Cliff Notes Podcast: Ask A Leader

Looking a deep dive into process and improvement in health product production, Kevin and Tristan have a lively conversation.  Kevin Snook is the author of "Make It Right", CEO Saxagon and LUCIDi4. Kevin helps manufacturing leaders take control of the operations, with their current people, to deliver breakthrough results and have the time to work on strategic growth. For 17 years a leader in P&G, with hands-on experience of producing billion dollar brands such as Pampers, Always and Gillette. Taking experience in industrial process at P&G in 2015 Kevin and his technology partner Vincent Casagrande founded LUCIDi4 to build and implement the platform that would allow production machines to speak directly to frontline employees through Real Time Data Analytics. Show Notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/41/ Show Sponsor, for your manufacturing web platform needs: https://holdingbay.co.uk 

Sharing the passion for board games with Ellie Dix, owner of The Dark Imp. The education quality and passion to innovate on product releases through a pandemic. Having used crowd funding successfully before she is also spearheading the latest big box family game Uranus on Kickstarter. Using her education expertise in production and partners to manufacturing the different parts of the game in the UK and China. The strong branding visuals and keeping the challenging game mechanics creative in play but inclusive to all the family Dark Imp targets. As a drive to get children (and parents) away from screens and all around the same table for some fun and learning. Show Notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/40/ Contact Ellie at The Dark Imp for great games : https://www.thedarkimp.com/kickstarter/

Sara Duff, Sales and Marketing Director at Smart Manufacture and Smart Quality, is passionate about helping SMEs achieve their business goals through implementing effective business growth strategies.   Supported by best of breed cloud based business and industry specific software. Full show notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/39/   Smart Manufacture https://smartmanufacture.co.uk

Workwear companies are the barometers of growth, and James should know, opening back up to support orders after lock down. MyWorkwear support manufacturing growth in large and small companies during pandemic. MD, James Worthington even invested time to re-brand Show Notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/38/ "Almost doubled the work force to cope with demand" https://www.myworkwear.co.uk

Gather sensor data in the field at the edge and use the cheap could power to gain more learning from your own systems on The Cliff Notes Podcast: Lead Manufacturing. Ed is the founder and CTO of Software Design Solutions. He has been creating embedded software solutions for nearly 30 years. In this episode Ed Kuzemchak gets into IoT and embedded systems at the edge to benefit manufacturing industry to lead manufacturing with the Cliff Notes Podcast audience. Show Notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/37/ https://softwaredesignsolutions.com/  

Actionable data in your operators hands, simplified process monitoring improves production and reports to Excel spreadsheets. Dennis Cocco CEO of 10in6 inc. and industry veteran helps us understand why monitoring processes with data is not to berate the operators with but to give them the tools to grow on this Cliff Notes Manufacturing with host Tristan Bailey. At 10in6 his mission for the last 12 years has been "To provide simple and cost effective ways of improving manufacturing productivity by leveraging plant floor information". Having left behind the heavy expensive monitoring of past company to put the tools in hands of everyone.

This episode Giles Johnston consultant and published author shares advice on what your business can get from working with Smartspeed Consulting with Cliff Notes: Lead manufacturing host Tristan Bailey. His interest began when about 14 years old. He visited a forging plant on an open day and was allowed to have a play with the controls of some very large hammers. Roll on a few years and was running a business unit with 35 operators running a 24/5 shift pattern. Not one to sit still he eventually moved into business for himself and helping other companies. Optimising systems and re-engineering business processes. He tells some great stories from working with sections and people that were under valued, until they were buffed Lean and lead the group. Learn from the Cliff Notes on 8 Wastes.  * 8th Waste AKA Untapped Human Potential Show Notes https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/35/ And try out Electronic Specifier Insights podcast.  https://www.electronicspecifier.com/news/podcasts/  

This episode Susan Walsh - The Classification Guru gives us a whirlwind tour of what money is going missing in bad data She can clean it up quickly and affordably, saving your team hours of messing around in Excel and with product code mix ups.  Show Notes https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/34/ Susan Walsh https://www.theclassificationguru.com/introducing-the-classification-guru  

