Inductive Conversations Podcast

Hear from a SCADA and MES specialist with a background in marketing about some different ways to bring those skill sets together to run a successful integration business. We’ll discuss utilizing your engineering team in your content marketing strategies, building trust with your customers, maximizing content, and showing a passion for what you do. You’ll also hear about the exciting shift towards enterprise projects as more industries look to sync their facilities, some upcoming projects for Vertech, and a challenge to “come at us” at the next ICC.

We're discussing the onboarding process for new sales engineers straight out of college, the Inductive University, gaining hands-on experience, and fostering creativity. Learn about a workshop process that increases customers’ satisfaction and confidence by keeping them involved from design to implementation. Hear about some of Vertech’s national rollouts for MES solutions, building a greenfield and in-office brewery, and what it means to be a Premier Integrator.

We're at the Ignition Community Conference talking to Peter Photos, the Chief Scientist and Executive Vice President of Engineering at Streamline Innovations. Hear about the Firebrand Award-winning chemical process developed by Streamline Innovations that removes the highly toxic hydrogen sulfide from natural gas before it gets to the pipelines. Learn how Streamline discovered Ignition, how to pick the right hardware to get the most out of your edge computing systems, how they developed the “HMI stick,” and of course — we’ve gotta talk about French Bulldogs.

Travis Cox and Arlen Nipper take a deep dive into the world of Digital Transformation and IIoT. They discuss the success of the MQTT protocol, the importance of education in continuing adoption of MQTT, the hurdles companies face when approaching the Digital Transformation, and how a strong ecosystem can achieve a solid IIoT infrastructure. They also touch upon the importance of the Eclipse Foundation, Sparkplug Working Group and much more.

This episode covers the biotech industry and the push over the last 20 years to automate facilities as much as possible to increase efficiency, and reduce contamination and batch loss. We discuss the implementation of ISA-S88 standards before they even existed, as well as tips for effective alarm management and running efficient reports that prioritize batch quality. We also give a sneak peek into the future of personalized medicine, monitoring hospitals through the cloud, and more.

This episode covers the benefits of moving to platforms, and what that transition means for visualization, and topics like leveraging the latest technologies, augmented reality, accessing documentation, OEE, and empowering operators on the plant floor. We’re discussing computing at the edge, OT-IT convergence, and the challenges of cyber security management.

Two episodes in one! Our Ignition OnBoard Program partners from OnLogic (formerly Logic Supply) are talking with us about opportunities in edge computing, hardware development, and the state of the industry from an OEM point of view. Cormac and Johnny discuss bringing solutions to retrofit markets, working with integrators, maintaining a competitive edge, the future of their company after the rebrand, and partnering with Inductive Automation to design industrial solutions.

We’re at the Ignition Community Conference talking with two integrators sharing experiences from ICC, stories about building a company, getting Ignition Certified, tackling customer needs, managing integrator/vendor relationships, and pushing the limits of new technology. They also share an upcoming oil & gas project, as well as a fun, personal Ignition project.

How does the Oil and Gas industry overcome the challenges of operating 30+ year-old systems, running lengthy updates, connecting multiple sites, and meeting security standards? On this episode, we are discussing questions like these with today’s guest, Allen Ray, Chairman of the Ignition Cross-Industry Collective.

What is the Ignition Cross Industry Collective? Who are the members and how can like-minded people from a wide range of industries benefit from getting involved? On this episode we've invited the ICIC members to respond to challenges that many face from the plant floor to the executive level. Our guests today include Derek Randall, Dan Stauft, Loe Cameron, and Allen Ray, members of the ICIC who service different industries including food and beverage, forest products, oil & gas, and pharmaceutical.