Digitalization Tech Talks provides updates on the newest digital technology, trends, and ready-to-implement digital technologies within process industries.
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The importance of sustainability is all time high now, and it is becoming an integral part of a business strategy overall, for many and more mature organizations. Getting towards ‘Net zero’ is no more a theoretical concept but a well-defined program with measurables KPIs and incremental outcomes. In this podcast series, we discuss and understand the underlying aspects of Sustainability in action, compliance (& emission) data management, and global reporting frameworks like CDP and ESG. Drivi ...
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Episode 47: DuPont - The Digitalization of Sustainability and R&D
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In this episode of the Digitalization Tech Talks podcast, co-hosts Jonas Norinder and Don Mack connect with Duncan Coffey, Global Director of Science & Innovation IT at DuPont, to discuss the critical role of IT in supporting R&D through digitalization and technology deployment with a focus on sustainability. Insights are shared into how DuPont lev…
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Episode 46: Revolutionizing the Process Industries with Generative AI
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In another dynamic episode of Digitalization Tech Talks we are thrilled to delve into the transformative realm of generative AI with our special guest, Guy Bursell from Microsoft. If you’ve ever been curious about how GenAI can revolutionize the process industries, you’re in for a treat. We’ll uncover the myriad benefits it brings, from enhancing e…
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Episode 45, part 2: Midrex Technologies - From Digital Vision to Digital Transformation
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What does it take to create a vision for digital transformation and then bring it to life? That’s exactly what we discuss in this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! The company that achieved this is Midrex Technologies who specializes in direct reduction ironmaking technology in the steel industry. Join us as we interview Curtis Hughes, Midrex’s…
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Episode 45, part 1: Midrex Technologies - From Digital Vision to Digital Transformation
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What does it take to create a vision for digital transformation and then bring it to life? That’s exactly what we discuss in this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! The company that achieved this is Midrex Technologies who specializes in direct reduction ironmaking technology in the steel industry. Join us as we interview Curtis Hughes, Midrex’s…
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Episode 44, part 2: From One Plant to 40+ Global Sites - a Bayer Technology Scaling Success Story
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Welcome to “Digitalization Tech Talks”, the podcast that explores the transformative power of technology in the industrial world. In this thrilling episode, we dive into a real-life success story that takes us from Bayer’s initial implementation of a cloud-based technology solution at a single manufacturing site to its impressive scaling across mor…
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Episode 44, part 1: From One Plant to 40+ Global Sites - a Bayer Technology Scaling Success Story
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Welcome to “Digitalization Tech Talks”, the podcast that explores the transformative power of technology in the industrial world. In this thrilling episode, we dive into a real-life success story that takes us from Bayer’s initial implementation of a cloud-based technology solution at a single manufacturing site to its impressive scaling across mor…
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Episode 43: Digitalization Tech Talks 4th Anniversary: A Look Back at Looking Ahead
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This special episode is a celebration of four years of Digitalization Tech Talks. During that time, we’ve released more than 40 episodes on topics ranging from artificial intelligence to sustainable digitalization to workforce development as well as many others. We thought it was a great time to devote an episode to reflecting on the past and highl…
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Episode 42, part 2: Smart Maintenance: How AI Elevates Predictive Strategies
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In this episode, we explore synergies between artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance in the process industries. Discover how AI revolutionizes maintenance protocols, predicts the unpredictable and safeguards against equipment failure. These algorithms monitor, analyze, and forecast, turning vast streams of data into actionable insights …
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Episode 42, part 1: Smart Maintenance: How AI Elevates Predictive Strategies
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In this episode, we explore synergies between artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance in the process industries. Discover how AI revolutionizes maintenance protocols, predicts the unpredictable and safeguards against equipment failure. These algorithms monitor, analyze, and forecast, turning vast streams of data into actionable insights …
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Episode 41: Cybersecurity in the Process Industries - Protect Your Turf
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The OT (operational technology) space has never been more of a target to cyber threats than today. A recent McKinsey & Company article stated “As this sector embraces digitalization, its ‘attack surface’ is skyrocketing. In a space that boasted about being air-gapped, or unplugged from the internet environment in years past, these new capabilities …
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Episode 40, part 2: Seeing is Believing - The Power of Data Visualization and Contextualization
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Get ready to dive deep into the world of data in today's Digitalization Tech episode! We're not just talking about data in theory but exploring real-life use cases and the incredible business value it holds. And here's the secret ingredient: data visualization and contextualization. We'll show you how these crucial practices can transform the way y…
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Episode 40, part 1: Seeing is Believing - The Power of Data Visualization and Contextualization
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Get ready to dive deep into the world of data in today's Digitalization Tech episode! We're not just talking about data in theory but exploring real-life use cases and the incredible business value it holds. And here's the secret ingredient: data visualization and contextualization. We'll show you how these crucial practices can transform the way y…
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Episode 39: Developing a Workforce to be Reckoned With
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Henry Ford is quoted as saying “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” This has never been truer than during the time of digitalization. A digital transformation will fail without developing the workforce required to support it. In this episode we have a conversation with …
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Episode 38: The Rise of MTP - Merck Unveils the Path to an Industry Evolution!
