{"id":11911,"date":"2025-02-14T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=11911"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:17:02","slug":"transforming-gigafactory-ramp-ups-and-reducing-scrap-rates-with-siemens-voltaiq-and-aws-ep-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/the-battery-podcast\/transforming-gigafactory-ramp-ups-and-reducing-scrap-rates-with-siemens-voltaiq-and-aws-ep-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming gigafactory ramp-ups and reducing scrap rates with Siemens, Voltaiq and AWS &#8211; Ep. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5jQd9Xgpt4qr7LETl6SAQq?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>We are wrapping up the first season of The Battery Podcast with a two-part discussion from the Battery Show and a couple high-profile partners from the industry. Puneet Sinha invites his counterparts from AWS and Voltaiq on stage to talk about the role of data-driven manufacturing in the battery industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulars to the series know that Puneet is the Global Head of Battery at Siemens Digital Industries, but his guests are Hari Gopalakrishna Head of Strategy, Sustainability, and EV at AWS and Tal Sholklapper, CEO of Voltaiq. Let\u2019s dive into how data-driven manufacturing can bring long-term success to a sometimes-uncertain industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What you\u2019ll learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[0:31] How three expert companies in their fields came together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[7:20] Why data-driven manufacturing is critical for the battery industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[8:45] How a data driven approach can accelerate development timelines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[12:03] The business case for standardized factory architectures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/03\/Hari-headshot-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Hari Gopalakrishna - Guest\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Hari Gopalakrishna &#8211; Guest<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Head of Strategy, Sustainability and EV at Amazon Web Services<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hgopalakrishna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow Hari on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/1547167908099.jpeg\" alt=\"Tal Sholklapper\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Tal Sholklapper<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Chief Executive Officer of Voltaiq<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/talsholklapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow Tal on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/09\/puneet_200.jpg\" alt=\"Puneet Sinha - Speaker\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Puneet Sinha &#8211; Speaker<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p><strong>Puneet Sinha<\/strong> is the Global Head of the Battery Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/puneetksinha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Puneet on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are wrapping up the first season of The Battery Podcast with a two-part discussion from the Battery Show and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69062,"featured_media":11912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[831,950,373,385,853],"industry":[912],"product":[],"coauthors":[394],"class_list":["post-11911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-battery-podcast","tag-battery","tag-battery-production","tag-digital-transformation-tag","tag-podcast","tag-siemens-xcelerator","industry-battery"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/Gigafactory.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69062"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11958,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11911\/revisions\/11958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11911"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=11911"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=11911"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}