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CFBN offers posting in our Industry Event Listings to member companies, industry partners, and related non-profit and industry organizations throughout Chicagoland! If you would like to submit an event to be included in our Industry Event Listings, please email us your event information

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Upcoming Industry Events:

    • 17 Mar 2026
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • 3100 Arnold Lane, Northbrook IL


    CFBN Members go to Member Perks for your discount code. 


    This is a Chicago IFT Section event. 


    • 25 Mar 2026
    • 11:00 AM - 11:35 AM
    • Webinar


    EXECUTIVE BRIEFING FOR MANUFACTURERS

    The Financial Cost of Micro-Outages

    How small, untracked interruptions quietly create real financial exposure in otherwise stable manufacturing businesses.
    This is not an IT webinar. It’s a business risk conversation for CFOs and executive leaders.

    Most companies track incidents. 
    Very few track interruptions.

    Micro-outages don’t show up as outages, emergencies, or incident reports. They show up as lost focus, delayed work, frustrated staff, and margin erosion that no dashboard ever explains. The absence of alarms creates the illusion of stability — but cost doesn’t require alarms to exist.

    What You’ll Learn

    • What micro-outages are (and why they’re almost never escalated)
    • Why “no major incidents” is the wrong metric for financial stability
    • How small interruptions compound into measurable business cost
    • Why well-run organizations miss this risk entirely
    • The questions CFOs should start asking to uncover hidden exposure

    Agenda

    • Executive briefing + Q&A
    • 15 minutes of content + 15 minutes of questions & answers
    • Content delivery will start at 11:05 AM sharp

    Cost: Free

    Recording provided to all registrants




    This webinar is presented by: 

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