Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast offers news and information for the people who make, store, and move things and those who manage and maintain the facilities where that work gets done. Manufacturers from chemical producers to automakers to machine shops can listen for critical insights into the technologies, economic conditions, and best practices that can influence how to best run facilities to reach operational excellence. Contributing to the podcast are 14 seasoned manufacturing journalists from Endeavor Business Media’s Manufacturing Group, including Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl.

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Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast offers news and information for the people who make, store, and move things and those who manage and maintain the facilities where that work gets done. Manufacturers from chemical producers to automakers to machine shops can listen for critical insights into the technologies, economic conditions, and best practices that can influence how to best run facilities to reach operational excellence. Contributing to the podcast are 14 seasoned manufacturing journalists from Endeavor Business Media’s Manufacturing Group, including Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl.

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In this hourlong webinar sponsored by Integris, Joe Fetter and Bryan Wheeler of Integris joined Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl to bring their knowledge to a discussion about...
Sept. 12, 2025
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From Samuel Pasquier of Cisco Systems’ Industrial IoT Connectivity Portfolio, learn about the implications of increased digitization of OT, the emerging manufacturing use cases...
Sept. 4, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, Lean Driven Reliability's Joe Kuhn joins Anna Townsend, managing editor of our sister brand Plant Services, and talks about turning maintenance...
Aug. 20, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, Rosemary Coates of the Reshoring Institute joins Thomas Wilk, chief of Smart Industry's sister brand Plant Services, to debate how companies...
Aug. 1, 2025
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Joining Smart Industry’s Scott Achelpohl for this episode is Rajeev Shah, co-founder and CEO of Celona, who helps explain how manufacturers can overcome “legacy” infrastructure...
July 29, 2025
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In this episode, David Brown of TE Connectivity shares lessons from implementing AI across engineering and operations.
July 17, 2025
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The podcast revisits additive manufacturing, this time with perspective from American Machinist’s Robert Brooks on how AM has come down from an overheated and speculative market...
July 10, 2025
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June 24, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, IBM's Christine Nishimoto reveals AI’s role in building more robust, failure-aware maintenance strategies.
May 28, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, our editors discuss real-world applications of artificial intelligence in manufacturing and what they learned last week at Automate 2025.
May 19, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, two supply chain experts share how multi-sourcing strategies build resilience.
May 12, 2025
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Mahdi Jamshid, director of market intelligence for leading AM observer Wohlers Associates, joins SI's Scott Achelpohl to detail Wohlers' recently released annual report on the...
April 29, 2025
Endeavor Business Media | Alexis Gajewski
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In this episode, two experts from MaintainX, Nick Haase and Roshan Satish, discuss how AI can address real frustrations on the plant floor.
April 25, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO of Critical Manufacturing and an Industry 4.0 evangelist, educator, and author, joins Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl...
March 31, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, The Humanity Studio's Christie Smith examines why DEI is critical for business growth and employee engagement.
March 19, 2025
Endeavor Business Media | Alexis Gajewski
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In this episode, our trio of experts say the challenge in continuous improvement is not just finding solutions but learning and adapting from every experience.
March 12, 2025
Endeavor Business Media | Alexis Gajewski
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Steve Strong of Concept Systems and Benjamin Kurth of Applied Manufacturing Technologies join the podcast and Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl to talk automation and why “easier...
March 6, 2025
Endeavor Business Media | Alexis Gajewski
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In this new episode of Great Question, manufacturers can learn how to manage and protect their data, especially under threat of growing cybersecurity risks.
March 5, 2025
Endeavor Business Media | Alexis Gajewski
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From their (R)Evolutionizing Manufacturing program, Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl and Industry 4.0 enthusiast Jeff Winter get back into what's practical in your factory floor...
Feb. 26, 2025
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From AI, to cybersecurity, to decentralizing utility grids, Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl breaks down highlights from the monthlong web series that SI debuted to start the ...
Feb. 3, 2025
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In this episode of Great Question, Ryan Martin, Paul Miller, and our Dennis Scimeca explore how modern manufacturing systems can provide huge benefits without huge costs.
Dec. 13, 2024
Endeavor Business Media | Alexis Gajewski
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In this episode of Great Question, Aaron Merkin, chief technology officer for Fluke Reliability, sees a continued focus on digital transformation.
Dec. 5, 2024
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In this episode of Great Question, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence's Olivier Thenoz explores how CAM systems are remaking modern production.
Nov. 19, 2024
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Nov. 6, 2024
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Three of our editors sat down with Andrew Burton, the enterprise cloud software vendor's global industry director of manufacturing, to chat about how, as the company's CEO said...
Oct. 23, 2024
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CMMS. Digital Twins. IIOT. IOT. When it comes to the landscape of technology in manufacturing, it can be hard to know how to start your own transformation – or where. The...
Oct. 11, 2024
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Oct. 11, 2024
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Oct. 7, 2024
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In this episode of Great Question, learn why attracting and retaining warehouse workers has become increasingly challenging—and technology's ability to increase their satisfaction...
Oct. 2, 2024
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This episode of Great Question examines the hype surrounding AI and its influence on data gathering in manufacturing.
Sept. 25, 2024
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Sept. 20, 2024
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In this special episode, our editors report live from the show floor in Chicago, and they share what they're seeing, learning, and experiencing about shop-floor advances.
Sept. 12, 2024
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In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Industry 4.0 influencer Jeff Winter and Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl take on an issue that has topped technology...
Sept. 10, 2024