Standards Forum

SYNOPSIS

Sustainable and innovative manufacturing with Industry 4.0 standards. Organised by Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Standards Council and held in conjunction with Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC 2020, the Standards Forum on 22 October 2020 brings together international and local experts to share insights on how manufacturing companies can move towards sustainable manufacturing and adopt innovative digital twin technologies, while highlighting the role of standards as a strategic tool for companies.

Standards Forum

Thursday, 22 Oct 2020 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
GMT +8
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Venue

ITAP CONNECTED

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Session 1: Sustainability Programme
10.00 - 10.15am	Joint Opening Address Ms Choy Sauw Kook Director-General (Quality & Excellence) of Enterprise Singapore Professor Reginald Tan Executive Director (Science & Engineering Research Council) of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
10.15 - 10.30am	Exploring Opportunities in Sustainable Manufacturing for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Find out more about sustainable manufacturing and how it can help SMEs capture new market opportunities. The speaker will also be sharing how businesses can adopt sustainable manufacturing practices with illustrative case studies. Ms Amy Costello Chairman of the ASTM Committee on Sustainable Manufacturing
10.30 - 10.45am	How Can Businesses Overcome Challenges in Sustainable Manufacturing and Enhance Their Company Branding with Conformity Assessment? Get insights on the importance of sustainability for companies and how conformity assessment can help SMEs brand themselves as "green" suppliers to their multinational company (MNC) customers. Dr. William F. Hoffman Corporate Fellow, Senior Scientists of Underwriters Laboratories
10.45 - 11.00am	Singapore's approach towards a more sustainable manufacturing industry Hear about SIMTech's experience in helping Singapore companies adopt sustainable manufacturing solutions and learn how standards can shorten the learning curve on success deployment of these solutions. Dr. Yeo Zhiquan Deputy Group Manager of Sustainability & Life Cycle Management Group of A*STAR
11.00 - 11.15am	Industry 4.0 Enabling End-to-End Manufacturing Supply Chain Sustainability Transparency Lack of data transparency and visibility is one of the biggest hinderances in quantifying the true environmental impact of manufacturing. From raw materials to the finished goods on a store shelf, the supply chain is expansive and complex to map and measure. Arcstone and the Advanced Remanufacturing & Technology Centre (ARTC) have teamed up to tackle this problem by leveraging Industry 4.0 toolsets and techniques to develop an extensive mapping from harvesting/production/logistics/etc. operations to truly measure and calculate a normalized carbon impact on the environment. Mr Willson Deng Chief Executive Officer, Arcstone Pte Ltd
11.15 - 12.00pm	Panel: How Can Standards Support SMEs in Improving Sustainability Efforts for Long Term Business Success? Moderator: A/Prof Karthik Kumar, Director, Urban and Green Technology Centre, ASTAR Panelists: Ms Amy Costello,* Chairman of the ASTM Committee on Sustainable Manufacturing Dr. William F.Hoffman, Corporate Fellow, Senior Scientist of Underwriters Laboratories Dr. Yeo Zhiquan, Deputy Group Manager of Sustainability & Life Cycle Management Group of ASTAR Mr Willson Deng,* Chief Executive Officer of Arcstone Pte Ltd

Session 2: Digital Twin Programme
1.00 - 1.15pm	The Digital Twin for Manufacturing Through a Standards-Based Approach What exactly is digital twin? Find out more about this technology and how international standards can help businesses adopt a structured approach in implementing digital twin technologies in their operational processes. Mr Kenneth Swope Chairman of ISO TC 184/SC4 and Convenor of ISO TC184/AGH2 on Digital Twin
1.15 - 1.30pm	Smart Digital Twin for Logistics Operations Learn how digital twin technology can help businesses improve the efficiency of their logistics operations. The speaker will also share some of the industry implementation cases by adopting best practices such as the use of common data/information, modelling, simulation and optimization techniques when implementing these digital twin technologies. Professor Lee Hoo Hay Director for Centre of Next Generation Logistics (C4NGL)
1.30 - 1.45pm	Unlocking manufacturing potential with digital twin technology Drawing upon Siemen's leadership in digital twin solutions, hear from the speaker on how their clients, including SMEs, have utilised these solutions to innovate, improve productivity, reduce operation downtime and optimise processes. Dr. Sumin Jeon Digital twin expert, Siemens
1.45 - 2.30pm	Panel: How can digital twin technologies benefit small and medium enterprises? Moderator:Dr Andreas Hauser(Managing Director of TUV SUD Asia Pacific) Panelists: Mr Kenneth Swope, Chairman of ISO TC 184/SC4 on Industrial Data and Convenor of ISO TC184/AGH2 on Digital Twin Professor Lee Loo Hay, Director for Centre of Next Generation Logistics (C4NGL) Dr. Sumin Jeon, Digital twin expert, Siemens
2.30pm	End of programme

Standards Workshop
3.30 - 3.40pm	Welcome address & MOU signing
3.40 - 3.50pm	Sharing on standards for robotics communication with infrastructure
3.50 - 4.30pm	OPC Companion Specs for Robots
4.30pm	Closing remarks