Management Perspectives: Executive Insights into the Future of Smart Manufacturing

As the world continues to change rapidly around us, businesses need to adapt quickly to the needs of their customers and the limitations of their supply chain. In this episode, Mike Loughran introduce...

When it comes to developing more sustainable solutions, collaboration is the key first step. In this episode, host Mike Loughran introduces Hans-Peter Mertens, CEO of The Packaging Group, and Tom O...

Partnerships are built on trust. And when we work together and trust one another, we can achieve so much more than we could alone. This is true in business as much as in any other aspect of life. In t...

Balancing sustainability targets and business needs around productivity may appear challenging, but with an energy-savings-as-a-service approach, you can achieve both – with additional benefits as wel...

Balancing sustainability targets and business needs around productivity may appear challenging, but with an energy-savings-as-a-service approach, you can achieve both – with additional benefits as wel...

Understand the role technology plays in implementing more sustainable practices, learn how collaboration supports better environmental outcomes, and discover the importance of embracing an innovative ...

Understand the role technology plays in implementing more sustainable practices, learn how collaboration supports better environmental outcomes, and discover the importance of embracing an innovative ...

Picking up from where they left off last time, Mike Loughran is once again joined by Jan Burian and Lorenzo Veronesi of IDC, discussing the potential offered by what they call “Green.0”. In this secon...

Sustainability is fast becoming a business imperative, but the data you’re already collecting from your digital transformation can help you revolutionize your sustainability programs, helping you to c...

Cyber criminals are typically able to move faster than companies. This means you need to know where your vulnerabilities are and where the likely threats will come from. To enhance their security post...

For many years, there have been industrial leaders who have brushed off cyber threats as a concern for digital companies in sectors such as e-commerce, with little relevance for their own business. Bu...

A company cannot simply deploy a new technology or digital initiative without considering the implications for its workers. When it comes to facilitating change, culture and transparency matter. Join ...

Modern remote services have been of vital importance during this extended period of global lockdown, but they also offer immense value to manufacturers for the years ahead. Join Mike Loughran, with hi...

Too often virtual and augmented reality are dismissed as a gimmick or a toy, and not considered as a practical business application. But join host Mike Loughran as he kicks off a new series of the Man...

As 2021 draws to a close, host Mike Loughran ends this year’s podcast series with a look at what’s changed throughout the last 12 months. From our predictions at the start of the year, through the pos...

SPECIAL EDITION: Sustainability remains a top priority for business around the world, and is leading to some dramatic changes in the energy industry – changes that can be addressed and capitalized on ...

Discover how an integrated robotic environment can improve your operations, being better for your business, your workers and your bottom line. Host Mike Loughran is joined by Gaia Salvadore from Comau...

David Grammer, General Manager & Sales Vice President UKI at PTC, joins host Mike Loughran to discuss how businesses can scale industrial digitalization. We’ve all heard of “pilot purgatory,” a si...

Many businesses have embraced digitalisation in adapting to recent challenges, but the benefits go far beyond that. A digital transformation can impact your entire operation for the better, boosting e...

Jan Burian, Head of Manufacturing Insights in EMEA, and Lorenzo Veronesi, Associate Research Director, both of IDC, join Mike Loughran once again, picking up where they left on in the last episode: di...

We’ve been talking about Industry 4.0 for more than five years now, but the last 18 months have seen organisations everywhere take a huge leap forward in their digital journeys. But what does this mea...

When disruptive innovation and the smart-factory-as-a-service work together, the possibilities are endless. Street-lighting manufacturer Sustainder is building the foundations for tomorrow’s sustainab...

As more and more manufacturers undergo digital transformation, there is an increasing demand for companies to deliver complete solutions. No one company can provide first-in-class results in every fie...

Has your organisation attempted a digital transformation, but things didn’t go according to plan? Mario Casoni, Director, Digital Transformation Group, EMEAI & APAC at PTC, joins host Mike Loughra...

Ernest Nicolas, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Integrated Supply Chain, at Rockwell Automation and his colleague Jen Upthegrove, Director of Global Supply Chain Process and Systems, join host Mike Loughr...

Ernest Nicolas, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Integrated Supply Chain, at Rockwell Automation and his colleague Jen Upthegrove, Director of Global Supply Chain Process and Systems, join host Mike Loughr...

Join host Mike Loughran as he looks back over a year unlike any we’ve seen before – from the ambitions and possibilities at the start of the year, through to the challenges of restrictions and lockdow...

Chris Courtney, Challenge Director at Manufacturing Made Smarter, joins host Mike Loughran to discuss the importance of innovation in manufacturing, with a particular focus on the UK Research and Inno...

Dave Hughes, Business Development Director at PTC, joins host Mike Loughran to ask what exactly is product lifecycle management (PLM) and what can it do for your business? They discuss the need for a ...

Rachel Wilson, Associate Director of Arup, and Matt Graves, Director of Kalypso, join host Mike Loughran to discuss the best route to flexible manufacturing. We all know that flexible manufacturing ca...

Ian Stewart, President of Sonepar UK, the parent company of Routeco, joins Mark Bottomley, Rockwell Automation’s Regional Sales Director for North EMEA, and host Mike Loughran to discuss how recent ev...

Dr Daniel Thorniley, President of DT-Global Business Consulting, and Gennady Bylov, General Director of Rockwell Automation Russia & CIS, join host Mike Loughran to discuss the current state o...

Andrzej Soldaty, President of the Board at the Future Industry Platform Foundation in Poland, asks has the new normal changed the face of digital transformation forever? He and host Mike Loughran look...

Ian McGregor, Business Development Manager at Emulate3D, explains how digital twin technology has come forwards in leaps and bounds over recent years, and discusses the advantages this powerful approa...

Paul Haimes, VP Pre-Sales at PTC, explores how manufacturing rose to the challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing the equipment so desperately needed by health services across EMEA. Focusing ...

Dr Adrian Reisch, Co-founder of aioneers, explores how an agile approach can help manufacturers meet changing global demands – both in these uncertain times and beyond. Speaking with host Mike Loughra...

Oliver Reisch, Vice Chairman of the MESA Special Interest Group for Germany, investigates some of the challenges organisations face when trying to identify value in Industry 4.0. This new industrial r...

Stefan Beyeler, Packaging Engineering Lead for Consumer at the Johnson & Johnson Centre of Excellence, discusses the challenges faced by manufacturers as they try to adapt to the future. Many ...

Tim Figures, director of technology, sustainability and innovation at Make UK, asks if the UK is doing enough to support SMEs through digital transformation. Join him and Mike Loughran as they discuss...

Christoph Pressleitner, senior manager at EY, explores how the manufacturing world is evolving rapidly, with digitalisation and Industry 4.0 at the heart of it. Processes and production are key to dat...

Rob Goossens, CEO of Technologies Added, shares important lessons learned while developing a shared smart factory in the Netherlands in this episode hosted by Mike Loughran, chief technology officer f...

What is the status of digital transformation efforts across industry? How are firms approaching these programs with funding and implementation? Mike Loughran, chief technology officer for the UK and I...