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Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

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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 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.

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Dave Blanchard, editor-in-chief of Material Handling & Logistics, presents MH&L's annual list of the 10 largest global manufacturers of forklifts, and offers some analysis of current market conditions and trends.

Manufacturers have spent decades refining continuous improvement and the next evolution isn’t about replacing those proven methods with AI. It’s about making them dramatically more effective.

In this sponsored episode of Great Question: A Manufactur... more

In this episode of Great Question: a Manufacturing Podcast, Mitch Twardosky, CEO of Fidelity Manufacturing, discusses the manufacturing company's very recent ownership transition—the owners sold the company to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) ... more

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, ARC Advisory Group research lead Inderpreet Shoker brings the data and follows up her recent three-part Smart Industry series on connected worker platforms with more advice on making the mos... more

Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer and global reliability consultant, is now president of Lean Driven Reliability LLC. He is the author of the book “Zero to Hero: How to Jumpstart Your Reliability Journey Given Today’s Business Challenges... more

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Shaun Carvalho, chief safety officer at Shawmut Design and Construction, discusses how organizations can develop comprehensive safety and wellbeing programs that go beyond traditional PPE, e... more

Manufacturing leaders face a hidden cost: fragmented data. This sponsored podcast episode, recorded with guest Keith Dunnell, VP, Global Head of Manufacturing Industry GTM at ServiceNow, is for operations leaders, security teams, and plant managers w... more

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Octave Lapeyronie
Co-founder of Fabriq, engineer by training
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Episode: Agentic CI – The Next Evolution of Continuous Improvement (IndustryWeek)
Mitch Twardosky
CEO of Fidelity Manufacturing
Fidelity Manufacturing
Episode: What Happened When Fidelity Manufacturing Changed From Family-Owned To Employee-Owned (IndustryWeek)
Inderpreet Shoker
Research Director at ARC Advisory Group
ARC Advisory Group
Episode: How To Realize The Full Potential Of Connected Worker Solutions In The AI Era (Smart Industry)
Joe Kuhn
Plant Services columnist and retired plant manager
Plant Services
Episode: Who Owns Maintenance Decisions in a Reliability-Focused Plant? (Ask A Plant Manager)
Shaun Carvalho
Chief Safety Officer at Shawmut Design and Construction
Shawmut Design and Construction
Episode: Innovative Strategies for Employee Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention (Talking EHS)
Keith Dunnell
VP of Manufacturing for ServiceNow
ServiceNow
Episode: One System, One Answer: How Manufacturing Can Connect the Dots (IndustryWeek)
Adam Buttgenbach
Vice President of Fleet Strategy and Loss Prevention at YMX Logistics
YMX Logistics
Episode: Beyond the Warehouse Walls: Rethinking Yard Safety (Talking EHS)
Carrie Hines
President and CEO of the American Small Manufacturers Association
American Small Manufacturers Association
Episode: What’s Ahead for Manufacturing Extension Partnerships? (IndustryWeek)
Nancy Majure
Head of Product for Adaptive ERP at QAD
QAD
Episode: Scaling AI Won't Fix A Shaky ERP Foundation (Smart Industry)

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Multiple Hosts (Industry Week / EHS Today / Great Question contributors)
A rotating roster of hosts from Industry Week, EHS Today, and related manufacturing media carry episodes, guide discussions, and introduce topics.

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Who Owns Maintenance Decisions in a Reliability-Focused Plant? (Ask A Plant Manager)
Q: What practical steps should a plant manager take to improve collaboration tomorrow?
Start by ensuring both maintenance and operations first get their own houses in order—precision work, accurate estimates, and clear handoffs—then transfer ownership of reliability with clearly defined roles for deciders and advisors, plus an upfront auditing process to avoid misalignment on timing and priority.
Who Owns Maintenance Decisions in a Reliability-Focused Plant? (Ask A Plant Manager)
Q: Who owns reliability and who owns the maintenance tasks and scheduling steps?
The consensus is that operations own reliability, but the maintenance manager remains the ultimate owner of maintenance decisions, including what gets done and when. This requires listening to craftsmen, balancing input with strategic PM adjustments, and using auditing to keep everyone aligned.
Who Owns Maintenance Decisions in a Reliability-Focused Plant? (Ask A Plant Manager)
Q: How do you strike that balance when maintenance becomes everyone's job?
The guest emphasizes that while operators should be involved in reliability, ownership of the decision should reside with the appropriate deciders—maintenance for technical assessments and planning, operations for implementation timing—with clear roles to prevent finger-pointing and ensure timely, well-communicated decisions.
One System, One Answer: How Manufacturing Can Connect the Dots (IndustryWeek)
Q: What is the biggest misunderstanding manufacturers have about moving into this space, and how should they reorient?
The hardest part is the culture change, not the system integration; manufacturing progresses incrementally, so start small, prove it works, and then scale, while ensuring leadership commits to shared data and joint ownership.
One System, One Answer: How Manufacturing Can Connect the Dots (IndustryWeek)
Q: What are the quick wins in the first 90 days of deploying an AI-driven data unification approach?
Three categories: establish visibility across IT and OT, connect data so a single security finding can be tracked through change and outcome, and complete one fast remediation to demonstrate a tangible win and build momentum for scaling.

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This show targets professionals who build, operate, and supply manufacturing facilities, often focusing on operations leadership, safety culture, and the adoption of advanced technologies. Episodes frequently center on practical, real-world challenges in manufacturing—from leadership and workforce development to AI and data-driven reliability, safety programs, and regional manufacturing ecosystems. A recurring strength is translating technical trends into actionable guidance for plant floor teams, operations leaders, and corporate decision-makers. Notable strengths include guest expertise drawn from industry CIOs and safety leaders, hands-on perspectives on go-live readiness, and a consistent emphasis on people, culture, and governance as c... more

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2. Mitch Twardosky
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4. Joe Kuhn
5. Shaun Carvalho
6. Keith Dunnell
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8. Carrie Hines

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