Digitizing Legacy Machines: Making Your Manufacturing Data Work for You

Learn practical ways manufacturers are reducing waste, improving efficiency, and increasing margins without major investments.

Manufacturers are under pressure to improve margins while managing workforce shortages, rising operating costs, and aging equipment. Many companies believe operational improvement requires major capital spending when significant savings opportunities already exist within their current operations.

The Virginia Smart Manufacturing Accelerator (VSMA) Roadshow Series is designed to help Virginia manufacturers understand how digital technologies can be applied to existing equipment and operations without requiring major capital investments.

Why Attend

This free workshop helps Virginia manufacturers find and act on savings opportunities that already exist in their current operations, without requiring major capital investment. With expert instruction from Virginia Tech and Virginia State University and live demonstrations of practical monitoring tools, attendees leave with a clear path to reducing waste, improving uptime, and protecting margins.

What You Will Learn

• How to identify operational waste and inefficiencies already affecting margins
• How monitoring tools connect to existing equipment and operations
• How operational information can be visualized and used to support decision-making
• How practical improvements support better uptime, throughput, and workforce efficiency
• How to prioritize operational improvements and evaluate return on investment

What's Different?

01 Classroom Instruction | GENEDGE, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University

Subject matter experts from Virginia Tech and Virginia State University will explain how manufacturers can identify practical operational improvements that reduce waste and improve performance.

02 Live Tech Demo

Participants will see operational monitoring tools, manufacturing data systems, and practical improvement methods demonstrated in a manufacturing context.

03 Business Application

Industry experts will discuss implementation considerations, expected savings opportunities, operational benefits, and how manufacturers can prioritize low-cost improvements.

Who Should Attend

Built for the people making decisions inside Virginia manufacturing companies — not consultants, not software vendors. You.

• Plant & Operations Managers — learn how to improve operational efficiency and reduce avoidable costs using current equipment and personnel.
• Engineers & Technical Staff — understand how monitoring systems and operational data tools support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Business Owners & Executives — evaluate practical operational improvement opportunities without large capital expenditures.

Your Expert Presenters

Additional information will be available soon.

Virginia Smart Manufacturing Accelerator Roadshow Series

This event is one of seven regional roadshow events delivered across Virginia to help manufacturers explore practical applications of smart manufacturing technologies without the need to travel to large industry conferences.

The series is presented through a collaboration of:

• GENEDGE
• Virginia Tech
• Old Dominion University
• Virginia State University

Join us in November: November 12th Executive Auditorium, Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center 1 Partnership Circle, Abingdon VA 24210

Register below. Attendance is free, but registration is required.