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This week on the IpX #TrueNorth Podcast: Join us for another animated discussion with IpX President Joseph Anderson as he reconvenes with Martin Haket & Martijn Dullart, ASML, on the challenges and impact of data integrity and interoperability in the industrial ecosystem. They also delve into the value proposition of business process hierarchy, CM2, configuration identification, and how favoring new product development over process transformation leads to poor quality. Watch this episode on YouTubeConnect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

This week on the IpX #TrueNorth Podcast: Dr. Nathan Hartman, Purdue University, and IpX President Joseph Anderson meet up live at the Dauch Alumni Center to discuss the importance of considering both the technological and human elements of digital transformation. Dr. Hartman shares how the Indiana Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC) is impacting workforce development and future employees with partnerships between industry and academia to address technological challenges and advance digital manufacturing and design.Together they examine the importance of investing in both the incumbent workforce and the pipeline of new workers in order to realize the potential of new technologies starting with K-12 education. Dr. Hartman emphasizes the importance of helping workers understand the connections between their tasks and the larger system in which they operate, as well as the need for them to be adaptable and flexible in the face of changing technologies.Watch this episode on YouTubeConnect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

This week on the IpX True North Podcast we continue our multipart series on Redefining the Ecosystem of Tomorrow with Martin Haket & Martijn Dullaart, Lead Configuration Management Architects at ASML, with a focus on building and linking an effective and efficient digital thread. Along with IpX President Joseph Anderson, they discuss how the digital thread touches all areas of a business - from your suppliers, to your products and processes, to being able to simulate future configurations of your products for production and risk analysis.Watch this episode on YouTube.Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

IpX True North Podcast: Dr. Nathan Hartman, Purdue University, and IpX President Joseph Anderson meet again to focus this time on the future of digital engineering and digital manufacturing. Dr. Hartman and Joseph discuss the nuances between digital transformation and digital manufacturing, as well as the social & technological phenomenon that is happening in today’s workforce.Watch this episode on YouTubeConnect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.comThe views expressed in this podcast audio and video series are solely from Dr. Hartman himself and do not reflect that of Purdue University. Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

This week on the IpX #TrueNorth Podcast we are joined by Martin Haket & Martijn Dullaart, Lead Configuration Management Architects at ASML, to kick off a multipart series on Redefining the Ecosystem of Tomorrow with the CM2 Core Business Processes at the focus. Together they discuss with IpX President Joseph Anderson why configuration management, the CM2 baseline and processes are vital to companies. Commonality is a keyword in this episode from finding a common language and understanding across all functions to how commonality in processes leads to commonality across business and product infrastructures -- shaping success, product innovation, and organizational evolution. Watch this episode on YouTube. Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

IpX #TrueNorth Podcast Part 3 with Dr. Nathan Hartman, Purdue University. This week Dr. Hartman and IpX President Joseph Anderson discuss Organizational Operating Models. From concept to production to decommissioning, Dr. Hartman and Joseph examine the potential that companies can reach when they deeply assess their requirements and use accumulated data to enrich their capabilities and products across the ecosystem. Watch this episode on Youtube.Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.comThe views expressed in this podcast audio and video series are solely from Dr. Hartman himself and do not reflect that of Purdue University. Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

IpX #TrueNorth Podcast Part 2: Dr. Nathan Hartman, Purdue University, and IpX President Joseph Anderson focus on Organizational Change Management plus training and development within organizations and in relation to higher education. Dr. Hartman and Joe discuss the importance for organizations to examine their internal needs and build onboarding processes and training for their workforce to cultivate literacy, competency, and mastery of the desired skills - without relying on higher ed to produce ready-to-work employees. Watch this episode on YouTube. Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.comThe views expressed in this podcast audio and video series are solely from Dr. Hartman himself and do not reflect that of Purdue University. Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

