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Eaton's Cameron Peahl on Building Additive Strategies That Work
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Cameron Peahl, Global Additive Manufacturing Strategy Manager for Industry 4.0 & Program Manager for I4.0 Digital Factories at Eaton Cameron ...
Tulip's Natan Linder on Why AI Is Everywhere and Nowhere
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Natan Linder, Co-founder & CEO of Tulip Natan Linder, Co-founder & CEO of Tulip, brings a unique perspective to manufacturing technology,...
Theresa Caragol & Brenda Nobleza on How Partners Accelerate Digital Transformation
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Theresa Caragol & Brenda Nobleza In a special episode of Manufacturing the Future, Theresa Caragol, Founder & CEO of AchieveUnite, shared...
Bristlecone's Ramji Mani and Jennifer Chew on Why AI Won't Fix Broken Processes
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Ramji Mani & Jennifer Chew of Bristlecone Supply chain leaders Ramji Mani, VP of Digital Supply Chain Ecosystem & Executive Board and Jen...
Dollar Shave Club's Justin Brown on Disrupting Industries and Leading Through Crisis
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Justin Brown, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Dollar Shave Club Justin Brown, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Dollar Shave Club, understands the evol...
SwagUp's Prashant Shah on Upgrading Supply Chains from Cost Centers to Profit Drivers
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Prashant Shah, Head of Supply Chain & Operations at SwagUp Prashant Shah, Head of Supply Chain & Operations at SwagUp, brings a unique pe...
Guidewheel's Lauren Dunford on Transforming Factory Ops with AI-Powered Sensors
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Lauren Dunford, CEO & Co-founder of Guidewheel Lauren Dunford, CEO & Co-founder of Guidewheel, brings a refreshing perspective to manufac...
Brinker International's James Butler on Fire Prevention Awards for Restaurant Supply Chains
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet James Butler, SVP & Chief Supply Chain and Corporate Strategy Officer at Brinker International, "I always tell the team, our vision is to be ...
Madsen's Millwork & Custom Cabinets’ Tyler Madsen on Preserving Craftsmanship with AI
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Tyler Madsen, Director of Madsen's Millwork & Custom Cabinets Tyler Madsen, Director of Madsen's Millwork & Custom Cabinets, exemplifies ...
Retrocausal's Zeeshan Zia on AI as Manufacturing Worker Copilots
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Zeeshan Zia, CEO & Co-founder of Retrocausal "If the operator is about to put the tip of the soldering iron at the wrong place, the system of...
Eaton's Alexandre Georgetti on Humanizing Manufacturing Automation
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Alexandre Georgetti, Director of Global i4.0 Automation Strategy at Eaton "Don't go for a technology just because it's cool. Go for a technology...
The Marks Group's Gene Marks on Navigating Tariffs and Preparing for AI Revolution
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Gene Marks, Business Keynote Speaker, Author, Columnist, & Business Owner at The Marks Group "If you're doing business with China, you've got...
DSG Supply's Dan Klepack on Modernizing Industrial Distribution Through Technology
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dan Klepack, Chief Supply Chain Officer at DSG Supply Drawing from his diverse experience across defense, retail, and industrial distribution, Da...
Leaf Home's Michael Matisz on Building a 48-Hour Nationwide Supply Chain Network
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Michael Matisz, Vice President of Supply Chain at Leaf Home "You have to have a component of quality with all the components of speed," says Mich...
AVI-SPL's Jeremy Codiroli on Building a Data-Driven, Customer-Centric Global Supply Chain
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Jeremy Codiroli "I tell everybody I want to hire on my team that you need to love chaos," says Jeremy Codiroli, VP of Global Supply Chain at AVI-...
Garlock Flexibles' Mohamed El Shami on Balancing Sustainability and Performance in Packaging
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Mohamed El Shami, CSCO at Garlock Flexibles "I feel supply chain is like the brain of the operations," Mohamed El Shami, CSCO at Garlock Flexible...
Theragenics' Michael Krachon on Precision, Particles, and Patient-Saving Innovation
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Michael Krachon, President of Theragenics Interventional "The manufacturing process itself is challenging because there are really three distinct...
Epicor's Lisa Pope on Strategic Career Planning and the Future of ERP Technology
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Lisa Pope, recently retired President and Chief Revenue Officer at Epicor "I think honestly the number one thing is to be client centric at all c...
MRU Instruments' Alexej Kinderknecht on Revolutionizing Emissions Monitoring for Manufacturing Efficiency
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Alexej Kinderknecht, President & Technical Director of MRU Instruments "Support is what we learned over the last couple of years," reflects A...
