Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast
Episodes
Should data be driving all our decision-making?
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer, and global reliability consultant, is now president of Lean Driven Reliability LLC. He is the author o...
UAW Negotiations Update
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United Auto Workers has been on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis for about two weeks, taking down three manufacturing plants and...
Real-world generative AI applications in manufacturing
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Production Pulse, we're talking generative artificial intelligence (AI). Two weeks ago, we spoke to our colleagues from other Endea...
How do you fill the skills gap left by retirees when you can’t hire more workers?
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer, and global reliability consultant, is now president of Lean Driven Reliability LLC. He is the author o...
AI in industry – How plants are using the new technology to overcome obstacles
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Clark is the VP of Marketing and Customer Success at Falkonry. A veteran of asset management, experienced as a practitioner and educated as an e...
What good is generative AI to manufacturing?
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ChatGPT is going to change everything! Generative AI is going to make every job in America obsolete by the end of Labor Day Weekend! Even fast food wo...
2 software companies combine to help asset-heavy industries improve production and manufacturing
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nikunj Mehta is the founder and CEO of Falkonry, whose time series AI solutions are used by companies to power their digital transformation and achiev...
Yellow’s bankruptcy, beating the heat and US Steel’s future
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this editors roundtable, staff members from IndustryWeek, FleetOwner and EHS Today discuss some of the major manufacturing news stories of the past...
The spectrum of broken — Should you replace outdated parts if they are still functional?
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Phillips is a senior project manager with Hargrove Controls and Automation. In May, Sean was awarded the prestigious 2023 Rising Star Award at th...
Leadership lessons from Toyota
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IndustryWeek columnist, leadership coach and author Katie Anderson recently won the Shingo Prize for publications for her book, "Learning to Lead, Lea...
Kickstarting your plant’s reliability journey — Where are you now, and where do you want to be?
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer, and global reliability consultant, is now president of Lean Driven Reliability LLC. He is the author o...
Rapid shift to Tesla’s charging standards challenges manufacturers
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ford, GM, Mercedes, Volvo and Rivian have all agreed to adopt Tesla's plug standards for their electric vehicles, forcing charging station manufacture...
New technologies impacting the compressed air industry
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Marshall is the founder of Marshall Compressed Air Consulting, a compressed air energy efficiency consulting firm, where he provides technical adv...
The ROI of automated packaging
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special “Supply Chain Insider” episode of The Tool Belt, Sean Webb, director of sales and operations for North America with Sparck Technol...
The impact of AI – How technological innovations are affecting the industry
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Terri Lewis is a senior executive at Planet Connected and a 32-year veteran of Caterpillar. She began her career in technical field support before emb...
A family legacy of product innovation
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Massa Product Corporation engineers and manufactures sonar and ultrasonic products for use in ocean, air, and fluids. Founded by the man who pioneered...
The ABCs of EHS — How the industrial safety profession is evolving
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Blanchard is editor in chief of Material Handling and Logistics and EHS Today. During his career, Dave has led the editorial management of m...
The changing role of control system integrators in the automation industry
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) is a global trade association with over 500 member companies in 35 countries that seeks to advance t...
Making reliability a core value in American manufacturing
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Leahy is the Chief Executive Officer at Renaissance Reliability, a veteran-owned and operated reliability and maintainability engineering consult...
Empower and engage employees with honest conversations and servant leadership
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ashleigh Walters earned a chemical engineering degree from Auburn University. Several years later, she found herself taking on the challenge of revivi...
Why facilities need more and better stormwater data to improve disaster preparedness
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Zorana Kojic is a regional sales executive for StormSensor, a company that links critical storm, sewer, and coastal infrastructure performance to clim...
Learn, laugh, and connect at the 2023 Leading Reliability Conference
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Leading Reliability Conference provides participants with an opportunity to learn more about maintenance and reliability by attending live present...
Product pulse — Innovative tools and equipment affecting the industry
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Davis is the editor in chief of New Equipment Digest (NED), a brand part of the Manufacturing Group at Endeavor Business Media. NED covers all p...
From mentee to mentor — Why good leaders never stop learning
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Shiver, CMRP, is the Founder and Managing Principal at People and Processes Incorporated. Jeff guides people to achieve success in maintenance an...
How the IIoT is advancing motor maintenance
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene Vogel is a pump and vibration specialist with the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA). Before joining EASA, Eugene operated his own...
Creating a culture of continuous improvement
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
How to help the operations department step up and take responsibility
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
What are the responsibilities and goals of the maintenance department?
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
Identifying the failure modes of your plant’s critical assets
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
Understanding asset criticality and assessing the value of your plant’s assets
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
The business case for investing in your employees
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
Improving performance, reliability and efficiency in multi-compressor air systems
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Mehltretter is Technical Director for Kaeser Compressors, and he has conducted and supervised thousands of industrial compressed air studies to h...
By the numbers: ESG data, policies, and practices
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Plant Services, in partnership with Augury surveyed readers about Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) policies and practices earlier ...
