ASSEMBLY Audible

The power of social media platforms such as LinkedIn to share and spread a message is undeniable. For example, who could have guessed that people would be so interested in and opinionated about robotics? Our guest on the podcast, Lukas Ziegler, has tapped into and developed a significant following based on his passion for spreading awareness about robotics. In this episode, we chat about everythin...

Who could ever imagine that manufacturing would have influencers? Well, it does. And a handful are leading the movement. Jake Hall has quite a larger-than-life presence on social media which led to building an audience of over 50,000 followers and 50 million views on social in less than two years. His advocacy for the manufacturing industry is backed by over a decade of experience working with man...

ASSEMBLY Magazine's three editors: John Sprovieri, Chief Editor; Austin Weber, both of whom have been journalists with the magazine for 20-plus years, and Jennifer Pierce, Multimedia Editor and the host of ASSEMBLY Audible, put their heads together to recap ASSEMBLY Show 2022 highlights. The editors discuss the show's keynote presentation, ASSEMBLY's Plant of the Year Award, which new products sto...

In September 2022, Deloitte released its 2022 Manufacturing Supply Chain Study, "Meeting the Challenge of Supply Chain Disruption." The study examines how traditional manufacturing supply chains are evolving to balance costs, efficiency, and resilience. We're joined by Stephen Laaper, Principal and Smart Factory Leader, Deloitte Consulting, to discuss the studies' findings and how one may develop...

What does the factory of the future entail? Will manual assembly involve a preconfigured, turnkey workstation powered by augmented reality software? Our winner of The ASSEMBLY Show factory of the future product, LightGuide, has seen a 90 percent improvement in quality, 50 percent improvement in throughput, and 30 percent improvement in training effectiveness in environments with user-friendly ligh...

Panasonic secured the new product award for fastening tools at The ASSEMBLY Show in Rosemont with the AccuPulse 4.0, a cordless mechanical pulse tool equipped with four onboard microcomputers and a built-in torque transducer for quality control, accuracy, and data collection on the assembly line. Panasonic's Aziz Lokhandwala joins us for a podcast recording to tell us more about the development of...

Congratulations to DELO Industrial Adhesives on winning the best product award for Adhesives, Dispensing & Curing at The ASSEMBLY Show 2022. DELO developed a new process for applying UV-cure adhesives that combines dispensing and preactivation in a single step, called DELO-Activis 600. Devyesh Rana of DELO joins us from the ASSEMBLY Audible booth at the show to tell us what makes their award-w...

Without a doubt, forming and fastening are crucial elements of any successful assembly process. Jennifer Pierce, Multimedia Editor, is joined by two longtime assembly experts and ASSEMBLY Show exhibitors, Jake Sponsler, the President of Orbitform, and Bryan Wright, Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Orbitform designs, manufactures, and builds assembly machines to fasten and form parts perman...

Recorded from The ASSEMBLY Show in Rosemont, we connect with one of ASSEMBLY Audible's biggest supporters throughout 2022, Bill Eppich, the CEO of the WEISS Group. WEISS is a longtime manufacturer of rotary indexing tables, robotics, and motion control solutions with global headquarters in Buchen, Germany, and regional headquarters for the Americas in Cleveland, OH. We chat with Bill from the show...

Symphoni is a mesmerizing symphony of digital assembly automation technology that operates quickly, precisely, efficiently, and even gracefully. Our guest on this episode, recorded from the energetic ASSEMBLY Show floor, is Peng-Sang Cau, Vice President of LS Emerging Markets and Symphoni. Peng is responsible for the commercialization of Symphoni™; a technology ATS acquired from Transformix Engine...

The ASSEMBLY Show floor is one of the best places to connect with and learn about the most influential figures in our industry. The excitement is tangible as we discuss the many facets and history of Promess with the company's president, Glenn Nausley. Promess is a leading manufacturer of highly adaptive servo-controlled assembly presses, torque systems, and monitoring systems used by companies to...