Joby Aviation's Srinivas Suresh on Building Supply Chains for Revolutionary Transportation
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Srinivas Suresh "When you're working on new technology, none of these product and manufacturing processes exist. Getting to build, identify, and ...
Threat Tec's Jim Crawford on Manufacturing's Role in National Security and Innovation
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Jim Crawford "What's better and more honorable than protecting the ideas of the United States of America?" reflects Jim Crawford, President and C...
Epicor’s Josh Roberts on Harnessing Data and Reskilling the Manufacturing Workforce for a Tech-Driven Future
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Josh Roberts, Regional VP of Sales at Epicor “We have to invest in these robots to keep up with the demand. There's not enough people. And even...
Cambridge Air Solutions’ Kevin Thompson on People-Centric Leadership in Manufacturing
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Kevin Thompson, Leadership Coach at Cambridge Air Solutions “Don’t lead if you can’t love,” says Kevin Thompson, Leadership Coach at Camb...
Enabling Empowerment’s Christopher Seifert on Breaking the Micromanagement Doom Loop
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Christopher Seifert, Founder of Enabling Empowerment "The simplest trick is to stop telling people what to do,” says Christopher Seifert, Found...
Manufacturing Leadership Council’s David R. Brousell on Leveraging Advanced Technologies for Manufacturing Success
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet David R. Brousell, VP & Executive Director of the Manufacturing Leadership Council In the latest episode of Manufacturing the Future, I speak...
Future of Work in Manufacturing: A Roundtable with Kiva Allgood and Jennelle McGrath
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Kiva Allgood and Jennelle McGrath In our latest special episode of Manufacturing the Future, Kerrie chats with Kiva Allgood, Head of Centre for A...
SMMT’s Luke Hampton on Collaboration and Sustainability in Automotive Supply Chains
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Luke Hampton, Head of Supply Chain at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders In our special episode of Manufacturing the Future: Supply C...
The World Economic Forum’s Kiva Allgood on Avoiding "Pilot Purgatory" for Successful Tech Scaling
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Kiva Allgood, Head of Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains In the latest episode of the Manufacturing the Future podcast, Kiva All...
Synaptive Medical's Cameron Piron on the MedTech Supply Chain’s Evolution
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Cameron Piron, President & Co-founder at Synaptive Medical “We really are 24/7, and surgeries are happening 24 hours a day in all regions, ...
MTDG’s Dean Bartles on Empowering SMEs and Navigating Career Paths in Manufacturing
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dean Bartles, PhD, President and CEO, Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group "I wanted to figure out how we could help small and medium-sized ...
Texas A&M’s Anupam Agrawal, PhD on Overcoming Tech Adoption Challenges in Manufacturing
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Anupam Agrawal, PhD, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School "At the end of it, we should have good people coming ...
The ARM Institute’s Ira Moskowitz on Making Robotics Accessible
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Ira Moskowitz, CEO, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute “If we offshore manufacturing, we offshore our manufacturing innovation, and ...
The US Council on Competitiveness’ Deborah Wince-Smith on the I5 of Innovation and How the Concept Applies to Fostering Growth
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Wince-Smith, President and CEO of the United States Council on Competitiveness, has made it her life’s work to foster partnerships in drivin...
Delta Bravo AI's Rick Oppedisano On Streamlining Manufacturing with AI
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Rick Oppedisano, Founder and CEO of Delta Bravo AI “In the case of AI, it's making someone make better decisions faster. How do we take that tr...
Voice of the Essential Manufacturing Worker: A Roundtable with Marc Weinmann of VEM Tooling and Arturo Buzzalino of Epicor (Chapter 3)
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Manufacturing the Future podcast, Kerrie hosts a roundtable discussion about Epicor's second-annual Voice of Essential Manu...
Voice of the Essential Manufacturing Worker: A Roundtable with Marc Weinmann of VEM Tooling and Arturo Buzzalino of Epicor (Chapter 2)
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Manufacturing the Future podcast, Kerrie hosts a roundtable discussion about Epicor's second-annual Voice of Essential Manu...
Voice of the Essential Manufacturing Worker: A Roundtable with Marc Weinmann of VEM Tooling and Arturo Buzzalino of Epicor (Chapter 1)
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Manufacturing the Future podcast, Kerrie hosts a roundtable discussion about Epicor's second-annual Voice of Essential Manu...
IDC's Lynne Schneider on How Data is Not the New Oil – But It Is the New Grease
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Most immediately before coming to IDC, I helped provide research and background for CFOs,” says Lynne Schneider, Research Director, Location and Ge...
