Manufacturing Stream

Did you know that 93% of manufacturers we surveyed had taken steps to reduce downtime?  Well how about the fact that only 43% reported that these measures were effective? Downtime happens in manufacturing, it's a fact of the industry. But reducing your unplanned downtime (and improving your planned downtime) is one of the highest ROI actions that teams can take on the shop floor.  In this epi...

A good process is... One that involves everyone using it. Seems simple enough, but designing effective processes for manufacturing demands a winning combination of experience, empathy, and iterative thinking. This episode of Manufacturing Stream features Tom Williams, Head of Design and Process Engineering at Pandrol, and L2L CMMS/MES Implementation Consultant Michael Hurd. Both have decades of ex...

From the manufacturing Reddit community to our podcast: we have Lean experts Mohsin Saeed and Eric Whitley react to the best threads from the past couple of months.  We explore everything from improving shift handoffs to dealing with overworked maintenance technicians.  🧠 Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode: - Effective systems are crucial for smooth handoffs in manufacturing. - Data-driven...

Welcome back to the Manufacturing Stream Podcast! This week we dive into downtime - and how to beat it with better maintenance strategies. This episode features your host Eric Whitley and Joel Cook, Maintenance and Automation Manager at ChampionX.  🧠 Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode: - How a proactive maintenance approach can significantly reduce downtime - Why collaboration between maint...

The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, your go-to source for insights into the latest in manufacturing technology and innovation. Hosted by Chris Rost, we’re excited to bring you some of the best conversations in manufacturing - from the factory floor to the board room. This episode features manufacturing tech expert Willemijn Schneyder, as she reacts to some of the most profound takeaways from our 202...

The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, your go-to source for insights into the latest in manufacturing technology and innovation. Hosted by Chris Rost and Eric Whitley, we’re excited to bring you some of the best conversations in manufacturing - from the factory floor to the board room. This episode also features manufacturing expert Jim Mayer - Founder of The Manufacturing Connector.  Eric and Jim hav...

The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, your go-to source for insights into the latest in manufacturing technology and innovation. Hosted by Chris Rost and Eric Whitley, we’re excited to bring you some of the best conversations in manufacturing - from the factory floor to the board room. This episode features experts Jason Anthoine (manufacturing culture expert and founder of Employee Experienced) and o...

The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, your go-to source for insights into the latest in manufacturing technology and innovation. Hosted by Chris Rost and Eric Whitley, we’re excited to bring you some of the best conversations in manufacturing - from the factory floor to the board room. This episode features experts Jim Mayer - manufacturing culture expert and founder of The Manufacturing Connector - ...

🎙️ The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, your go-to source for insights into the latest in manufacturing technology and innovation!  Hosted by Chris Rost, Creative Content Manager at L2L. We're here to bring you some of the best conversations in manufacturing, from the factory floor to the board room. This episode features David Rogers, AI and ML expert and founder of Exponential Industry, as wel...

The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, your go-to source for insights into the latest in manufacturing technology and innovation!  Hosted by Chris Rost, Creative Content Manager at L2L, we're bringing you cutting-edge discussions from the factory floor to the boardroom. This episode features L2L's very own Mohsin Saeed - problem solver and manufacturing expert with more than a decade in the i...

Welcome to the Manufacturing Stream Podcast with your host, Eric Whitley , Director of Manufacturing Solutions at L2L . In this episode, Eric sits down with his longtime friend and TPM expert, Ellis New , also known as Hillbilly . With nearly four decades of experience in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) , Ellis and Eric have trained thousands of manufacturing professionals, implementing TPM str...

In this episode of The Manufacturing Stream Podcast , host Eric Whitley, Director of Industrial Transformation at L2L, welcomes a special guest, Chris Brown , VP of Sales at CADDi. Together, they explore how AI and innovative tools are transforming the manufacturing industry, from reshoring efforts to bridging the skilled labor gap. Chris shares insights into CADDi's cutting-edge technology t...

In this episode of the Manufacturing Stream Podcast , host Eric Whitley tackles a critical issue in the industry: Why are talented professionals walking away from manufacturing? To explore this, Eric welcomes a special guest—his son, Brandon Whitley. Brandon shares his journey through manufacturing, from assembling products on the line to becoming a continuous improvement specialist, and ultimatel...

