Outthink Industrial Risk: How Decision Intelligence Prevents Operational Loss
How Physical AI, continuous asset data, and agentic workflows turn emerging risk into prioritized action
Industrial organizations generate enormous volumes of asset, maintenance, inspection, and operational data. Yet executives still struggle to answer the questions that matter most: Where is exposure building? Which assets or facilities pose the greatest threat to revenue, customer commitments, EBITDA, and business continuity? And where should capital, maintenance capacity, and management attention be directed first?
This exposure is particularly critical in the Supply Chain industry where unplanned downtime and asset risk can result in missed shipments, damaged customer relationships, and product shortages downstream.
The problem is no longer a lack of data. It is the decision gap between detecting a physical signal and understanding its consequence, priority, and required action.
Join Andy Pruett, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumicent, and David Hess, Director of Manufacturing Supply Chain at USA Rare Earth, for the introduction of Lumicent Decision Intelligence for physical operations.
Lumicent combines continuous asset data, Physical AI, and agentic workflows to turn changing conditions into decision-ready risk intelligence. Physical AI learns what normal looks like and flags what changes mean for the business. Agentic workflows trigger, coordinate, and track the right response across teams and systems. Lumicent delivers that value today through 24/7 monitoring of critical equipment and single points of failure – directing scarce resources toward the risks with the greatest consequence to production continuity and supply reliability.
Lumicent's FM Approved Class II Asset Condition Monitoring System also provides continuous, defensible evidence of resilience for executives, boards, FM risk engineers, insurers, and underwriters. One avoided claim can pay for the system.
Participants will learn how to:
- Reduce unplanned downtime by up to 50% and manual inspections by up to 90% through continuous monitoring
- Direct scarce maintenance and capital resources toward the risks with the greatest consequence to production continuity and supply reliability
- Turn real-world asset data into prioritized operational and financial risk intelligence
- Use Physical AI to identify meaningful changes in complex operating environments
- Connect emerging asset conditions to business consequence and enterprise exposure, and supply chain continuity
- Use agentic workflows to accelerate and coordinate action across teams and systems
- Reduce downtime and manual inspection requirements through continuous monitoring
- Strengthen FM and insurance discussions with measurable evidence of risk improvement
Speakers
Andy Pruett
Co-Founder and CEO
Lumicent
Andy Pruett is the founder and CEO of Lumicent, the company bringing Decision Intelligence to Physical Operations.
Lumicent combines continuous operational data, advanced analytics, Physical AI, and agentic workflows to reveal emerging risk, prioritize what matters most, and drive action before exposure becomes downtime, damage, or loss. Before founding Lumicent, Andy served as Vice President of Technology at a leading agricultural manufacturing company and led enterprise-wide digital transformation as Director of Business Transformation at a major softwood lumber organization.
His experience spans mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, asset management, and industrial technology. Throughout his career, Andy has focused on building scalable and resilient solutions that bridge the gap between physical operations, enterprise technology, and better business decisions. Andy holds a B.Sc. in Management Information Systems from Middlesex University in the United Kingdom and Arcadia University in the United States. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at MIT.
David Hess
Director, Manufacturing Supply Chain
USA Rare Earth
David Hess is Director of Supply Chain for USA Rare Earth, where he directs supply chain operations and strategic initiatives for the organization. With nearly three decades of progressive leadership in supply chain, operations, and manufacturing, he has developed comprehensive expertise in enterprise-wide logistics, procurement strategy, and operational excellence. During his 23-year tenure as Director of Operations at KPMG, he spearheaded large-scale operational transformations and process improvements across multiple business units.
He previously served as Materials Manager at Export Corporation and Manager of Manufacturing Systems at GenCorp, where he optimized complex manufacturing and materials workflows. His professional credentials include an MBA, Six Sigma Black Belt certification, and APICS CPIM and CSCP certifications, positioning him as a thought leader in supply chain management and continuous improvement methodologies.
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