Manufacturing Happy Hour
37:59Natan Linder on Tulip, Composability, and Why Lean Needs "Augmentation"
On Manufacturing Happy Hour, Natan Linder, co-founder and CEO of Tulip Interfaces and chairman of Formlabs, explained what a "frontline operations platform" is and why he thinks manufacturing software
1:02:07Cutting Turnover by Respecting the Front Line: Mike White on the Road to Secchi
Mike White, founder and president of Secchi, sat down at a Milwaukee bar for an episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour to talk about frontline leadership, and about why he thinks tracking data on hourly
37:07Beyond Shipping Boxes: Nate Bucklew on What an Industrial Electrical Distributor Actually Does
In this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, recorded in the warehouse of E&H Electric Supply in Louisville, Kentucky, with a wire spool serving as the table, the host speaks with district manager Nat
34:15Automating Kentucky Bourbon: Opus Integration's Co-Founders on Data, PlantPAx, and the Modern Distillery
Recorded over bourbon in the library room of Watch Hill Proper in the Louisville area, this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour features Don Ault and Scott Feldmeier, co-founders of the systems integr
40:34Culture as Alignment of Values: Jim Mayer on Manufacturing Culture, Automation, and Reluctant Podcasting
In this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, host Chris talks with Jim Mayer, founder of TCO Strategies and host of the Manufacturing Culture Podcast. The central question is what "company culture" ac
46:35How a Former Navy SEAL Bought a Wisconsin Machine Shop and Built It Around Upskilling
Bill Berrien acquired Pindel Global Precision, a precision machining company in New Berlin, Wisconsin, in 2012. In this interview with host Chris, Berrien covers two things. The first is how he search
38:31Kent Powell of Amatrol on CTE, Smart Manufacturing, and Training the Workforce "One Life at a Time"
Recorded outside Louisville in late 2023, this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour features Kent Powell of Amatrol, a company that builds both training equipment and curriculum for career and technica
43:35Walker Mattox on Curiosity, Hiring Problem-Solvers, and Building Gray Solutions
In this podcast episode, host Chris talks with Walker Mattox, CEO of Gray Solutions, a systems integrator that Mattox founded as a sister company to Gray Construction. The conversation covers how the
32:25Litmus CEO Vatsal Shah on Unified Industrial Data, Scale, and Cutting Through the Noise
In this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, host Chris talks with Vatsal Shah, founder and CEO of Litmus, which describes itself as a unified platform for industrial IoT. The conversation covers why
40:10Terry Iverson on Why Parents Are the Key to Filling Manufacturing's Skills Gap
Terry Iverson has spent 43 years selling machine tools and nearly three decades trying to persuade young people that manufacturing is a career worth considering. In this episode of Manufacturing Happy
29:31Pamela Frost on Promoting from Within, Leading Through Change, and Keeping Work Fun at RND Automation
Pamela Frost is President of RND Automation, a company that builds automated equipment. In this podcast conversation, Frost explains how they think manufacturers can keep good people and build a stron