Remaking Industry

The Remaking Industry podcast teams up with The Tool Belt podcast to feature a discussion with Plant Services Editor in Chief Tom Wilk. We explore trends revealed in the new Crystal Ball Report, get Tom's plant perspective, and consider where we're all headed in the coming months that (hopefully) promise a bit more stability and a lot more industrial efficiency.  

In this episode, we connect with Belden's Anne Vondrak to discuss the evolving value of ecosystems in the industrial space. We explore the importance of smart partners for your industrial ecosystem, the need for collaboration within the edge-to-cloud world, and what your ecosystem might look like a decade from now. 

Process automation is getting complicated, and it is moving quickly with new software systems hosted by multiple vendors, new field-instrumentation devices, and emerging protocols intended to welcome slow-moving process industries into the digital-transformation era. “We’re still at the infant stage of digitalization in process-automation sectors,” said Paul Sereiko, FieldComm Group director of marketing and product strategy, who shares his perspective on that changing landscape in this Remaking Industry podcast.

As-a-service is becoming commonplace in manufacturing. And like many trends, this one is showing sings of spiraling out of control. Smart Industry Editor in Chief Chris McNamara explores in this Smart * episode of Remaking Industry.

In this episode, Smart Industry Editor in Chief Chris McNamara shares his thoughts on the true value of the metaverse in manufacturing, touching on everything from "Being John Malkovich" to digital twins. 

In this episode we chat with Xavier Mesrobian, vice president of sales and marketing with Skkynet, to explore the evolution of the MQTT protocol in manufacturing. Obstacles are being overcome. Applications are widening. And, at least among those using it properly, huge gains are being won with MQTT. 

In this episode we connect with Endress+Hauser's Ashley David to discuss emerging, digitally enabled abilities to measure our output, our processes, and our assets. As new tools and savvier workforces using those new tools enable enterprises to monitor and measure the components that make their workplaces work more accurately, decision-makers need to stay informed about how to best capitalize.

In this episode we connect with Oracle's Surya Kommareddy and Didactic's Ted Rozier to learn about the new Oracle Industry Lab and discuss the value of real-world education for manufacturing in the digital realm.

In this episode we chat with Berardino Baratta, new CEO at MxD, on lessons learned as we emerge from the worst of the supply chain crisis, the evolution of cyber-threats and our efforts to secure our industrial enterprises, and the hidden value in fostering a diverse manufacturing workforce. (We also learned what a tech executive does during a decade-long sabbatical.)