Future-Proofing Food Manufacturing: Where AI Strategy Meets Workforce Readiness
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Overview
Food manufacturing SMEs face a critical challenge: major disruption from AI and automation. Technology alone won't drive results — the real work lies in building a workforce culture ready to learn, adapt, and perform differently.
This workshop delivers exclusive BCG insights for SME leaders in food manufacturing to:
- Understand the AI and automation trends reshaping the sector
- Navigate the transition with a clear, structured change approach
- Align workforce strategy and job roles to stay future-ready through the shift
You'll also get to connect with peers from the same sector, learn from each other in a facilitated dialogue, and walk away with fresh ideas for future-ready job roles in your own organization.
Event Detail
Date | Thursday, 22 October 2026 |
Time | 2:00 - 5:00 PM |
Venue | SBF Center, Singapore |
Consultant / Organization | Boston Consulting Group |
Programme/Agenda
This workshop unpacks why most AI investments fail to deliver real business value, and what separates the small group of companies unlocking substantial impact from those stuck in experimentation. Drawing on real lessons from a global manufacturer's AI transformation, participants will learn how trapped expertise, skills gaps, and misaligned tools hold organizations back.
The session introduces a practical framework for prioritizing high-impact job redesign scenarios and AI use cases, and BCG’s workforce transformation principle for redesigning roles around business goals rather than in isolation. Through a live Kahoot activity and hands-on exercises, participants will map priority roles for redesign and leave with a clear first step.
Key areas participants will hear about:
- Key trends and shifts in AI and workforce transformation within food manufacturing
- Why transformation must start with the business north star — not technology
- BCG's 10-20-70 Principle to unleash successful AI transformation - key is to get teams/organizations ready
- Global and local case studies of successful workforce transformation
- Practical insights on how to future-proof your HR and workforce
Time | Program / Session | Speaker / Facilitator |
2:00-2:15 PM | Registration / Welcome | SBF |
2:15-2:30 PM | EWTP / WDG(JR+) Briefing | SBF |
2:30-3:00 PM | Masterclass: Navigating the AI Shift: Key Success Factors for Getting Your Business and People Ready | Munal Rathore, Managing Director & Partner BCG |
3:00-4:00 PM | Interactive Exercise & Roundtable Discussion | Maggie Li, Project Leader, BCG |
4:00-4:15 PM | Tea Break | |
4:15-4:45 PM | BCG Program Sharing | Shareen Gongulur, Growth & Enablement Director - BCG U |
4:45-5:00 PM | Q&A / Closing | Consultant + SBF |
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND
Key Learning Outcomes
Participants will:
- Diagnose how AI is reshaping workforce and skills requirements across the value chain
- Identify critical workforce capability gaps
- Apply BCG's proven approaches to workforce transformation, tested across global and local case studies
- Gain inspiration and start to envision a future-ready workforce strategy aligned to your organization's business needs
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Business owners / senior management/C-suites
- CHRO/HR / People Managers
- Transformation Leaders
Thursday, 22 October 2026 - Thursday, 22 October 2026 
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
160 Robinson Road, #06-01SBF Center
Seminar Room