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title: "First Down | A Datanomix Webinar Series"
date: 2026-02-20 16:29:48
description: "A monthly manufacturing webinar series focused on improving production performance — one practical win at a time."
keywords: "Webinar Series"
---

## Moving the Chains in Production & Performance

[THE SCHEDULE](#lineup)

### Steady progress doesn’t come from one big play. It’s built one first down at a time.

**First Down** is a monthly webinar series focused on real conversations with manufacturing leaders who are improving performance, solving problems, and building stronger operations, without adding complexity to their teams.

If you’re looking for practical ideas from manufacturing leaders who’ve been in your shoes, this series is for you. Join us live, ask your questions, and walk away with ideas you can put into play immediately. Because consistent progress is built one first down at a time.

#### What to Expect

Each month, a Datanomix customer joins our VP of Solutions, Gabe Maentz, to talk through:

- What was stalling production 

- What they were reacting to instead of managing

- What finally clicked once they had visibility

- The measurable wins that followed

#### We’ll cover topics like:

- Unlocking Machine Capacity You Already Own

- Growing Production Without Growing Payroll

- Attracting and Building the Next Generation of Talent

- Why Connected Manufacturing Is a Competitive Edge

And more! All grounded in real-world experiences from the production floor.

**With [Gabe Maentz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabe-maentz/) as Referee
**VP of Solutions, Datanomix

Gabe leads conversations the same way he approaches product, by staying close to the work and the people doing it.

He believes real progress doesn’t come from advice handed down from a distance. It comes from living with the outcomes, learning from the mistakes, and building solutions alongside manufacturers who rely on them every day.

At Datanomix, Gabe works directly with customers to drive meaningful results while helping shape a product built for the realities of the shop floor. That’s what makes him the perfect host for _First Down_ — real conversations, real operators, real wins.

## — THE CHAIN CREW SCHEDULE —

Register today to join us live or to receive the on-demand recording.

LIVE WEBINAR EVENT
[APRIL 22, 2026, at 2 pm ET](https://datanomix.io/2026/02/04/webinar-competing-on-data-how-machine-intelligence-wins-work/)

## Competing on Data: How Machine Intelligence Wins More Work for OMW Coproration

A Panel Discussion with [OMW Corporation](https://www.omwcorp.com/):

**[Michael Langston
](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-langston-432369133/)**President & COO

[Kevin Early
](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-early-362003147/)Production Manager

[Chris Radieve
](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-radieve-78bb5033/)Director of Manufacturing Technology

You’re competing against shops overseas with lower labor costs, cheaper real estate, and no shortage of capacity. And your best customer wants to know why they should keep buying from you.

[OMW Corporation](https://www.omwcorp.com/) runs 41 machines across multiple facilities in California, competing 24/7 for parts in the new space market against those exact shops. They’re not winning on price. They’re winning on data.

Join us for a live conversation with the team at OMW as they break down how machine intelligence drives efficiency in their shop and how real-time data became the competitive edge that wins deals.

[Learn More & Save Your Seat](https://datanomix.io/2026/02/04/webinar-competing-on-data-how-machine-intelligence-wins-work/)

[Now On-Demand](https://datanomix.io/2026/03/02/webinar-machine-efficiency-unlocking-capacity-you-already-own/)

## Machine Efficiency: Unlocking Capacity You Already Own

**[Jack Russell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-russell-92253914/)
**Owner of Rolar Products
Muskegon, MI

Before investing in new equipment, what if you could uncover capacity that’s already sitting on your shop floor?

In this session, Jack Russell, Owner of [Rolar Products](https://rolarproducts.com/), shares how they used production data to challenge the instinct to simply add more machines. By gaining clear visibility into true utilization, downtime, and performance across their existing equipment, they identified where capacity was being lost and where opportunity already existed.

The result was smarter prioritization, better decision-making, and measurable gains without defaulting to capital spend.

If you’re looking to increase output without increasing footprint or headcount, this conversation offers a practical look at how to unlock the machines you already own.

[Get Access](https://datanomix.io/2026/03/02/webinar-machine-efficiency-unlocking-capacity-you-already-own/)