Augmented Ops - Episodes Tagged with “4ir”

Modernizing the Industrial Base: Readiness, Resilience, and the Road Ahead

Tulip — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:15:00 -0400

Modernizing the U.S. industrial base is no longer a long-term goal. Between geopolitical competition, workforce constraints, and rising cybersecurity demands, manufacturers are under pressure to rethink how production systems are built and operated.

Clark Dressen, CTO of MxD, joins the show to explain how this transformation is taking shape across the defense industrial base and broader manufacturing ecosystem. As a public-private partnership funded in part by the Department of Defense, MxD works to connect emerging technologies with real-world production environments.

The conversation focuses on what modernization actually requires. Not digital transformation for its own sake, but applying technology to solve specific operational problems around quality, productivity, and consistency. Clark shares how tools like sensors, digital twins, and AI are being introduced into legacy environments to reduce reliance on tribal knowledge and create more repeatable processes.

The episode also explores the structure of the industrial base, where small and mid-sized suppliers make up the majority of the defense supply chain but often lack the resources to meet growing cybersecurity and compliance requirements. As workforce transitions accelerate, the focus shifts toward capturing expertise, improving how work is executed, and building more resilient production systems.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T2bkZvyK5kU

Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, citizen developers, shop floor operators, and anyone who cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform. You can find more from us at Tulip.co/podcast or by following the show on LinkedIn.

Special Guest: Clark Dressen.

Regional Ecosystems of Manufacturing: The Foundation of Industrial Strength

Tulip — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:15:00 -0400

What actually makes a region strong in manufacturing?

In this episode, Gillian Catrambone sits down with Beatriz Gutierrez, CEO of CONNSTEP Inc., Connecticut’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), to explore how regional ecosystems, through MEPs, workforce programs, and coordinated resources, create the foundation for industrial strength.

Beatriz breaks down how manufacturers are navigating labor constraints, adopting automation incrementally, and rethinking supply chains in a more volatile environment. The conversation also highlights what separates effective regions, including strong talent pipelines, connected institutions, and easier access to capital, training, and support.

She closes with practical guidance for operations leaders. Focus on critical processes, plan for the long term, and approach transformation step by step rather than waiting for perfect conditions.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZJO0bbYSGII

Special Guest: Beatriz Gutierrez.

The State of Reshoring: Supply Chains, Strategy, and the Future of US Manufacturing

Tulip — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:15:00 -0500

Global supply chains are being rewired in real time. From tariffs and geopolitics to labor constraints and energy infrastructure, manufacturers are navigating a level of volatility few have experienced before.

Rosemary Coates, Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, joins the show to unpack what’s actually happening beneath the headlines. Drawing on recent executive interviews and location studies, she explains why many companies are pausing major decisions, how “China plus one” strategies are evolving, and what reshoring really requires beyond political rhetoric.

For operations leaders, the conversation moves from macro forces to practical considerations: evaluating total landed cost beyond labor, balancing capital intensity with workforce availability, selecting locations with infrastructure in mind, and building resilience through diversified manufacturing footprints. While the path forward is complex, Rosemary outlines why advanced, higher-skilled manufacturing still presents meaningful opportunity for U.S. growth.

Watch the full epsiode on YouTube

For more on this topic, Rosemary hosts The Frictionless Supply Chain podcast, covering supply chain strategy and global production shifts.

Special Guest: Rosemary Coates.

From the Classroom to the Shop Floor: Building the Future Industrial Workforce

Tulip — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:15:00 -0500

Manufacturing is undergoing a generational shift. As experienced workers retire and automation accelerates, the industry must solve both a workforce shortage and a skills gap — and it must do so simultaneously.

Jacob “MFG Kid” Sanchez is a well-known manufacturing influencer and content creator, and a vocal advocate for bringing new talent into the industry. With hands-on shop floor experience and a growing platform dedicated to promoting automation and modern manufacturing careers, he works to make the industry more visible, accessible, and appealing to the next generation.

Check out Jacob’s newly launched Axis community — a brand-neutral space for automation, robotics, and manufacturing professionals to connect, learn, and collaborate.

In this conversation, Jacob and Natan explore how manufacturers can generate genuine interest in industrial careers, rethink how technical skills are taught and developed, and draw lessons from apprenticeship models in countries that consistently produce highly skilled manufacturing talent.

