The Shop Floor, Top Floor Talk Show: Casual Convos with Manufacturing Pros
The Shop Floor, Top Floor Talk Show: Casual Convos with Manufacturing Pros
Podcast Description
Manufacturing leaders face daily challenges—from quality pressures to efficiency demands. This show brings real conversations from those who've solved these problems.But behind every high-performing plant are leaders solving big problems with innovative strategies, transformative technologies, and counter-intuitive approaches that challenge the status quo.In each episode, you'll hear candid conversations with manufacturing professionals sharing their unique perspectives on top-of-mind topics and actionable advice you can apply immediately.Walk away with actionable ideas and new perspectives on continuous improvement, from people who truly understand your daily challenges.
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The podcast focuses on various themes relevant to manufacturing, including quality management, leadership versus management, and continuous improvement strategies. Episodes include discussions on mechatronics in quality management and the differentiation between leadership and management roles, providing actionable advice and innovative ideas.
Manufacturing leaders face daily challenges—from quality pressures to efficiency demands. This show brings real conversations from those who’ve solved these problems.
But behind every high-performing plant are leaders solving big problems with innovative strategies, transformative technologies, and counter-intuitive approaches that challenge the status quo.
In each episode, you’ll hear candid conversations with manufacturing professionals sharing their unique perspectives on top-of-mind topics and actionable advice you can apply immediately.
Walk away with actionable ideas and new perspectives on continuous improvement, from people who truly understand your daily challenges.
In this episode of Shop Floor, Top Floor Talk Show, host Josh Santo sits down with Dr. Rebecca Teeters, Senior Vice President of Business Supply Chain at 3M. They explore how real accountability and improvement take root on the shop floor and in leadership circles.
Rebecca shares how daily standard work meetings drive her teams to reflect, learn, and act. She explains how “winning the day” depends on tracking the right metrics—ones that let operators and managers adjust in real time, not just measure after the fact. For Rebecca, true accountability comes when people see and own problems, and when leaders create systems that make this possible.
The conversation digs into the balance between autonomy and standardization, the discipline it takes to coach instead of firefight, and why good systems—not heroic fixes—lead to lasting results. Rebecca leaves listeners with clear tools to help teams learn, adapt, and sustain progress in a demanding environment.
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