Does compressed air as a utility make financial sense for your plant?
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wayne Perry is Senior Technical Director at Kaeser Compressors, and has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of the compressed air business...
Digital transformation implementation: Where does your facility stand?
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Whitley is director of smart manufacturing for L2L, with a background in lean manufacturing and total productive maintenance. In January, L2L sur...
See Spot inspect assets with condition monitoring tech
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fluke and Boston Dynamics have developed a partnership where the SV600 Fixed Acoustic Imager payload from Fluke Process Instruments is connected with ...
Where is your plant going? Setting goals to achieve your vision
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
Implementing asset performance management best practices with Accelerators
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy Swartzendruber is VP of Marketing for Power Generation and Oil & Gas at GE Digital, connecting industry with software that solves some of indust...
Lessons learned from Disney: Why creativity is essential to your team’s success
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Kitchen has 32 years of experience at the Walt Disney Corporation across multiple roles, including Innovation Catalyst. In that role, Lee trained ...
How to collect and utilize compressed air system data
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Mehltretter is Technical Director for Kaeser Compressors, and he has conducted and supervised thousands of industrial compressed air studies to h...
Knowing where your plant stands: How to conduct an honest self-assessment
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
The future of industrial work: Navigating current and future challenges
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
José Rivera is the CEO of the Control System Integrators Association, and has been working with the CSIA members on the role of the system integrator...
Regulating the compressed air industry for improved energy efficiency
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Smith is Vice President of Sales and Customer Experience at FS-Curtis, and he also serves on the Compressed Air and Gas Institute’s board of di...
Alternative design strategies for your compressed air system
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Mehltretter is technical director for Kaeser Compressors, and he has conducted and supervised thousands of industrial compressed air studies to h...
The secret to Lean transformation success
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Plant Services Managing Editor Anna Townshend spoke with authors and manufacturing leaders Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels about their new book Steel ...
Building credibility at your facility to effect culture change
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
How asset health monitoring is impacting safety and productivity
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Modern technologies and innovative designs are enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of asset surveys, inspections, measurements, and analysis. W...
Common challenges to machine health and ways to overcome them
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year Plant Services and Augury conducted a research survey. Augury supports its customers by providing them with superior insights into t...
Grow your maintenance and reliability skill set at Leading Reliability
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Leading Reliability Conference provides participants with a great opportunity to learn more about maintenance and reliability by attending live pr...
Setting and achieving your plant’s sustainability goals
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oswaldo “Oz” Rodriguez is a technologist with a background in software engineering, and is currently the head of product Go-To-Market strategy wit...
Breaking the reactive circle of fire at your plant
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
How to prepare your plant for evolving cyberattacks
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Kling is the vice president of cybersecurity and product security officer for the industrial automation arm of Schneider Electric and member of t...
Workforce training: Equipping employees for long-term success
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many employers to reduce their staffs, but having workers who have the know-how and nurturing their growth is still impor...
Automating OEE data collection can help solve problems on the line
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Larry West is a sales engineer for Perceptive Controls who has been in the engineering and electrical field for industrial use for roughly 25 years, a...
How grants and funding can help manufacturers implement improvement projects
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the past year or so, many manufacturers have struggled to keep up and running, maintain staff, and adjust to the digital changes the pandemic requ...
Understanding proactivity: Are you managing your assets or are they managing you?
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
Top trends and technologies impacting industry in 2022
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Merkin is Chief Technology Officer at Fluke Reliability, and he is responsible for the development and execution of industrial IoT strategies. A...
Leading your team into the post-pandemic future
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it's a global pandemic, inclement weather conditions, or other unforeseen challenges, being a good leader is key to making it through difficul...
Learn how to eliminate unnecessary reactivity and manage the remainder
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assets Anonymous is a 12-step podcast series designed to help you get grounded in reliability basics and create a culture of continuous improvement wi...
Changing plant culture: It’s all about the people
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Frye, CMRP, CRL, is principal at Legacy TPM Partners, and has more than 45 years of experience with reliability, starting with U.S. Navy weapon ...
How plants can thrive in the sustainable moment
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Larry West is a sales engineer for Perceptive Controls who recently gave a compelling presentation at the 2021 RPM Symposium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. L...
Kick-start your plant’s digital programs in 2022
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Hoff is the president and CEO of Patti Engineering, a Certified member of the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA). Under Sam’s leaders...
Learn why plants are re-thinking their on-site maintenance teams
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Budde leads the Digital Customer Experience Program for Emerson Automation Solutions, working on digitizing workflows both internally and with cu...
Reveal and control compressed air costs with system monitoring
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of The Hidden Costs of Compressed Air series, Matt McCorkle and Neil Mehltretter discuss how system monitoring can help faciliti...
Technological advances in asset management
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Reed is the Manager of AVEVA’s AI Center for Excellence. He has over 25 years of experience in engineering and operations of electrical power p...