Watch the full episode on YouTube

Special Guest: Jacob "MFGKid" Sanchez.

The Need for Speed in Life Sciences

Tulip — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:15:00 -0500

The life sciences industry has long justified slow digital adoption through regulation. But as technology adoption accelerates faster than guidance, that logic is breaking down.

In this episode, Michelle Vuolo and Gilad Langer discuss why speed has become a defining challenge for pharma and medical device manufacturers. Drawing on experience from ISPE, quality leadership, and decades in regulated operations, they explore validation 4.0, cultural resistance to risk-based thinking, and how AI is reshaping quality and compliance work.

The conversation examines what it really takes for life sciences organizations to move faster without losing control — and why waiting for perfect regulatory clarity is no longer a viable strategy

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SPJz8_cFYM4

Special Guest: Dr. Gilad Langer.

The Human Infrastructure of Manufacturing with Stacey Weismiller of AMFI

Tulip — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:15:00 -0500

Manufacturing is often discussed in terms of technology, productivity, and investment — but rarely in terms of people as infrastructure. In this episode of Augmented Ops, Stacey Weismiller, Founder of the American Manufacturing Futures Institute, joins Natan Linder to reframe the conversation.

Stacey draws on her background spanning manufacturing, economic development, and global policy to explore why people, access, and community must sit at the center of industrial renewal. Together, they discuss workforce participation, civic manufacturing, equitable growth, and how AI can augment human work without eroding trust or dignity.

The conversation spans everything from factory jobs and childcare to resilience, reindustrialization, and why manufacturing needs a new narrative — one that values stewardship as much as efficiency.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.

Special Guest: Stacey Weismiller.

The Real Problem AI Needs to Solve in Manufacturing

Tulip — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0500

Read about Tulip’s $120M Series D 👉 http://tulip.co/press/tulip-secures-120m-series-d/

In this conversation, Chris Luecke, host of the Manufacturing Happy Hour podcast, joins Natan Linder to discuss AI in manufacturing, and how Mitsubishi Electric’s lead investment in Tulip’s $120M Series D helps to accelerate our mission to scale our composable platform, support an open ecosystem for frontline operations, and supports AI-enabled and human-driven innovation.
Key themes from this conversation include:
• Why "software-defined manufacturing" is essential for modern supply chains.
• The rise of the AI process engineer, and real-world implications of AI adoption among frontline process engineers.
• The importance of building a transparent, human-first culture in frontline operations.

Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, citizen developers, shop floor operators, and anyone else that cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform. You can find more from us at Tulip.co/podcast or by following the show on LinkedIn.

Special Guest: Chris Luecke.

AI at the Crossroads of Regulation and Innovation

Tulip — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500

AI is rapidly reshaping life sciences manufacturing—but as intelligent systems move into regulated environments, questions around validation, governance, and trust become unavoidable.

In this episode of Augmented Ops, host Michelle Vuolo, Head of Quality at Tulip, is joined by Bryan Ennis, Chief Quality Officer and Founder of Sware, and Martin Heitmann, of the Triality Group. Together, they explore what it really takes to deploy AI responsibly in pharma, biotech, and medtech operations.

The conversation examines why many AI initiatives stall at the pilot stage, how validation practices must evolve for probabilistic systems, and where organizations are already seeing real value—from predictive maintenance to quality signal detection and validation automation. They also discuss emerging regulatory guidance, including Annex 22, and why regulators are not anti-AI—but deeply skeptical of black-box systems.

Throughout the discussion, a consistent theme emerges: successful AI adoption is less about the technology itself and more about process design, data quality, human oversight, and building evidence that systems are safe, transparent, and fit for purpose.

This episode offers a grounded, experience-driven perspective on how life sciences organizations can move from experimentation to scale—without compromising patient safety or compliance.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7keK_4zDaTg

Special Guests: Bryan Ennis and Martin Heitmann.

Giving Robots "Common Sense": Inside RightHand Robotics with Yaro Tenzer

Tulip — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:15:00 -0500

Robotics has promised to transform manufacturing and logistics for decades — but turning intelligent machines into reliable, everyday operators remains hard. In this episode of Augmented Ops, Natan Linder sits down with Yaro Tenzer, co-founder and CEO of RightHand Robotics, to talk about what it actually takes to deploy AI-powered robotics in real operational environments.