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Get ready for an exciting episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! We are thrilled to have Sebastian Haertner from EMD Electronics (a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) as our special guest this month. Sebastian, the Principal Process Development Project Lead, is deeply involved in making Module Type Package, or MTP, a success at Merck. He wi…
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Episode 37: Generative AI, Why wait?
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What do “The Economist” and Denmark have in common? They both declared ChatGPT as the word of the year for 2023. When technology takes the top spot on the word of the year podium, especially in the homeland of one of the Digitalization Tech Talks co-hosts, and when we meet an end user in the process industries that is implementing generative AI tod…
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Episode 36: Evonik fast-tracks plant startup with Operator Training System
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When Evonik decided to build a brand-new chemical plant on the Gulf Coast, they were tasked with utilizing the latest and greatest in technology to make the plant more efficient, more reliable, and safer than ever. One of the key technologies that was selected to help achieve these goals was an Operator Training Systems (OTS). As you will hear from…
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Episode 35: Digitalizing Industrial Water for Greater Energy Efficiency, Reliability & Productivity
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Water… It plays a very significant role in transferring massive amounts of energy in the process industries. As a result, addressing cooling and heating water systems can make a key contribution towards energy efficiency and sustainability. This episode includes a conversation about the application of digital technology to industrial water with Nei…
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Episode 34, part 2: Breaking Down Data Silos - Novozymes' Journey Towards Innovation
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Episode 34 is all about data. How you capture it, how you optimize it, and how you clean it so that you can make use of it across an entire organization and not just a single group or department. And why is this important? According to our guest, Mads Torry-Smith from Novozymes they are “investing in making a step change in the data capture culture…
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Episode 34, part 1: Breaking Down Data Silos - Novozymes' Journey Towards Innovation
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Episode 34 is all about data. How you capture it, how you optimize it, and how you clean it so that you can make use of it across an entire organization and not just a single group or department. And why is this important? According to our guest, Mads Torry-Smith from Novozymes they are “investing in making a step change in the data capture culture…
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Episode 33: Sustainable Digitalization - Predict the Future by Creating It
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In episode 33, megatopics collide! These days most companies have ambitious sustainability goals that include reducing their carbon footprint and eventually achieving net zero emissions. The exciting facet of that is that digitalization can play a role in reaching these targets! Listen in and learn answers to the following questions… Why has sustai…
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Episode 32: The Digital Revolution: How Cloud, Edge, 5G, and Cybersecurity are Changing Everything
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Join us for the latest episode of Digitalization Tech Talks hosted by Don Mack and Jonas Norinder, where we dive into the fascinating world of cloud and edge computing, 5G, and cybersecurity. These cutting-edge technologies are transforming the way we interact with the digital world, from the way we process data to the way we protect sensitive info…
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Episode 31: Digitalization Demystified - Four Essential Technologies to Crack the Code, Part 2
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In episode 31, a two part episode, we cover four important technologies related to the world of digitalization. These technologies are all important pieces of the puzzle for companies in the process industries that are considering or currently seeking to undergo a digital transformation to increase efficiency, improve quality, and/or to gain flexib…
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Episode 31: Digitalization Demystified - Four Essential Technologies to Crack the Code, Part 1
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In episode 31, a two part episode, we cover four important technologies related to the world of digitalization. These technologies are all important pieces of the puzzle for companies in the process industries that are considering or currently seeking to undergo a digital transformation to increase efficiency, improve quality, and/or to gain flexib…
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Episode 30: Accelerating workforce development with Virtual Training
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Welcome to the 30th episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! Join us as we embark on a captivating journey into the world of virtual training. Discover the technologies and trends that are reshaping learning in the digital era, including virtual reality simulations and AI-powered platforms. In this episode, we'll uncover the secrets behind the success…
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Episode 29: The Future of Industrial Operations
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In the 29th episode of the Digitalization Tech Talks podcast, we discuss how industrial operations will transform in the future because of not only new technology, but also in large part due to people and how their roles and interactions evolve. Key topics covered include: The role of developing technology on the plant floor. This will include arti…
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Episode 28: Data Architecture - The Key to Solving the Digital Transformation Puzzle
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In the 28th episode of the Digitalization Tech Talks podcast, we talk about how important it is for process plants to have a strong reference architecture. Standalone services and applications are no longer enough to make you competitive, so it’s become increasingly critical to create a foundational structure that ties them all together. A referenc…
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Episode 27: Let's Get Analytical About Energy Sustainability
