Advanced Manufacturing Now

We sit down with Matthew Bush, CEO of Hirebotics, to discuss the rapid rise of cobots in modern manufacturing and how they are transforming operations across industries.

Manufacturing organizations face a wide range of interconnected risks—from supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages to customer concentration and pricing volatility. Yet many still rely on traditional "what if" scenarios that fail to capture how these risks interact and compound, limiting their ability to anticipate performance shortfalls.
Join Glen Justis, CEO of Acclaim Strategies, LLC, to see how leading manufacturers use Monte Carlo methods to analyze the interaction of manufacturing risks and support the development of more effective risk mitigation strategies.
In this session, you'll learn:
Why traditional "what if" analysis falls short for manufacturing risk decisions
How deeper insight into risk variability supports better, more resilient manufacturing decisions
Strategies to model supply chain and inventory risk, evaluate customer concentration, and support pricing optimization under uncertainty
Presenter:
Glen Justis
CEO, Acclaim Strategies, LLC
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We speak with Brittany Rodriguez about her career as a Technical Professional in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, how her mother supported her move into a manufacturing career, and being recognized as an SME 30 Under 30 Honoree in 2025. 
Nominations are open now for SME 30 Under 30 2026 until April 17, 2026.

Industrial operations rely on precise lubrication to ensure optimal performance and longevity. Yet, for decades, lubricant condition monitoring has relied on scheduled sampling, delayed lab results and discovering issues only after costly damage has occurred.
Real-time condition monitoring fundamentally changes this reactive approach, transforming lubrication management from guesswork into intelligent, predictive maintenance.
Real-time monitoring powered by expert knowledge represents the evolution from reactive to predictive maintenance strategies. Companies that embrace this evolution, will lead in operational excellence and asset reliability.
What you will learn in this webinar:
Why lubrication monitoring is important.
The problem with traditional monitoring & why change is needed.
Why expertise is essential – not just sensors.
Benefits for Operations Teams & the transformation journey.
Presenters:

Cole Turner Franco
Global Industrial Technical Offer Manager

Adam Rice
Application Engineer, Industrial Solutions


Brought to you by: Castrol


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SME Media Senior Editor Michael McConnell and Associate Editor Cary Gitter sit down with Ethan Baehrend—a 2024 SME 30 Under 30 honoree and the founder and CEO of Creative 3D Technologies—to discuss the latest in additive manufacturing and the future of the technology.
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