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Podcast: The month in manufacturing—data difficulties, technology trends, and much more

March 12, 2024

In this episode, our editors share their insights from the past month and predict what lies ahead.

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, our editors, including Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl, share their insights from the past month and predict what lies ahead for manufacturing.

eHandbook: The Smart Industry 2024 Crystal Ball Report

Once a month, the editors from Endeavor Business Media’s Manufacturing Group get together in a roundtable chat to talk about the stories they’ve written, how industry trends are affecting their readers, and what is in the works for the weeks ahead. In this episode, the group talks about:

Manufacturers’ struggles with data and data-related issues
Operational technology (OT) security
Workplace safety statistics
The current state of logistics and transportation

About the Author

Scott Achelpohl

I've come to Smart Industry after stints in business-to-business journalism covering U.S. trucking and transportation for FleetOwner, a sister website and magazine of SI’s at Endeavor Business Media, and branches of the U.S. military for Navy League of the United States. I'm a graduate of the University of Kansas and the William Allen White School of Journalism with many years of media experience inside and outside B2B journalism. I'm a wordsmith by nature, and I edit Smart Industry and report and write all kinds of news and interactive media on the digital transformation of manufacturing.