SFNE Lunch & Learn Webinar Series
From Blueprint to Bay Floor: How Spatial Tools Are Turning Fabrication Execution into Operational Intelligence
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 | 12:00PM - 12:30PM EST
The fabrication shop floor has always been a place where precision meets complexity — but a new generation of spatially aware tools is fundamentally changing how work gets planned, executed, and verified. Augmented reality guidance, 3D scanning, and purpose-built MES platforms are doing something quietly powerful: turning the act of doing the work into an automatic record of how the work was done. Production reporting stops being a step that gets forgotten and starts being a byproduct of execution itself. Drawing on real-world experience building and deploying Fabstation, this session explores what that shift unlocks — meaningful new visibility into throughput, quality trends, and production flow today, and the foundation for a new class of operational intelligence as these platforms mature. No hype, no sci-fi — just a clear-eyed look at where the tools are now, what they're already revealing, and where the trajectory leads.
Randolph Warnaar is a visionary leader with over 20 years of experience in the steel manufacturing industry. Randolph's passion for technology led him to establish FabStation, a pioneering software company focused on Industrial AR solutions. He founded FabStation to address a critical disconnect between the office and the production floor, where 3D CAD designs were not being utilized effectively during production.
Registration is complimentary for SFNE members. Non-members can register for a $25 fee.