277 An Integrator's View of Applying AI
Nothing in industrial technology news annoys me more than the hype around artificial intelligence—AI. I recorded this podcast on the eve of...
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Where Operations Technology and Information Technology come together. Essays and interviews with Gary Mintchell.
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20 of 275 episodesAras Community Event 2026--Rise of the Agents
A first summary of my three days with the Aras community in Miami. These PLM events always return me to the time when I did this sort of wor...
Why AI in Manufacturing?
Episode 275. Why AI in Manufacturing? Why not? I explore how new technologies for knowledge work, unlike in manufacturing, create even more...
Manufacturing Jobs--Is Investment Enough?
I was intrigued by an item in News Items by John Ellis quoting the Wall Street Journal regarding the continued slide in manufacturing employ...
2025 Automation Fair and Software Market Thoughts
Thoughts on organization structures and Rockwell CEO Blake Moret's experiments with bringing in outsiders and setting his own directions. Th...
Asset Data Interoperability
We met in a conference room at an office in Barrington, IL. A place where sometime later a couple guys thought they'd screw me in a business...
People First—Toward A Humane Workplace
An early essay by Karl Marx writing at the beginning of the industrial revolution argued that humans who were formerly craftspeople were now...
Why Develop AI?
Why pursue AI? As a tool to help entrepreneurs add value to their companies. The appropriate roll out entails organizing small "pirate ships...
ICC 2025 Recap
ICC 2025 Recap I recorded this as I was leaving Inductive Automation's Ignition Community Conference 2025 in Sacramento. The event team perf...
Intelligent Application of Technology
When I set initial editorial direction for Automation World, I was focused on exploring the Intelligent Application of Automation emphasizin...
Interview With Travis Cox, Inductive Automation Chief Technology Evangelist
Inductive Automation Chief Technology Evangelist Travis Cox talks with me about the newly expanded Ignition Community Conference and the bet...
AI Obfuscation
AI has generated more hype and obfuscation than all the words from ChatGPT. OK, maybe I exaggerate, but the amount of scare talk is endless....
Complexity is the Enemy
CEOs in a recent survey complained they were not seeing results from digital transformation. Too much complexity, dashboards too complex, in...
A Tale of Two Trends
This podcast is sponsored by Inductive Automation. Two topics dominated my inbox this year--and will probably continue to do so. These are A...
Apple, Google, Open, Too Large?
Looking at Google v DOJ and Apple v EU, Gary draws lessons for industrial automation.
Market Dynamics
Many times in my career I have hired into a company during the initial surge of a market. Good jobs. Excitement. Opportunity to work on new...
Boeing and Good Manufacturing Leadership
Gary offers observations on the continuing saga of former GE executives running Boeing changing the culture from engineering-driven to Wall...
Descent Into Normal--State of Automation Market
Gary discusses the current state of the automation and control market. Why it seems to be a stable market and why the media in the market ar...
Slow Productivity
Gary discusses productivity, slow productivity movement, busyness or pseudo-productivity. Sponsors Inductive Automation inductiveautomation....
Standards, Standards Everywhere
I've seen successes of industry standards. I've also seen industrial standards struggle to break through the logjam of large companies drive...