This week’s IpX #TrueNorth Podcast is the first episode of a multipart series on the Ecosystem of Tomorrow with Dr. Nathan Hartman, Purdue University. Dr. Hartman and IpX President Joseph Anderson discuss Organizational Change Management (OCM), its impacts on workforce development, and the influence of academia. They focus on how culture and training shape OCM, the importance of adaptable training practices, accountability of organizations, and how leadership can provide a digestible path to developing active OCM for their employees and organizations.Watch this episode on YouTube.Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.comThe views expressed in this podcast audio and video series are solely from Dr. Hartman himself and do not reflect that of Purdue University. Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this IpX #TrueNorth Podcast, Sean Stavropoulos tells us how he turned passion into purpose as Co-founder/CTO of Boulevard. Sean shares the origin of Boulevard and the major roles that market research, product complexity, process development, and workplace culture played in developing a robust, adaptable product built for the best client experience. Learn more about Boulevard: https://www.joinblvd.com/ Follow Boulevard:TwitterLinkedIn Instagram Facebook Watch this episode on YouTube.  Bio: Sean Stavropoulos is co-founder and CTO of Boulevard, provider of the client experience platform used by more than 25,000 professionals in more than 2,000 salons, spas, and other self-care businesses across the US. In his role as CTO, Sean leads the company’s various technical teams while establishing its strategic product vision. Prior to co-founding Boulevard in 2016, Sean was vice president of engineering at Fullscreen, where he oversaw the technical design and development of the company’s core technology and payments products. His career also includes a stint as a systems engineer for Honeywell Aerospace. A resident of Los Angeles, CA, Sean holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this IpX #TrueNorth Podcast, Rachel Bartholomew, Founder/CEO of Hyivy Health shares with IpX’s Brandy Taylor how starting Hyivy led her to researching how consumers can educate themselves on FDA approved healthcare devices and the importance of language and product advertising surrounding FDA approvals. Rachel dives into the approval process itself and why many companies opt to go direct-to-market. Rachel and Brandy also discuss the difference between FDA regulated and unregulated devices intended for healthcare, and its impact on consumers' healthcare choices and outcomes. Watch this episode on YouTube.  Learn more about Hyivy Health: http://www.hyivy.com/Hyivy on LinkedInHyivy on FacebookHyivy on TwitterHyivy on Instagram Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help your organization evolve with our functional blueprint for the ecosystem of tomorrow. Drive innovation, create a better customer experience, and enable your workforce as an organization built for change, speed, quality and resiliency. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this IpX #TrueNorth Podcast, experience the origin and mission of the IPX Global Congress, the benefit of learning from other industries, and the importance of CM2 from IpX Congress Chair, Mike McKinney, and VP of Services, Brandy Taylor. Mike shares his path into CM, how CM2 has defined his role, and how to get connected to the Congress. Together, they share their experiences improving themselves and their businesses through collaboration in the Congress.  Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help you create your company’s DNA and how our True North service model empowers your organization to bring the most innovative products to market with true sustainability and scalability through our process experts. www.IpXhq.com  Watch: https://youtu.be/PVckJwKw_C4 Tags: #IpX #CM2 #ChangeManagement #ConfigurationManagement #CrossIndustry #Technology #IndustryCollaborations #IPXCongress   Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

