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Production losses
Downtime, bottlenecks, quality losses, waiting and hidden capacity.
DBR77 AI for Manufacturing Tour · USA 2026
Bring one factory problem. Leave with an AI action plan.
Six invitation-only working sessions across the Carolinas. No generic keynote. Your process, your data reality and one credible next move.
September 28–October 5North & South Carolina
6 stops · 1 missionMake manufacturing AI actionable
25–30 leadersPer invitation-only session
Why this tour
Start with the factory problem — not the AI pitch.
Manufacturers do not need another generic presentation. They need a disciplined way to choose the right problem, data, technology and implementation path.
6manufacturing regions
150–180expected participants
3hpractical workshop
1actionable next step
What we work on
Decisions that directly affect the floor.
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Data and visibility
Machine signals, OEE, disconnected systems and delayed decisions.
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Automation choices
What to automate, how to validate it and which partner can deliver.
AI
Practical AI
Operator support, maintenance, quality, planning and process decisions.
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Investment risk
Testing layouts, scenarios and business cases before CAPEX.
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Execution
Turning an idea into an owned assessment, pilot or implementation.
The manufacturing roadshow
Six stops. Two states. One factory-first mission.
We are taking the workshop to the manufacturing corridors—not asking plant leaders to fly to another generic AI conference. Dates and venues remain subject to partner confirmation.
Regional working sessionWorking route · final venues pending
SEP 28
Wilson–Nash Manufacturing Corridor
Wilson, North Carolina
Tour launchSEP 29
Randolph–Davidson–South Guilford
Asheboro, North Carolina
North CarolinaSEP 30
Catawba Valley
Conover, North Carolina
North CarolinaOCT 01
Spartanburg–Greer–Duncan
Duncan, South Carolina
South CarolinaOCT 02
Lexington–Richland–Newberry
West Columbia, South Carolina
South CarolinaOCT 05
Berkeley–Dorchester–North Charleston
North Charleston, South Carolina
Final stopOctober 3–4 are reserved for plant conversations, content production and partner meetings. Want the tour to stop at your facility or manufacturing network? Choose “Partner with the tour” below.
Workshop format
Three hours built around real manufacturing challenges.
Every tour stop begins at 9:00 AM. Focused enough for plant leaders. Concrete enough to define what happens after the room.
Registration and breakfastMeet regional manufacturing and technology leaders.
Manufacturing AI in ActionWhat is ready now, what is not, and how to choose a valuable starting point.
Real challenge working sessionProduction, maintenance, quality, automation, data and workforce cases.
Decision and next-step canvasDefine the evidence, owner and first experiment or assessment.
Close and priority conversationsOptional one-to-one follow-up with DBR77 and partners.
Bring your factory problem
Submit a challenge before the workshop.
Write it or record it later when the connected version launches. You control how the case may be used.
A useful challenge includes
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Current process
What happens today and where the difficulty appears.
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Business impact
Time, cost, capacity, quality, safety or delivery effect.
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Desired result
What would materially improve and how you would recognize it.
Privacy first.Do not include personal data, passwords, export-controlled information, customer secrets or restricted drawings in the initial submission.
You choose the visibility
Every submitted challenge receives one explicit classification.
Open workshop case
May be discussed with your company identified.
Anonymous workshop case
May be presented after company-identifying details are removed.
Confidential DBR77 review
Restricted to authorized DBR77 personnel for private follow-up.
Who should join
Manufacturers first. Ecosystem support around them.
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Manufacturing leaders
Plant, operations, engineering, automation, maintenance, quality, IT/OT, supply chain and transformation leaders.
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Regional partners
Economic-development organizations, community colleges, universities, MEP centers and manufacturing associations.
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Technology partners
Selected robotics, automation, data and integration organizations contributing expertise — not generic sales presentations.
The tour continues online
IEX 2026 — Physical AI in Manufacturing
The factory challenges collected across the Carolinas become a global live broadcast from Charlotte. Five expert conversations. Humanoids, robots and cobots, manufacturing AI, system integration and factory decision-making.
October 8, 2026Live from Charlotte
Free online accessGlobal manufacturing audience
Five expert blocksOne Physical AI report
Local application preview
Choose how you want to participate.
Today this form works locally as a UX prototype. Tomorrow we will connect the final fields, privacy text and CRM routing.
Manufacturing AI in Action
Bring one real problem. Leave with one credible next step.
Six regional working sessions for the people responsible for making manufacturing decisions happen.
Apply to attend