“Bringing the Three “A’s” Into Modern Manufacturing”
Presenter:
Richard L. (Rick) Koski, Vice President of Enterprise Systems, BACS Consulting Group
The United States is moving rapidly to restore strategic defense related manufacturing within North America. Initiatives such as the CHIPS and Science Act and Build Submarines show this work in action. This work to reestablish manufacturing coincides with the arrival of Artificial Intelligence as a viable business tool. New manufacturing processes and methods need to include Automation, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence – the “Three A’s”.
This need was underscored in a recent article: Bringing it home: The three A’s and the return of American manufacturing
Many companies have IT departments that focus on Infrastructure and purchase software as a service through cloud-based suppliers. As such, the integration of advanced analytics and AI is daunting, and yet something we are told must be in our roadmap.
This webinar will discuss the basic mechanisms of the Three A’s and provide practical advice on how to enable low risk integration of these capabilities into business.
Presenter
Richard L. (Rick) Koski is the Vice President of Enterprise Systems at BACS Consulting Group. He is responsible for the evaluation, selection and implementation of the systems on which the business is run. Examples of these types of systems include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Customer Resource Management (CRM), Manufacturing Execution (MES), and others.
Rick has been an owner of two technology focused consulting firms, both of which were sold. His most recent firm, Lighthouse Information Systems, was sold to Aldrich Advisors in 2019. Aldrich is a North America top 50 accounting firm. Rick assisted in restructuring Lighthouse Information Systems in Aldrich Technology Advisors. He left Aldrich in 2022 and joined BACS later that same year.
Rick started his professional career in the US Navy in submarines and served on multiple ships as well as completing a tour as a Nuclear Power School instructor. He completed his bachelor’s degree and began a second career in the semiconductor industry working for equipment suppliers as advanced automation began moving into that industry in the 1990’s. In 2002 he completed his MBA and began a third career in data systems consulting. He brings the disciplines of Finance, Operations, and Technology together to the benefit of his customers. Producing meaningful value for customers underscores his career and his passion.
