Factory Doctor

Demand is Surging: Are Aerospace & Defense Suppliers Keeping Up

In aerospace and defense, we're used to seeing demand affect different sectors in opposite ways. When commercial is in a down cycle, defense is going up. Michael Bruno

Packaging for Critical Military Machinery: The Custom Manufacturing No One Sees

Custom manufacturing has unique challenges, especially when you're manufacturing custom cases and transit containers for military drones and data centers. It's easy to

The Vulnerable Layer of Aerospace & Defense

While the industry is focused on missiles, hypersonic satellite swarms, and AI drone fleets, underneath the hardware is a layer that isn't getting enough attention.  Ka

The Automated Factory: The Real Gap Between Workers & Robotics w/Devin Bhushan of Squint

I get asked a lot about, "Well, can't we just put a robot into this operation?" The answer is, maybe at some point…but not right now. That's why I wanted to talk to Dev

Chips Don't Float: Rebuilding the PCB Base Behind Secure Electronics w/ Shane Whiteside | Summit Interconnect CEO

The U.S. has put enormous attention on chips, but chips do not operate on their own. They have to be mounted to printed circuit boards, and that makes PCB manufacturing a

The Firm Power Problem Behind AI, Manufacturing, and Reshoring w/ Jake Jurewicz

Nuclear power is often discussed as a technology problem. The deeper constraint is execution: cost, schedule, construction risk, financing, supply chain readiness, and wh

You Can't Reindustrialize America Without the Foundries w/ Cameron Schiller, Rangeview CEO

America can't rebuild manufacturing by focusing only on the final assembly line. The deeper problem is the industrial layer underneath it: castings, forgings, tooling, ma

Organized Around Outcomes: How to Scale Complex Hardware Without Silos

When companies are trying to scale complex hardware, the work can easily be split into separate lanes: engineering, production, supply chain, quality, sales, and operatio

Strategic Clarity: From Conglomerate to "100-Year-Old Startup" | Carrier CEO, Dave Gitlin

What happens when a 100-year-old industrial company suddenly has to operate like a startup?  Dave Gitlin explains what it looked like to spin Carrier out of a major con

Scaling the Defense Industrial Base in a Demand-Driven Era w/ George Whittier

Defense manufacturing is shifting from competing for programs to building the capacity to deliver them. Budgets are rising, demand is increasing, and timelines are compre

The Gap Between Mission Statement and Real Performance w/ Hexcel CEO Tom Gentile

When leaders look to improve performance in complex industrial businesses, the focus often turns to individual areas, operations, supply chain, quality, or workforce.  Ea

You're Chasing Strategic Breakthroughs in the Wrong Place w/ex-Boeing VP Pat Shanahan

When companies are not hitting their business objectives or have poor customer satisfaction, a common comment to this is, "We need a new strategy." So after the Corpora

From Factory Floors to the U.S. Commerce Dept: How It Changed My View of Industrial Policy

We're at a critical moment in American reindustrialization. We need more than good intentions or mission statements. That's why we're launching The Factory Doctor.

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