All Episodes

Ep. 277 - Inside the Siemens Pop Up Factory: How a Modular CPG Plant Runs Half Real and Half Virtual

Ep. 274 - David Schultz on ISA 95, Knowledge Graphs, and Building a Data Model for AI

Ep. 273 - How to Build a Systems Integration Company: Positioning, Money and Procurement

Ep. 272 - Systems Integration Careers: OEM, Distributor, Machine Builder and Business Owner

Ep. 271 - Growing an Oil and Gas Plus Mining Systems Integrator in Alberta with JPI Solutions

Ep. 270 - How to Start a Systems Integrator: Scope, Hiring, and the Bottleneck That Is You

Ep. 269 - Siemens Xcelerator Marketplace: Digital Transformation SMB Manufacturers Can Afford

Ep. 268 - David Nichols of Loupe on Claude Code, AI Retrofits, and the End of the SI Moat

Ep. 267 - Ujjwal Kumar of Siemens on Deglobalization, Reshoring, and Adaptive Manufacturing

Ep. 266 - Automate 2026 Reality Check: AI, Virtual PLCs, Ignition, and Plant Modernization

Ep. 265 - Automate 2026 Survival Guide: Booths, Networking, and a Production Line Demo #scada #mes

Ep. 264 - Why AI Loves Automation: Siemens on Digital Twins, Guardrails, and Orchestration

Ep. 263 - Why Industrial Protocols Win on Business Not Technical Merit, with Horner Automation

Ep. 262 - The Human Side of Manufacturing Change: Incentives, Pain Points, and Operator Buy In

Ep. 261 - Change Management in Manufacturing: Operators, Tribal Knowledge, and the Industrial Elder

Ep. 260 - Why Ignition Is Winning: Colby Clegg and Carl Gould on SCADA, Open Access, & Industrial AI

Ep. 259 - Logan Terry of LSI on Change Management: The Soft Side of SCADA, MES, & ERP Projects

Ep. 258 - Hannover Messe Recap, the State of Industrial AI, and What Comes Next at Automate 2026

Ep. 256 - Why Machine Learning Still Outperforms LLMs for Manufacturing Process Control

Ep. 255 - From Virtual Design to Physical AI: Vention's Blueprint for Industrial Robotics

Ep. 254 - From Cost Center to Growth Engine: The AI Future of Manufacturing Maintenance

Ep. 253 - How Manufacturers Can Turn Plant Data into AI Powered Insights w/ Konstantin Eukodyne

Ep. 252 - Industrial AI in Manufacturing What Actually Works and What Does Not #industrialautomation

Ep. 251 - Ignition 8.3 ProveIt How Inductive Automation Scales Multi Site Factories w/ MQTT and UNS

Ep. 246 A - Factory of the Future Without the Hype: Siemens on Data Transparency, Orchestration, and Trust in AI

Ep. 246 - Building a Life Sciences Virtual Factory Enterprise C, MQTT, and UNS w/ Amy Williams

Ep. 245 - Modernizing Manufacturing | Data, OEE, Quality Analytics - Everyone Wants the Same Signals

Ep. 244 - How Modern Plants Actually Bridge Legacy Automation and AI w/ Benson Hougland

Ep. 243 - From Legacy Systems to AI Readiness A Realistic Look at Manufacturing Modernization

Ep. 242 - From Controls to MES Building Manufacturing Systems That Scale Without Breaking Operations

Ep. 241 - Manufacturing in 2026 AI Reality Cybersecurity Data Careers and What Comes Next

Ep. 236 - How to Deliver Manufacturing Projects That Operations Actually Use

Ep. 235 - How to Build and Run a Systems Integration Company in Manufacturing

Ep. 234 - What Students Learn When They Build Ignition Projects in Seventy Two Hours

Ep. 233 - From Controls to Full-Scale Robotics Integration How Bright IA Leads in Automation

Ep. 232 - Future of Automation with Siemens: Industrial AI, Virtual PLCs, and Digital Twin Factories

Ep. 222 - Pick AI Pro with Kevin Wu | Faster Picking, Higher Reliability, Digital Twin and Vision AI

Ep. 231 - Travis Cox on Ignition 8.3 | ICC 2025 Highlights and the Future of Industrial Software

Ep. 230 - AI in Manufacturing with Tom Hechtman of Sepasoft | Real ROI, MES on Ignition, Sepa IQ

Ep. 228 - How to Start OT Cybersecurity ICS Security Fundamentals, Managed Switches Risk Management

Ep. 229 - Manufacturing Architecture Explained Every Engineer and Plant Manager Needs to Know Today

Ep. 223 - Inductive Automation Ignition 8.3 New Siemens Driver Kafka Event Streams Historian Kevin M

Ep. 216 - Redefining Manufacturing Resilience at Automate 2025 with Digital Twins and Copilot Tools

Ep. 221 - Manufacturing Intelligence: Data Collection, OEE, and Energy Monitoring Case Studies

Ep. 220 - Data Foundations and Machine Context Protocol in Modern Manufacturing w/ Caleb Eastman

Ep. 218 - How Siemens Is Building the Next Generation of PLCs and Edge Control Systems w/ Bernd

Ep. 219 - Modernizing Industrial Historian for Scalable Manufacturing Data Architecture with Jeroen

