by Chris Luecke | Jul 12, 2022 | Podcast
If you’re in the manufacturing industry or just an avid social media user, then you’ve probably come across Loupe and some of the amazing feats they’ve been pulling off. Loupe is a Portland, Oregon-based jack-of-all-trades automation outfit that’s responsible for some...
by Chris Luecke | Jul 5, 2022 | Podcast
Recently, we had an opportunity to attend an extremely unique manufacturing event in Columbus, NE. Columbus is a small, rural town and it’s the exact type of spot where manufacturing events should be taking place. Communities like this across the Great Plains,...
by Chris Luecke | Jun 28, 2022 | Leadership, Podcast
Our guests this week are Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels. Both of these women have racked up decades of experience in manufacturing and operations, and now they’re the duo that leads OPSisters where they focus on advising operations through coaching, training,...
by Chris Luecke | Jun 21, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Education, Robotics, Show Notes
Have you ever been in a room full of growth companies, investors, academics, entrepreneurs, and technologist all working together to advance the industry? It’s rare to get all of these players in a tech ecosystem together in one place, but that’s just what Cascadia...
by Chris Luecke | Jun 14, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Podcast, Robotics
Welcome to another episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour recorded in front of a LIVE audience. A couple of months ago at IME West in Anaheim, we had a chance to sit down with Jerry Perez, FANUC America’s Executive Director of Global Accounts. FANUC is one of the...
by Chris Luecke | Jun 7, 2022 | Diversity, Podcast
Willemijn Schneyder and her team are changing the game for post-sales support. Willemijn is the CEO and proud Founder of SwipeGuide, a next-generation instruction software that provides an intuitive way to create enhanced-reality work instructions. So how is this...
by Chris Luecke | May 31, 2022 | Show Notes, Systems Integrator
Scot Lindemann has seen a thing or two when it comes to robotics. The guy has over 30 years of engineering and leadership in this space, from his long tenure with JR Automation to where he is now as the CEO of Mission Design and Automation, a Western Michigan-based...
by Chris Luecke | May 24, 2022 | Diversity, Podcast
Rachele Focardi is a generational diversity expert, international speaker, author, and Founder of XYZ at Work. We’ve talked about attracting the next generation to the workforce on this show quite a bit, but today is probably our most holistic conversation to...
by Chris Luecke | May 10, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Podcast, Smart Manufacturing
The future is digital, and the manufacturing industry is no exception. Jerry Foster, the CTO of Plex, is one of the select visionaries who jumped on the ‘digitization’ bandwagon quite early in the game. Plex is a company that paved the way for business enterprise...
by Chris Luecke | May 3, 2022 | Diversity, Leadership, Podcast, Recruitment
Divya Thadani leads PPG’s strategy and business development for the company’s architectural coatings business in the US and Canada. But her impact doesn’t end there. She’s made her mark as a diversity, equality, and inclusion champion at PPG. In this episode,...
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