Safeguarding your assets in a world of IT-OT convergence
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Kaun is VP Solutions at Verve Industrial Protection and has worked in the industrial sector for more than 20 years on a wide variety of IT securi...
SMRP‘s 29th Annual Conference: Advance your skills to improve processes at your plant
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is a nonprofit professional society formed by practitioners to develop and promote exce...
Preparing for disruptions and building a more resilient supply chain
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Per Hong is a partner at Kearney focused on Strategic Operations, and the lead partner for the company’s relationship with the World Economic Forum ...
How to get Gen Z interested in a career in manufacturing
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With an expected 2.1 million unfilled U.S. manufacturing jobs by 2030, resulting in a potential negative impact to the economy of more than $1 trillio...
Issues facing the industrial workforce today and how to overcome them
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Based on research conducted this year by Plant Services, it is still a challenge for industrial facilities to recruit skilled workers, although it is ...
Digital maturity assessment: Evaluating your plant's digitalization journey
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hottest topics on the minds of MRO professionals this past year has been how to add remote asset condition monitoring into their mix of dai...
Costs of compressed air quality
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most plant managers and operators know they need clean, dry compressed air at the point of use at the required pressure to avoid scrap rates and produ...
Leading Reliability Conference to focus on maintenance and reliability best practices
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the world seemingly shut down due to COVID-19, the teams at Eruditio, Fluke Reliability, RDI Technologies, and UE Systems came together to develop ...
Why manufacturers are embracing automation and digitalization
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Manufacturing is currently moving out of the time of COVID crisis, and many plants report that they are increasing their digital/automation budgets. K...
Overcoming resistance to reliability programs
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Price is technical product evangelist and product strategist at Infor, a global company that provides enterprise software products for every asp...
Helping veterans transition into new private sector careers
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Operation New Uniform, founded in 2014, has established itself as a trendsetter in the veteran service organization space. The mission of the organiza...
Costs of compressed air system location
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Floor space in a plant can be precious, and providing your compressed air system with ample room for ventilation and service can be hard. Yet cramming...
How HVLS fans are improving indoor air quality, maintenance and employee retention
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark D’Agostino is the Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Hunter Industrial Fans’ Commercial Division / Industrial Division. Mark studied B...
Are reliability woes keeping you up at night?
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Christian’s resume includes working as executive director at the Crayola Corporation, and he’s also worked as founding partner and president...
What is machine identity management, and who is responsible for it?
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if your digital assets stopped talking to each other? Are you confident that you could find them all if they vanished from a network...
How thermal imaging is driving value in the industry
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Erwin is the Technical Sales Manager for Fluke Process Instruments and has previously worked as a product innovation manager and regional sales ...
Using the cloud to improve your asset management practices
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cloud computing is drastically changing the way many organizations operate. Forward-looking maintenance and reliability teams across industry are star...
Achieving Industry 4.0 objectives during disruption
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In mid-2020, ARC Advisory Group and Wind River collaborated on a survey of manufacturing leaders to better understand the challenges industry faced du...
OPTIMIZE 21 event to focus on ways that sustainability, industrial AI impact MRO
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paige Morse is the industry marketing director at Aspen Technology. Morse enables digital transformation progress at companies worldwide. She has sign...
The costs of oversizing your compressed air system
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Compressed air is inherently expensive. On top of that, very often it is produced inefficiently. But it doesn’t have to be. Taking a look at your co...
Digital manufacturing: Better, faster, cheaper
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Haven Allen is CEO and co-founder of mHUB, a leading hardtech and manufacturing innovation center, and is a managing partner of mHUB’s $15M Seed-sta...
Manufacturing’s new normal: How COVID changed the industry
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Plant Services met veteran millwright and newly minted predictive maintenance technician Michael Macsisak several years ago, and Mike has checked in w...
Fight cyberattacks and their impacts with a strong response plan
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Brash is the director of Cyber Security Insights at Verve Industrial, a multi-faceted role that includes engaging with customers to work on identi...
How to drive effective water treatment and management at your facility
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Milici is the executive VP of marketing and technology for Kurita America, a global leader in water solutions and one of the world’s largest s...
Cybersecurity in 2021: What you need to know
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Dickinson is Global Product Manager for Cyber Security at ABB. In December of last year, breaking news of the SolarWinds supply-chain attack moved...
3D printing to the rescue: How makers are printing parts to fight COVID-19
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tool Belt, Thomas Wilk sits down with Mara Hitner, director of business development for MatterHackers. Mara's mission is to emp...
The role of the system integrator in the digital transformation
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tool Belt, Thomas Wilk sits down with José Rivera, CEO of the Control System Integrators Association. Jose works to help indep...
Cybersecurity trends and best practices for 2020
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tool Belt, Thomas Wilk sits down with Donovan Tindill, senior cybersecurity SME for Honeywell Connected Enterprise Industrial C...
Introducing The Tool Belt, Plant Services’ new podcast series
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re all familiar with the old adage “always use the right tool for the job.” But as the industrial landscape continues to evolve, having the n...