Jeff Winter 8/25/26 Jeff Winter 8/25/26

Is Industry 4.0 working?

For more than a decade, manufacturers have invested heavily in the technologies of Industry 4.0, yet U.S. manufacturing productivity has barely moved. So is Industry 4.0 actually working, or are we measuring its impact in the wrong way?

Jeff Winter 8/15/26 Jeff Winter 8/15/26

What Shel Silverstein Taught Me About the Smart Factory

What can a childhood favorite like Where the Sidewalk Ends teach us about the smart factory? More than you might expect, especially when it comes to remembering that intelligent technology alone does not create an intelligent operation.

Jeff Winter 7/30/26 Jeff Winter 7/30/26

When Will Technology Actually Matter? The Two Clocks of Industrial Innovation

Technology impact depends on two clocks: when a technology becomes viable and when a company completes the prerequisites needed to use it. Reflecting on the WEF Intelligent Industrial Operations Outlook 2026, I explore where the timelines may be right, which technologies I would move and why the same future will arrive at very different times for different companies.

Jeff Winter 7/20/26 Jeff Winter 7/20/26

Everyone Wants the Last Domino

Everyone wants autonomous operations, intelligent agents, and self-optimizing factories. But industrial AI success does not begin with the last domino; it is built by standing up every capability that makes it possible.

Jeff Winter 6/28/26 Jeff Winter 6/28/26

Supply Chain Queen - Making Industry 4.0 Real: Strategy, IT/OT Convergence & the Human Side

Supply Chain Queen Podcast - Making Industry 4.0 Real: Strategy, IT/OT Convergence & the Human Side

Jeff Winter 6/23/26 Jeff Winter 6/23/26

Automate LIVE 2026 Conversation: AI Readiness in Manufacturing

Live from Automate 2026, Jeff Winter joins Chris Luecke to unpack what AI adoption in manufacturing really looks like today, why scaling remains so difficult, and what manufacturers actually need to become AI-ready.

Jeff Winter 6/4/26 Jeff Winter 6/4/26

TDEngine - Rethinking Industrial Infrastructure for the Age of AI

TDEngine Podcast - Rethinking Industrial Infrastructure for the Age of AI

Jeff Winter 4/24/26 Jeff Winter 4/24/26

Zinfi - The #1 Reason Industry 4.0 Fails Has Nothing to Do With Technology

Zinfi Video Podcast - Why Industry 4.0 Demands Partner Ecosystem Orchestration

Jeff Winter 3/20/26 Jeff Winter 3/20/26

Keynote - The Intelligent Factory: Why Manufacturing Needs a New Operating Model

Keynote at ProveIt! 2026

The Intelligent Factory: Why Manufacturing Needs a New Operating Model

Jeff Winter 12/21/25 Jeff Winter 12/21/25

Six Levers of Manufacturing Innovation

Manufacturing innovation does not have to be mysterious or overwhelming. These six simple levers offer a practical way to spot where innovation actually matters on the factory floor and turn big ideas into real operational impact.

Jeff Winter 12/16/25 Jeff Winter 12/16/25

perma POWERTALK #05: What’s Next for Maintenance?

Episode 5 of perma POWERTALK with Fred Ritenauer

Jeff Winter 12/10/25 Jeff Winter 12/10/25

Prescriptive AI in the Factory: Accessible for SMEs or Enterprise-Only?

IIoT-World Panel focusing on how Industrial AI is already delivering measurable value in manufacturing, but success depends far less on the technology itself and far more on data readiness, clear ownership, trust in decisions, and the ability to integrate AI into how the business actually operates.

Jeff Winter 12/2/25 Jeff Winter 12/2/25

Season 2: Episode 5: WEF Lighthouses — Lessons from the Leaders (Part 2)

Season 2 Host of CESMII’s Smart Manufacturing Podcast: Episode 5: WEF Lighthouses — Lessons from the Leaders (Part 2)

Jeff Winter 11/7/25 Jeff Winter 11/7/25

Model Context Protocol: The Glue That Binds and the Crack That Breaks

Generative AI gave us smart answers.
Agentic AI gives us autonomous action.
That jump is massive… and dangerous.

Jeff Winter 10/30/25 Jeff Winter 10/30/25

If Captain America Worked in Manufacturing

What if Captain America ran a factory instead of fighting villains? This piece reframes the “A” on his helmet as Automation, AI, and Analytics, and argues that modern manufacturing leadership is less about heroics and more about designing systems that let people do their best work.