# BONUS: Exploring the Characteristics of Smart Manufacturing Leaders, Live from the 2023 Smart Manufacturing Experience

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2023-12-05
- Length: 1h 12m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the
- Listen: https://manufacturinghappyhour.com/smartmfg23

## Summary

Chris Luecke interviews seven industry leaders, including Jeff Winter of Hitachi Solutions America and Habib Quazi of ExxonMobil, on the characteristics of smart manufacturing leaders at the 2023 Smart Manufacturing Experience. The guests discuss how to cultivate a smart manufacturing mindset by being agile, customer-centric, innovative, and data-driven, while avoiding 'random acts of digital' by focusing on holistic 'lighthouses' rather than isolated pilots. They emphasize that successful transformation requires integrating production with the entire value chain, leveraging off-the-shelf IoT and AI platforms, and ensuring data moves to the right people to solve business problems.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=0) Introduction: Smart Manufacturing Experience Overview
- [4:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=272) Jeff Winter: Smart Manufacturing Mindset and Industry 4.0 Trends
- [19:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=1186) Habib Quazi: Lighthouses vs. Pilots and Leadership in Transformation
- [29:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=1766) Rick Van Dyke: PepsiCo's Automation and User Experience Focus
- [36:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=2169) Rick Bullotta: ThingWorx, Open Standards, and People-Centric Innovation
- [44:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=2673) Sanjeev Heda: SAS Analytics and Georgia Pacific's Predictive Maintenance
- [54:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=3255) Sudarsan Rachuri: DOE, SESME, and the Innovation Ecosystem
- [1:00:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-12-05-bonus-exploring-the-characteristics-of-smart-manufacturing-leaders-live-from-the#t=3658) Olivia Morales: Reusable Architectures and Getting Started

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- ExxonMobil (company)
- PepsiCo (company)
- ThingWorx (product)
- SAS (company)
- Georgia Pacific (company)
- Sesame (company)
- PTC (company)
- Wonderware (company)
- SAP (company)
- General Electric (company)
- U.S. Department of Energy (company)

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- [Cultivating More Effective Manufacturing Leaders w/ Bill Remy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2024-11-19-cultivating-more-effective-manufacturing-leaders-w-bill-remy) (The Manufacturing Executive)
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- [Moving Past the Pilot Phase in IoT and AI | HiveMQ's Barry Libert | Internet of Things Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2025-12-16-moving-past-the-pilot-phase-in-iot-and-ai-hivemqs-barry-libert-internet-of-thing) (IoT For All Podcast)
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