Behind the Ops

In the episode, we hear from Mike Rousch, Manufacturing Engineer at TICO Tractors. As global demand for yard tractors dramatically increased, TICO had a need for controlled processes to maximize production and Mike’s ability to build solutions with digital systems enabled him to lead a growing team. As TICO’s need for more apps to error-proof frontline workflows and track production, Mike and the...

In this episode, Lorena Mayen, process engineer from International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) shares how, across 3 roles at IFF, she worked to help build solutions to streamline processes, audits and data collection. Through learning new technologies, Lorena became a point of reference for several builders at the IFF facility in Mexico, and is helping IFF scale their digital transformation by bu...

In this episode, we hear from Dave Staehle, Manufacturing Change Manager at RBW, a LED lighting production company, on his journey from fine arts student to production manager.  Dave talks about how he helped scale the lighting production company from “wild chaos” with out-of-sync systems and manual time studies and lead it on an Industry 4.0 journey. He shares the lessons he learned, why the...

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