#i40 Changemakers: A recent history of manufacturing, the tenets of Industry 4.0, building an education pipeline for manufacturing, and imagining the sleek, silent, and thriving futuristic factory.
#i40 Changemakers: A recent history of manufacturing, the tenets of Industry 4.0, building an education pipeline for manufacturing, and imagining the sleek, silent, and thriving futuristic factory.
Mike Nager, Subject Matter Expert of Workforce Training and Development at Festo Didactic talks about his journey from b... Read more
3 Sep 2021
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37mins
#i40 Changemakers: Solving the producer-consumer schism in apparel manufacturing, imagining a factoryless future, and putting people first in business transformation.
#i40 Changemakers: Solving the producer-consumer schism in apparel manufacturing, imagining a factoryless future, and putting people first in business transformation.
In this special post-season Industry 4.0 (#i40) episode, Joachim Hensch, Managing Director at Hugo Boss talks about his ... Read more
19 Aug 2021
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1hr 4mins
Episode 15: Eliminating coolant in machining, tech institutionalization, and why we should get rid of legacy data systems.
Episode 15: Eliminating coolant in machining, tech institutionalization, and why we should get rid of legacy data systems.
Rich Furness, Data Scientist with the Global Data Insights and Analytics Group at Ford Motor Company, talks about how he... Read more
3 Aug 2021
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55mins
Episode 14: Driving operational performance excellence across diverse fields, analyzing changeover downtime the right way, and dissolving departmental silos.
Episode 14: Driving operational performance excellence across diverse fields, analyzing changeover downtime the right way, and dissolving departmental silos.
Prashant Dhillon, Performance Excellence Manager at Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research, talks about applying per... Read more
27 Jul 2021
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34mins
Episode 13: Designing Ford's Intelligent Range, powering manufacturing innovation with analytics, and how rotating employees across disciplines can build cooperation in companies.
Episode 13: Designing Ford's Intelligent Range, powering manufacturing innovation with analytics, and how rotating employees across disciplines can build cooperation in companies.
Adam Kowalski, Data Scientist for the Advanced Connected Vehicles Group at Ford Motor Company, talks about how he got in... Read more
20 Jul 2021
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48mins
Episode 12: A very difficult production line to balance, how to correctly measure operator productivity and difficulties in communicating in a plant environment.
Episode 12: A very difficult production line to balance, how to correctly measure operator productivity and difficulties in communicating in a plant environment.
Christine Cardenas, Battery Manufacturing Engineer at Ford Motor Company, talks about building a knowledge base by worki... Read more
13 Jul 2021
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31mins
Episode 11: Troubleshooting a hot-started jet engine over the phone, adapting US Navy training techniques to maximise efficiency in manufacturing, and what diversity brings to the workplace.
Episode 11: Troubleshooting a hot-started jet engine over the phone, adapting US Navy training techniques to maximise efficiency in manufacturing, and what diversity brings to the workplace.
Ted Bohl, Program Analyst at Ford Motor Company and US Navy Veteran talks about how his time as a Navy pilot helped him ... Read more
6 Jul 2021
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36mins
Episode 10: Launching a machining line straight out of college, the incredible fragility of tool setup tolerances, and managing bottlenecks effectively.
Episode 10: Launching a machining line straight out of college, the incredible fragility of tool setup tolerances, and managing bottlenecks effectively.
Joey Screnci, Lead Engineer for Case Machining at Ford Motor Company talks about his love for engines and ATVs, how he l... Read more
29 Jun 2021
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33mins
Episode 9: Building spider cobots with machine vision, signal vs noise,and going from tinkering with bacteria to engineering powertrains.
Episode 9: Building spider cobots with machine vision, signal vs noise,and going from tinkering with bacteria to engineering powertrains.
Matt Byrn, Lead Engineer for e-Motor Stator for Powertain Engineering at Ford Motor Company talks about how he went from... Read more
22 Jun 2021
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1hr 19mins
Episode 8: Kaizen improvements in warehouse operations, exponential gains through operator enablement, and an elegant solution involving AR glasses
Episode 8: Kaizen improvements in warehouse operations, exponential gains through operator enablement, and an elegant solution involving AR glasses
Abhishek Patel, Program Manager for Ryder, talks about how he leaped from manufacturing to supply chain, how employee mo... Read more
16 Jun 2021
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1hr 1min