Events

The MLC Master Class Series offers insights to help you move forward on your journey to manufacturing’s digital era.

Get an up-close look at leading manufacturing operations while networking with like-minded peers and finding solutions to your own challenges.

Manufacturing in 2030 Project

Ever since the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s earliest beginnings, it challenged manufacturers to “imagine a better future.” Now the council brings…

Ericsson USA 5G Smart Factory Tour

Join the Manufacturing Leadership Council on October 4-5 at the Ericsson USA 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas, for a plant tour on the theme of Effectively Managing 5G and IoT to Drive Smart Manufacturing.

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Nashville, Tennessee

New Orleans, Louisiana

Ericsson USA 5G Smart Factory Tour

Upcoming Events

Ericsson USA 5G Smart Factory and Imagine Studio Tour

Adopting a People-Centric Approach to Digital Transformation

MI Workforce Summit

Schneider Electric Smart Factory Plant Tour

Manufacturing in 2030: Let’s Talk About AI

Past Events

What’s the Next Phase of Digital Evolution?

Decision Compass Call – Legacy Transition: New Tools to Ensure Legacy Assets are M4.0-Ready

Critical Issues Call: Announcing the MLC’s New Critical Issues Agenda

Cambridge Air Solutions Plant Tour

M2030: What Will Additive Manufacturing Look Like in 2030?

Lincoln Electric Plant Tour

Decision Compass Call: How Digital Twins deliver value at Johnson & Johnson

Accuray Virtual Plant Tour

Next Gen Leadership & Workforce Group: Building a Strategy for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Rethink 2022

Boost Operational Efficiency with Advanced Procurement Technology

Special Critical Issues Agenda Call

Manufacturing in 2030: The Industrial Metaverse

How to Protect Advanced 5G Architectures for Manufacturing Against Cyber Threats

The Smart Factory @ Wichita Plant Tour

Centralizing Data Analysis for Leveragability and Effective Predictive Maintenance Decision Making

Data-Driven Manufacturing: Shop Floor to Top Floor – How do you Industrialize and Scale M4.0 Data?

Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) Plant Tour

Decision Compass Call: The Digital T’s – Threads, Twins, Technology, and Transformation

Decision Compass Call: Operationalizing M4.0 Data: How to Turn Data into Insights and Action

Transforming the Factories of the Future: 5G and Data

Critical Issues Panel: Grappling With the Open Job Crisis

Decision Compass Call: Next Steps in Manufacturing 4.0 Sustainability

How Manufacturers Can Overcome Supply Chain Failures with Artificial Intelligence

Manufacturing in 2030: Reflections on New Orleans

Technology Deep Dive: Leveraging Supply Chain Data

Successfully Navigating Current Supply Chain Disruptions

Accelerating the Journey to Industry 4.0

Critical Issues Panel: What’s Ahead in 2022?

Decision Compass Call: Creating a Culture of Quality

Manufacturing in 2030: The Shape of Things to Come

Tech Talk: Closing the Skills Gap with Augmented Reality Work Instructions

Johnson & Johnson Virtual Plant Tour

Decision Compass Call: Glocalization – Rethinking Global Supply Networks to Reduce Complexity and Boost Resiliency

Critical Issues Panel: After COP26: Will the Race to Sustainability Speed Up?

Fireside Chat: Breaking Down Silos to Enhance Manufacturing Performance

Breaking Down Silos to Enhance Manufacturing Performance

Panel Discussion: Simplify Your Path to Smart Manufacturing with Edge Computing

Simplify Your Path to Smart Manufacturing with Edge Computing

Lean Manufacturing Operations Management – How to Make Agility the Focus

Decision Compass Call: Breaking Free from Pilot Paralysis for Digital Initiatives

Imperatives for a Digital Workforce to Support M4.0

Decision Compass Call: Turning a Data Desert Into an Oasis of Insights (PPG Case Study)

Tech Talk: Data Orchestration and Management

Decision Compass Call: Adapting Organizational Structure to Accommodate Workforce Skill Set and Needs

What’s Ahead for MES?

Deep Dive: Unleash the Full Potential in Manufacturing with 5G

Decision Compass Call: New Digital Supply Chain Skills, Roles, and Leadership Approaches

Critical Issue Panel: Building Better Defenses for Improved Security

Decision Compass Call: Digital Twins & The Virtual Enterprise

BASF Enhanced Reality Tour

Decision Compass Call: Taking End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility, Transparency, and Predictability to the Next Level

2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards Open for Nominations

Decision Compass Call: Connecting Legacy Machinery

Nexteer Virtual Plant Tour

Decision Compass Call: Aligning Customer Needs with a Digital-First Business Culture

Decision Compass Call: Sharing Data Across Digital Supply Networks

Technology Deep Dive: How CPQ Can Generate Top-Line Revenue

Decision Compass Call: Sustainable Competitiveness with a MES/MOM Center of Excellence

DENSO Virtual Plant Tour

Rethink Summit 2021

IBM Virtual Plant Tour

MxD Virtual Plant Tour, Pt.2

Cooley Group Virtual Plant Tour

MxD Virtual Plant Tour, Pt. 1

Rethink Summit 2020

Protolabs Virtual Plant Tour