Panel on Manufacturing Operations in Network-Centric Environments Across the Defense Systems Life-Cycle

We are in the midst of transforming the infrastructure that equips the US military. The nexus of this revolutionary change is network centric operations – multiple participants collectively working together across a product’s life-cycle. Network centric operations change the rules of engagement for all stakeholders. New levels of accountability, new levels of collaboration . . . it’s definitely not business as usual. The Panel will discuss the wide range of benefits, challenges and opportunities that this transformation is bringing to our manufacturing community.

Moderator: Dr. Bill Kessler, Professor and Director Executive Programs, Tennenbaum Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology

Panel Members:

• Mr. Eric Mittelstadt, CEO, National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
• Mr. Robert “Rusty” Patterson, VP Business Excellence, Raytheon Company
• Mr. Robert Rearden, VP Supply Chain Integration, LM Aeronautics Company
• Dr. Bill Rouse, Professor and Executive Director, Tennenbaum Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology
• Mr. Dennis Wisnosky, CTO and Chief Architect, Business Mission Area, OSD

Panel on Model-Based Enterprise for Future Product Design, Manufacturing and Life Cycle Support

A Model Based Enterprise (MBE) allows for simulation and visualization of product manufacturing and lifecycle support. Reduced numbers of prototypes, human-in-the-loop, reduced manufacturing product variation and improved cost are key results.  This panel will show examples of cost assessment in real time, Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs) auto established, virtual humans (ones that get hungry, get tired, have limited physical movements, etc.) to test in a 3- D environment.  The long term prospects for intelligent, integrated manufacturing systems, and illustrative, on-going short term projects in development today will be described.

Moderator: Mr. Herm Reininga, Senior VP, Operations (R), Rockwell Collins, Organizer

Panel Members:

• Mr. Dave Koshiba, Boeing Phantom Works
  
• Mr. Michael Eder, Lockheed Martin
  
• Mr. Dan Klingberg, Raytheon Missile Systems
  
• Mr. Courtney Hill, General Electric
  
• Dr. Mike McGrath, Anser Corporation
• Mr. Jack Harris, Rockwell Collins