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    Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

    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 from chemical producers to automakers to machine shops 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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    Behind the Curtain

    Longtime manufacturing process engineer and trainer John Dyer discusses operational excellence and continuous improvement with Professor Mohamed Saleh, a Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement expert. Between them, the two share nearly 60 years of continuous improvement expertise. IndustryWeek has partnered with Dyer and Saleh to present their insights to a wide audience of manufacturing professionals.

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    July 22, 2025
    Delve into the crucial topic of effective team decision-making techniques, warning against one particular method that can irreparably harm team dynamics and spill over into the...
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    July 17, 2025
    Friction and conflict are not the hallmarks of a team destined to solve important problems, but it’s a phase teams typically go through. In this podcast, co-hosts Professor Mohamed...
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    July 15, 2025
    It pays to understand the four phases of team development: form, storm, norm and perform.
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    July 10, 2025
    Learn the importance of team design, including team types, team tasks, team size and the skills required of team members.
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    July 8, 2025
    Change inherently brings risk, but several continuous improvement tools can help reduce the potential for bad outcomes.
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    July 3, 2025
    Gut feel is no way to determine the root cause of a difficult problem. Bad assumptions can be corrected with the right thinking and right tools.
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    July 1, 2025
    Whether it's VSM or process mapping, both mapping techniques are critical first steps to solving problems and building sustainable solutions.
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    June 30, 2025
    Fluid sealing is critical to the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of industrial equipment across industries like oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation, and manufacturing...
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    June 27, 2025
    In this podcast pulled from our Production Pulse livestream series, editors discuss the challenges of keeping workers safe and lights on when temperatures rise.
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    June 24, 2025
    Learn what works and doesn’t work in lean, Six Sigma and team-based operational excellence.
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    June 12, 2025
    Deloitte Chief Innovation Officer Deb Golden says AI software is great, but it's useless to manufacturing without sensors, compute power and other recent computer hardware advances...
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    June 4, 2025
    In this episode, listeners will gain insights into how air seal technology is revolutionizing the plastics film industry to reduce waste, save money, and promote more sustainable...
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    March 24, 2025
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, we discover opportunity around digital commerce for mid-market manufacturers.
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    Dec. 6, 2024
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, we cover new solutions that are helping industrial teams optimize operations.
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    Sept. 4, 2024
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, we cover technology solutions for growing manufacturing problems.
    Robert Schoenberger
    July 26, 2024
    A lively panel discussion featuring Sarah Tilkens, Carl Livesay and Dave Rizzardo focused on getting the most out of people by listening to them and understanding them.
    May 16, 2024
    In this podcast, IndustryWeek Editor-in-chief Robert Schoenberger delves deep into the numbers to provide a barometer of the manufacturing industry.
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    April 4, 2024
    Editors covering infrastructure, safety, bridge construction, commercial equipment and shipping discuss the ongoing crisis in Maryland.