From Pilot Purgatory to ROI in 90 Days | Abelara at ProveIt! 2026

At ProveIt! Conference 2026, Abelara did something different. We built a fictional bottling company called Cappy Hour and re-enacted a problem manufacturers face every day: data is flowing, infrastructure is in place, but leadership still can't answer basic operational questions.What ran yesterday? What's in the tanks? How much product is going down the drain?Glenn Gardner plays the president of Cappy Hour — a multi-site beverage manufacturer under cost pressure, losing market share, and facing layoffs if waste isn't found fast. Dylan DuFresne runs the architecture workshop.Ricardo Santos from Tupinix implements the plant-floor solution. And Dan Clark from Axelon shows what happens when the internal engineering team takes ownership and builds on the foundation — using AI.This session walks through the full path from problem to payback:00:00 — Introduction 03:05 — Glenn as CEO of Cappy Hour: the five languages of manufacturing 11:10 — The cost problem: why Cappy Hour is in trouble12:30 — Abelara's $25K architecture workshop13:15 — Ricardo and Tupinix: boots on the ground with Litmus Edge15:43 — Live waste tracking: $551/hour going down the drain17:48 — Phase 1 results: $29K investment, 3-month payback, $292K annual savings19:29 — Phase 2: building a composable MES with Ignition + Postgres23:33 — Dan and Axelon: AI copilot builds a downtime screen during lunch27:35 — Glenn retells the full story from the CEO's perspective29:31 — Dylan on everything else we built for ProveIt35:00 — Audience Q&AThe philosophy behind everything we do: you can't improve what you can't see. Ownership starts with visibility.*About Abelara:* Abelara works with manufacturing leaders to bridge strategy and execution. We help teams deploy modern architectures, unify disconnected systems, and unlock real operational visibility. No jargon, no fluff—just practical solutions built to scale in the real world.➡️ Learn more: https://abelara.com/➡️ Follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abelara/Subscribe for insights on digital manufacturing, leadership, and system architecture.