FANUC's High-Payload CR-35iB Cobot is The ASSEMBLY Show's New Product Award Winner in the Robotics category. Bryan J d'Ouville joins us at the ASSEMBLY Audible booth from the show floor after receiving the award to give us a rundown of what makes this lightweight, high-payload (eye-catching bright green) cobot an award winner and standout amongst FANUC's customers. For more information about The C...

Multimedia Editor Jennifer Pierce speaks with Kevin Konkos, VP of Sales with Launchpad from The ASSEMBLY Show floor, about Launchpad's product award winner, The Digitool. The Digitool is a standardized, modular automated assembly cell that learns and executes manufacturing tasks based on a product CAD file without custom software or fixtures. The Digitool can perform various assembly tasks, includ...

Learn about Toyota's vehicle development strategy and how TMNA R & D introduces new technology and systems directly from the source with Kristen Tabar, Group Vice President of Vehicle Development and Engineering at Toyota Motor North America Research and Development.  Sponsored By:

We connect with longtime Assembly Magazine columnist Harry Moser, founder of reshorenow.org. Learn more about the many facets of reshoring in this podcast episode and by visiting Moser on Manufacturing. Sponsored By:

What are the most significant differences between establishing manufacturing plants in rural and urban areas? What is the current state of manufacturing in U.S. cities, and why are assembly plants increasingly located in rural areas? We discuss this with Tanu Kumar and Audra Ladd, two experts from Urban Manufacturing Alliance's advisory board. Sponsored By:

In this episode, we connect with Dr. Olga Eliseeva, Project Engineer at EWI and ASSEMBLY Show 2022 workshop presenter, to discuss the fundamentals of her specialty and what her workshop will entail. 

Meet The ASSEMBLY Show's Keynote Presenter, Charles Wetherington. Chuck is the President and COO of BTE Technologies, a manufacturer of hi-tech medical devices for physical rehabilitation. He also represents almost 12 million workers and 13,000 small to medium manufacturing companies in his work with the National Association of Manufacturing (NAM). Chuck is presenting "Using Lean to Prepare for Ma...

What is plastic welding, really? In this podcast episode, Dr. Miranda Marcus, Applications Engineer with EWI, outlines features of plastics welding as a precursor to her ASSEMBLY Show Workshop, "Fundamentals of Plastics Welding." Miranda's workshop will take place on the first day of the show, October 25th, from 1:00 to 4:00. Register for The ASSEMBLY Show and Miranda's fascinating workshop that w...

ASSEMBLY Audible connects with Mark Manglicmot, Senior Vice President of Security Services, with Arctic Wolf for a discussion about the worst cyberattacks in manufacturing and how to prevent it from happening to you.

This podcast episode delves into the facets of Jamie Flinchbaugh's latest book, People Solve Problems. Explore how to improve problem-solving skills within your organization with Flinchbaugh, the founder of JFlinch and an author with over 30 years of experience helping leaders build and improve teams across various industries. 

According to Gallup, a global analytics and advice firm, only 21% of employees worldwide and 32% in the U.S. fall in the "engaged" category. We're joined by Dr. Jim Harter, Chief Scientist of Workplace Management and Wellbeing at Gallup. Jim is the primary researcher and author of the study, listen in to see what we found out about employee engagement in manufacturing.

Take a walk down manufacturing history lane as we learn about transitioning from Industry 0.5 to 1.0 during the American Revolution with our guest Dr. Robert Smith, provost of Valley Forge Military College and author of the book Manufacturing Independence: Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution. Smith's book recounts how the Continental Congress mobilized the nation's manufacturing secto...

We discuss aspects of technology road mapping and development with Olivier de Weck, Ph. D., author of the new book Technology Roadmapping and Development: A Quantitative Approach to the Management of Technology. He takes us through fascinating aspects of history, his research, and work, highlighting the what, why, and how of technology road mapping. Sponsored By:

Women in Manufacturing is an organization making an impact. The mission-driven trade association, founded in 2010, hosts resourceful events in virtual learning, networking, and a signature event series called Moms in Manufacturing, the first event of its kind launched just last year. Moms in MFG is gearing up for their second annual virtual conference, an event called Rise Together, Thrive Togethe...