Yaro shares lessons from building robotic systems that operate in the messiness of the real world — where data is imperfect, edge cases are constant, and reliability matters more than demos. Together, they discuss why so many robotics pilots struggle to reach production, how machine learning improves through real-world feedback, and what operations leaders should understand before investing in automation.

The conversation explores the intersection of robotics, AI, and operations — focusing on practical constraints, system design, and the human decisions that determine whether advanced technology delivers value or stalls on the shop floor.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a06GA7TvI8Y

Special Guest: Yaro Tenzer.

The Future Process Engineer with Chris Luecke of Manufacturing Happy Hour

Tulip — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:15:00 -0500

What does the future of process engineering look like in an era shaped by AI, automation, and rapid operational change? In this episode, Chris Luecke joins Natan Linder to explore how the role is evolving, what still defines great engineering, and why human judgment remains essential on the modern shop floor.

Chris is the host of Manufacturing Happy Hour and one of the most connected voices in the industry. Before stepping behind the microphone, he spent years as a process engineer at Anheuser-Busch and later worked across sectors with Rockwell Automation—giving him a rare vantage point on how factories actually run and how engineering teams solve problems.

Natan and Chris discuss the shift from reactive troubleshooting to systems thinking, how culture shapes the pace and quality of improvement, and why the most effective way to introduce AI is to aim it at the tasks teams collectively find painful. They also examine the idea of “Shenzhen Speed,” how faster design and production cycles influence global competitiveness, and what manufacturers elsewhere can learn from regions that move quickly.

This conversation offers an on-the-ground view of how engineering work is changing and what the next generation of process engineers will need to thrive.

Watch the full episode on YouTube

Special Guest: Chris Luecke.

AI, Industry, and the Human Story with MIT’s David Mindell

Tulip — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:15:00 -0500

AI is often described as a revolution, but every technological leap has deep roots in the human story. In this episode of Augmented Ops, MIT Professor and author David Mindell joins Tulip CEO Natan Linder to discuss how history can help us navigate the rise of intelligent systems.

Mindell, a historian, engineer, and entrepreneur, shares insights from his latest book, The New Lunar Society, which traces the origins of the Industrial Revolution and the people who built it. He draws connections between the 18th-century innovators who powered the first era of mechanization and today’s engineers shaping AI. Every tool, he argues, embeds human skill, judgment, and culture; from the earliest steam engines to modern autonomous systems.

Their conversation examines the enduring questions that define manufacturing and technology: How can new tools expand opportunity instead of narrowing it? What does responsible innovation look like in an age of automation? And how can societies balance ambition, governance, and trust while embracing change?

Through stories of invention, work, and rediscovery, Mindell reminds us that progress has always been a human endeavor. Technology evolves, but the drive to create, understand, and improve remains constant.

Watch the full episode on YouTube

Special Guest: David Mindell.

AI for Operations: From Everyday Tools to Agentic Systems

Tulip — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0400

Manufacturing is entering a new phase of AI adoption, one where intelligent systems don’t just generate insights but take action in context. In this episode of Augmented Ops, host Mason Glidden, Tulip’s Chief Product Officer, is joined by Olga Stroilova, Group Product Lead, and Pete Hartnett, Group Product Manager, to discuss how agentic AI is redefining what’s possible on the factory floor.

Together, they unpack the evolution from predictive and generative AI to agentic systems capable of autonomous, goal-driven behavior while keeping people firmly in the loop. They examine why many pilots stall before production, how governance and culture shape adoption, and why “human oversight by design” is becoming the new standard for responsible AI in manufacturing.

Drawing from Tulip’s own roadmap and customer experiences, the team highlights how features like AI Composer, Tulip Agents, and context-aware workflows are helping users close the insight-to-action gap, scale AI safely, and unlock new forms of operational leverage.

Rather than imagining a future without people, the episode points to a more realistic vision of AI in manufacturing: one where systems evolve, but human judgment remains the foundation of progress.

Special Guests: Olga Stroilova and Pete Hartnett.

Operations Calling 2025 Recap: From AI Hype Into Real World Results

Tulip — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0400

Kicking off Season 6, Natan and Tulip CMO Madilynn Castillo reflect on Operations Calling 2025—recorded just after nearly 800 manufacturing leaders, engineers, and frontline pros converged at Tulip HQ for Tulip’s biggest event to date. More than a showcase of technology, this two-day experience blended strategy, execution, and genuine community. Attendees dove into headline keynotes, fireside chats, interactive workshops, and panels, led by senior voices and industry experts driving the new era of manufacturing.

