Latest Lean manufacturing Podcast Episodes
Episode 28: A Renaissance in American Manufacturing
Behind the Ops - July 05, 2023 04:15 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIncreasingly, companies are choosing to bring manufacturing back to the United States for a variety of reasons, including increased labor costs in other countries and supply chain disruptions caused by events like the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chips Act, renewable energy, and geopolitical tensions w...
Episode 27: Elevate and Automate
Behind the Ops - June 22, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHave you come to subconsciously dread the sound of a Slack ping? In a world where you're constantly being bombarded with notifications coming from apps, emails, instant messages, and other channels, it's easy to feel like you're paying for less work with an influx of distractions. In this week's ...
Episode 26: Organized by Fractals
Behind the Ops - June 07, 2023 04:15 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHave you ever thought about how government espionage is not all that different than corporate sabotage? We have! (Consider tactics along the lines of "let blades go dull so people can't sharpen their saws"...) In this week's episode, Madi and Natan reflect on how the CIA espionage manual relates ...
Episode 25: The USB Port of Race Cars
Behind the Ops - May 24, 2023 04:15 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsVroom vroom. In this week's episode, Madi and special guest Kyle Oberholtzer, program manager of the Tulip Experience Center, discuss all things Formula 1. Madi quizzes Kyle (a Formula 1 fan, though a bit of a "Netflix newbie") on racing terminology (what in the world is a pole sitter?). And the...
24: Buzzwords: Boon or Bane?
Behind the Ops - May 10, 2023 04:15 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAre buzzwords a necessary evil, or do their costs outweigh the benefits? In this week’s episode, Madi and Natan dive deep into this question — exploring the difference between useful buzzwords and those that obscure the meaning of evolving concepts. They also discuss how Industry 4.0 and IoT hav...
Episode 24: Buzzwords: Boon or Bane?
Behind the Ops - May 10, 2023 04:15 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAre buzzwords a necessary evil, or do their costs outweigh the benefits? In this week’s episode, Madi and Natan dive deep into this question — exploring the difference between useful buzzwords and those that obscure the meaning of evolving concepts. They also discuss how Industry 4.0 and IoT hav...
Episode 23: AI or Magical Bunny?
Behind the Ops - April 26, 2023 04:15 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHallo from Hannover! In this episode — recorded on-site at Hannover Messe 2023 — Madi and Natan provide a breakdown of everything they saw and heard (and ate!) on the show floor. (P.S. Madi says German hotdogs are just “fine.”) Listen in to hear our co-hosts discuss the history of Hannover Messe,...
Episode 22: You Can’t Improve What You Can’t Measure
Behind the Ops - April 12, 2023 04:15 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSources, and data, and insights, oh my! We live in an information era, but how do you know that what you measure actually means anything if you don’t start with a baseline? In this episode, Madi and Natan discuss their love of benchmarks, highlight the challenges of knowledge sharing in the manuf...
Episode 21: Over-Mentored, Under-Sponsored
Behind the Ops - March 29, 2023 04:15 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHappy International Women's Month! Did you know that this holiday is only 36 years old? If it were a person, it would only be a millennial! While we’ve seen some progress for women in the manufacturing and tech sectors, we still have a long way to go. In this episode, Madi and Natan discuss hist...
Episode 20: Tourists in AI-Land with Dr. Roey Mechrez
Behind the Ops - January 27, 2023 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe talk about AI a lot on this podcast. So, who is better to bring into the studio than Head of Artificial Intelligence at Tulip, Dr. Roey Mechrez? In this episode, Dr. Roey brings expert insight into how consumer-focused AI tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E 2 work, examples of industrial use cases o...
Episode 19: Multiple Choice Best of 2022
Behind the Ops - January 12, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHappy New Year! In this episode, Russ and Madi reflect on the past year by presenting categories to each other and having the other choose and justify their favorite winner from a pre-selected list of nominees. Hear why people are the true unsung heroes of manufacturing in 2022, how retargeting a...
Episode 18: Taking the Magic Out of Christmas
Behind the Ops - December 22, 2022 19:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow would Santa produce and deliver presents to all of the good children around the world in a modern manufacturing environment, sans magic? He would face all of the same problems you do – an elf shortage, increasing consumer demands, quality management. In this episode, Russ and Madi propose an ...
Episode 17: Demystifying Glitter
Behind the Ops - December 15, 2022 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGlitter. It’s everywhere. But since at least 2018 there’s been a semi-dark corner of the Internet turning over a revolving door of conspiracy theories about shortages of the sparkly stuff. Lately, Tik Tok has been awash with armchair detectives trying to find out who the top buyer is. Nevermind t...
Episode 16: Sometimes You're Just Going to Get Wet
Behind the Ops - December 01, 2022 20:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThings go wrong constantly in manufacturing. It’s a competitive environment and a lot of businesses have slim margins. Amazing manufacturing organizations are good at building relationships at scale, which is much easier when you have information close at hand and easily shared. Sometimes, you’re...
Episode 15: How to Be Cool at Dinner Parties
Behind the Ops - November 17, 2022 18:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDo your non-manufacturing friends think about where things come from? Or when? Or how much? In this episode, Madi and Russ discuss mainstreaming of manufacturing technology problems from supply chain management to skilled worker shortages. Manufacturing has accounted for less than 10% of all US j...