This episode we get into a good conversation with Colin Cater of Tri-Tech 3D and Cadspec on Additive Manufacturing. Colin truly is an AM veteran working from the traditional days of the factory floor toolmaking to now working with state of the art 3D Printers and CAM software.   This recording was made over the phone during Covid-19 lock-down so hope the experience of Colin shines though.   Show Notes http://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/33/ The pace of CNC is moving as fast as additive You can print in 20 materials, but you tend to dedicate a material to a machine, as cross contamination would be a no in medical and aerospace It is a lights out process where cnc needs an operator all the time It is not to machine a part cheaper, but to take parts further So give colin and Tri-Tech 3D a call, after listening.

Peter Hartland of Acorn Quality Services shares advice on what your business can get from working with International Business Standards with Cliff Notes: Lead manufacturing host Tristan Bailey. Get access to more contracts and raise standards in your business. What you'll learn with cliff notes on International Standards Standards we specialise in is Aerospace AS9100, AS9120, ADCAP audits, ISO9001 and CE marking for medical devices. All standards cover whole business, all the way from the concept through people and process to customer satisfaction. The guys on the shop floor are the clever ones, I am just documenting it for them. What we are always looking for happy customers. The skills we have as auditors is all about people skills and get the people relaxed, not interrogate them. Working with a 6 man business, they have now won a £8 million contract over 4 years, so they were over the moon as you can imagine. Peter Hartland joined me on Cliff Notes this month. Based in Wooster and working around the area

On the 12th May it is #GivingTuesdayNow day and many podcasts around the world will be doing their part to mention other shows that as the host enjoy. There is no exclusive time in the week so if we can do a tiny part of helping another show with the time they put in for free to give back. Some show recommendations for you Ian Farrar gets tough and shares the love in the North of England. [Industry Angel Business Podcast] Take a daily dose of reflection, that it is only yourself you can improve. [Daily Dad Podcast] Get hands on with some making at home with this group chat. [The Modern Maker] Bonus Some interesting reflections and walk around of old choices, rather than about battles other similar shows might be. [Cold War Conversations] Might be on audio and photography or could be servicing a motorbike for a long journey to the strange intriguing (some is paid exclusive). [Documentally] Some Industrial Podcasts I listen to and recommend The MTD Podcast The Art of Manufacturing Gary on Manufacturing

This episode Hayden Sutherland of Open Transport shares Transport and Mobility account interoperability with Cliff Notes Podcast: Lead manufacturing host Tristan Bailey. Get on board with the initiative as it picks up steam with a set of open standards. For many years Hayden has worked for and then moved to advising and delivering for transport companies digital solutions. He shares the sort of companies and bodies that have input into the initiative and are now working with the benefits. What you'll learn with cliff notes on transport open standards What is an Open Standard? What are Open Transport helping businesses with? Is there a cost or saving? Who benefits form Transport and Mobility account interoperability? Show Notes https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/30/ Open Transport https://opentransport.co.uk/about-us/

This episode of lead manufacturing, Jason Resnick talks to host Tristan Bailey.   Jason runs rezz.com his own business and for many years helping independents and business build recurring revenue through better specialisation.   He walks me though a niche workshop activity to identify where clients are aligning, then to the next step of landing pages to align and test this special focus.   Show Notes    https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/29/   Rezz.com for Jason's business https://rezzz.com

This episode Jack Richards is the Marketing Manager at Applegate on the role of bringing your best game to selling and buying on a Procurement Marketplace. Tips for improving your conversions, readiness for possible Brexit, and where does this service fit in growing your bottom line. He shared some of his experience of apprenticeships in the company and the changing market.   Growing in a company that has adapted to the modern market and HR standards.   Bringing in new machine learning and ai, along with personal relationships with the businesses, to smoothly match needs, and not just be a static directory of the past. Cliff Notes Podcast - bandwidth sponsor, holdingbay.co.uk Show notes and more: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/28/

