Why a Top-Down Approach is Required to Improve Quality with Anna Goodman from Celanese

On this week's episode of The Maintainers: A Blue Cap Community Podcast, hosts Jake & David are joined by an outstanding guest, Anna Goodman. Anna is the Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer at Celanese, a global chemical leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Anna is bringing in her extensive and diverse manufacturing background to the conversation today.

Some topics that are covered in this episode include: What differences exist between various manufacturing industries, why leadership should be taking a top-down approach towards their predictive maintenance efforts, and how the tides might slowly be shifting to close the gender gap in the industry. Anna also stresses the importance of mentorship in fostering early career development, and the ways in which she works with professional organizations to do her part.

Additionally, David & Jake poke around the subject of AI, and where the industry might be headed as it is further integrated into the work done everyday. Hear Anna give her thoughts on how she views the future potential available, and if it will be fully replacing humans or working together to enable more intellectual work.

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