ASSEMBLY Audible

The ASSEMBLY Audible podcast explores the people, processes and technologies for assembling parts into finished products. Whether you make large products in small volumes or small products in large volumes, our goal is to provide insights, ideas and inspiration you can put to work. Have a topic you would like to learn more about? Guest suggestions? Email sprovierij@bnpmedia.com.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

ASSEMBLY Audible is a business podcast hosted by www.assemblymag.com, with 306 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

www.assemblymag.com hosts ASSEMBLY Audible, a business show with 306 episodes published.

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  AI Helped Cut Lead Times 77% at a Global Lighthouse Factory

  Aug 19, 202616 min

  Artificial intelligence is transforming manufacturing, but successful implementation starts with solving real business problems — not deploying technology for its own sake. In this episode, Tena Coppedge, vice president of manufacturing at Hitachi Vantara, explains how her team used AI to eliminate siloed data, improve inventory visibility and reduce order-to-shipment lead time by 77%. She also shares practical advice on avoiding "pilot purgatory," scaling AI initiatives and building the data foundation needed for lasting results.

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  Manufacturers Know When a Machine Fails. They Often Don’t Know What Happened Next

  Aug 17, 202616 min

  Manufacturers have become exceptionally good at collecting machine data. But what happens to the human knowledge generated when something goes wrong? In this episode, Nikhil Arora, Director of Business Development at Relay, discusses one of manufacturing's biggest information gaps: the operational context that often exists between a machine failure and its resolution. The conversation explores shift handoffs, downtime, troubleshooting, workforce knowledge transfer and how manufacturers are beginning to capture frontline insights that have traditionally lived in operator memory, handwritten notes and informal conversations.

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  What Manufacturers Need to Know About Humanoid Robot Deployment

  Aug 13, 202615 min

  Humanoid robots are moving closer to real factory deployment, but manufacturers still face major challenges around safety, testing, repeatability and workforce integration. Bruce Richard of Jabil explains what manufacturers need to understand before humanoids can scale across industrial operations.

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  How Detroit’s Auto Manufacturing Expertise Is Helping Build America’s Drone Industry

  Aug 5, 202623 min

  Keith Miao, CEO and founder of Birdstop, explains why the Detroit-based company is building autonomous drones around the automotive supply base and why domestic production has become increasingly important. The conversation explores drone supply chains, automotive suppliers, automation, and quality testing.

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  Can American Manufacturing Compete? The Impacts of “Made in America” Production

  Jul 30, 202619 min

  DECKED committed to U.S. manufacturing long before reshoring became a major trend. CEO Bill Banta explains how automation, supply chain control and rapid product iteration are helping the company compete while manufacturing in America.

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