The Industry Forward Podcast

Join industry experts to explore the key trends, transformative technologies and real-world innovations that are reshaping fields from aerospace, industrial machinery and semiconductors to pharmaceuticals and beyond. Each episode delivers an in-depth discussion on the dynamic challenges industries are facing and how digitalization driven by AI, software and the comprehensive digital twin is meeting those challenges today and redefining the global industry of tomorrow.

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Supply chain digitalization supports greater efficiency, collaboration, and transparency.

Ep 31 – The Shift-Left in Supply Chain with Richard Barnett – Part 3

January 2, 2026

This is the third of a three part series with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer and SaaS Sales Leader at Supplyframe! Richard brings over 30 years of experience driving growth across enterprise SaaS, supply chain software, and digital platforms. In the final part of our discussion, Richard, Dale and I examine the progress of digitalization in industry, structural challenges to greater supply chain collaboration, and how digitalization can help address these challenges before wrapping up with final thoughts.

By Conor Peick

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Ep 30 – The Shift-Left in Supply Chain with Richard Barnett – Part 2

December 19, 2025

This is the second of a three part series with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer and SaaS Sales Leader at Supplyframe! Richard brings over 30 years of experience driving growth across enterprise SaaS, supply chain software, and digital platforms. As the conversation continues, Richard, Dale and I talk about how data can enable earlier supply chain planning and decisions, why spreadsheets persist as a tool of choice in supply chain management, and how digitalization may change supply chain management in the future.

By Conor Peick

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Supply chain volatility demands digitalization to increase transparency and collaboration

Ep 29 – The Shift-Left in Supply Chain with Richard Barnett – Part 1

December 12, 2025

Today, we have the first of a three part series with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer and SaaS Sales Leader at Supplyframe! Richard, Dale, and I jump into the discussion by getting in to the head of a supply chain manager navigating the disruptions of the last five years. Then, we talk about how supply strategies are shifting and how companies are approaching the “shift-left” of supply chain decisions.

By Conor Peick

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The Industrial Metaverse aggregates company data to provide a single pane of glass view of operations. Augmented and Virtual Reality can be used to visualize physics based Digital Twin.

Ep 28 – Building the Industrial Metaverse with Stuart McCutcheon – Part 3

November 21, 2025

Hello and welcome to the Industry Forward Podcast with Dale Tutt, the show where we examine industry and technology trends…

By Conor Peick

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Ep 27 – Building the Industrial Metaverse with Stuart McCutcheon – Part 2

November 7, 2025

Welcome to the Industry Forward Podcast with Dale Tutt, the show where we examine industry and technology trends with the…

By Conor Peick

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Ep 26 – Building the Industrial Metaverse with Stuart McCutcheon – Part 1

October 24, 2025

Welcome to the Industry Forward Podcast with Dale Tutt, the show where we examine industry and technology trends with the…

By Conor Peick

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Industrial data key to driving Industrial Metaverse and AI applications for future business success in difficult market conditions

Ep 25 – A Digital Enterprise Deep Dive with Jim Brown – Part 3

October 3, 2025

Learn about the Industrial Metaverse, Digital Twin, AI, and more technologies critical to the future in this podcast featuring industry experts.

By Conor Peick

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Ep 24 – A Digital Enterprise Deep Dive with Jim Brown – Part 2

September 19, 2025

In this episode of the Industry Forward Podcast, the hosts are joined by Jim Brown, President of Digital Transformation Research at Tech-Clarity, to explore the evolving role of data, AI, and digital twins in industrial innovation. The conversation dives into the challenges of turning raw data into actionable insights, the importance of contextualizing data through digital twins, and how AI is accelerating design, manufacturing, and supply chain optimization. Together, they unpack how these technologies are converging to shape the future of the industrial metaverse.

By Conor Peick

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Ep 23 – A Digital Enterprise Deep Dive with Jim Brown – Part 1

August 29, 2025

The hosts explore the evolving landscape of digital transformation in manufacturing and industrial sectors including shares insights from leading industry research into how companies are progressing toward digital maturity—and what separates leaders from laggards in digital transformation.

By Conor Peick

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