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Industry Today’s Industry InsightsSmart Sites, Smart Growth: Inside Site Selection with Didi CaldwellA warm welcome to our guest Didi Caldwell, CEO of Global Location Strategies (GLS) and one of the world’s top site selection experts. With over $44 billion in projects across 30+countries, Didi is reshaping how companies choose where to grow. Here she shares insights on reshoring, data-driven strategy, and navigating global industry shifts.
2025-07-1847 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsPMI Pulse: Navigating Contraction with ISM’s Susan SpenceTune in for a timely conversation with Susan Spence, MBA, the new Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. With decades of global sourcing leadership—from United Technologies to managing $25B in procurement at FedEx—Susan shares insights on the key trends shaping global supply chains and what they mean for the manufacturing outlook.
2025-06-2029 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsFrom Equations to Executive: Magen Buterbaugh’s JourneyMagen Buterbaugh is the President & CEO at Greene Tweed. Listen to her insights on her ambition to be a lawyer and how her math teacher suggested she consider chemical engineering. Now with several accolades to her name including being honored as one of the 2020 Most Outstanding Engineering Alumnus of Penn State and a Board Member of National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) she has never looked back.
2025-04-2329 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsMobile Automation is the FutureMeet Pete Jadwinski, Vice President of Sales at America in Motion (AIM) a company producing all-in-one materials handling solutions deploying custom-built Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). We discuss the history of the company founded by innovator Tommy Hessler and learn how mobile automation is the future of optimizing workflows and improving working conditions.
2025-04-0117 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsCADDi: Making Design and Supply Chain Data AccessibleTune in to hear from Chris Brown, Vice President of Sales at CADDi, a leading manufacturing solutions provider. We delve into Chris’ role of expanding the reach of CADDi Drawer which uses advanced AI to centralize and analyze essential production data to help manufacturers improve efficiency and quality.
2024-12-1031 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsASME: Driving STEM Education InitiativesPatti Jo Rosenthal chats about her role as Manager of K-12 STEM Education Programs at ASME where she drives nationally scaled STEM education initiatives, building pathways that foster equitable access to engineering education assets and fosters curiosity vital to “thinking like an engineer.”
2024-08-0730 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsAn Ambition To Be A Great LeaderA childhood in Kansas, college in California where she met her early mentor, Leigh Lytle spent 15 years in the Federal Reserve Banking System and is now the 1st woman President & CEO of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association. Join us to hear about her ambition to be a great leader.
2024-06-1020 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsSafety-Compliant Music by weavixKevin Turpin CEO and Founder of weavix shares his reasons for creating the weavix platform for the frontline worker which includes a very cool music feature.
2024-05-0624 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsUndercover Snacks: Healthy Ingredients in DisguiseDiana Levy’s crunchy chocolate snack, that started as a hobby in her kitchen, has scaled rapidly from neighborhood stores to over 20,000 retailers across the globe.
2024-04-0421 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsPassing the Sleep Test: Vehicle Protection SystemsJump aboard as we chat to Neil Crowther, MD of the Ardent Group, U.K. to learn how his products protect millions of people going about their daily lives.
2024-02-2017 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsWomen In ManufacturingKim Adamson joined Mars 32 years ago as a packaging operator and has risen through the ranks to become Plant Manager of Mars Petcare, Illinois. Join us as she shares her journey.
2023-12-2020 minIndustry Today’s Industry Insights”People First Culture”Rod Koch, Plant Manager at Continental Industrial Solutions tells us how the company, in business for over 70 years, has maintained its “people-first” culture.
2023-09-1518 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsA Passion for Sustainability: ”Lead by Example”Vanesa Patino, COO/CIO and Business Transformation Leader at Valley Forge Fabrics tells of her passion for sustainability in textile manufacturing.
2023-09-1525 minIndustry Today’s Industry InsightsGiving HopeAlice Chun – Inventor of Solight Designs, shares how she invented the Solight Design, the world’s only self-inflatable, portable solar light.
2023-09-1524 min