A podcast about converging trends that will likely accelerate industrial companies' adoption of energy management solutions and potentially boost their interaction with electric utilities and the grid.

In this episode, we explore the Future of Work and the people dimension of smart manufacturing. We discuss examples of how humans and machines are working effectively together, and what manufacturers need to consider as they plan for the future, in a post- COVID-19 world. Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by returning guest Janet Godsell, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, Warwick Manufacturing Group, and Bruce Finch, Industrials Human Capital expert at Deloitte.

The commercial aerospace industry could remain challenged, while the defense sector is expected to be stable in 2021 after a difficult year in 2020. In this episode, Paul and Robin discuss the six trends that companies in the aerospace and defense industry can expect in the year ahead.

The US engineering and construction industry began 2020 on a bright note—and then COVID-19 hit. Despite the challenges that have resulted, there are reasons to be optimistic. In this episode, Paul and Michelle discuss five engineering and construction industry trends that will impact the coming year, from connected construction to new business models.
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2020 has been a year like no other in recent history, and the US manufacturing industry has felt the impact. Along with declines in production, forced shutdowns in the early days of the pandemic caused a significant dip in manufacturing employment levels. In this episode, Stanley and Paul discuss four trends for the year ahead that may impact the industry in the year ahead.
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Digital technologies are quickly transforming supply chain management processes. In order to remain competitive, manufacturers are shifting their supply-demand systems to digital supply networks. In this episode, two of the authors of the "Digital Supply Networks" book share examples and insight from their experiences on transforming supply chains.­

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Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by Neeraj Shah, Group Environment, Health and Safety Director at Johnson Matthey; Graham Cox, EMEA Digital Transformation Manager at PTC and Callum Irvine, UK Environment, Health and Safety Practice Leader at Deloitte to share their personal experiences of how the sector is safely returning to the workplace. This episode provides insight into how manufacturers can leverage digital solutions to support the safe return to work and ramp-up production.

Robin Lineberger and Kerry Millar discuss the possible impact of the pandemic, the shift to performance oriented outcomes, work force implications, and the use of digital, as well as connected technologies in this new podcast that provides insights to A&D businesses as they define and execute their MRO services strategy.