Ep. 217 - Reshaping Manufacturing Data Strategy by Connecting Legacy Equipment to Modern Platforms

Ep. 215 - Robotics 2025: Fanuc, KUKA, & the Future of AI-Powered Automation Humanoids Cybersecurity

Ep. 214 - Robotics Rewired: Building Smarter Systems for Tomorrow's Factory

Ep. 213 - The AI Revolution in Manufacturing: Productivity Gains and Cultural Shifts

Ep. 212 - Real Applications of AI in Manufacturing and What Still Needs Work

Ep. 211 - Here's How Manufacturing Industry Leaders Are Actually Building the Factory of the Future

Ep. 210 - Automate 2025: Unified Namespace, Dockerized PLCs, AI & More

Ep. 209 - From PLCs to SCADA and MES Dylan's Real-World Journey Through Modern Manufacturing Systems

Ep. 208 - Modernizing Manufacturing: Insights on Cybersecurity, Obsolescence, and AI Integration

Ep. 207 - From Bioreactors to Vaccines: What You Need to Know About Life Sciences Automation

Ep. 206 - From Plant Floor to Strategy: Ryan Cahalane on Fixing What Matters in Manufacturing

Ep. 205 - What Manufacturers Need to Know About UNS, MQTT, and Ignition After Prove It

Ep. 204 - Making ERP Work in Manufacturing | ERP Deep Dive with Glenn

Ep. 203 - From Spreadsheets to Structure: ERP for Machine Builders & SIs

Ep. 202 - Inside Opto 22: Unified Namespace, Edge Computing, and Cybersecurity @ ProveIt

Ep. 201 - ERP in Manufacturing: Strategy, Culture, and Change Management

Ep. 200 - From Plant Floor to Enterprise: Tatsoft Shows Off Frameworks IIoT Platform

Ep. 199 - ERP Implementation & Strategy: What Manufacturers Need to Know

Ep. 198 - Prove It Recap: What Worked, What Didn’t & Key Takeaways from the Conference

Ep. 197 - Inside ProveIt 2025: How 36 Vendors Connected to One Unified Factory

Ep. 196 - ProveIt Deep Dive: Industrial Automation’s Most Ambitious Event Yet

Ep. 195 - Unlocking Digital Transformation: The Unified Namespace, Industrial Data, and Prove It!

Ep. 194 - Upskilling in Industrial Automation - Training, Troubleshooting & Future Trends

Ep. 193 - Navigating Automation Careers, PLC Standardization, and Training with Hans

Ep. 192 - Kicking Off 2025 – Plans, Trends & The State of Manufacturing

Ep. 191 - Bridging IT and OT: 4IR Solutions, Ignition 8.3, and the Future of Industrial Automation

Ep. 190 - Manufacturing Hub: 2024 Recap & 2025 Vision – Trends, Learnings, and What’s Next

Ep. 189 - Building Careers & SCADA Solutions Kent Melville Sales Engineering at Inductive Automation

Ep. 188 - Lessons from the Factory Floor: Career Advice for Manufacturing Professionals

Ep. 187 - Data, Careers, and Determination: Jim Gavigan on Engineering, Sales, and Problem-Solving

Ep. 186 - Automation Leadership: Controls, IT/OT Convergence, and Manufacturing Insights w/ Alicia

Ep. 184 - ICS Cybersecurity Explained Challenges, Best Practices, and Future Trends with Jason Waits

Ep. 183 - Engineer to Entrepreneur: Justin Dean on Automation and Business Growth

Ep. 182 - From Recruiting to Robotics How Seekers Revolutionizes Automation for Small Manufacturers

Ep. 181 - Colby Clegg on Ignition 8.3, IT-OT Integration, and the Future of Industrial Automation

Ep. 180 - Manufacturing in Motion: Insights on Global Trends Challenges & New Technologies from ICC

Ep. 179 - Unlocking the Future of MES and AI in Manufacturing with Sepasoft's Tom Hechtman

Ep. 178 - ICC Breakthrough - Preview Super Show

Ep. 177 - What Are Modern SCADA and MES Solutions

Ep. 176 - Exploring Technical Sales & Engineering Careers in Industrial Automation w/ Ira Sharp

Ep. 175 - The Human Aspect of Artificial Intelligence - w/ Humera Malik

Ep. 174 - Trends in Manufacturing, Robotics & Systems Integration w/ Sean Dotson

Ep. 173 - Manufacturing Software Stack Face Off

Ep. 172 - Everything after the software choice - Chris Hutson

Ep. 171 - Rapid development in Manufacturing Software Edition

Ep. 170 - What is Software in Manufacturing? w/ James Burnand

Ep. 169 - Information At Scale - Aron Semle

Ep. 168 - 𝐈𝐈𝐨𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 & 𝐕𝐥𝐚𝐝

Ep. 167 - Transforming Manufacturing: Evolution of IIoT Industry 4.0 through 3 Decades of Experience

Ep. 166 - Exploring IIOT and Future of Manufacturing with Vention’s CTO | Insights and Innovations

Ep. 165 - Software Selection for Industrial Applications - w/ James Joy

Ep. 164 - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠? w/ David Turner

Ep. 163 - Automate, Hannover, and Beyond