Matthew Kirchner

Matthew Kirchner Columnist

Industry 4.0 Commonality Across Sectors

As Industry 4.0 technology advances, manufacturers should be open to importing talent from other sectors (retail, hospitality, health care and more) into the world of machining. The technologies in other sectors have more in common with ours than one might think.

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On Race and Manufacturing

Racial inequality is everyone’s problem and we don’t have to agree on all of the answers in order to get started on some of them.

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TikTok, Manufacturing and Data Analytics

Small to midsize manufacturers have scores of data available to them and can leverage it in much the same way that billion-dollar conglomerates do

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It’s Meant to Make People Quit

Lessons on Surviving the COVID-19 Crisis from a Navy SEAL

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Technical Education Teachers Deserve Recognition

Here’s a tribute to technical education instructors who have dedicated their lives to do the quiet work of preparing students for careers.

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Wake-Up Calls Become Catalyst for Improvement

We were a much stronger and sustainable company after this wake-up call.

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Emerging Leaders

The Value of a Good Internship

The greatest lessons shared by the interns related much more to interpersonal skills, communication, teamwork and etiquette than they did to technology. 

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25 Lessons in 25 Years

“We’re going to need someone to run the company. Do you think you can do it?”

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Introducing Industry Infinity.0, Where the Future has No Limit

Perhaps we are at a center point of the convergence between the exponential economy and Industry 4.0, where the speed at which data is processed and the rate at which industry is innovating collide.

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Don’t Make a Habit of Disliking Customers

I have long contended that as business people, we can dislike up to three customers at time. Any more than that, and the problem is probably us.

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We Need to Trust Our People

In the same way that team members will fill in the void left by a departing co-worker, many of them will respond in impressive fashion when we unleash their innate desire to lead.

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Industry 4.0 Careers of the Future

Know a young person considering a career pathway? Encourage him or her to consider these careers.

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