Under a new partnership, Elizabeth and Jennifer return to the mic with an all new slate of guests to delve deeper into Digital Transformation. Don't miss this exciting preview to Season 2!

Join Elizabeth and Jennifer as they wrap up Season 1 of the Digital Thread Bytes podcast! What's next? You'll have to listen to find out!

In this episode, Digital Thread Bytes hosts, Jennifer and Elizabeth, skim the surface of advocacy and action associated with the Dayton Regional Manufacturers Association. Serving the DRMA and the manufacturing community in Dayton for over 23 years, President Angelia Erbaugh shares why this organization is critical to the Dayton area and how we can continue to strenthen the region by supporting manufacturing.

Join the Digital Thread Bytes hosts, Jennifer and Elizabeth, to learn more about TheDepartment of the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO) with Chief Architect DavidDiaz. Find out what the Air Force is doing to push forward digital thread/digital twin concepts,including the technologies, frameworks, architectures, and data initiatives to transformacquisition and sustainment, both now and in the future.

Cyber security: Everyone knows they need it, but most people and businesses arereactive, not proactive. What steps should you take to protect your digital assets? Join DigitalThread Bytes podcast hosts to chat with Shawn Waldman, Cyber Security Scientist at SecureCyber Defense, to learn more about what small businesses need to do to protect themselves.

How do companies actually use data? Analyzing and drawing conclusions from data is one of the toughest parts of enabling the digital thread. Building on previous podcast episodes on data literacy and data on the shop floor, join the podcast hosts to investigate how and why a company might use data to make decisions. We welcome Mike Eilers, Data Strategy & Quality Leader at Equifax to fill in some of the mystery surrounding data analytics.

Before you can digitally transform, you'll need a solid process. In the Digital Transformation context, your friendly local MEP, or Manufacturing Extension Partnership, exists to help you find solutions, fast. Join Sinclair DTI and FastLane Manufacturing Growth Advisors to learn about this resource and how you can connect with these manufacturing process wizards to grow your business.

What does the shop floor have to do with the Digital Thread? How does a focus on data at a machine level lead to cost savings, efficiency, and better decision-making? Focusing on the machine operation and weaving in the basics of data literacy, we investigate shop floor data with podcast guest, Ron Pieper from Juxtum.

Modern literacy includes digital skills - the ability to find, evaluate, and use information technologies and the internet. In our increasingly digital world, the average consumer needs to understand the basics and be smart about the curation of our own digital worlds. With Craig McAtee, Executive Director of NCATC, we discuss how education and workforce development can support digital literacy skills.

The Digital Thread Initiative Team takes the "What is the Digital Thread?" question to the attendees of Technology First's Taste of IT Conference. Find out what they discovered by listening to this bonus episode!