The episode captures how this convergence marked a real inflection point: AI moving from hype to hands-on tools like Tulip Agents, composable systems scaling across teams, and the shift from digital transformation to continuous transformation on the shop floor. Through live demos, open learning, and collaborative problem-solving, participants saw—and built—the next wave of operations-led innovation.

Packed with post-event momentum, Natan and Madi share stories and lessons that reveal how practical AI, human-centered design, and community are reshaping manufacturing’s future.

Check out all the Operations Calling Sessions!
Natan's Keynote
The Next Shift: AI-Driven Transformation of the Connected Factory
Tulip Roadmap Session

Special Guest: Madilynn Castillo.

Reindustrializing in 2025 — AI, Scale, and the Future of U.S. Manufacturing with MIT’s Liz Reynolds

Tulip — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:15:00 -0400

In this bonus episode, our guest is Liz Reynolds, manufacturing and workforce expert at MIT and strategic advisor to Tulip..

Fresh from Detroit's Reindustrialize conference, Liz and Natan share key insights on America's urgent push to bring manufacturing back home. They explore the "Spring of momentum" in reindustrialization efforts, from AI moving beyond hype to real implementation on the shop floor, and break down the massive scale challenges facing US manufacturers across critical sectors.

Drawing from major industry conferences including Reindustrialize, the Hill and Valley Forum, Industry Studies Association, and MIT's Initiative for New Manufacturing, she explains strategic workforce development approaches to address the 400,000 manufacturing worker shortage and the Department of Defense's $1 trillion budget impact on industrial capacity. Reynolds sheds light on how this Spring's discussions and strategic planning around technology adoption and workforce training are beginning to take concrete shape as the real work accelerates into Fall.

Special Guest: Elisabeth Reynolds.

Episode 141: Reindustrializing America with Liz Reynolds

Tulip — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:30:00 -0400

In this bonus episode, Elisabeth Reynolds—MIT Professor of the Practice, former White House policymaker, and now Strategic Advisor to Tulip—joins Natan Linder to discuss the building momentum around reindustrialization in the United States.

Liz calls attention to the most important factors shaping the industrial landscape, and the need for a clear national strategy that can direct government coordination with manufacturers. Liz also explores the challenges in introducing software to the frontline workforce, ways manufacturers can address skill gaps, and the role of venture capital in fueling innovation.

Rendustrialize Summit
Reindustrialize Manifesto
SCSP Advanced Manufacturing Report

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. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform. You can find more from us at Tulip.co/podcast or by following the show on LinkedIn.

Special Guest: Elisabeth Reynolds.

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

Tulip — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0400

This week marks the final episode of Season 1 of Augmented Ops! Natan Linder and Erik Mirandette sit down to discuss their takeaways from the first season—while trying not to get derailed analogizing frontline operations to the Celtics Championship win.

Natan and Erik highlight the advancements (and stumbles) in industrial AI, and the way that open, interoperable ecosystems have fundamentally changed the way manufacturing tech stacks are built. They also reflect the need to focus on the frontline worker, the power of democratizing advanced technology, and more.

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

Tulip — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:30:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Jeff Kramer, VP Technology & Digital Factory at Kason Industries.

Jeff discusses why manufacturers struggle to develop a cohesive digital strategy, and lays out best practices around governance, data architecture, and bridging the IT/OT divide. He also explains why it’s critical for organizations to empower their frontline personnel by using technology to enable a citizen developer approach.

Special Guest: Jeff Kramer.

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

Tulip — Wed, 29 May 2024 00:15:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Kai Yang, VP of Product at LandingAI.

Kai discusses the need for a data-centric approach to AI, why vendors should build tools rather than solutions, and more, sharing lessons learned from his career in machine learning and software development. He also explains how new tools like visual prompting are democratizing computer vision and enabling anyone, regardless of skill level, to develop their own machine learning models.

Special Guest: Kai Yang.

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

Tulip — Wed, 15 May 2024 00:30:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Anna Shedletsky, Co-Founder and CEO of Instrumental.

