Podcast Episodes

America Needs More Electricity: Production Pulse

Episode 254

America is hungry for electricity. Between the rising number of data centers that power AI chatbots and cloud computing systems to electric vehicles …

1 year, 2 months ago

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How AI Can Improve Workplace Safety

Episode 253

Benchmark Gensuite’s Natasha Porter explains creative applications for AI in the workplace and how AI-based tools can help move the needle on occupat…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Smart Strategies for Training Your Maintenance Team, No Matter Your Budget

Episode 249

Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer, and global reliability consultant, is now president of Lean Driven Reliability LLC. He is the author …

1 year, 2 months ago

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Time to Choose: Robot or CNC Grinding for Your Metal Casting Production

Episode 251

The scarcity of labor and the need to remain competitive means that producers of cast parts must embrace automated grinding. Jeff Antonic of Strateca…

1 year, 2 months ago

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How to Successfully Integrate Time-Sensitive Networking in Your Facility

Episode 252

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) has emerged in the industry, promising to change industrial communication networks for the better through guaranteed …

1 year, 2 months ago

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Manufacturing Cybersecurity in 2025: Getting the Shop Floor Involved [Production Pulse]

Episode 250

Education and training remain the best ways for manufacturers to protect themselves against hackers, but that can be a challenge when you're talking …

1 year, 2 months ago

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Crystal Ball Series Shows All the Advancements in Store for 2025—and More

Episode 248

From AI, to cybersecurity, to decentralizing utility grids, Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl breaks down highlights from the monthlong web series tha…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Will Trump's Tariffs Impact North American Reshoring Initiatives?

Episode 247

Rosemary Coates is the executive director of the Reshoring Institute, as well as the President of Blue Silk Consulting. She has more than 30 years of…

1 year, 3 months ago

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How Trump Could 'Win' with the Panama Canal

Episode 246

U.S. troops are not likely to invade Panama to retake the Panama Canal, but U.S. influence over the trade zone could expand greatly in the next few y…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Microgrids Power Manufacturing [Production Pulse]

Episode 245

Many modern manufacturing plants generate some amount of electricity, either from solar panels on the roof or diesel generators or natural gas turbin…

1 year, 3 months ago

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