Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 29 in total of Augmented Ops with the tag “digital transformation”.
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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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Operational Excellence at Enterprise Scale with Stanley Black & Decker’s Audrey Van de Castle
March 19th, 2025 | Season 5 | 42 mins 22 secs
change management, citizen development, digital transformation, governance, operational technology
Audrey Van de Castle, Senior Director of Operational Excellence Technology at Stanley Black & Decker breaks down the challenges of scaling citizen development across 100+ sites, the need to move past buzzwords and invest in the right technology, and more.
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Augmenting Craftmanship with Digital Technology at a Luxury Jeweler with Nicolette Naya
February 19th, 2025 | Season 5 | 33 mins 3 secs
citizen development, digital transformation, governance, luxury goods
Nicolette Naya, Senior MES Engineer at a leading luxury jewelry manufacturer, details how she spearheaded the adoption of modern manufacturing technologies to bridge the gap between craftsmanship and data-driven production.
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Inside a Next-Gen Medical Device Manufacturer
November 7th, 2024 | Season 5 | 30 mins 58 secs
digital transformation, manufacturing, medical device, mes
Marc Nash, SVP of Operations and R&D at Outset Medical discusses how an innovative approach to manufacturing and production systems enabled Outset to disrupt an industry dominated by legacy players.
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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.