The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests share tips and outcomes that will help improve your productivity. What Does Industry 4.0 Mean to You?
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Learn about interesting technologies that are changing how work gets done. Industry 4.0. Sponsored by UtilityAR - Augmented Reality for Industry - www.utilityar.com
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This podcast covers modern ideas for engaging organizations in Continuous Improvement and enabling the 4th Industrial Revolution.
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This podcast series explores the importance of digital transformation across the manufacturing sector – and its impact on how businesses design, make and service their products. Each episode offers you easily digestible insights into the key topical themes and lessons being learned in today’s business environment as manufacturers respond, recover and prepare to thrive in this ‘new normal’. You’ll hear from opinion leaders, business leaders, academics and researchers on key developments and t ...
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American Lean Weekday: Leadership | Lean Culture & Intrapreneurship | Lean Methods | Industry 4.0 | Case Studies
Tom Reed: Lean Enthusiast & President of American Lean
Start each workday with digestible nuggets on the benefits of running a lean organization. We cover 5 topics in 5 days in about 5 minutes. 1. Leadership- Discover key concepts for successfully leading your organization during its lean transformation. 2. Culture/Intrapreneurship- Learn how to support your intrapreneurs, those who are driving change within your organization. 3. Lean Topics- Still catching on to lean principles and methodologies? We’ll help you with the basics and advanced topi ...
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Welcome to Season 4 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. This season we welcome back our host, David McKenna. David is Grantek’s Smart Packaging Practice Leader. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will share tips and…
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Bonus Episode, Talking FSMA Rule 204 : Jim Toman of Grantek - The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek
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Jim Toman is a Senior MES Advisor at Grantek. Jim has 30+ years of experience creating data driven systems for manufacturers. In this bonus episode, the discussion centers around the upcoming Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204 enforcement. FSMA falls under the authority of the United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The changes…
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Grant Daft is a Software Applications Specialist at Videojet. Based in UK, Grant has been with Videojet since 2004. During the almost 20-year tenure, Grant has served in leadership roles focused on solutions support, software application development and product management. Since the 1960s, Videojet is a global leader in the development and manufact…
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Robin Maurice is the District Leader of Grantek’s Montreal Office. In this role Robin oversees the work done by Grantek in New England, Quebec, Eastern Ontario, Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. Robin lives in Montreal, QC. His primary language is French, with English being his second language. Don’t be surprised to hear some funn…
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Doug Yerger is a Principal Engineer at Grantek. Doug’s 30-plus years of experience includes the architecting, design, implementation, commissioning, and support of PLC Control Systems, Robotic Applications, Vision Applications, Database Applications, MES Implementations, Warehouse Management Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems…
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Angela Morris is the Head of Global IT Manufacturing Capabilities at The Kraft Heinz Company. Angela is a driver of strategy and vision, passionate promoter of operational excellence, classically trained musician, love of gardening, student of culture, and active in community engagement and service. Today, Angela is accountable for strategic planni…
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Andrea Ruotolo, PhD. is the Global Head of Customer Sustainability at Rockwell Automation. As Rockwell Automation's Global Head of Customer Sustainability, Andrea drives sustainability innovation and champions AI/ML for industrial sustainability. With 18 years of global executive experience, she co-founded a smart grid consultancy, led global energ…
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Emilee Cook is a Director of Product Strategy at Apprentice.io, leading technology to help Life Sciences companies get life-saving drugs to market faster by connecting global workforces and scaling complex manufacturing. Over her 10 years in life sciences, she’s spent time in R&D producing biomimetic devices at Draper Laboratory, developed Syncade …
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Lisa Cronk is currently an Operations Manager at Grantek. Lisa has over 13 years of experience in Engineering and System Integration. Lisa currently focuses on projects for large Food & Beverage manufacturers. Lisa has served in the Canadian Forces and she also has experience working in the Mining, Life Sciences and CPG industries. The Industry 4.0…
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. This season we are proud to welcome our new host, David McKenna. David is Grantek’s Smart Packaging Practice Leader. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will sh…
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Huck Bales is Grantek’s Director of MES & Digital Solutions Engineering. He has over thirty successful years of providing systems development, project management, and consulting services in the manufacturing sector. Huck has managed large projects with scope, schedule and budget responsibilities. He has a solid understanding of business and technic…
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Patrick Harrigan is a leader with Tulip Interfaces. Patrick is a technical sales leader focused on identifying and delivering digital transformation solutions for Fortune 500 Manufacturing customers. With over 12 years of leadership experience, he is a forward-thinking consultant with exceptional understanding of manufacturing business processes an…
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Rick Roszkowski began his career with the vision group at Allen-Bradley as a software developer and as a vision application engineer before joining Cognex in 1998. Rick now has over 35 years of experience within the machine vision industry holding a variety of technical and marketing leadership roles. Since joining Cognex, Rick has served as Direc…
