Details:
Date: October 9, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Location: National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Seminar Agenda:
10:00 – 12:00, with coffee and lunch provided.
- Welcome & Introductions
- Session 1 + Breakout Discussion
- Session 2 & Panel Discussion
- Networking Break (Coffee)
- Session 3 + Breakout Discussion
- NMIS Circular Manufacturing
- Wrap Up
- Lunch & Tour
Introduction
- ATS will open with an introduction about who we are, followed by NMIS presenting an overview of their organisation.
- Value: This sets the context, builds credibility, and ensures the audience understands both organisations’ expertise and how they complement one another.
Session 1 – Modern Technologies & Methodologies for the O.T – Business I.T. (15 minutes)
- An overview of current technologies and modern approaches to integrating operations technology (O.T) with business I.T.
- Value: Provides participants with insights into how aligning O.T and I.T can increase efficiency, reduce silos, and enhance decision-making across the business.
Breakout Session 1
- Small group discussions to reflect on Session 1’s content.
- Value: Encourages knowledge-sharing, allows participants to apply what they’ve heard to their own business context, and promotes networking.
Session 2 – Rapid MES Adoption: The Bare Necessities
- Focus on practical steps: plan the build, build the plan, and tackle the high-hurts.
- Value: Delivers actionable strategies to accelerate MES adoption, helping businesses avoid common pitfalls and implement solutions more effectively.
Breakout Session 2
- Group discussions around MES adoption strategies.
- Value: Gives participants a chance to share challenges and learn from each other’s approaches, making the session more interactive and relevant.
Session 3 – Creating a Digital Roadmap
- Guidance on developing a realistic and valuable roadmap for digital transformation.
- Value: Equips businesses with a framework to structure their transformation journey, ensuring investment in digitalisation delivers measurable results.
NMIS Presentation – Circular Manufacturing
Digital Trade and the Role of Digital Product Passports
our focus is to showcase NMIS’s capabilities in ReMake Digital Product Passports (DPP) and draw on insights from InterAct’s work on Digital Trade; thus, highlighting how these tools support value retention and circularity in manufacturing through improved product data exchange and regulatory compliance.
Wrap-Up & Tour of the Facility + Lunch
- Summary of key takeaways, followed by a guided facility tour and networking lunch.
- Value: Reinforces learning in a practical setting, showcases real-world applications, and provides valuable networking opportunities in a relaxed environment.
FAQ:
- We already have a SCADA system – why should I attend?
a.This is an opportunity to understand how your successes can be expanded across your business and how you can scale the benefits you have experienced.
b.This is an opportunity for networking and knowledge sharing amongst your peers - I have looked at MES in the past and know that this is not relevant for our business, why should this be any different?
a.Manufacturing execution systems are constantly evolving and developing. In recent years these systems have moved from traditional monolithic applications to agile and module tool sets. - We are a manufacturing company and our focus is on making products is this relevant?
a.Yes, manufacturing and business value is the key driving factor for this event
b.The approaches and systems we talk about will be focussed on delivering a manufacturing first approach
Who Should Attend This Seminar?
✔ Production and Operations
✔ Engineering and Project Teams
✔ IT / OT
✔ Quality Managers and Specialists
✔ Controls and Automation
✔ Manufacturing Systems
✔ Digital Transformation
Additionally:
- Participation in the seminar is free, but participants are limited to 23.
- We kindly ask you to share this invitation with any colleagues you find suitable.
- For more information about our company, please visit our website.
