AEM Thinking Forward Podcast—Advancing the Equipment Manufacturing Industry Podcast
1) Ep. 25 – Bracing for Economic Uncertainty in 2020 and Beyond, with Harvard’s Dr. Vikram Mansharamani
With a new decade upon us, a lot of people in the construction and agriculture business world are marking this milestone with some uncertainty about what the future may hold. While the last decade was...Show More
2) Ep. 24 – Micro-Generations in Your Workforce, with Courtney Scharf from Trend Hunter
As more Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age, equipment manufacturers who want to stay competitive are going to need to attract and retain younger workers. But many companies don’t have a plan for...Show More
Ep. 24 – Micro-Generations in Your Workforce, with Courtney Scharf from Trend Hunter
35:27 | Nov 20th, 2019
3) Ep. 23 – Transportation Infrastructure That Multi-Tasks, with Allie Kelly from the Ray
In the U.S., around 13 million acres of land are used as roads and rights-of-way in the interstate highway system. That’s a lot of real estate, and all it does is provide a surface on which to operate...Show More
Ep. 23 – Transportation Infrastructure That Multi-Tasks, with Allie Kelly from the Ray
36:39 | Oct 23rd, 2019
4) Ep. 22 – Ford Futurist Sheryl Connelly: 7 Trends Reshaping Business in 2020 and Beyond
What does the future hold for equipment manufacturers? We asked one of the world’s most well-known experts in future trends in technology, Sheryl Connelly. Connelly holds the title of Chief Futurist a...Show More
5) Ep. 21 – Cat® Safety VR: Caterpillar’s New Virtual Reality Training Solution for Contractors, with Justin Ganschow
Statistics show that up to 90% of job site accidents are caused by unsafe behavior, not conditions. And Justin Ganschow of Caterpillar Safety Services believes that worksite rookies and veterans alike...Show More
6) Ep. 20 – Self-Driving Tech and the Future of Road-Building, with Forbes, May Mobility & Waymo's Autonomous Car
Just about every major player in Silicon Valley and the auto industry has efforts underway to develop autonomous car technology. Not only will self-driving cars change the way the construction industr...Show More
7) Ep. 19 – Ag Data: Helping Farmers Reap New Value, with Trimble’s Clint Dotterer and Frank Fidanza
Using farm data to improve operating margins is perhaps more important than ever, in a year where weak commodity prices, international trade uncertainty and abysmal planting conditions are putting far...Show More
8) Ep. 18 - Electrification and Autonomy: Volvo CE’s Electric Quarry Test Site, with Dr. Fares Beainy
Electromobility and automation are two of the hottest topics in leading edge technology right now. And at a test site in Sweden, Volvo CE has proved that these technologies can be combined to run a qu...Show More
9) Ep. 17 - 3D Printed Concrete: How Oshkosh and Oak Ridge Are Developing a New Construction Technique, with Dr. Brian Post
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, shows growing potential as a technique for fabricating parts out of plastic or metal. But what about building structures out of concrete? AEM member Oshkosh C...Show More
10) Ep. 16 - NASA Technology in Heavy Equipment and Inspiring the Mars Generation, with “Astronaut Abby” Harrison and Steven Gonzalez
Space may be the final frontier, but the technologies being developed to land the first humans on Mars can also be leveraged by tech-savvy OEMs in the heavy equipment industry. In this episode, NASA ...Show More