The IpX #TrueNorth Podcast starts 2022 with a lesson in setting, achieving, and measuring realistic goals from IpX Chief of Transformation, Janeen Henning, and VP of Services, Brandy Taylor. Janeen shares her path to IpX, and together they share their expertise in project management.  Follow along to hear: Janeen’s career path to cross-functional leadership through connections and learning new areas of business  How CM2 was important in her previous roles following customer incidents Lessons learned from past organizational transformations How a common vision and perspective from team members at all levels is invaluable to success Shaping your own program management skill set and setting short and long term goals Tips for progress and organization for a successful 2022 Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help you create your company’s DNA and how our True North service model empowers your organization to bring the most innovative products to market with true sustainability and scalability through our process experts. www.IpXhq.com Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this week’s IpX True North Podcast episode, IpX's own Ray Wozny, CEO, and Brandy Taylor, VP of Services, go beyond engineering to discuss everyone’s role in enterprise change and configuration management. Key Points: 1:30 - The common, somewhat confusing definition for traditional configuration management (CM) 4:04 - Ray dives into the evolution and transformation of CM from a subset within the company to an integrated part of an organization8:15 - Foundation of a robust digital thread12:40 - The down flow of configuration management across organizational functions14:27 - Understanding how complex a simple change can be and how a central change process can improve it17:54 - Everyone is responsible for quality22:00 - Focus on repeatability and accuracy of  processes24:00 - How CM applies to all functions including Marketing, HR, and Shipping, and those processes affect other functions.28:59 - The function or domain that suffers the most from not being as integrated intentionally into the process 32:50 - Recommendations on how individuals can start to change the culture of their organizationsConnect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help you create your company’s DNA and how our True North service model empowers your organization to bring the most innovative products to market with true sustainability and scalability through our process experts.  Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this week’s IpX True North Podcast episode we welcome Cindy Price, Director of Engineering Services, Yanfeng as she chats with IpX VP of Services Brandy Taylor. Brandy and Cindy highlight the importance of effective communication - both speaking and listening - to be a true change agent in an organization. Cindy shares: Her initial understanding of how to influence change began in high school when she was discouraged from an engineering career and learned the value of having stakeholders and advocates to support your initiatives As a change agent, putting yourself in a position to listen to all positions and perspectives to encourage collaboration, gain trust, stay curious, and allow vulnerability to create an open space for sharing changing ideas Understanding what stakeholders can bring to the table and how to match their needs and yours for both sides to accomplish goals Changing the perspective of the current shift of supply chain into an opportunity for companies to respond to change more effectively and more efficiently  Contact Cindy at cynthia.price@yanfeng.com and visit the Yanfeng website for more information. Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help you create your company’s DNA and how our True North service model empowers your organization to bring the most innovative products to market with true sustainability and scalability through our process experts. https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this week’s IpX True North Podcast episode, Paul Powers, Founder/CEO of Physna, breaks down the inception of Physna, an advanced technology analyzing and actionizing 3D data, with IpX President Joseph Anderson. Paul and Joe discuss: The role of Physna as an enterprise solution that empowers other platforms by fully utilizing previously untouched intelligence and data within a company and creating a model’s physical DNA  How the technology comprehensively, geometrically understands parts and 3D data to foresee issues in manufacturing and throughout the organization   Creating faster and more effective engineering by cutting down on cost of procurement, identifying parts in the field, optimizing inventory management, and maintenance The importance of speed and security when dealing with an organization’s CAD models, 3D data, intellectual property, and how Physna’s detection of changes physically in a model allow it to act as a data protector.  Thangs, the free and fastest growing 3D community in history allow users to search, store, and collaborate, and its future with Thangs Workplace  Learn more about Physna and the unique community of 3D collaboration at Thangs.com. Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help you create your company’s DNA and how our True North service model empowers your organization to bring the most innovative products to market with true sustainability and scalability through our process experts. https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

This week’s IpX True North Podcast episode features Eric Pettes, Director of QA/RA for Bose Health, as he shares with IpX President Joseph Anderson the Bose journey of expansion into the medical device industry with their development of the world’s first direct to consumer hearing aid. Eric and Joe discuss: Building a quality management system and Bose’s enterprise-wide commitment to quality as a  process-based approach  Bose’s growth into Class 1 and Class 2 medical devices, the challenges of meeting regulatory states’ requirements, and receiving approval for a Class 2 device The innovation from an over-the-counter hearing aid device that provides freedom, privacy, affordability and functionality for those in need with the support of a user-friendly application  The dedication behind launching a new product with a 90-day implementation period and 15 workstream teams while simultaneously entering a new market with the support of Bose’s unique system for traceability and senior executives The Bose shared vision for the future and commitment to making a difference for its workforce and consumers Learn more about Bose and their products by visiting their website.Connect with IpX to hear more industry thought leaders. Learn how IpX can help you create your company’s DNA and how our True North service model empowers your organization to bring the most innovative products to market with true sustainability and scalability through our process experts. https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

