About the show

Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citizen developers, and anyone else that cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. We equip our listeners with the knowledge to understand the latest advancements at the intersection of manufacturing and technology, as well as actionable insights that they can implement in their own operations. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform.

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Episodes

  • Episode 143: A New Approach to Pharma Manufacturing with Roche’s Daniele Iacovelli

    October 9th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 18 secs
    ai, architecture, citizen development, composability, mes, pharma, validation

    Daniele Iacovelli, VP, Global Head of Digital, Analytics (AI) & Operational Excellence at Roche discusses Roche’s digital transformation, his perspective on citizen development, and why the traditional software validation approach is no longer sufficient.

  • Episode 142: The Past, Present, and Future of Industrial Software with Rick Bullotta

    September 25th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  36 mins 18 secs
    ai, iiot, machine learning, mes, thingworx

    Rick Bullotta, serial entrepreneur and longtime veteran of the industrial software space joins Natan Linder to discuss the state of the industry, what we can learn from the past, and where industrial tech is headed in the next 5 years.

  • Episode 141: Reindustrializing America with Liz Reynolds

    July 1st, 2024  |  Season 4  |  28 mins 12 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, economy, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, policy, politics, science, software, tech, technology, trade, venture capital

    Elisabeth Reynolds, MIT Professor of the Practice and former White House policymaker joins Natan Linder to discuss the building momentum around reindustrialization in the United States, and what it means for the economy, national defense, and manufacturing.

  • Episode 140: A Frontline Perspective on Industry 4.0 – Reflections on Season 1 of Augmented Ops

    June 26th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 44 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, computer science, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, mes, science, software, tech, technology

    Natan Linder and Erik Mirandette recap what they learned from Season 1 of Augmented Ops, highlighting the advancements in AI, the value of democratization and open ecosystems, the need to focus on the frontline worker, and more.

  • Episode 139: How to Architect Your Digital Strategy with Jeff Kramer

    June 12th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  29 mins 51 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, computer science, data science, digital strategy, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, mes, quality, science, software, tech, technology

    Jeff Kramer, VP Technology & Digital Factory at Kason Industries lays out best practices for manufacturers to develop their digital strategy, including citizen development, governance, balancing IT vs OT, and more.

  • Episode 138: Democratizing Computer Vision with LandingAI’s Kai Yang

    May 29th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  30 mins 38 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, computer science, computer vision, data science, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, mes, quality, science, software, tech, technology

    Kai Yang, VP of Product at LandingAI, lays out the need for a data-centric approach to AI, how new techniques like visual prompting are making computer vision accessible to anyone, and why vendors should build tools rather than solutions.

  • Episode 137: AI for the Frontline Engineer with Instrumental’s Anna Shedletsky

    May 15th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  32 mins 37 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, kpi, manufacturing, quality, science, software, tech, technology

    Anna Shedletsky breaks down which manufacturing KPIs really matter, why engineers need to be able to show the ROI of tech investments, how you can use data and machine learning to solve quality problems on the production line.

  • Episode 136: AI Takes Center Stage at Hannover Messe

    May 1st, 2024  |  Season 4  |  23 mins 57 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, engineering, hannover messe, industry, industry 4.0, it, manufacturing, ot, science, software, tech, technology

    Natan Linder and Madilynn Castillo explore the lackluster state of AI in industrial software, the rise of composable software architectures, and how open technology ecosystems are becoming the norm throughout the industry.

  • Episode 135: Bringing Spatial Intelligence to Operations with Zerokey's Matt Lowe

    April 10th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  28 mins 45 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, it, manufacturing, ot, rfid, rtls, science, software, tech, technology

    Matt Lowe explains what makes ultrasound-based positioning systems ideal for manufacturing environments, how spatial intelligence offers new ways to solve problems on the shop floor, and how open architecture can eliminate the need for system integrators.

  • Episode 134: Building Industrial Architectures with MQTT with HiveMQ’s Dominik Obermaier

    March 27th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  36 mins 56 secs
    4ir, ai, analytics, automation, data, dataops, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, manufacturing, mqtt, operations, ot, software, technology, unified namespace, unified namespace it, uns

    Dominik Obermaier explains how MQTT is reshaping data architectures, the merits of cloud vs. on-prem, and what the emergence of Unified Namespace means for manufacturers.

  • Episode 133: Rethinking Our Approach to AI with Dr. Jay Lee

    March 13th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  31 mins 11 secs
    4ir, ai, analytics, artificial intelligence, automation, data, digital transformation, engineering, generative ai, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, ml, operations, software, technology

    Dr. Jay Lee lays out how AI is reshaping industrial operations, global supply chains, and how our education system needs to adapt to train the next generation of AI practitioners.

  • Episode 132: Open Source Software for Manufacturing with UMH's Alex Krüger

    February 28th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  26 mins 34 secs
    4ir, ai, analytics, automation, data, dataops, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, manufacturing, mqtt, operations, ot, software, technology, unified namespace, unified namespace it, uns

    Alex Krüger explores the state of open source software in manufacturing, how to bridge IT and OT worlds with a Unified Namespace, the future of MES, and more.