Having started her career as an engineer at Apple, Anna shares lessons around quality management, which manufacturing KPIs actually matter, and how to take an idea from prototype to production. Plus, she lays out why organizations should think about manufacturing as a profit generator rather than a cost center, and why being able to demonstrate ROI is vital for engineers to advocate for the tech they need.

Special Guest: Anna Shedletsky.

Episode 136: AI Takes Center Stage at Hannover Messe

Tulip — Wed, 01 May 2024 07:30:00 -0400

This week, Natan Linder, Co-Founder and CEO of Tulip sits down with Madilynn Castillo, Head of Marketing for a recap of their experiences at this year’s Hannover Messe — the world’s largest industrial trade fair.

They 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. Plus, an overview of the latest developments from Tulip that debuted at the show.

Special Guest: Madilynn Castillo.

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

Tulip — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:15:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Matt Lowe, Co-Founder and CEO of ZeroKey.

Not only is he a contributor to major open source projects like Linux and Arduino, Matt is the inventor of Quantum RTLS, a system that uses ultrasound to achieve 3D position tracking of objects with an unmatched level of fidelity. He 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.

Special Guest: Matt Lowe.

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

Tulip — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:30:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Dominik Obermaier, Co-Founder and CTO of HiveMQ.

With over 10 years of experience serving on the MQTT technical committee and helping organizations build their data foundations using HiveMQ’s MQTT platform, Dominik shares his deep expertise on the technology. He explains what makes MQTT such an important communications protocol, why the emergence of the Unified Namespace matters for manufacturers, and debates the merits of on-prem vs. cloud solutions.

Special Guest: Dominik Obermaier.

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

Tulip — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:15:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Jay Lee, Director of the Industrial AI Center at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Lee shares his experiences from the early days programming machines with punch cards, to eventually developing advanced machine learning applications for industry. He explains how AI and ML are reshaping manufacturing, the workforce, and global supply chains. Plus, he lays out his vision for how our education system needs to change in order to train the next generation of AI practitioners.

Special Guest: Jay Lee.

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

Tulip — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Alex Krüger, Co-founder and CEO of United Manufacturing Hub, or UMH.

Alex shares his journey from working on integration projects in consulting fresh out of college, to founding UMH and building an open source alternative to the offerings from incumbent vendors. He breaks down the role of the open source software movement in manufacturing, how the Unified Namespace architecture compares to the traditional ISA-95 model, and how IT can best enable OT to solve problems. Plus, he shares his vision for how microservice-based MES solutions can disrupt the existing monolithic applications.

Special Guest: Alex Krüger.

Episode 131: MQTT, Unified Namespace, and The New Industrial Data Stack with Litmus’s Vatsal Shah

Tulip — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Vatsal Shah, Founder and CEO of Litmus.

Vatsal discusses his journey from an automation engineer at Rockwell, to building a new industrial data platform from the ground up after becoming frustrated with the limitations of the offerings from established vendors. He discusses manufacturers’ exodus from on-prem to cloud systems, the pros and cons of data protocols like MQTT and Sparkplug B, and why the Unified Namespace architecture is getting so much attention. Plus, he shares his vision for the future of edge computing and how an open ecosystem of interoperable tools is transforming the industry.

Special Guest: Vatsal Shah.

Episode 130: Democratization, Gen AI, and the Future of Industrial Analytics with Seeq’s Lisa Graham

Tulip — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Dr. Lisa Graham, CEO of Seeq.

Dr. Graham discusses her journey from process engineer, to using Seeq’s platform as a customer, and now leading the company as CEO. Drawing on her extensive experience in operations, she discusses how advanced analytics, generative AI, and the emergence of an interoperable technology ecosystem are reshaping industries. Plus, she shares best practices for IT/OT collaboration, her vision for the future of historians, and how the democratization of data science is paving the way for a more efficient and sustainable future in operations and manufacturing.

Special Guest: Lisa Graham.

Episode 129: AI and the Human Element in Industry 4.0 with Jeff Winter

Tulip — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Jeff Winter, Sr. Director of Industry Strategy for Manufacturing at Hitachi Solutions.

Jeff offers his insights into the history of the Industry 4.0 movement and how he expects it to evolve in the coming years. His discussion highlights the balance between AI and human ingenuity, the role of frontline workers in an increasingly automated manufacturing environment, and the untapped potential of manufacturing data.

Special Guest: Jeff Winter.

