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Jim Caie leads the ARC team serving the automotive industries and more as the vice president of consulting. His research coverage areas, more specifically, include MES, Digital Manufacturing (DM), Common Systems Strategies, Technology Migration, Smart Applications (Assembly), and Automotive and other Discrete Industries.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Caie has more than 20 years experience in executive leadership roles, formulating and executing successful manufacturing engineering strategies. He has excellent working knowledge of operations research methods, simulation, lean manufacturing, and controls engineering. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to joining ARC, he spent 36 years with General Motors Corporation. His management of GM's common global manufacturing controls architecture activity resulted in over $100 million/year savings for equipment investment, 25% engineering cost reduction from design re-use, and 20% reduction in controls deployment time for vehicle launches at plants among other accomplishments. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Caie served in the Michigan Army National Guard, holding Personnel, Logistics, Training, and Command leadership positions in Artillery, Armor, Infantry, and Military Intelligence operations, retiring as a Full Colonel. He holds an MBA as well as a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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