Arnold Lumber Company's Adam Bartlett Drills In to the Meaning of Digital Transformation
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Adam Bartlett, Data Systems Manager at Arnold Lumber Company "My direct boss, the COO of Arnold Lumber, Matt Semonik, says I'm often the man behi...
PureCycle's Dustin Olson on Leaning into Technology and Innovating Sustainability
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As with any business, expansion is overall a good thing--but it does come with its challenges. PureCycle has worked to strike a balance between keepin...
E4D's Tammi Carter on Helping Customers "Dream, Design, Deliver, and Delight"
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Because we've always been one of the smaller companies with competitors, we needed technology so that we could compete and not have as many people," ...
Praxie's Michael Lynch on How AI is Transforming Manufacturing
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"How do you practically apply artificial intelligence? I think that's the core question that most manufacturers are asking themselves," says Michael L...
Bunting's Robert Bunting Jr. on Increasing Efficiency and Adding Value Through Digitization and Automation
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"We're trying to go back and figure out how can we produce what we do, maybe less expensive. How can we do it quicker, more efficient?” says Robert ...
Analyzing the Findings from ”The Evolving Role of Financial Leaders in Manufacturing” Report with Epicor’s Mark Jensen
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"One of the things that we wanted to do at Epicor was to start to broaden our understanding of manufacturing beyond just production orders or MES syst...
”Voice of the Manufacturing Manager” Roundtable with John Preiditsch of Six S Partners, Mark Jamieson of 2WTech, and Ivan Rebolledo of Technology Coast Partners
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Voice of the Manufacturing Manager" Roundtable What's on the minds of manufacturing leaders today? What's on their to-do lists? What do they see on t...
Prollenium’s Ario Khoshbin on Building a Tech Company from Scratch That Stay True to Its Roots
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"A lot of times you can really get stuck when you're doing something. You lose sight of what's next because you're so fixated on what you're doing tha...
Cre8tive Technology and Design’s Bob Aronson on Using ERP to Stay Compliant, Reduce Risk, and Improve Operations in the A&D Industry
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"When we look at some of the technology or capability that our aerospace and defense manufacturers are looking for, it really is centered around how c...
Knowing When to Automate, Digitize, and Modernize While Moving Quickly in R&D
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"The leader of the lab asked me, 'So what are you really all about? Do you love building things or doing research?' And in my heart, I knew that the a...
Epicor Insights 2023: ”Lessons Learned and Benefits From Moving to Kinetic in the Cloud”
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In This Episode The panel offers insights for those already running Kinetic who want to learn more about others' experiences, or for those who are in ...
UST’s Daniel Izhaky on How Technology Can Increase Productivity, Efficiency, and Quality
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"We're competing against regions that have extremely low cost of labor, cost of utilities … extremely low-priced product that we would never be able...
Continuously Improving Upon Global Tooling and Plastics Manufacturing with Marc Weinmann
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"If you do things right and if you focus on quality and on time delivery and don't take the shortcuts, then you can be — relatively quickly — rela...
Hitting a Home Run with Scalable and Simple Manufacturing
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I had no real path that I knew I wanted to go in.” It was what Randall Thompson was thinking when, after playing baseball all his life, the Toronto...
Breathing Easier Through Manufacturing Innovation, Ideas, and Technology
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Is there a way to make his environment better that perhaps would reduce asthma triggers and really improve his quality of life?" It's the question th...
Managing Operational Complexity and Reducing Waste by Thinking Inside the Box
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Very few people start businesses, fail, and then try the same business again. So I did and — knock on wood — it worked the second time around," s...
Disrupting the Future of Ice with Better Processes and Great People
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can you improve on ice delivery? It's an industry that's been around for centuries, yet it hadn't changed much — then, it was chopped-up chunks ...
Reimagining Retail Manufacturing: Improving Supply Chains and Creating a More Sustainable World
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I started To the Market because I believe fundamentally that the retail manufacturing industry can and should be reimagined," states Jane Mosbacher M...
Digitizing Manufacturing for Better Products and Future Growth
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a common problem: someone's laptop or phone dies and they don't have a charger. Or they have a charger and need to find an outlet to plug it in t...
Scaling Your Manufacturing in a Capital-Intensive Industry
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I have to create opportunities for myself, right?" It was the thought Jordan Erskine had after years of working for other manufacturing companies, fi...
Escapod Founders on How They Became the Ninth Fastest Growing Manufacturing Company
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lifelong campers, Chris and Jen Hudak wanted to fit outdoor adventure into their busy lives. But they found that they were spending more time setting ...