William Bill Hornsby

Dana is modernizing its global manufacturing operations by building a unified MES and data architecture that connects machines, people, and processes across multiple plants. By integrating real time machine data, automated SPC analytics, predictive maintenance logic, and frontline communication tools, Dana is creating a scalable digital foundation that improves reliability, accelerates problem solving, and reduces manual effort. This session explores how the team is layering AI, MES, and connected worker technologies to deliver measurable operational impact while preparing for the next phase of intelligent manufacturing.

• Unlock real time visibility by connecting machines, MES, and enterprise systems

• Strengthen predictive maintenance with automated downtime insights and machine level diagnostics

• Improve quality and reduce engineering workload with AI driven SPC across value streams

• Capture frontline "soft data" to accelerate problem solving and close the loop on downtime

• Build a scalable digital foundation that supports standard work, cycle time accuracy, and future AI use cases