This week Envision RISE’s Staci Hegarty and Michael Benning, IpX Vice President of Organizational Change Management (OCM) illustrate how Envision RISE was born from IpX’s 30+ years of experience as a leading enterprise transformation company whose passion for people of the people, processes, and tools framework grew into its own practice. Michael and Staci describe: How weak OCM creates disconnect and disengagement between leadership and staff and what successful OCM looks like How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are less representation and more the celebration of backgrounds, ideas, and thoughts to drive problem-solving and innovation by making the workforce feel valued, heard, and respected How concepts and approaches within IpX translate to Envision RISE  The financial, cultural, and resource impact of improving DE&I in an organization  Connect with IpX to hear from more industry thought leaders and to learn about the True North service model for improving your organization. https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

Don’t miss this week’s IpX True North Podcast episode with Neil Olivier, NuScale Power’s Director of Corporate Services, as he and IpX President Joseph Anderson discuss Nuscale’s revolutionary nuclear technology and their journey to complete enterprise ecosystem traceability. Neil shares: Challenges experienced in design, certification requirements, and maintaining configuration management in an industry with thousands of requirements  NuScale’s vision for defining, management tracking of, and associating requirements to the actual product components and the systems  How training his team in and using the CM2 methodology as well as implementing a CM2-based PLM system laid the foundation for an integrated change control process with dynamic traceability of requirements to their highest level How communication of a change and regulatory requirement is made more visible to vendors, suppliers, and the operator owner using the CM2 change process The future possibility of nuclear as a paperless industry Learn more about how NuScale Power is changing the nuclear industry: https://www.nuscalepower.com/.   Connect with IpX to hear from more industry thought leaders and to learn about the True North service model for improving your organization. https://ipxhq.com/ https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this second part episode of the True North Podcast, IpX Director of MBE, Max Gravel and Senior Technical Program Manager, ASML, Arnaud Hubaux continue their discussion on the challenges of maintaining the physics model in AI/ML with rapidly changing datasets. Arnaud describes the need for an enterprise-level AI/ML framework that considers the complete lifecycle change to expand beyond niche use-cases and realize the dream of a fully automated product line. Max and Arnaud discuss where to start when implementing AI and the role of CM in maturing the adoption of AI in a manufacturing environment. Hear more on: The need for the impact analysis to stretch beyond the walls of the company into the environment where it will be running. The perceived unpredictability of AI/ML and the reluctance to deploy in a manufacturing environment. The importance of building in safety mechanisms to prevent financial loss in case of AI/ML failure. How CM establishes gates and checks when releasing a change to make sure the proper qualifications are implemented. AI/ML sustainability and the need to look beyond short-term benefits into the complete lifecycle of a product. Connect with IpX to hear from more industry thought leaders and to learn about the True North service model for improving your organization. https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.

In this episode of the True North Podcast, IpX Director of MBE, Max Gravel and Senior Technical Program Manager, ASML, Arnaud Hubaux discuss the challenges of maintaining the physics model in AI/ML with rapidly changing datasets. Arnaud gives a detailed review of how ASML uses AI to deliver greater value through new products for their customers and to accelerate manufacturing processes by qualifying high performing parts. Max and Arnaud discuss ASML’s unique approach to machine learning solutions with customers and how AI optimizes production and performance. Hear Arnaud break down: The challenges and necessity of explainability in AI/ML — where a causal clarification is needed between the observed effects and what is really happening physically in order to improve future design Ensuring continual guaranteed performance upon installation and after deployment of their machines to manage drift and ensure dataset accuracy  The challenge and criticality of safety for people and materials first  Defining and maintaining baselines consisting of thousands of parameters between both design and production  Understanding the change impact to physics models: how to perform validation and verifications activities on the physics models before changes are applied to the customer product in order to mitigate risks with machine behavior. Connect with IpX to hear from more industry thought leaders and to learn about the True North service model for improving your organization. https://ipxhq.com/ Stay in touch with us! Follow us on social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Contact us for info on IpX or for interest in being a podcast guest: info@ipxhq.com All podcasts produced by Elevate Media Group.