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Supercharge Capital Investments with Cost Segregation and Energy-Efficient Tax Deductions

WEST Session: Join Randy Eickhoff as he breaks down powerful tools that can significantly accelerate depreciation and boost cash flow for manufacturers, facility owners, and real estate investors. This session will cover cost segregation studies, the Section 179D energy efficiency deduction, and Section 179 expensing. With an eye on current IRS positions and pending legislation, Randy will explain how to align tax strategy with capital planning to optimize your bottom line. Expect actionable takeaways tailored for SMEs investing in new buildings, equipment, and improvements.

Josh Casson

Speaker at WEST: Josh Casson, President, HD Solutions

George Barnych

Speaker at WEST: George Barnych, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM)

Adoption of New Technology and Processes for Change Management

WEST Session: Sponsored by: UiPath Moderated by: Paul Boris This panel brings together different perspectives, from a small, family-owned manufacturing company to one of the largest digital solutions providers, to discuss the deployment of advanced technologies and how the landscape continues to change rapidly.  Using AI to improve efficiency, automate tasks and analyze data allows manufacturers enhanced decision making and is even transforming entire industries.  AI is disrupting traditional thinking at an accelerated pace.  This panel will cover organizational factors/business considerations, technical challenges, skills/labor gaps, ethical considerations and other.

Mary Miller

Speaker at WEST: Mary Miller, Director of Marketing, PayTrace

Kevin Rankl

Speaker at WEST: Kevin Rankl, VP Tech Support, SolidCAM

Michelle Leon

Speaker at WEST: Michelle Leon, Operations Manager, Levil Technology

Errol Burrell

Speaker at WEST: Errol Burrell, National Product Manager, Matsuura USA

Growing your Customer Life Time Value by 25 - 95% and securing 80% of future profits in Manufacturing

WEST Session: In a manufacturing landscape where production has evolved to be lean, automated, and connected, post-sales support remains outdated—fragmented across PDFs, portals, and manual processes. Impaqx’s Pikclix redefines this landscape with SupportOps 3.0, a transformative, AI-powered platform built to modernize maintenance, service, and parts ordering. By integrating Generative AI, Agentic AI, LLMs, RAG, and Vision AI, Pikclix delivers intelligent, contextual, and actionable support experiences across the customer and technician journey. From conversational AI assistants trained on proprietary documents to clickable assembly diagrams that link directly to live parts catalogs, Pikclix simplifies complex tasks, enhances part identification accuracy, and improves customer satisfaction. The platform empowers manufacturers to scale rapidly—requiring no infrastructure overhaul, integrating with existing systems, and going live in under a month. Business impact is significant: reduced return rates, increased part order volume, and improved customer loyalty. With built-in analytics and automation, Pikclix not only answers support queries but uncovers trends, predicts failures, and drives engineering improvements. In an era where 40% of revenue can stem from aftermarket services, Pikclix transforms post-sales support into a strategic growth engine—bridging the modernization gap and preparing manufacturers for the future of intelligent support.

Brian Liles

Speaker at WEST: Brian Liles, Vice President, R&D, Cost Segregation &179D, CSSI-Specialty Tax Services