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.

Episode 123: Building a Manufacturing Software Marketplace with Diego Tamburini

October 4th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  22 mins 20 secs

4ir, digital transformation, industry 4.0, manufacturing, microsoft, software, supply chains, technology, workforce

Diego Tamburini–Category Manager for Manufacturing at Microsoft Commercial Marketplace–helps us unpack the future trajectory of the industry, and the challenges manufacturers face in building a cohesive tech stack using solutions from different vendors.

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

September 20th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  22 mins 41 secs

4ir, industry 4.0, manufacturing, supply chains, technology, workforce

In episode 122, we speak with Assistant Professor at the University of Calabria Antonio Padovano, discussing the failures of practically implementing Industry 4.0 on the shop floor, and his vision for how we can address them with a new approach.

Episode 121: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

August 23rd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  41 mins 1 sec

4ir, industry 4.0, management, manufacturing, operations, supply chains, technology, workforce

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.

Episode 94: Digitized Supply Chain

August 24th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 10 secs

digital factory, manufacturing, supply chains, workforce

Episode 68: Industrial Supply Chain Optimization

March 9th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  53 mins 51 secs

manufacturing, supply chains, workforce, worldwide excellence

Episode 60: Reshoring

February 9th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 13 secs

future of work, manufacturing, supply chains

Episode 63: Digitizing Medical Device Operations

December 8th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 37 secs

digital lean, education, lean, manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, supply chains

Episode 33: Sustainable Manufacturing at Scale

July 21st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 7 secs

digital lean, manufacturing, supply chains, sustainability

Episode 8: Productizing Quality

July 14th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 45 secs

leadership and strategy, manufacturing, supply chains, women in manufacturing, worldwide leadership