Manufacturing Hub

Manufacturing Hub

Vlad Romanov & Dave Griffith

Episodes 248
Avg. Duration 1h 11m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (18)
Since Dec 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

We bring you manufacturing news, insights, discuss opportunities, and cutting edge technologies. Our goal is to inform, educate, and inspire leaders and workers in manufacturing, automation, and related fields.

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Recent Episodes

Ep. 264 - Why AI Loves Automation: Siemens on Digital Twins, Guardrails, and Orchestration

Jun 11, 2026 1h 4m

AI can finally write back to the plant floor, but only if you can trust it. Chris Stevens and Annemarie Breu of Siemens explain how orchestration makes that safe.Industrial AI has reached a turning…

Ep. 263 - Why Industrial Protocols Win on Business Not Technical Merit, with Horner Automation

Jun 04, 2026 1h 3m

Industrial network protocols decide whether a machine talks or stays silent. Chuck from Horner Automation breaks down how they win, fade, and converge.Chuck has spent 36 years at Horner Automation…

Ep. 262 - The Human Side of Manufacturing Change: Incentives, Pain Points, and Operator Buy In

May 28, 2026 1h 5m

Change management is the reason most manufacturing improvement projects quietly stall, even when the technical work is sound and the tools are right.Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith unpack their own…

Ep. 261 - Change Management in Manufacturing: Operators, Tribal Knowledge, and the Industrial Elder

May 21, 2026 1h 2m

Change management in manufacturing breaks down at the people layer, not the technology layer. This episode explains how engineering leaders actually drive adoption.Ronald Sherrod is a Staff…

Ep. 260 - Why Ignition Is Winning: Colby Clegg and Carl Gould on SCADA, Open Access, & Industrial AI

May 14, 2026 1h 10m

Inductive Automation cofounders Colby Clegg and Carl Gould go deep on the origins of Ignition, the road to 8.3, and what AI means for industrial automation.Vlad and Dave host Colby Clegg, CEO, and…

Ep. 259 - Logan Terry of LSI on Change Management: The Soft Side of SCADA, MES, & ERP Projects

May 07, 2026 1h 8m

Change management decides whether your MES or digital transformation project lasts, or quietly gets shut off six months after go live.Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith sit down with Logan Terry, who…

Ep. 258 - Hannover Messe Recap, the State of Industrial AI, and What Comes Next at Automate 2026

Apr 30, 2026 1h 8m

Industrial AI is moving past the chatbot phase. From the Hannover Messe show floor to system integration workflows, here's what end users actually want now.Vlad just returned from his first Hannover…

Ep. 256 - Why Machine Learning Still Outperforms LLMs for Manufacturing Process Control

Apr 09, 2026 1h 9m

Digital twins and machine learning are redefining batch optimization in manufacturing. Learn how centerlining models can catch quality issues in real time before they become irreversible.Concepts…

Ep. 255 - From Virtual Design to Physical AI: Vention's Blueprint for Industrial Robotics

Apr 02, 2026 1h 4m

Physical AI is arriving on factory floors ahead of schedule, and Vention is already deploying it on applications four automation integrators failed to crack.François Giguère, CTO of Vention, draws a…

Ep. 254 - From Cost Center to Growth Engine: The AI Future of Manufacturing Maintenance

Mar 26, 2026 1h 4m

AI in manufacturing is no longer a strategy reserved for the boardroom. It is a tool for the technician on the plant floor, and the results are already showing up in real operations worldwide.Most…

Ep. 253 - How Manufacturers Can Turn Plant Data into AI Powered Insights w/ Konstantin Eukodyne

Mar 19, 2026 1h 28m

Industrial AI is getting a lot of attention in manufacturing right now, but one of the biggest questions is still the most practical one. How do you turn plant data, process knowledge, and…

Ep. 252 - Industrial AI in Manufacturing What Actually Works and What Does Not #industrialautomation

Mar 12, 2026 1h 5m

Manufacturing Hub is back with Episode 252, where co hosts Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith break down what an AI survival guide should actually look like for manufacturing and industrial automation…

Ep. 251 - Ignition 8.3 ProveIt How Inductive Automation Scales Multi Site Factories w/ MQTT and UNS

Mar 05, 2026 1h 3m

In this episode of Manufacturing Hub, Vlad and Dave sit down with Travis Cox and Kevin McCluskey from Inductive Automation to unpack what was actually proven at ProveIt and why it matters for teams…

Ep. 246 A - Factory of the Future Without the Hype: Siemens on Data Transparency, Orchestration, and Trust in AI

Feb 12, 2026 59m

This episode wraps up our Technology Modernization theme with a Siemens perspective that feels very grounded in what factories are actually dealing with right now. Brian Albrecht and Louis Hughes…

Ep. 246 - Building a Life Sciences Virtual Factory Enterprise C, MQTT, and UNS w/ Amy Williams

Feb 06, 2026 1h 4m

In this special ProveIt edition of Manufacturing Hub, Vlad Romanoff and Dave Griffith sit down with Amy Williams from Skellig Automation to unpack Enterprise C, a life sciences virtual factory built…

Ep. 245 - Modernizing Manufacturing | Data, OEE, Quality Analytics - Everyone Wants the Same Signals

Feb 05, 2026 1h

In this episode of Manufacturing Hub, Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith sit down with David for a practical, operator grounded conversation about industrial data, modernization, and what it actually…

Ep. 244 - How Modern Plants Actually Bridge Legacy Automation and AI w/ Benson Hougland

Jan 29, 2026 1h 8m

In this episode of Manufacturing Hub, Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith sit down with Benson Hougland from Opto 22 to get brutally practical about what is actually running on shop floors today, and what…

Ep. 243 - From Legacy Systems to AI Readiness A Realistic Look at Manufacturing Modernization

Jan 22, 2026 1h 1m

Technology modernization in manufacturing is not a list of shiny tools. It is a sequencing problem. In this episode of Manufacturing Hub, Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith break down why the executive…

Ep. 242 - From Controls to MES Building Manufacturing Systems That Scale Without Breaking Operations

Jan 15, 2026 58m

In this episode of Manufacturing Hub, hosts Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith welcome back Amos Purdy for a wide ranging conversation that connects plant floor reality with SCADA, MES, and the business…

Ep. 241 - Manufacturing in 2026 AI Reality Cybersecurity Data Careers and What Comes Next

Jan 08, 2026 1h 14m

Welcome to Manufacturing Hub and welcome to 2026. In this kickoff episode, Vlad Romanov and Dave Griffith reset the table for the year and share what the show is really about: practical conversations…

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