AI is dominating the thought process within manufacturing. But most of the brain power being spent on this topic centers on how to have a practical application of this technology so that it enhances the Availability, Performance and Quality of the factory floor. In this episode we discuss the practical application of AI and how it can be used to remove wasted time and motion in the day to day live...

Joe Resko, Vice President of Operations for Worthington Enterprises joins Eric as a guest in a new L2L webinar. Eric shares this webinar on this podcast. Joe and Eric discuss the findings of L2L's report on What is Holding Manufacturing Back in 2024 and how Worthington is using L2L and its Connected Workforce solution to solve the the labor crisis facing manufacturing. l2l.com Youtube: @leadi...

Press Release: In this weeks episode of The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, Eric discusses that L2L has announced the acquisition of Swipe Guide, a move that brings together two powerful technologies to enhance the connected workforce in manufacturing. Eric is joined by, John Devagian, CEO of L2L and Willemijn Schneider, CEO of Swipe Guide. The two CEO’s discuss that this merger aims to address long...

In this weeks episode of The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, Eric welcomes in as guest Scott Springer from Chelwood Consulting. The discussion this week centers on Scott's approach to improvement and leadership in his career as a manufacturing leader. About our guest: Scott is an accomplished Executive Consultant and President of Chelwood Consulting Group, where he provides strategic leadership...

In this episode of The Manufacturing Stream Podcast Eric has Maureen Fahey of Productivity talks about her days when JIT and Lean started in the West. Working as a young assistant to Norman Bodek, Maureen tells stories of the days when Dr. Shigeo Shingo would visit the United States and Maureen was there during these visit.  Maureen also expounds on when SMED and TPM were introduced to Western man...

In this episode, Eric & Phil welcome into the studio Tyler Whitiker, CTO and Co-founder of L2L, to discuss the future of AI in manufacturing and how companies should be using the technology to solve the labor crisis facing Manufacturing.  In recent blog post, Tyler has helped explain how manufacturers should be using technology to free up much needed resources, especiall when it comes to labor...

In this episode Eric interviews Mike Pierce COO of Honeyville Inc and Co-host and new VP of Information Technology at Honeyville, Inc. Phil Anderson as they discuss why Honeyville has chosen L2L as their Connected Workforce Platform and why Mike has chosen L2L to be his system at four separate companies.  l2l.com Youtube: @leading2lean

In this weeks episode, Eric, Malcolm and James Wells from LNS Research discuss Unified Performance Excellence. Unified Performance Excellence (UPX), is a modern approach to industrial performance management that integrates advanced digital tools and methodologies into traditional operational improvement processes. This framework seeks to enhance operational agility, flexibility, and resiliency by...

In recent years, the manufacturing sector has been swept up in the wave of Industry 4.0, a revolutionary movement that promises to meld physical production and operations with smart digital technology, machine learning, and big data. The goal of this movement is to create a more holistic and better-connected process for industrial companies.  Industry 4.0 has been hailed as the future of manufactu...

Welcome to a unique edition of The Manufacturing Stream Podcast, where your hosts, Eric Whitley and our special guest co-host Malcolm Faulds from L2L, sit down with the legendary Kyle Petty. Today, we're diving into Kyle's extraordinary journey, growing up amidst the royalty of racing. He shares with us tales from the track and highlights from his biography, "Swerve or Die," of...

You don’t always have to overhaul your processes to improve them. Sometimes, digitizing them is all you need to do. In this episode of The Manufacturing Stream, Eric and Phil talk to Alex Pacheco, Director of Operational Excellence and Reliability at Dart Container, about the dramatic process improvements he’s seen since implementing L2L. Whether it’s swapping whiteboards for screens or last week’...

One of the most inefficiently run activities in a manufacturing facility is the daily tier meeting, a.k.a. the "standup" or "Obeya" meeting. And the culprit? Manual information-sharing processes and a lack of real-time data. In this episode of The Manufacturing Stream, Phil and Eric introduce L2L's ground-breaking (and time-saving!) new module: TeamBoard. This data visuali...