# Building a Next Gen Industrial Automation Marketplace with Roman Piszcz, Founder of Quotebeam

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2022-04-19
- Length: 43m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder
- Listen: http://manufacturinghappyhour.com

## Summary

Roman Piszcz, Founder and CEO of Quotebeam, discusses his transition from leading the iPhone product operations team at Apple to building a marketplace for industrial automation parts. He explains how Quotebeam solves the industry's disjointed procurement process by integrating conversational collaboration with transactional e-commerce, allowing engineers to spec parts and place orders in one place. Piszcz shares specific challenges in designing user experience, such as overcoming user resistance to data entry in chat bots, and highlights the importance of data-driven decision-making learned at Apple.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=0) Introduction and Background
- [4:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=243) Apple Leadership and Team Building
- [9:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=577) The Pain Point of Disjointed Procurement
- [11:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=691) Quotebeam's Conversational and Transactional Solution
- [17:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=1064) Use Case: Reducing Emails and Accelerating Quotes
- [25:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=1508) Startup Challenges and UX Design
- [30:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=1844) Data-Driven Decision Making from Apple
- [33:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2022-04-19-building-a-next-gen-industrial-automation-marketplace-with-roman-piszcz-founder#t=2026) Vision for the Manufacturing Support Network

## Topics

- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Quotebeam (company)
- Apple (company)
- Shadow Puppet Brewing Company (company)
- ABB (company)
- Schneider (company)
- Siemens (company)
- SAP (tool)
- Ready Robotics (company)
- Own Robot (company)

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