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Sustainability… It is as prevalent a topic in the process industries as it is anywhere in the world today. In this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks we discuss the topic of energy sustainability and explore how process analytics can be used as part of a digitalization strategy to assist manufacturers in their transition to net zero. This is poss…
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Episode 26: Trending - Digitalization in 2023
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In the 26th episode of our Digitalization Tech Talks podcast, we focus on the latest trends in the process industries related to digital technologies. This episode was inspired by our recent involvement in the 2023 ARC Industry Forum. Each year, this dynamic event brings together experts, practitioners and thought leaders from across the industrial…
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Episode 25: Leveraging a Modular Approach on the Path to Digital Transformation
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Developed by the User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries (NAMUR), MTP, or module type package, provides a framework for standardized equipment data models and description language to streamline interoperability. In practical terms, MTP enables integration of DCS and PLC-based systems more easily. The objectives of MTP are to…
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Episode 24: Care and Feeding of Your Digital Enterprise
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The introduction of digital technologies is helping the process industries do things better, faster and more efficiently. It’s also creating new challenges for companies as they strive to become digital enterprises by fully incorporating these technologies into all aspects of their operations. For example, if a deployed solution doesn’t work as int…
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Episode 23: Connected Worker - The next level of digitalization in the field begins
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Companies in the process industries have a constant focus on improving the safety and situational awareness of operators in the field. At the same time, using multiple systems increases the risk of disconnected, incompatible, or outdated information. By implementing connected worker solutions, field workers can gain easy access to the information t…
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Episode 22: Going for the Golden Batch with AI-based Performance Analysis
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The concept of the “golden batch” has been around for a long time. With artificial intelligence, however, it is now possible to more easily identify the characteristics of that coveted golden batch so that it can be more easily reproduced repeatedly and at the highest quality. Methods have even been developed that enable detection of negative trend…
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Episode 21: Digitalizing the Process to Optimize Operations
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Process modeling, mostly in the form of process simulation, has been a key tool in the process industries for many decades. Traditionally this has been for offline applications such as front-end engineering design and control system design. But the usage of process modeling has expanded as it is now possible to implement online plant models that co…
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Episode 20: Supply Chain Challenges - Go Beyond Locating with Real-time Data
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Supply chain challenges have become a global issue and many companies now consider supply chain issues to be their top short- and long-term concern. This is an area where digitalization can be applied to assist in mitigating some of the risks and concerns. This episode of Digitalization Tech Talks focuses on the application of industrial identifica…
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Episode 19: Digital Transformation - Getting It Right on the First Try
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In this episode we will talk about how companies of all sizes are able to take advantage of digital transformation to implement technologies that will enable them to do things faster, better, and more efficiently. We will do so by looking at a specific company that leveraged an existing, well-proven methodology to create a strong and highly relevan…
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Episode 18: Don’t Be Alarmed with Process Event Analysis
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Having good alarm management in a process automation system is critical to safe and productive process control. Unfortunately, many current installations have significant room for improvement as current implementations often include standing alarms, chattering alarms, redundant alarms, and alarm floods that can overwhelm the operators during abnorm…
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Episode 17: Keep Your Distance With Remote Monitoring
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Remote monitoring is an increasingly hot topic across the process industries. This rapidly growing digital technology is providing tremendous value by making access to information more manageable and less costly. This development is driven by cloud computing, intelligent gateways and cell phone connectivity that have become so mainstream and cost-e…
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Episode 16: Operations Intelligence - From Data to Decisions
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We are surrounded by data. Vast quantities are spread over a multitude of software applications, databases, and paper files throughout the enterprise and at site. Much of it is difficult to understand, often inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, inconsistent, and/or poorly synchronized, which creates challenges that can lead to the wrong decisions b…
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Episode 15: Getting Personal with Cell & Gene Therapy
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In this 15th episode of the Digitalization Tech talks hosted by Jonas Norinder and Don Mack, we’ll take a deep dive into the burgeoning field of cell & gene therapy, which promises individualized therapeutics that will essentially be manufactured to the specifications of a single patient. We’ll also discuss how digitalization techniques can be appl…
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Episode 14: Digitalization to the Field
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A digital transformation and ultimately becoming a digital enterprise can only be accomplished with a solid foundation in place. This foundation is the data coming from the sensors in the field. Joining hosts Jonas Norinder and Don Mack in this episode is Ronald Nijssen, a Technical Consultant with Siemens. Ronald covers topics including what is in…
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Episode 13: How can you protect your process plant from cyberattacks?
