Digital Thread Bytes podcast hosts bring together the creativity of Sinclair College’s Digital Transformation team with the might of the Dayton Development Coalition to create a new collaborative paradigm. Elizabeth and Jennifer leverage the relationships they’ve built to find out what is actually happening in Digital Transformation in the real world.
This material is based upon the work supported by Air Force Prime Contract No. F48650-16-D-5524, Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies (MITS), Task Order J: Regional Fabrication and Certification Training Labs, an Air Force ManTech project managed by ARCTOS Technology Solutions. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Air Force or ARCTOS Technology Solutions.
In the second season, Digital Thread Bytes hosts Jennifer Gravitt and Elizabeth Generas investigate the applications of the Digital Thread in the real world. In this episode, we interview AJ Rollings, owner and President of Cat-Wood Metalworks. Cat-Wood is a machine shop in Dayton, Ohio that is the site of a major digital overhaul. Join us to find out more about the outcomes of the project and the long-term strategy for growth made possible by digital transformation!
7 Feb 2024
Is Your Data Empowering Your Team?
In the second season, Digital Thread Bytes hosts Jennifer Gravitt and Elizabeth Generas investigate the applications of the Digital Thread in the real world.
In this episode, we interview Ken Burns, Plant Manager of the Independent Can Company in Ohio. Ken and his team have implemented a dramatic digtial transformation with the help of Sinclair and solution provider, Priomatics. Find out more about the outcomes of the project and the long-term strategy for growth made possible by the transformation!
8 Nov 2023
Is the Discomfort Worth It?
In the second season, Digital Thread Bytes hosts, Jennifer Gravitt and Elizabeth Generas, investigate the applications of the Digital Thread in the real world. In episode three, they discuss digital transformation with Kuan Collins, Executive Director for Digital Innovation at Axient in Huntsville, Alabama. Leveraging Dr. Collins’ 20 plus year career in the government and her tenacious pursuit of organizational change management, join the hosts to investigate a Digital Transformation Framework and how it applies to the workforce.
11 Oct 2023
Have You Heard About the Killer Robot?
In the second episode of season two, hosts Jennifer Gravitt and Elizabeth Generas welcome
Matt Ross, Vice President of Operations at Killer Brownie. A Dayton staple, The Killer
Brownie Company has seriously ramped up production, using local resources in
manufacturing to establish ‘killer’ growth. Join us to find out more about the company and how
they have been able to expand their brownie empire with a data driven approach.
6 Sept 2023
What Are the Doers Doing?
In the second season, Digital Thread Bytes hosts, Jennifer Gravitt and Elizabeth Generas, investigate the applications of the Digital Thread in the real world. In the first episode of season two, we welcome John F. Matlik, Chief of Capability for Digital Engineering at Rolls Royce Corporation, to learn more about how Rolls Royce, a powerhouse in defense and aerospace, applies the digital thread and what that means for their operations, their suppliers, and their customers.
2 Aug 2023
Season 2 Trailer
Under a new partnership, Elizabeth and Jennifer return to the mic with an all new slate of guests to delve deeper into Digital Transformation. Don't miss this exciting preview to Season 2!
5 Jul 2023
What's Next?
Join Elizabeth and Jennifer as they wrap up Season 1 of the Digital Thread Bytes podcast!
What's next? You'll have to listen to find out!
7 Jun 2023
Which Came First, Advocacy or Action?
In this episode, Digital Thread Bytes hosts, Jennifer and Elizabeth, skim the surface of advocacy and action associated with the Dayton Regional Manufacturers Association. Serving the DRMA and the manufacturing community in Dayton for over 23 years, President Angelia Erbaugh shares why this organization is critical to the Dayton area and how we can continue to strenthen the region by supporting manufacturing.
3 May 2023
Are You Sure You Want to Wait This One Out?
Join the Digital Thread Bytes hosts, Jennifer and Elizabeth, to learn more about The
Department of the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO) with Chief Architect David
Diaz. Find out what the Air Force is doing to push forward digital thread/digital twin concepts,
including the technologies, frameworks, architectures, and data initiatives to transform
acquisition and sustainment, both now and in the future.
5 Apr 2023
What About Cyber?
Cyber security: Everyone knows they need it, but most people and businesses are
reactive, not proactive. What steps should you take to protect your digital assets? Join Digital
Thread Bytes podcast hosts to chat with Shawn Waldman, Cyber Security Scientist at Secure
Cyber Defense, to learn more about what small businesses need to do to protect themselves.
1 Mar 2023
Are You Asking the Right Question?
How do companies actually use data? Analyzing and drawing conclusions from data is one of the toughest parts of enabling the digital thread. Building on previous podcast episodes on data literacy and data on the shop floor, join the podcast hosts to investigate how and why a company might use data to make decisions. We welcome Mike Eilers, Data Strategy & Quality Leader at Equifax to fill in some of the mystery surrounding data analytics.
1 Feb 2023
What Happens When Lean Manufacturing Meets the Digital Thread?
Before you can digitally transform, you'll need a solid process. In the Digital Transformation context, your friendly local MEP, or Manufacturing Extension Partnership, exists to help you find solutions, fast. Join Sinclair DTI and FastLane Manufacturing Growth Advisors to learn about this resource and how you can connect with these manufacturing process wizards to grow your business.
4 Jan 2023
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Data?
What does the shop floor have to do with the Digital Thread? How does a focus on data at a machine level lead to cost savings, efficiency, and better decision-making? Focusing on the machine operation and weaving in the basics of data literacy, we investigate shop floor data with podcast guest, Ron Pieper from Juxtum.
7 Dec 2022
Are You Literate?
Modern literacy includes digital skills - the ability to find, evaluate, and use information technologies and the internet. In our increasingly digital world, the average consumer needs to understand the basics and be smart about the curation of our own digital worlds. With Craig McAtee, Executive Director of NCATC, we discuss how education and workforce development can support digital literacy skills.
30 Nov 2022
Bonus Episode - What is the Digital Thread?
The Digital Thread Initiative Team takes the "What is the Digital Thread?" question to the attendees of Technology First's Taste of IT Conference. Find out what they discovered by listening to this bonus episode!
2 Nov 2022
What's in a Digital Name?
A sneak peek into the Digital Thread workshop scheduled for Nov 9. Learn about our workshop facilitator, Dr. Radu Pavel, and what is coming (or already here) in the fourth industrial revolution, the Digital Transformation.
13 Oct 2022
The Digital Tapestry Trailer
Find out what's happening with Sinclair College's Digital Thread Initiative!
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