Episodes
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
RM 77: James Kovacevic on Maintenance Reliability Training
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Our guest has been quoted saying his personal mission is to make industry a profitable place; where individuals and manufacturers possess the resources, knowledge, and courage to sustainably lower their operating costs. Mike Konrad speaks with James Kovacevic about his maintenance philosophies and his work teaching maintenance best practices.
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
RM 76 - Meet the Press
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
A conversation with media personalities Mike Buetow (Circuits Assembly Magazine), Trevor Galbraith (Global SMT & Packaging), Phil Stoten (Scoop TV), and Eric Miscoll (EMS Now). During our conversation we covered various topics including post pandemic production, innovations within our industry, supply chain and labor shortages, and more.
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
RM 75: Matric Group‘s Patrick Stimpert on Lean Manufacturing
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
EMS provider Matric Group's Patrick Stimpert incorporated the Toyota Production System’s Lean principles into his contract manufacturing business.
“Results are important. How do I get my results?," he states. "With the use of the Toyota Production System’s Lean principles and my simple rule 'Don’t waste time rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, go fix the problem.' I believe in the "LEAN-IN" processes and gain improvements through RIPs (Rapid Improvement Projects) These projects are based on a standard of identifying problems, brainstorming solutions, attempting those solutions, and adjusting from there. If we are going to fail, we are going to fail fast and cheap.”
Friday Sep 10, 2021
C2C 10: Zestron‘s Dr. Harald Wack
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Dr. Harald (Harry) Wack earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 2002. He began his career at Zestron’s American headquarters, reporting to his father in Germany, Dr. Oskar Wack. This was the beginning of Harry's long journey with Zestron culminating in his ascension to President of Zestron’s parent company, Dr.O.K. Wack Chemie GmbH. Mike Konrad spoke with Harry from his headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany.
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
PCB Chat 84: Gowtham Ramachandran on the ‘Desktop Microfactory‘
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
No matter how fast product developers move, there is pressure to pick up the pace. Gowtham Ramachandran, founder of Trace, a three-year old startup company based in Toronto, has a vision for just how the industry might speed the product development cycle: a desktop "microfactory" that automates much of the development workflow.
He talks with Mike Buetow about how the new concept completely reimagines the entire product development workflow, and hints at how augmented reality might impact the future of electronics manufacturing.
Trace's website is trace.so.
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