AI in Manufacturing
by Kudzai Manditereza
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Can AI Agents Make Continuous Improvement Truly Continuous?
Can AI Agents Make Continuous Improvement Truly Continuous?
About this podcast
AI in Manufacturing is an Industry40.tv podcast hosted by Kudzai Manditereza, bringing together industry leaders, technologists and practitioners to explore how AI is being built and applied across industrial operations.
The podcast covers the architectures and real-world implementations shaping industrial AI, including connectivity, industrial data infrastructure, semantic technologies, data platforms, AI agents and operational applications.
For manufacturing engineers, architects and technology leaders working to turn industrial data and AI into measurable operational impact.
Episodes
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- Can AI Agents Make Continuous Improvement Truly Continuous? · 50 minWhat if manufacturers could move from conducting Kaizen events every few months to continuously identifying and implementing process improvements with AI agents? In this episode…
- AI Is Reshaping Industrial Software. Who Wins? : Michael Finocchiaro - Founder, ThreadMoat · 45 minAI Is Reshaping Industrial Software. Who Wins? | Michael Finocchiaro Will AI simply make established industrial software better, or will it fundamentally change which companies…
- Designing Multi-Agent Systems for Industrial Operations: Kence Anderson - Founder & CEO, AMESA · 55 min · Episode 72# AI in Manufacturing Podcast ## Episode: Designing Autonomous AI Agents for Industrial Operations **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry 40.tv) **Episode…
- Scaling Industrial Intelligence with I3X Common API: Matthew Parris - GE Appliances · 1 h 4 min · Episode 71# AI in Manufacturing Podcast — Show Notes ## Episode: Scaling Industrial Intelligence with the I3X Common API **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv)…
- Optimizing AI Inferencing for Agentic Operations in Manufacturing: Calvin Cooper - Neurometric AI · 40 min · Episode 70# AI in Manufacturing Podcast: Episode Show Notes ## Episode: Optimizing AI Inference for Agentic Operations in Manufacturing **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast…
- How to Build AI Solutions That Actually Work on the Factory Floor: Renan Devillieres - OSS Ventures · 44 min · Episode 69**Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast **Episode Title:** How to Build AI Solutions That Actually Work on the Factory Floor **Guest:** Renan De Villiers, Founder & CEO…
- Scaling Agentic AI Workflows in Manufacturing with Causal AI: Bernhard Kratzwald - EthonAI · 55 min · Episode 68## Episode: Building and Scaling Agentic AI Workflows in Manufacturing **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast **Episode Title:** How to Build and Scale Agentic AI…
- Unified Namespace is The Essential Foundation for Industrial AI: Walker Reynolds - 4.0 Solutions · 1 h 2 min · Episode 67## Episode: The State of Industrial AI, Unified Namespace, and Knowledge Graphs After PROVE IT 2025 **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast **Guest:** Walker Reynolds…
- Causal Models and Agentic AI in Manufacturing: Michael Carroll - LNS Research · 1 h 1 min · Episode 66# AI in Manufacturing Podcast — Episode Show Notes ## Episode Details - **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv) - **Episode Title:** Unlocking Productivity…
- Context Engineering for Building Reliable Industrial AI Agents: Zach Etier - Flow Software · 1 h 12 min · Episode 65Podcast Name: AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv) Episode Title: Context Engineering Techniques for Building Reliable Industrial AI Agents Guest: Zach Etier, VP of…
- Multi-Agent Based Quality Control in Manufacturing: Wilhelm Klein - Zetamotion · 49 min · Episode 64# AI in Manufacturing Podcast — Show Notes ## Episode: How to Reduce Waste and Improve Efficiency with AI-Powered Quality Control **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast…
- A Guide to Implementing AI Agents in Factories: James Zhang - Co-Founder & CPO , OpsMate AI · 58 min · Episode 63Episode Title:** Practical Guidance for Implementing Industrial AI Agents in Manufacturing Guest:** James Zheng, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Optimate AI Host:** Kudzai…
- Building a Data Foundation for AI-Native Industrial Intelligence: Craig Scott - Founder & CEO , Fuuz · 57 min · Episode 621. EPISODE SUMMARY This episode explores why most manufacturing AI initiatives fail and what companies must do to build a foundation for AI-native industrial intelligence. Craig…
- Driving Operational Excellence in Manufacturing with Practical AI: Mickey Shaposhnik - Next Plus · 44 min · Episode 61Traditional MES platforms were built for a manufacturing world that no longer exists. They assume stable product lines. They assume you have time for lengthy implementations…
- Agentic AI Framework for Manufacturing Operations: Gilad Langer - Tulip Interfaces · 1 h 1 min · Episode 60Agentic AI Framework for Manufacturing Operations AI in Manufacturing Podcast Show Notes Episode Guest: Gilad Langer, Head of Digital Transformation Practice at Tulip Interfaces…
- Building a Knowledge Graph Context Layer for Industrial A: Bob van de Kuilen - Director, Thred · 54 min · Episode 59Context isn't static. It's a living layer of knowledge built through problem-solving, conversation, and understanding the complex relationships on the factory floor. This…
- Standardizing Industrial Data Architecture with ISA-95: Jeroen Janssen - MES/MOM Consultant, Rhize · 54 min · Episode 58SA-95 is a standard that’s often misunderstood, but incredibly powerful. While many think ISA-95 is rigid or overly complex, it actually enables flexibility by: ⇨ 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚…
- Information Management and AI in Modern Manufacturing: Jeff Knepper - President, Flow Software · 1 h 5 min · Episode 57Is the Timebase free historian getting an AI-Native DataOps component with Knowledge Graphs capability? You’ll hear it here first. In the latest episode of the AI in…
- Time-Series Data Quality and Reliability for Manufacturing AI: Bert Baeck - Timeseer.AI · 53 min · Episode 56Most data-quality initiatives focus on things like freshness or schema. That works for IT data, but not for sensor data. Sensor data is different. It reflects physics. To trust…
- Building Effective Data and AI Innovation Teams in Manufacturing: Van Tucker - Harbor Lockers. · 37 min · Episode 55What really makes data and AI innovation teams succeed in manufacturing? In this episode of the AI in Manufacturing Podcast, I speak with Van Tucker, VP of Harbor Lockers by…
