The Rebound: 3D Transformation at GE Appliances

Listen in as GE Appliance’s Alison Seward discusses how the appliance maker is using 3D technologies to transform its operations, improve quality and upskill its workforce.


On this episode of The Rebound, Alison Seward, executive director of manufacturing quality for GE Appliances, a Haier Company, discusses the 3D model and digital ecosystem that is transforming GEA’s operations. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editor Bob Trebilcock host. Seward first gave this presentation at NextGen2023 in Chicago. 

Just about every organization worth its salt is in the middle of a digital transformation, about to start one or making plans to digitalize its supply chain. GE Appliances, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of appliances, is no different. Since adopting a new, consumer-driven business model in 2017, GEA has been on a journey to develop a digital ecosystem that will take its operations, the quality of its products and the skills of its workforce to a new level of performance.  

On this episode of The Rebound, Alison Seward, the executive director of manufacturing quality, walks us through how a 3D digital model of operations is at the heart of GEA’s transformation; and delivering industry-leading results.  

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And, click here to learn more about ASCM’s Certified in Transformation for Supply Chain certification, designed to equip current and future leaders with the skills to manage an end-to-end transformation.


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Bob Trebilcock is the executive editor for Modern Materials Handling and an editorial advisor to Supply Chain Management Review. He has covered materials handling, technology, logistics, and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at 603-852-8976.
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