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Thought Leadership

Sharing decades of expertise to propel manufacturing into the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Digital Transformation of manufacturing operations begins with FactoryTwin.

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Recent Speech
Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance ADVANCE 2025
February 4th, 2025 — Seattle, WA

FactoryTwin presented to Boeing and hundreds of its suppliers, demonstrating our product's ability to substantially boost throughput and cash flow. It became clear to the audience that the factory digital twin technology is not only vastly superior to anything else in data analytics in terms of practical use cases resulting in a step improvements in shop KPIs, but also much more affordable for SMMs

Recorded Speeches & Panels

"Harnessing Factory Data for a Competitive Advantage"

Vivek Saxena, CEO of FactoryTwin, and Eric Nolan, VP of Operations at G-Force Manufacturing, join the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence for an engaging webinar on factory data analytics.

"Double Digit Improvement in Shop KPIs Using Factory Data Analytics"

Learn how factory data analytics can help you improve your shop KPIs in this recorded webinar with the Investment Castings Institute.

"Practical and Affordable Factory Digital Twins for SMEs"

Vivek Saxena, founder of FactoryTwin, discusses how Factory Digital Twins improve shop floor decisions for small and midsized enterprises. Presented at IMTS 2024.

Past Speeches & Panels

Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence Webinar

Presented "Harnessing Factory Data for a Competitive Advantage"

Feb 2025 - Virtual

Investment Casting Institute Webinar

Presented "Double Digit Improvement in Shop KPIs Using Factory Data Analytics"

Nov 2024 - Virtual

International Manufacturing Technology Show - IMTS

Presented "Practical & Affordable Factory Digital Twins for SMEs"

Sep 2024 - Chicago

Investment Casting Institute Business & Leadership Development Conference

Presented "Unlocking Productivity at Small and Medium Sized Factories with Digital Twin"

Apr 2024 - Santa Fe

Cascadia Connect Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Tech Conference

Presented "Factory Digital Twins for Small and Medium Manufacturers"

Feb 2024 - Santa Monica

Aviation Week A&D Supply Chain Americas

Conference

Presented "The Weakest Links in The Aerospace Digital Thread—Factory Digital Twins"

Jan 2024 -  Los Angeles

Aviation Week A&D Raw Materials and Manufacturing Conference

Moderated a panel discussing case studies in manufacturing analytics

Apr 2023 -  Atlanta

Aviation Week A&D SupplyChain Conference

Feb 2023 -  Beverly Hills

Moderated a panel on factory analytics

Aviation Week A&D Manufacturing Conference

May 2022 -  Greensboro

Keynote speech on "Your Factory Data is your Superpower"

9th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium

Presenter on 'Scaling up to AAM'

Jan 2022 -  San Jose

Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

Feb 2021 -  Virtual

Main stage presenter on 'Transformative Technologies: The Next Production System Paradigm'

MRO Transatlantic Virtual Conference

Oct 2020 -  Virtual

Speaker on the digital ecosystem

Plastics in Aerospace

May 2020 -  Virtual

Keynote speech on "Post COVID-19 Scenarios for the Supply Chain"

Aviation Week Aero-Engines Americas

Feb 2020 -  Virtual

Chair of the panel on "The Great Big Technology Panel (Part 2)"

Speed News Aerospace Manufacturing Conference

May 2019 -  Virtual

Keynote speech on "The Near Future of Aerospace Manufacturing"

Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance Conference

Feb 2019 -  Virtual

Chair of the panel on "Affordability in Action"

Aviation Week Aero-Engines Americas

Jan 2019 -  Dallas

Chair of the panel on "Capacity, Completion and Market Demand-- Assessing the State of Aero-Engine MRO'

Speed News Aerospace Manufacturing Conference

May 2018 -  New Orleans

Keynote speech on "Manufacturing in Emerging Countries - Challenges & Opportunities for Western SMEs"

Aviation Week Aerospace Manufacturing Conference

May 2018 -  New Orleans

Chair of the panel on "Lessons & Synergies - Aerospace & Automotive Manufacturing"

Speed News B&GA Conference

Oct 2017 -  Los Angeles

Keynote speech on "Flying Cars & Air Taxis"

Farnborough Airshow

July 2016 -  United Kingdom

Chair of the panel on "Automation in Aerospace Manufacturing"

Speed News Aerospace Manufacturing Conference

May 2016 -  Charleston

Keynote speech on "New Adventures in Aerospace Manufacturing"

M&A Case Studies

Dec 2015 -  Hamburg

Improvements in the long tail of aerospace supply chain

Paris Airshow

June 2015 -  France

Chaired the supply chain panel with VPs of Global Supply Chain from GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney as panelists

Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace Briefings

April 2015 -  Los Angeles

Chaired the one day conference organized by Speed News

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