Rick Schultz
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Rick Schultz, Executive Director of Aerospace and Defense, FANUC America
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Rick Schultz, Executive Director of Aerospace and Defense, FANUC America
SOUTHWEST Session: Understand the essential steps for achieving CMMC compliance in this essential session. Colin Gilchrist will provide a comprehensive guide for organizations looking to bridge the gap between cybersecurity requirements and business growth, ensuring a strong compliance foundation.
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SOUTHWEST Session: Your next efficiency breakthrough isn't hiding in a machine learning algorithm. It's walking around your shop floor right now. While manufacturing obsesses over AI, 85% of operations still depend on human expertise. The CNC programmer who knows exactly when to adjust spindle speeds. The veteran welder who spots perfect joints in seconds. The setup technician whose alignment cuts cycle times. These operators don't just run your processes, they've mastered them. They hold the institutional knowledge that separates good production from great production. But your systems can't see what they know, creating a costly blind spot. Mid-market manufacturers nationwide face the same challenge: valuable knowledge trapped in individual heads instead of being scaled digitally. The result is lost efficiency because operator expertise can’t integrate with core systems. Companies overcoming this aren’t layering more machine learning. They’re building systems that amplify human intelligence. They digitize workflows, connect teams to real-time data, and create interfaces designed around how operators think and work, not the other way around. In this session, Docket will reveal how shop floor digitization platforms close the gap between operator expertise and digital execution. You’ll gain practical insights into smart manufacturing systems that support your frontline, enabling faster setups, higher accuracy, and smoother production. At a time when manufacturers chase the next big overhaul, don’t overlook the team that got you here. The goal isn’t replacing human insight, it’s designing systems that can multiply it.
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: hyperMILL® is a modular and flexible CAM solution for 2.5D, 3D and 5-axis milling as well as mill turning and machining operations such as high-speed cutting (HSC) and high-performance cutting (HPC), with everything integrated in a single interface. The special applications for milling impellers, blisks, turbine blades, tubes and tire molds complete the range of functions available in hyperMILL®. Complete machining with just one CAM system and one postprocessor Complete machining for milling and mill turning with just one CAM software and just one postprocessor results in integrated processes and minimized machining times, while also increasing reliability – for maximum process reliability, cost efficiency and quality. hyperMILL® provides the maximum possible benefits to customers thanks to its full compatibility with all current CAD solutions. hyperMILL® is offered as a direct integration for leading CAD systems: SOLIDWORKS and Autodesk® Inventor® as well as for OPEN MIND's own ‘CAD-for-CAM’ solution: hyperCAD®-S Increased competitiveness with hyperMILL® OPEN MIND customers benefit from leading 5-axis and postprocessor technology as well as diverse options for automation. These help to ensure a high level of competitiveness. The CAD/CAM systems from OPEN MIND meet the highest requirements worldwide in the tool and mold manufacturing, production machining, automobile, aerospace, motorsports, medical engineering and turbine machining industries.
SOUTHWEST Exhibitor: ARC Specialties designs and builds automated manufacturing systems and robotic cells for welding, cutting, material removal, and many other manufacturing processes. Since 1983 ARC Specialties has provided innovative solutions including engineering and consulting services, robotic systems integration, turnkey systems, machine tools, controls and software. ARC Specialties has installations worldwide, and each of ARC’s systems is backed by our excellent service, technical support, and training. The combination of experience, technology, and reputation makes ARC Specialties the leader in a competitive marketplace.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Denis Larscheid, Sr Applications Engineer, Hawk Ridge Systems
SOUTHWEST Session: Understand the essential steps for achieving CMMC compliance in this essential session. Colin Gilchrist will provide a comprehensive guide for organizations looking to bridge the gap between cybersecurity requirements and business growth, ensuring a strong compliance foundation.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Rupal Nanavati, Digital & IoT Transformation Leader, Sutherland