MESA Smart Manufacturing Community: Smart Connected Supply Chain

Description

Come share your experiences, stories, questions, and what you have learned in a safe, non-commercial environment. We seek to understand the state of the market, understand what companies have done that has or has not worked, documenting questions that MESA and the community can help answer. Overall, the goal is to accelerate each participant’s learning and progress toward Smart Manufacturing. 

Topic: Sovereignty as a New Supply Chain and Business Goal: Considerations
With so much uncertainty in the supply chain and the world, companies are focusing on sovereignty, or a "company’s ability to maintain control over critical aspects of its operations, minimizing external dependencies that could jeopardize its autonomy, resilience, and strategic goals."

Your executives are thinking about this, so we want to ensure you do too!

• Does your company have any goals or discussions about sovereignty?
• Have you analyzed where your greatest external risks lie?
• How are you addressing that in your supply chain? Have you shifted suppliers?
• Have you brought any previously outsourced capabilities back in-house? Will we go back to vertically-integrated manufacturing? Why or why not?
• Are workforce challenges a factor in your efforts to keep control?
• What about ESG considerations – how can you improve control of energy and sustainability?
• What role is technology playing? Have cybersecurity concerns played into your approach to resilience and agility?

Agenda: 

• Thanks to our Sponsor(s) 
• Facilitator introduction 
• Community & Group overview – why participate and what to expect 
• Smart Manufacturing Paradigm 
• Thanks to our Sponsor(s) 
• Summary of last meeting 
• Today's subject 
• Wrap up 
• Next meeting 
• How to keep the conversation going 
• Thanks

The Community meets every two weeks via virtual facilitated meetings. The Community is a benefit of MESA membership. Members automatically receive the Zoom link/invitation. Not a member? Join today! 

Learn more about MESA's Smart Manufacturing Community Groups.

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