Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 28 in total of Augmented Ops with the tag “automation”.
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Episode 166: Giving Robots "Common Sense": Inside RightHand Robotics with Yaro Tenzer
December 18th, 2025 | Season 6 | 30 mins 52 secs
4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, operations, supply chains, technology, workforce
Yaro Tenzer (RightHand Robotics) explains how LLMs give robots "common sense". He discusses the 10x drop in hardware costs and why purpose-built automation beats humanoid hype in factories.
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Episode 165: The Future Process Engineer with Chris Luecke of Manufacturing Happy Hour
December 4th, 2025 | Season 6 | 37 mins 42 secs
4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, operations, supply chains, technology, workforce
Chris Luecke of Manufacturing Happy Hour joins Natan Linder to explore how the process engineer role is changing, how AI is showing up on the shop floor, and why human insight still drives the best manufacturing teams.
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Episode 164: AI, Industry, and the Human Story with MIT’s David Mindell
November 13th, 2025 | Season 6 | 36 mins 36 secs
4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, operations, supply chains, technology, workforce
MIT Professor and author David Mindell discusses The New Lunar Society and what centuries of innovation reveal about AI, industry, and the future of human work.
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Episode 163: AI for Operations: From Everyday Tools to Agentic Systems
October 30th, 2025 | Season 6 | 22 mins 10 secs
4ir, agentic ai, ai, ai agents, automation, digital transformation, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, operations, supply chains, technology, workforce
Manufacturing is shifting from dashboards to decision-making AI. Tulip’s product leaders share how agentic systems are reshaping work and amplifying human expertise.
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Operations Calling 2025 Recap: From AI Hype Into Real World Results
October 16th, 2025 | Season 6 | 31 mins 20 secs
4ir, agentic ai, ai, automation, digital transformation, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, manufacturing ai, operations, supply chains, technology, workforce
Post-event reflections on Operations Calling 2025 — Tulip CMO Madilynn Castillo joins Natan to unpack the energy and community behind a turning point for operational AI and the next era of continuous transformation.
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Reindustrializing in 2025 — AI, Scale, and the Future of U.S. Manufacturing with MIT’s Liz Reynolds
August 14th, 2025 | Season 5 | 22 mins 36 secs
4ir, ai, automation, digital transformation, economy, industry, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, operations, policy, politics, supply chains, technology, workforce
Fresh from Detroit's Reindustrialize conference, Liz Reynolds, manufacturing and workforce expert at MIT, joins Natan to discuss America's reindustrialization momentum, AI adoption in operations, and the massive scale challenge facing US manufacturers globally.
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Lighthouses, Lean, and the Human Factor in Digital Transformation with AstraZeneca’s Jim Fox
May 7th, 2025 | Season 5 | 24 mins 49 secs
automation, change management, lean, pharma
Jim Fox, SVP Americas Supply Operations at AstraZeneca, shares his perspective on humans vs. automation in pharma manufacturing, building trust in emerging tech, and how agility and lean principles drive innovation in an increasingly personalized industry.
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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.
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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.
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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.