About the Webinar: Manufacturing Excellence – Revolutionize Production Through Strategic Innovation

In this on-demand webinar, IndX and SAP discussed how manufacturers are responding to growing production complexity driven by supply disruptions, operational challenges and evolving market demands. The session highlights how Howdens Joinery approached these pressures by transitioning from legacy on-premise systems to SAP Digital Manufacturing in the cloud.

The discussion outlines how this shift supported improved execution visibility, smarter production management and closer alignment between plant operations and enterprise systems across Howdens’ manufacturing network.

Attendees will learn how SAP Digital Manufacturing supports organizations as they:

  • Connect Operations and Planning: how plant-level execution can be connected with enterprise planning to support real-time, data-driven decision-making.
  • Improve Production Execution: ways to enhance efficiency and responsiveness through integrated execution and continuous control.
  • Modernize Manufacturing Architecture: considerations for moving from legacy systems to a cloud-based manufacturing environment.

The session provides perspective for organizations evaluating how digital manufacturing platforms can support operational change and long-term scalability.

Our Expertise & Partnership with SAP

IndX is a global SAP partner and strategic advisor supporting Digital Supply Chain and Digital Manufacturing initiatives. Working closely with SAP’s digital supply chain division, IndX helps organizations adopt connected manufacturing solutions that support transparency, resiliency and operational alignment.

Through this partnership, IndX supports manufacturers in modernizing operations and integrating SAP Digital Manufacturing within complex production environments.

Customer Perspective: Howdens Joinery

During the session, IndX shared how it supported Howdens Joinery in transforming manufacturing operations with SAP Digital Manufacturing. Facing a shift from make-to-stock to make-to-order production, Howdens required a scalable platform capable of supporting customized product offerings while managing complexity.

The discussion covered how SAP Digital Manufacturing was selected and implemented with a focus on cloud adoption, system integration and operational transformation, beginning with a paint customization site and supporting broader rollout across manufacturing locations.

Contact Us

If you have questions about SAP Digital Manufacturing or manufacturing transformation initiatives, the IndX team is available to support you.

Our Expert Speakers

David Peacock
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IS Manufacturing System Technical Lead at Howdens Joinery
David Peacock is the IS Manufacturing System Technical Lead for Howdens Joinery. He is a motivated and energetic IT professional with over 20 years of experience within the manufacturing supply chain, from developing CAD/CAM post processes to designing and building Manufacturing Execution systems. David is excited to be learning, developing and inspiring while building and implementing Manufacturing solutions for the future with latest technologies and based on Industry 4.0 practices.
Salvatore Castro
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Senior Director, Product Marketing Manager at SAP
Sam Castro joined SAP in July 2005 with the acquisition of a small company called Lighthammer. At that time, he was responsible for implementation consulting, custom development, field enablement, and training for the core products like Illuminator, Xacute, UDS, CMS. These products have since evolved into the SAP Manufacturing Suite products that you see today and have inspired our SAP Digital Manufacturing and Production Connector products.

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