Episode 14: The EGOT's of Manufacturing
Behind the Ops - November 03, 2022 19:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFresh out of the judge’s panel reviewing the 2022 Tulip Groundbreaker Awards nomination submissions, Russ and Madi could not wait to discuss the who, how, and why of the program. This leads to a discussion of the evolution of problem-solving in the digital era of manufacturing, and how this year’...
Internet Friends, Jetpacks, and Augmented Networking Live from IMTS 2022
Behind the Ops - October 20, 2022 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRelationship building and maintenance is multi-faceted in business and in regular life. The hosts take a middle ground stance, but take it firmly. Old ways of selling heavy equipment are applied to a new crop of younger buyers, but hope springs eternal for virtual showrooms. Internet friends beco...
Episode 13: Internet Friends, Jetpacks, and Augmented Networking Live from IMTS 2022
Behind the Ops - October 20, 2022 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRelationship building and maintenance is multi-faceted in business and in regular life. The hosts take a middle ground stance, but take it firmly. Old ways of selling heavy equipment are applied to a new crop of younger buyers, but hope springs eternal for virtual showrooms. Internet friends beco...
Episode 12: Lifelong Learning
Behind the Ops - October 07, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPart 1: Pop Quiz! Madi and Russ answer difficult questions to prove their personal worth. Failure is an option. Part 2: Community Service From the Tulip forum, Russ presents recent top posts. The hosts discuss the relative merits of Dark Mode, and infinite looping steps in software. Preparations ...
Lifelong Learning
Behind the Ops - October 07, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPart 1: Pop Quiz! Madi and Russ answer difficult questions to prove their personal worth. Failure is an option. Part 2: Community Service From the Tulip forum, Russ presents recent top posts. The hosts discuss the relative merits of Dark Mode, and infinite looping steps in software. Preparations ...
Episode 11: Automation in Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing with JP Moniz from Cameco
Behind the Ops - August 31, 2022 15:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we’re joined by Jean-Paul Moniz, Technical Services Coordinator at Cameco Fuel Manufacturing. JP talks about his 20+ year career in industrial automation, how nuclear fuel is made, and the rise of open source software and interoperability in manufacturing solutions. Links: * How...
Episode 10: Pioneering the Digital Mindset with Sofiya Baran from Stanley Black & Decker
Behind the Ops - May 26, 2022 18:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we’re joined by Continuous Improvement Engineer Sofiya Baran from Stanley Black & Decker. Sofiya talks about how she fell in love with manufacturing despite never learning about it in her mechanical engineering classes, designing transportation carts and tabletops to improve oper...
Episode 9: Meet the Awkward Engineer with Sam Feller from Tulip
Behind the Ops - May 12, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we’re joined by Sam Feller, Product Manager of the Edge team at Tulip. Sam talks about teaching an engineering course with popsicle sticks, designing the Amazon Dash Cart, and his current book recommendations. He’s an eclectic guy. Links: * "Collegiate Level Popsicle Sticks" (h...
Episode 8: Digitizing Quality and Compliance with Samir Patel & Justin Cook from Sequence Inc.
Behind the Ops - March 24, 2022 06:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we’re joined by Samir Patel and Justin Cook from Sequence Inc., a Tulip partner. Samir and Justin talk about how they fell into the Life Sciences manufacturing solutions industry working with some of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. They discuss the unique challenge...
Introducing your new host of Season 2: Kyle Oberholtzer
Behind the Ops - February 03, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gio introduces Kyle Oberholtzer, the host of the second season of Behind the Ops, premiering March 24, 2022. Kyle joined the hardware team at Tulip 2 years ago and has recently transitioned to managing the Digital Factory, the demonstration shop floor at Tulip’s HQ. From Lincoln...
Episode 7: Introducing your new host of Season 2: Kyle Oberholtzer
Behind the Ops - February 03, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gio introduces Kyle Oberholtzer, the host of the second season of Behind the Ops, premiering March 24, 2022. Kyle joined the hardware team at Tulip 2 years ago and has recently transitioned to managing the Digital Factory, the demonstration shop floor at Tulip’s HQ. From Lincoln ...
Extending the digital thread and optimizing last-mile delivery
Behind the Ops - November 29, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, hear from Peter Hartnett, Manufacturing Engineer at Protolabs focusing on injection molding and the last-mile delivery of custom orders. Peter discusses how he extended Protolabs digital thread to the packing and shipping part of the production, the paper-based tracking they rep...
Episode 5: Extending the digital thread and optimizing last-mile delivery
Behind the Ops - November 29, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, hear from Peter Hartnett, Manufacturing Engineer at Protolabs focusing on injection molding and the last-mile delivery of custom orders. Peter discusses how he extended Protolabs digital thread to the packing and shipping part of the production, the paper-based tracking they rep...
Episode 6: Hands-on learning: Optimizing apps to track parts and improve scrap rates
Behind the Ops - November 29, 2021 21:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the episode, we're joined by Jackson Weise, from SWIFT Components, a manufacturer of sound installation for automotive applications. Jackson is a computer science student and has been learning hands-on at SWIFT Components. There are a wide array of use cases at SWIFT that Tulip is solving for...
Hands-on learning: Optimizing apps to track parts and improve scrap rates
Behind the Ops - November 29, 2021 21:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the episode, we're joined by Jackson Weise, from SWIFT Components, a manufacturer of sound installation for automotive applications. Jackson is a computer science student and has been learning hands-on at SWIFT Components. There are a wide array of use cases at SWIFT that Tulip is solving for...
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