Season 1 • Episode 06
#FOA S01E06 Improving Product Quality and Reducing Defects
How to reduce defects, understand the cost of poor quality, and use vision systems plus production-condition monitoring to improve outcomes.
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Factory on Air: practical conversations for smarter manufacturing
Explore the first published Factory on Air episodes, with direct links to episode pages, related articles, and original podcast artwork.
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#FOA S01E06 Improving Product Quality and Reducing Defects
The newest published episode focuses on the cost of defective products, the role of vision systems in detecting defects, and why monitoring production conditions is critical for repeatable quality.
Season 1 • Episode 06
Live episode page with listening options.
Related material
Article link included alongside the episode.
All episodes
These are the currently published Factory on Air episodes. Each card links to the live episode page and the related article material.
Season 1 • Episode 05
#FOA S01E05 Reducing Operating Costs in Production
A practical episode about where costs come from in production, how to monitor energy and materials, and how simulations support savings initiatives.
Season 1 • Episode 04
#FOA S01E04 Optimising Production Processes for Greater Efficiency
Focused on bottlenecks, production-flow analysis, and testing operational improvements with simulations before changing the shop floor.
Season 1 • Episode 03
#FOA S01E03 Predictive Maintenance: End of Downtime
An introduction to predictive maintenance using sensor data and AI to forecast failures early, reduce downtime, and improve machine availability.
Season 1 • Episode 02
#FOA S01E02 Reducing Unplanned Machine Downtime
Explains the operational cost of downtime and how real-time monitoring plus predictive maintenance help detect anomalies before failures escalate.
Season 1 • Episode 01
#FOA S01E01 How to effectively monitor production in real time
A foundational episode on collecting, transmitting, and analyzing production data in real time to eliminate delays and reactive decision-making.
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