architect – SAP, HCLTech
Sanjai Hayaran
SAP Practice Leader, Manufacturing, HCLTech
Webcast 1: You’ve selected SAP IBP. What’s next?
This session covers today’s challenges of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) implementation as our experts share their experiences and learnings from IBP implementation.
Speakers
Matthew Farmer
Global CTO, SAP Practice, HCLTech
Pradeep Misra
AVP, Solutions Head North America – SAP S/4HANA Digital Core, HCLTech
Webcast 2: Elevate your ECC with RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
The available options to move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud were limited to a new, greenfield implementation. You will get to know how the RISE with SAP offering now provides you with an ability to elevate the ERP Central Component (ECC) environments to SAP S/4HANA Cloud as a brownfield conversion.
Speakers
Dave Blatner
Experience Management Engineering, Aerospace & Defense – Industry Executive Advisory, SAP
Mike Edelen
A&D Production Operations Evangelist, SAP
Matthew Cordner
AVP and Principal A&D Business Architect, HCLTech
Webcast 3: SAP S/4HANA and Production Engineering Operations to eliminate the shop floor interface
It is time for the Model-based Enterprise (MBE) 2.0. In this session, we define a framework for digital transformation in manufacturing.
Speakers
Dave Blatner
Experience Management Engineering, Aerospace & Defense – Industry Executive Advisory, SAP
Matthew Cordner
AVP and Principal A&D Business Architect, HCLTech
Webcast 4: Creating digital continuity with Model-based Enterprise 2.0
Manufacturing execution systems and manufacturing operations management systems must be chosen for their ability to maximize enterprise throughput for both development and production. This session covers the amazing benefits of manufacturing execution systems embedded in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
Live panel discussion
Speakers
Dave Blatner
Experience Management Engineering, Aerospace & Defense – Industry Executive Advisory, SAP
Mike Edelen
A&D Production Operations Evangelist, SAP
Matthew Cordner
AVP and Principal A&D Business Architect, HCLTech
Matthew Farmer
Global CTO, SAP Practice, HCLTech
Sanjai Hayaran
SAP Practice Leader, Manufacturing, HCLTech
Panel: Manufacturing and A&D business transformation with HCLTech
ASUG experts present a series of discussions, talking on SAP S/4HANA, production engineering operations, SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud, and how to leverage RISE with SAP as a fast track to digital continuity.
Panelists
Director, IT, Stanley Black & Decker
Experience Management Engineering, Aerospace & Defense – Industry Executive Advisory, SAP
A&D Production Operations Evangelist, SAP
Solution Architect – SAP, HCLTech
AVP and Principal A&D Business Architect, HCLTech
Global CTO, SAP Practice, HCLTech
AVP, Solutions Head North America – SAP S/4HANA Digital Core, HCLTech
SAP Practice Leader, Manufacturing, HCLTech
Watch the Multipart Series
The full-length webcast series and panel discussion bring to you more on how the connected enterprises of the future would need to be underpinned by differently structured supply chains.