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In this episode, Amy Bryson, contributing lead editor for Smart Manufacturing, talks with Nick Christie, vice president of East Coast Operations at TekVisions, about how manufacturers of all sizes can use industrial touchscreens to automate their operations. They discuss the benefits, challenges and considerations of smart technology deployment to achieve immediate ROI without breaking the bank.  

Anthony Offredi, director of customer advisory for Quickbase, and Gary Mintchell, founder of the Manufacturing Connection, join Smart Manufacturing contributing lead editor Amy Bryson for a discussion about how user-friendly, scalable software solutions are changing the game for manufacturers to connect disparate systems and unlock insights from data.

Grace and Tom McCubbin launched Darmok Designs to help manufacturers automate their operations and leverage contract manufacturing to optimize efficiency and deliver customize solutions. In this podcast, the dynamic husband and wife team share their unique strategy on pricing, innovation and tooling with SME Media Editor-in-Chief Steve Plumb.

In this episode, Smart Manufacturing Contributing Lead Editor Amy Bryson speaks with Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, about how to turn time series data into actionable intelligence for swifter, better decision making in smart manufacturing environments. 

In this episode of Advanced Manufacturing Now, Anthony Offredi, Director of the Customer Advisory Team at Quickbase, and Chris Mahar, Managing Editor at SME Media, discuss the current trends and challenges in manufacturing. They also emphasize the importance of people, equipment, and safety in shop floor management and they explore how Quickbase's no-code platform can help manufacturers connect a variety of systems and improve operations.

The pandemic and other recent global political events and natural disasters laid bare the vulnerabilities of widespread supply chains. But relocating factories takes time and money, and in some cases simply isn’t possible. In this podcast, Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute and SME Media Editor-in-Chief Steve Plumb discuss the challenges and opportunities of moving offshore manufacturing back to the U.S.