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Day One
Operator Readiness - Ensuring Successful Equipment and Facilities Startup - Groupe Bel
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Day Two
- Keynote: Beyond the Gemba with Dr. Myrna Flores - Lean Analytics Association
- Reducing Production Downtime with Poka - CHG
- Driving Productivity with Poka - Bosch
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Day Three
- Accelerating Impact through Adoption - Poka
- The Role of the Connected Worker in Your Digital Ecosystem - Mars, Tetrapak
- Building and Scaling an Operator-Centric Culture - Barry Callebaut
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Day 1 : Tuesday, September 13, 2022
| Sessions | Intro | Speakers + Time |
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| Welcome & Vision | In addition to giving you exciting updates on Poka, CEO Alexandre Leclerc and CTO Antoine Bisson will share their perspective on the current state of The Connected Factory Worker landscape and how the market has evolved out of the pandemic. | Alexandre Leclerc & |
| Ensuring Successful Equipment and Facilities Startup | Are you opening a new site? Launching a new production line? Discover how Bel Group efficiently onboarded 170 skilled workers and captured expert knowledge from OEMs when commissioning their first Canadian plant. | Serge Vallée - Groupe Bel, Sorel |
| Deep Dive: Poka for Learning & Development | Poka experts Antoine and Gregory will reveal new and upcoming additions to our platform's Skills & Knowledge management capabilities. Retain and empower workers and maintain a skilled workforce to stay ahead of industry obstacles. |
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| Networking Session |
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Day 2 - Wednesday, September 14, 2022
| Sessions | Speakers | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote: Beyond the Gemba | Leadership’s role in promoting a Lean culture can not be overstated. Leaders who effectively listen and engage employees will have more visibility into issues and opportunities for improvement. In our opening session, we will showcase best practices from the Lean Innovation Community. | Dr. Myrna Flores - Lean Analytics Association |
| Reducing Production Downtime with Poka | In this session we will share tips on how to efficiently reduce production downtime through the experiences of global manufacturers. Discover how CH Guenther saved 40 hours per year on a single piece of equipment. | Tim Angelici - CH Guenther |
| Deep Dive: Poka for Daily Management | Poka product experts Gaëtan and Gabriel will reveal new and upcoming additions to our platform's Daily Management capabilities. Drive a culture of continuous improvement and lean thinking across all employees, departments and plants. | Gaëtan May & |
| How to Resolve Production Issues Faster with Poka | Get a ‘virtual tour’ of Bosch Automotive’s issue management process and find out how this Charleston plant has been able to reduce the time to solve problems by half. Replacing the traditional walkie-talkie approach with Poka has helped capture tribal knowledge and increase visibility into issues. | Matthew Bazzle & |
| 30 Tips in 30 Minutes | Our 30 Tips in 30 Minutes rapid-fire session, designed for Poka owners and administrators, aims to give you quick and easy best practices for improving adoption and daily usage at your plant. | Nela Prolic & |
| 6 Essentials for Launching Poka at a New Site | Explore 5 barriers to a successful Poka launch and key success factors for sustainment and driving usage. In this session, we'll discuss why they're critical and walk through some real-life examples and implications. | Bill Blank & |
| Networking Session |
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Day 3 - Thursday, September 15, 2022
| Sessions | Speakers | Time |
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| Accelerating Impact through Adoption | Are you wondering how to best scale Poka to multiple lines or plants? Explore proven strategies to help you drive value at scale as well as our resources built to support your journey. | Derek Vollebregt & |
| The Role of the Connected Worker in Your Digital Ecosystem | Discover the creative ways customers are integrating Poka into their digital manufacturing technology stack to unlock unprecedented visibility into operations. You don't want to miss this opportunity to hear from Mars and Tetra Pak on how easy and powerful it is to create and visualize data from Poka, in Power BI using Azure and Power Automate. | Andre Owens, Martin Jönsson, Ashish Arora & |
| Deep Dive: Poka’s Enterprise focus | Poka product experts Marie-Sophie and Arnaud will reveal new and upcoming additions to our platform's Enterprise capabilities. Get insights on corporate governance, analytics and administrative requirements from customers who've rolled out Poka globally. | Marie-Sophie Côté & |
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| Building and Scaling an Operator-Centric Culture | Learn how Barry Callebaut, one of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa producers, has built and scaled a worker-centric culture by leveraging traditional Lean tools and a modern digital connected worker application. | John Schouten - Barry Callebaut |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Poka Empower is 100% virtual. You can tune in from anywhere by registering through the virtual event platform, Hopin. (oops)
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The event spans 3 days from September 13-15, 2022, from 9 AM to 12 PM EST. You don't have to attend all 3 days. You can pick and choose which sessions to attend for a customized experience.
Yes, all sessions will be recorded and uploaded shortly after the live presentations. However, you need to register to get access to the recordings.