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Production losses
Downtime, bottlenecks, quality losses, waiting and hidden capacity.
DBR77 AI for Manufacturing Tour · USA 2026
Protect production flow. Find where AI can protect margin.
Six focused working sessions across the Carolinas for C-level, operations and plant leaders. Bring one real production challenge, test what AI can change and exchange practical perspectives with regional manufacturing peers.
September 28–October 5North & South Carolina
9:00 AM–12:30 PMHalf-day working session
Focused peer groupManufacturing decision-makers
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
½ daypractical working session
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.
Dates & locations
Choose the stop that works for you.
Block 9:00 AM–12:30 PM on the date nearest you. Venue details will follow as regional host arrangements are confirmed.
SEP 28
Wilson, North Carolina
Wilson–Nash Manufacturing Corridor
9:00 AM–12:30 PM · venue to be confirmedTour launchSelect this date →SEP 29
Asheboro, North Carolina
Randolph–Davidson–South Guilford
9:00 AM–12:30 PM · venue to be confirmedNorth CarolinaSelect this date →SEP 30
Conover, North Carolina
Catawba Valley
9:00 AM–12:30 PM · venue to be confirmedNorth CarolinaSelect this date →OCT 01
Duncan, South Carolina
Spartanburg–Greer–Duncan
9:00 AM–12:30 PM · venue to be confirmedSouth CarolinaSelect this date →OCT 02
West Columbia, South Carolina
Lexington–Richland–Newberry
9:00 AM–12:30 PM · venue to be confirmedSouth CarolinaSelect this date →OCT 05
North Charleston, South Carolina
Berkeley–Dorchester–North Charleston
9:00 AM–12:30 PM · venue to be confirmedFinal stopSelect this date →Illustrative routeFinal venues pending partner confirmation
October 3–4 are reserved for plant conversations, content production and partner meetings. Want to host the Tour at your facility or support a regional session? Choose “Partner with the tour” below.
Workshop hosts
Manufacturing leadership meets practical AI.
Two complementary perspectives will keep the session grounded in factory economics, operational reality and what technology can credibly deliver.
Torian Richardson
CEO, DBR77 USA · Former Global Director at NVIDIA
Torian brings more than 25 years of leadership across technology, operations and global transformation. He will challenge AI assumptions, translate technology possibilities into practical questions and distinguish what is ready now from what still requires evidence.
Piotr Wiśniewski, Ph.D.
Founder & Global CEO, DBR77 · Former automotive CEO
Piotr brings more than 20 years of manufacturing leadership, including five years as CEO of global automotive supplier Maflow. He will connect production problems, investment decisions and operational consequences—keeping every proposed AI move accountable to factory performance and business value.
The combination: global automotive manufacturing leadership on one side; AI, technology and transformation leadership on the other. The objective is not to promote technology, but to test where it can improve a real manufacturing decision.
Workshop format
A half-day session 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.
Arrival, breakfast and peer introductionsMeet 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
Save a workshop date
Choose the city and date that work best for you.
Complete the short form to record your preferred stop. Your application will be sent securely to DBR77 in HubSpot, and you can immediately add the provisional workshop time to your calendar.
Manufacturing AI in Action
Bring one real problem. Leave with one credible next step.
Choose the workshop date and location that work best for you, then meet regional manufacturing leaders responsible for similar production and profitability decisions.
Save a workshop date