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In this 13th episode of the Digitalization Tech talks hosted by Don Mack and Jonas Norinder, we will be talking about cybersecurity as it relates to digitalization. One of the key topics of digitalization involves collecting data and analyzing it, sometimes in an off-premise cloud setting. So, you want to make sure that this environment is safe! Jo…
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Episode 12: Operator Training Simulators... The ABCs of OTS
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In this 12th episode of the Digitalization Tech Talks podcast series your hosts, Don Mack and Jonas Norinder are joined by Doug Ortiz, Siemens’ US DCS and Simulation Product Manager. We discuss Operator Training Simulators (OTS), which are becoming much more prevalent in the process industries. While they are primarily being used for operator train…
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Episode 11: Better Operations Through Control Performance Analysis
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In this 11th episode of our Digitalization Tech Talks podcast your host, Jonas Norinder is joined by Don Mack. We discuss another key digitalization use case for the process industries. Improving operations performance through control performance analysis. We cover some background on the use case, including what has been done in the past, and then …
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Episode 10: Process Industries Digitalization Test Bed Open for Business
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In this 10th episode of our Digitalization Tech Talks podcast your two hosts, Don Mack and Jonas Norinder are very excited to be joined by Andrew Nachenberg from MxD as well as Iiro Esko from Siemens. We discuss the latest addition to the MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) Industry 4.0 showcase, the process industries test bed, which includes the mobile…
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Episode 9: Bringing Out the Best in Control Valves
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Control valves have always been a hot topic in process plants because they can cause unplanned, costly shutdowns if not maintained properly. But when do you know when it’s maintenance time? Traditional approaches have been to do it at regular intervals, use the experience of the maintenance crew or opt for a time-based maintenance approach. Today, …
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Sustainability is no more a buzz but an indicator of Growth; our experts explain WHY.
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The importance of sustainability is all time high now, and it is becoming an integral part of a business strategy overall, for many mature organizations. Getting towards ‘Net zero’ is no more a theoretical concept but a well-defined program with measurable KPIs and incremental outcomes. In this podcast series, we discuss and understand the underlyi…
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Episode 8: How to Prioritize and Implement Digital Technologies
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Generally, this podcast is about the newest technologies for digitalization within the process industries, but when an organization is interested in these technologies, how do you take the first step? Joining us once again is one of our digitalization consultants, Jonas Norinder, and we will be diving into our methodology for helping customers prio…
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Episode 7: Mobile Operations and the Mobile Worker
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With the digital technologies available today enabling mobile operations, the future of the process industries worker is already here. Through smart devices, technicians can access off-site instrumentation experts for maintenance support, and process control operators can access DCS HMI screens even when they are not in the control room. We'll be d…
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Episode 6: Trends and Challenges in Process Control
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On our podcast we are always talking about the latest in digitalization in the sense of new technologies and new digital solutions that are starting to be used in the process industries. Well in this episode we are looking at something more familiar, process control systems, and more specifically, how they are adapting and changing with the growing…
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Episode 5: Practical Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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As the digital transformation in manufacturing progresses, an increasing amount of data is becoming available. Artificial intelligence gives plant personnel the opportunity to analyze and convert this data into useful information from which actionable decisions can be made. In this episode we are diving into Artificial Intelligence and Machine Lear…
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