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September 13, 2022
What is Cost to Cost?
Dominik Leisinger |
Partner and Europe lead PERLab, Kearney
What does it take to get to an accurate should cost? Is that price tag worth the investment? And what’s the cost of not doing so? In this episode of the podcast, Kearney’s Lead Partner for Europe Dominik Leisinger leans on his industry experience to explain Cost to Cost.
September 6, 2022
What is MBD?
Christopher Da Rosa |
Mechanical Design Engineer, PDM/CAD Manager, Application Engineer
If manufacturers want to reap the benefits of digital transformation, they need to have a single source of data accepted by everyone in the organization. MBD, or Model-Based Definition, creates that single source of truth. What is MBD? And how can it help you?
August 24, 2022
Manufacturing Tech that Wins No Matter What
Masatoshi Fukatsu |
Senior Cost Engineer, Formerly of Siemens & Nissan
A digital solution won’t be very effective if the ROI it promises occurs only years in the future, and only after your team has given up established processes and technologies they find useful and familiar. This is especially true in Japan, where manufacturers hold on to legacy systems. To win, any new solution must work immediately and seamlessly with current technology.
August 17, 2022
Is Additive for Everyone?
Robert Turck |
Former Project Engineer, Fast Radius
The promises of additive manufacturing include customization, weight reduction, and the benefit of bringing offshore production back in house. But what about the cost? How can you decide if additive is really for you? Robert Turck explains.
August 10, 2022
Smart Products and the Supply Chain of Tomorrow
Rob Lidster |
former Chief Procurement Officer, GE Appliances
How can manufactures cope with supply chain shortages and deliver the smart products their consumers are asking for? And what sort of smart consumer appliances will CPOs need to support in the future? Rob Lidster, Chief Procurement Officer of GE Appliances, gives us the answers.
July 20, 2022
Automotive Insight: EV Supply Chain Sustainability
Craig McLeod |
former Director of Advance Planning, GM
High demand for electric vehicles bodes well for EV manufactures, but only if they can deliver their product amidst supply chain shortages and fluctuating materials costs.
July 6, 2022
Pain Points for Manufacturing, and the Digital Rx
Philippe Adam |
CMO, aPriori
3 major disruptions are keeping manufacturers up at night. Philippe Adam has been listening to manufactures' pain points, and he has the diagnosis.
June 29, 2022
Staying Ahead of the Global Chip Shortage
Sam Ellis |
Mechanical Engineer, formerly of Micross Components, Corfin Industries, and Raytheon
The global shortage of microchips has left engineering and sourcing teams scrambling to figure out how to bring smart products to market. Mechanical Engineer and PCB expert Sam Ellis describes how building contingency planning into the design process can risk-proof manufactures against future disruptions in the global supply chain.
June 22, 2022
CEOs on Why Digital Transformations Succeed or Fail
Stephanie Feraday & Jody Markopoulos |
CEO aPriori & former CEO GE Intelligent Platforms
The threats facing manufacturing today – from labor shortage to materials prices to inflation – are not going away. Digital transformation can be a solution, but only if manufactures see the change through to the end.
June 9, 2022
Aerospace’s Secret Sustainability Solution
John Pilla |
former Chief Technology Officer, Spirit AeroSystems
Next generation Aerospace innovations like SAFs and eVTOLs are too far off to meet the sustainability goals of today’s major airliners, says John Pila, former CTO of Spirit AeroSystems. Instead, airliners must rely on a tried-and-true sustainability method: cutting weight and cost.
June 6, 2022
What is DFM?
Mark Rushton |
former Design Engineer, SOLIDWORKS
A designer’s initial concept rarely matches up with what is efficient for manufacturing. To reduce time to market and maximize the value of labor, organizations need to help engineers test the feasibility of their designs before sending them to manufacture. Mark Rushton explains DFM, digital twins, and the power of the digital factory.
June 3, 2022
Empower Your Global Design Team
Hank Marcy |
VP Global Product Development, Hitachi
A strategy of outsourcing the easiest jobs to the cheapest labor environment may seem like a win, but it misses out on the full potential of innovations emerging from APAC and benefiting the global enterprise. Hank Marcy, Senior Global VP at Hitachi, Bissel, and Whirlpool, shares how modularizing your product line can reap untold benefits for a global manufacturer.
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