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@AuManufacturing Conversations
@AuManufacturing Conversations is a regular interview program hosted by Brent Balinski (with other hosts occasionally) bringing you discussions with the folks who are contributing to a critical part of Australia's economy.
We hope to capture something of the variety of manufacturing, its place in the nation, its changing nature, and some of the personalities within it.
From the boutique to the billion dollar, if it's manufacturing and it's Australian, then it likely matters to us. This podcast is an extension of the @AuManufacturing news and analysis website and the community around it, and complements what's written online at www.aumanufacturing.com.au.
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Episode 121 -- John Broadbent from Realise Potential
In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, John Broadbent tells us about the worrying prevalence of fully-depreciated equipment in Australia's industry, explains why a smart factory he helped build in 2011 has only become more productive in the years since, and more.
@AuManufacturing is a media partner for Industrial Transformation Australia 2025, which Broadbent will be a speaker at. You can find more information about this free event – to be held July 22-24 at The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park – at this link.
Episode guide
0:56 – An introduction. Approaching a 50th anniversary in the industry.
3:28 – Industrial Transformation Australia and his message on practical transformation and not getting stuck in “pilot purgatory”.
4:15 – Why organisations need bottom-up and top-down buy-in and get to “proof of value”.
6:16 – A lack of understanding from many companies on what Industry 4 is.
7:10 – Poor level of industrial sophistication in Australia.
8:10 – A remarkable number of factories not on a stable network that can mine data in real time, plus an anecdote about inefficient operations at one company.
9:58 – The need for investment and, again, strategy.