Episode 128: From Tailor to Technologist: A Digital Transformation Journey with Joachim Hensch

Tulip — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:15:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Joachim Hensch, Founder of Joachim Hensch Consulting and former Managing Director of the Hugo Boss factory in Izmir, Turkey.

Hensch shares invaluable lessons learned about digital transformation through his over three decades of experience working in the apparel industry in roles from the shop floor all the way to management. His unique journey from tailor to digital transformation leader illustrates the realities of implementing Industry 4.0, challenges in traditional manufacturing, and the pressing need to empower workers with digital tools. Joachim discusses how manufacturers can balance artisanship with mass production by adopting new tools while retaining a deep appreciation of the frontline operators and their critical role in the industry.

Special Guest: Joachim Hensch.

Episode 127: Venture Capital's Role in Digital Transformation with Lior Susan

Tulip — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:15:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Lior Susan, founder of Eclipse Ventures.

With the digital transformation of critical industries like manufacturing now at the forefront of many nations’ economic priorities, Lior discusses the role that venture capital can play in helping drive this change. He addresses the growing importance of integrating IT and OT in industrial settings, and how technology can be used to augment the global workforce. Plus, key insights on the future of system integration in a world of open, interoperable software ecosystems.

Special Guest: Lior Susan.

Episode 126: Transforming Manufacturers’ Organizational Strategy with Dr. Jörg Gnamm

Tulip — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:15:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Dr. Jörg Gnamm, Senior Partner & Global Head of Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Practice at Bain & Company.

In order to successfully transform their business, Jörg calls on manufacturers to take a systemic approach to technology adoption by enabling interdisciplinary collaboration, and focusing on use cases that drive value for the business. He draws on his extensive experience with real-world implementation examples, sharing his lessons learned and best practices from successfully implementing the blueprint he describes in our conversation.

Special Guest: Jörg Gnamm.

Episode 125: Rethinking Quality Control for Pharmaceuticals with Mark Buswell

Tulip — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:15:00 -0400

Our guest this week is GSK’s Mark Buswell, VP of Quality Tech. Mark draws on over two decades of experience in pharma manufacturing as we explore the challenges of quality control in the industry.

Our discussion sheds light on the hurdles of adopting emerging technologies in regulated industries as Mark presents his vision of how to enable 'Quality by Design' with new tech and methodologies. He explains what the future of quality labs will look like, and what manufacturers need to do to prepare for this coming paradigm shift in the pharma industry.

Special Guest: Mark Buswell.

Episode 124: Industrial Data Interoperability with Erich Barnstedt

Tulip — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:15:00 -0400

Our guest this week is Microsoft’s Erich Barnstedt, Chief Architect Standards, Consortia & Industrial IoT, Azure Edge + Platform.

Erich brings his perspective as we try to get to the bottom of why–despite overtures from some of the biggest vendors in the space–we still have not achieved true data interoperability in the manufacturing industry. We explore what really goes on behind the curtain at standards committees, and why it is so important for vendors to embrace an open technology ecosystem that puts interoperability at the forefront.

Special Guest: Erich Barnstedt.

Episode 123: Building a Manufacturing Software Marketplace with Diego Tamburini

Tulip — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:30:00 -0400

Our guest this week is Diego Tamburini, Category Manager for Manufacturing for the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace.

We explore what the modern manufacturing software landscape looks like from the consumer and vendor perspective, and take a deep dive into what software providers can do to enable an open, interoperable tech stack for manufacturers. We also highlight the importance of collecting data and putting the operator first as manufacturers look to digitally transform their businesses.

Special Guest: Diego Tamburini.

Episode 122: Fixing the Failures of Industry 4.0 with Antonio Padovano

Tulip — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:30:00 -0400

Our guest this week is Antonio Padovano, Assistant Professor at the University of Calabria.

In this conversation, we discuss the failures of practically implementing Industry 4.0 on the shop floor, and his vision for how we can address these with a new approach that respects both humans and technology.

Special Guest: Antonio Padovano.

Episode 121: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Tulip — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:15:00 -0400

In this special episode, Trond introduces Natan Linder, CEO of Tulip and co-author of Augmented Lean, as the new host of Augmented Season 4. Trond and Natan review four great interviews from 2022, and Natan previews what’s to come in 2023–with new episodes that go beyond interviews to include brainstorms, debates, and the occasional stream of consciousness.