Dale Parmenter Founder & group CEO of DRP Group has been in the presentation and communication industry for over 40 years. He left school with one goal: to run his own business. Today DRPG is recognised as one of the leading presentation and communication companies in the UK. The DRPG team comprises of over 300 specialists across global locations. The company works globally offering a range of communication solutions, from creative development, video, live events, digital, design, exhibition and print.   Show notes, and feedback https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/27/

Get into discussing management and growth in the UK manufacturing with Plastic Injection Moulding with Mark Amphlett, former General Manager at Amtek. A determined and passionate GM and Director, with experience of leading and developing individuals, and inspiring these individuals to become part of a highly motivated team.  Ability to work constructively and communicate on a pier to pier basis with all members of the team from the boardroom to the shop floor. Ensuring his team is working towards and within the goals of the organisation. His passion to be the very best in the industry shows through.   Show Notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/26/

This episode of Cliff Notes Podcast: Lead manufacturing, host and founder of Holdingbay Tristan Bailey talks to Gary Ramsey for the Cliff Notes podcast. Gary is a business leader with 12 years experience of IoT and Digital Transformation. He shared some of his visions of the near future in management and manufacturing. As business gets more complex and looking for an edge, he suggests management look to smaller startup mentality of learning form and adapting to change. Collect all your sources from customers feedback, machine reports and staff knowledge to build an evolving picture and trust in data driven. The conversation takes Gary from cleaning a pool, to the disappearance of mobile phones, by way of Immersive Reality in the Factory. Gary Ramsey award-winning, forward-thinking, B2B enterprise sales/marketing entrepreneur and business leader with 12 years of experience in IoT/M2M.  Show notes and links https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/25/

Katy Toms is an accomplished Civil Engineer and Chair of Institution of Civil Engineers Plymouth, and Senior Vice Chair of ICE South West Regional Committee. She is currently at WSP as Senior Engineer. We caught up after she and the large group of women returned from Malawi Expedition. The passion she has for working with others and having a possible effect on the community with Engineering shows through in this as well as all her past work. As Katy put it "Working in engineering and construction gives you the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself." What you'll learn   * The come back to normal life after such an expedition * They all learnt brick laying, plastering, painting * Katy - "Everyone embraced every role" * Ran ten STEM activities on trip for the students * Two nurses on trip, and try ran first aid classes too and with the teachers * Similar to hands on sessions in UK, from electrical engineering to planning and cleaning water * Made sure all people helping were paid fairly * P

How can you get more effective production from the same machines? For OEE Joern Steinbeck starts with Availability, Efficiency and Quality to monitor overall throughput of process not people, and see if you can find waste to remove and turn into profit. Joern talks about his time at Porsche and now building tools on OEE.cloud   What you'll learn Background to metric Overall Equipment Effectiveness = Availability x Performance x Quality Availability - When you loose capacity with a stoppages Performance - Loss is reduced speed, 80 units/min instead of 100 units/min Quality - With scrap or rework to pass QC Both a management metric and requirement to invest in more equipment if you are already getting high OEE. If you are running efficiently and need more performance If you running at 25% you need to increase performance not new equipment People prefer an Andon solution - without IT-investment or new machines Show notes: https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/23/

Follow the journey of 20+ women engineers who will collaborate to design and build a STEM classroom at Rainbow Hope School in Malawi - May 2019. Katy Toms was on the show last year to talk Civil Engineering. Now the trip is just around the corner, I talked to two more of the world wide team, Gemma, business and marketing and Jess, student.  Fund raising https://www.gofundme.com/stem-expedition-to-malawi?member=819964 Twitter https://twitter.com/STEMBuildMalawi This episode of Cliff Notes Podcast: Lead manufacturing, host and founder of Holdingbay Tristan Bailey talks to Gemma and Jess for the Cliff Notes podcast. Both professional ladies bring a mix of expertise and sharing getting hands on on the the build. There will be a documentary team following the journey so watch their social media to see how it goes.