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Logan Terry is Grantek’s Senior Manager, Strategic Account Management – Life Sciences. Logan works in Grantek’s Vancouver office, and joined the company in early 2016 as a Systems Designer. Logan has been involved in a long list of successful activities and projects within Grantek within the engineering, project management and business development …
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Saurabh Bahl is a Digital Transformation Industrie 40 Manufacturing and Industrial Business Development Leader with AWS. Saurabh has 22+ Years of IT and Engineering Services Experience across multiple Industries which includes Retail, CPG, Industrial and Process Manufacturing. Experience across Delivery, Sales Leadership, Solutions, Customer Relati…
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James Burnand is a 20+ year veteran of the industrial automation ecosphere who has now turned his focus towards providing the infrastructure for manufacturers to reap the benefits of the cloud for their plant floor applications. Weaving cyber security, operational requirements, and management into 4IR Solutions’ offerings and providing education an…
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Vlad Romanov has over 10 years of experience working for leading Food & Beverage and CPG companies in the United States and Canada. Currently Vlad is the Co-Founder of SolisPLC, a growing company that provides technical content to leading OEMs and End-Users in Manufacturing. SolisPLC delivers easy-to-follow technical tutorials in written and video …
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Welcome to Season 2 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will share tips and outcomes that will help improve your productivity. You will hear from leading providers of Industrial Co…
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Welcome back. Before we kick off Season 2, we’re excited to share a bonus episode of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. On this episode our host Sam Russem has a great “conversation” about manufacturing and Industry 4.0 with ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot developed by OpenAI based on GPT-3.5. It has a remarkable ability to i…
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Ian Tooke is the VP of Strategic Business Development at Grantek. Ian leads Grantek's Strategy, Marketing, Partner Management and Business Development groups. In this role Ian is responsible for the creation of growth strategies, new product categories, services or business models that change the game and generate significant new value for our cust…
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Kevin McClusky is the Co-Director of Sales Engineering at Inductive Automation, and has previously served as Director of Design Services. Kevin joined the team in 2011 and brought with him years of expert experience in the field of industrial automation software integration. Kevin’s work includes architectural design, consulting, and creation on co…
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Jacob Chapman has a background in automation engineering, project management, account management, industrial networking, and ICS cybersecurity within the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and energy generation sectors, among others. Jacob is currently a Solutions Architect within the BD and Alliances team at Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT & IoT…
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Christian Wölbeling is an experienced Senior Director with Korber Pharma. He was nominated as a “Pharma Industry Leader” by The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Pharmaceutical Engineering Magazine in 2020, and has been a keynote speaker at many international pharmaceutical engineering conferences. He has a demonstrated hi…
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David McKenna is Grantek’s Director of Smart Manufacturing Solutions. He works out of Grantek’s Toronto office and has over 18 years of manufacturing experience. Dave spearheads Grantek’s Label Verification Solution, and Grantek’s Label Printer Control Solution. These offerings help manufacturers protect their operations, brand and reputation that …
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Michael Risse is a Founding Partner, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Seeq. Seeq’s applications enable users to rapidly investigate and share insights from the time series data generated by manufacturing and IIoT solutions. The result is faster decisions, the ability to drive continuous improvement in production KPIs, and increased pro…
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Bryon Hayes is the Director of Smart Manufacturing Solutions at Grantek. He has 20 years of experience working within in the life sciences industry. At Grantek, he is responsible for translating current trends in the life sciences landscape into actionable technical partnership opportunities, training plans, and growth strategies. Bryon is a member…
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Welcome to the first episode of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will share tips and outcomes that will help improve your productivity. You will hear from leading providers of Indu…
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Discover the variety of digital and traditional levers that manufacturers can utilised to help transform your aftermarket opportunity. Hear about the opportunities in this sector, as well as finding inspirational Aftermarket use cases from other industries. Join Nick Davis, Geoff Hurst and Michael Wright for this episode of the Industry 4.0 Podcast…
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With the rise of digital technologies and global interconnectivity, the manufacturing sector faces a new level of complexity. Nearly half of manufacturers have been the victim of cyber-crime, with the sector now the third most targeted for attack. We discuss the risks of cyber security for smart factory adoption and the steps manufacturers can take…
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Learn about how Energy Efficiency as a Service can allow you to reduce your costs and carbon footprint while improving comfort and avoiding locking up your capital. Thanks to Paul Boylan from Vivid Edge for his time in explaining it to me. Thanks to our sponsor, UtilityAR. Interested in looking at how Augmented Reality can work for your site? conta…
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In this episode, we explore the people dimension of smart manufacturing. As manufacturers return to work in a post-pandemic world, business leaders must consider and respond to new ways of working. We explore some examples of how humans and machines are working effectively together, and what manufacturers need to consider as they plan for the futur…
