ASK AN OPERATIONS KEYNOTE SPEAKER: WHERE ARE DATA, ANALYTICS AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS HEADING?

23 Aug ASK AN OPERATIONS KEYNOTE SPEAKER: WHERE ARE DATA, ANALYTICS AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS HEADING?

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Based on comments from top operations keynote speakers, the sorts of things they typically discuss at meetings, tradeshows, conferences and events would be as follows.

  • Digital transformation – How digital technologies like AI, automation, IoT are transforming operations and supply chains. From a operations keynote speaker’s viewpoint, a variety of digital transformation success stories.
  • Innovation – Emerging innovations in operations like autonomous vehicles, robotics, additive manufacturing (3D printing), augmented reality, and their business impact.
  • Analytics and big data – Using advanced data analytics and business intelligence to gain insights from operations data to optimize performance.
  • Agile operations – Adopting agile methodologies like DevOps, continuous improvement and lean principles to deliver customer value faster, at least in operations keynote speakers’ eyes.
  • Sustainability – Strategies for sustainable operations such as reducing carbon footprint, waste elimination, circular supply chains, renewable energy.
  • Risk management – New approaches for managing operational risks like supply chain disruptions, cybersecurity threats, trade volatility. Role of predictive analytics.
  • Talent and leadership – Developing as operations keynote speakers and industry experts the future workforce. Ensuring diversity and inclusion. Upskilling employees for Industry 4.0.
  • Omnichannel operations – Providing consistent customer experience across physical and digital channels. Integration of sales, inventory, fulfillment.
  • Change management – Leading transformational change and getting organizational buy-in. Overcoming resistance to new ways of working.
  • Globalization – Optimizing global supply chains, inventory positioning, and logistics for geographically dispersed customers and suppliers. A big focus for operations keynote speakers lately.
  • Technology integration – Successfully integrating systems, data and automated processes across departmental silos.

 

Presentations seek to prompt operations leaders to adopt emerging practices and technologies to achieve efficiency, resilience and growth.