Future-Ready Manufacturing: Sign Up for Our New Series of Free Webinars
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

By Andy Pickard| Senior Solutions Consultant, Sales

Manufacturing was already digitally transforming before 2020. But COVID-19 made the need for change an industry imperative. After more than a year of disruption, how can your business use pandemic pressures as a catalyst to get future-ready?
Aptean is here to help you to prepare for the unpredictable. This May, we’re launching a new webinar series on the core pillars of Future-Ready Manufacturing.
In the Future-Ready Manufacturing webinar series, we’ll be looking at four key areas your business needs to strengthen in order to thrive post-pandemic. And we’ll help you to develop an operational approach that can anticipate and manage future change.
It’s completely free to sign up, and you’ll get access to exclusive strategies from our subject matter expert.
Join us for the following deep dives….
Webinar 1: PERCEIVE: See and Make Smart, Strategic Business Choices
When: May 14, 12:00PM Eastern
Topics on the table:
How to get complete, real-time visibility of all your operations
Factoring material availability and customer trends into demand planning
Making business data accessible anywhere, to drive smart decisions
Increasing flexibility in your supply chain
Webinar 2: PERFORM: Reinforce the Power of Your People
When: May 28, 12:00PM Eastern
Topics on the table:
Using technology to extract your team’s full value
How automation can enhance critical thinking and creativity
Helping your team find ways to increase revenue
Putting data into people’s hands to build a flexible, responsive culture
Webinar 3: PROFIT: Find Every Opportunity in an Unreliable Market
When: June 11, 12:00PM Eastern
Topics on the table:
How to build a lean, agile operation that works efficiently
Capturing new opportunities before the competition
Taking an integrated approach to digital transformation
Making dynamic decisions that drive profit
Webinar 4: PROGRESS: Think and Act Outside the Box
When: June 25, 12:00PM Eastern
Topics on the table:
Why innovation is key to driving growth
Getting people, processes and machinery running at full speed
Embracing change to drive new business opportunities
Putting KPIs in place that track and measure your progress
In each webinar, we’ll share real-world scenarios that demonstrate the benefits of digital transformation. And we’ll be discussing how Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP software enables manufacturers to achieve excellence in each critical area.
We hope you can join us!
With more than 20 years of discrete manufacturing experience, Andy is a trusted expert in helping businesses modernize production operations and elevate quality through enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions. He brings deep expertise in industries such as industrial equipment, electronics and automotive components, with a track record of driving efficiency and performance on the shop floor.
At Aptean, Andy partners closely with manufacturers to streamline processes, strengthen traceability and align technology investments with lean manufacturing goals. Known for his practical, results-driven approach, he understands the realities of custom orders, short lead times and tight margins—and how to address them with purpose-built, industry-specific software.
From high-precision component makers to large-scale equipment manufacturers, Andy offers both strategic insight and hands-on guidance to help businesses compete, scale and succeed in an increasingly complex global market.

By Andy Pickard| Senior Solutions Consultant, Sales