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Learn about how virtual reality can offer a solution for improved team collaboration in the form of secure and reliable meeting rooms. Thanks to Jonny Cosgrove from MeetingRoom for his time in explaining it to me. Thanks to our sponsor, UtilityAR. Interested in looking at how Augmented Reality can work for your site? contact UtilityAR today at www.…
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Learn about how Digital Twins and Spatial Computing can be used to train staff and improve efficiency in factories. Thanks to Fearghal Kelly from Digisoft for his time in explaining it to me. Thanks to our sponsor, UtilityAR. Interested in looking at how Augmented Reality can work for your site? contact UtilityAR today at www.UtilityAR.com Our Host…
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In this episode, we focus on the collaboration between government, industry and academia to drive digital innovation, industry competitiveness and sustainability in manufacturing. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need for smart manufacturing capabilities. We explore how smart factory ecosystems helped in responding to COVID-19, and the role th…
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Learn about how Virtual Reality can be used to promote Wellness in the workplace, improving employee performance, satisfaction and outcomes. Thanks to Stephen Pitcher from SolasVR for his time in explaining it to me. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-pitcher-8904a3b/ https://www.solasvr.com/ Thanks to our sponsor, UtilityAR. Interested in looking…
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Have a sage and wonderful New Year and thank you for listening! Rate and Review Here More show notes are here Schedule a free 1/2 call with Tom Reed. Buy the Lean Game PlanDi Tom Reed: Lean Enthusiast & President of American Lean
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Since it is near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover what to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks. Up to this point, we have covered 12 other Lean topics- Lean History, VA vs. NVA, the 8 wastes, 6S…
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Employee engagement is going to make or break you on your Lean transformation. For those that are interested in a successful Lean Transformation, I have a secret for you. Lean is about changing the culture of your organization. Ask yourself, how do I turn my employees into daily problem solvers? One success indicator of employee engagement is havin…
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What is the purpose of your business? Is it to make money as many people believe? I took finance during my MBA program and finance says your goal is to generate shareholder value. That doesn’t sound like a great rallying cry for employees. “We have to focus on increasing our shareholder value in 2021.” Yeah, no. How about you find better ways to fo…
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Merry Christmas to all of our listeners, clients, companies, family and Friends!Di Tom Reed: Lean Enthusiast & President of American Lean
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Organizations have dramatically sped up their digital transformation activities. The pandemic has made companies consider a digital transformation much sooner than before. Companies of all sizes realize they need to transform. To help guide you, here are the top roles for a successful digital transformation. 1. Solution Architect Just like it sound…
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Since it’s near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover topics to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks. If you cover these topics, I know you will have a very solid start in educating employees on Lean…
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Digital transformations are important in today’s world. Even if you are an “old-school” manufacturer- you make stuff- you still have to find customers. It could be there are ways to increase the digital aspects of your products. Regardless, this will require change, and the best way to approach it is to unleash your intrapreneurs. Here are five ste…
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Let’s talk about what 2020 taught leaders and the rest of us, but first a story. The Voyager spacecraft was leaving our solar system in 1990 and NASA had it take one last picture since it was leaving our solar system. Voyager was 3.7 billion miles from the sun. What it captured has become known as the pale blue dot picture. Its impact is more than …
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One of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. This week is a little different, I share the mic w…
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It seems like we are just learning about Industry 4.0 and the enablers that will impact that digital transformation. Now companies are discussing what Industry 5.0 looks like. Earlier in the year, I talked about the use of cobots to support Industry 4.0. Industry 5.0 is based on humans and robots working together in close proximity. Given the advan…
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Since it’s near the end of the year and your company might consider Lean training, I thought I’d give you an early present and cover what to include in your Lean training. This is not an exhaustive list- I’m breaking the topics up over several weeks. If you cover these topics, I know you will have a very solid start in educating employees on Lean t…
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Learn about how Virtual Reality can be used in cleanroom and production areas to train staff, providing cost reductions, better quality and improved outcomes. Thanks to Geoffrey Allen from Mersus for his time in explaining it to me. https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreyallenirl/ https://mersus.io/ Thanks to our sponsor, UtilityAR. Interested in look…
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For companies that are developing their Lean transformation, a key element for supporting the transformation is sharing information within the company, and engaging employees. Establishing a Core Team of representatives from different functional areas helps with that information sharing. You should also rely on your core team to support company cul…
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Leading employees is never easy. It is more complicated given the current restrictions as we all know. Regardless, here are six leadership traits for today you can rate yourself against. If you are looking for future leaders, these are prominent traits to consider. Trait 1 – Approachable Since you probably aren’t in a face-to-face situation, your e…
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