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Welcome to RedTalks, a RedViking podcast. We're committed to bold engineering and this show brings you insights to match, from industry experts and those at the front lines of turnkey manufacturing solutions.

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  1. Company Culture: The Power behind Digital Transformation

    2022. 05. 12.

    Company Culture: The Power behind Digital Transformation

    Matt Townsend: Matt has over 25 years of experience that combines a unique blend of both automotive industry shop floor and professional strategy roles that have formed his significant expertise within the manufacturing and automotive sectors. He specializes in a wide range of automotive industry disciplines including advanced product quality planning, statistical process control, and lean manufacturing. Matt’s skills within those advisory service lines of digital transformation include supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), logic strategy, computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), and process data evaluation with process monitoring (track and trace). Remus Pop: Remus is a Director specializing in Digital Factory, Industry 4.0, and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). His experience includes leveraging technology to transform manufacturing systems for Industry 4.0, building out information technology infrastructures to support the Digital Factory initiatives, and defining strategies for connecting shop floor equipment. He has extensive experience working in the automotive manufacturing sector for Tier 1 suppliers. He also has experience in other industries including alternative energy manufacturing and material handling management. Greg Giles: Greg Giles is an Executive Director of Solutions Development for RedViking. He leads a team of electrical and software engineers who design and implement the Argonaut manufacturing performance platform and apps, including OEE/FIS, track and trace, error proofing, IIoT gateway, part kitting and sequencing, and the HMI bridge for third-party app integration. He graduated from the University of Michigan Dearborn with a B.S. in electrical engineering.

    48분
  2. RedTalks: RedViking’s Journey Into Helicopter Testing with Chris Lake

    2022. 02. 16.

    RedTalks: RedViking’s Journey Into Helicopter Testing with Chris Lake

    The helicopter test industry is challenging. Engineers and companies must understand the needs of fixed-wing and rotorcraft manufacturing. Smart manufacturing systems must be in place in order to produce and test aircraft tolerance. So, what goes into these systems, and who are the industry leaders? On this episode of RedTalks, host Tyler Kern talked with Chris Lake, Vice President of Dynamic Test Systems at RedViking. The duo dug into RedViking’s role as a leader in the helicopter testing industry, what goes into testing systems for helicopters and other aerospace manufacturing systems. RedViking and Lake have done $150 million in helicopter testing revenue, and they did it in just 10 years. To get to that sort of revenue is impressive, and the team has accomplished some significant feats to get there. “To get to $150 million in that short span of time has been quite a ride,” Lake said. In the late 1990s, RedViking started to get into testing systems, specifically in the auto industry. They started out testing and updating control systems. A couple of these automotive customers had some old equipment and were looking for ways to modernize the technology. “They came to Superior Controls [now RedViking] because we had a control systems background,” Lake said. “This opened the door to actually getting into some direct projects to design and build some systems from the ground up.” These projects helped build the groundwork as RedViking moved into the helicopter testing industry. Listen to learn more about RedViking’s journey into helicopter testing.

    21분
  3. RedTalks: Manufacturing Engineering Trends to Watch in 2021 with Lexi Vargo & Josh McNeely

    2022. 02. 16.

    RedTalks: Manufacturing Engineering Trends to Watch in 2021 with Lexi Vargo & Josh McNeely

    Over the last half decade, the manufacturing industry has witnessed a slow but decisive shift toward trends such as automation, robotics and Industry 4.0 capabilities. However, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the adoption of these trends for many companies. What does this mean for business leaders today? Josh McNeely, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at RedViking, and Lexi Vargo, RedViking’s Director of Marketing, provide some insight into what manufacturing businesses can expect in 2021. “We service different industries,” said McNeely, listing markets like automotive, off-highway, military, aerospace and new energy. “And, depending on the industry, we’ve seen a varying adoption of these trends.” “But I would say the common theme through all manufacturing has really been around simplification, automation, smart connectivity with our devices and limiting risk.” He and Vargo also note the growing importance of Industry 4.0 in recent industry discussions. Essentially, Industry 4.0 is “bridging the physical assets of the industry with digital technologies,” Vargo said. “The more we can do that for a manufacturer and throughout the supply chain, the better they can compete with other companies and gain market share.” This trend in particular is changing how companies operate in areas like hiring and supply chain management, and businesses that want to get ahead would do well to incorporate this trend into their own organization. Of course, it’s important to understand the best way to implement this trend before jumping in headfirst. McNeely observed that most companies right now are taking a “staggered approach, a strategic approach. They’re limiting their investment and testing these technologies… Each industry is figuring that out for themselves.” Subscribe to the RedTalks podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for the latest insights on manufacturing from RedViking leaders and other industry experts.

    31분

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Welcome to RedTalks, a RedViking podcast. We're committed to bold engineering and this show brings you insights to match, from industry experts and those at the front lines of turnkey manufacturing solutions.