Jaime Irick, PPG’s Vice President, Architectural Coatings, United States and Canada, discusses leadership, the trends he’s seeing play out in the market, the affect COVID-19 has had on our industry, and his passion for diversity and inclusion.

Our final episode on digital transformation addresses predictive chemistry, a major advantage that digitalization can bring to a company. Predictive chemistry translates to more than just a reduced number of experiments in the lab. It also results in better worker safety, a shorter product development cycle, increased competitiveness in the market, and the ability to attract more engaged and talented employees.

This episode discusses strategic innovation on the road to digital transformation, including things that may slow companies down during this process, enablers that can help them move along faster, and ways companies can digitally innovate in areas like the laboratory, production and customer service.

In this first podcast in a 3-part series on digital transformation, PCI talks to Zack Woods of Alchemy Cloud about the basics of what it means to "go digital".

Meeting the technical and product needs of all your customers can be very challenging. A faster technology solution might be found through collaborating with other companies, laboratories or institutions. Learn more about scouting for opportunities like this in our podcast with Dr. Vickie Scarborough and Edye Fox Abrams of The ChemQuest Group.

Dan Murad, CEO of The ChemQuest Group, shares information on how the coronavirus is impacting the coatings industry supply chain as of April 7, 2020.