BONUS: AI in Manufacturing: What’s Broken, What’s Working, and How Manufacturers Can Succeed with AI featuring PTC's Joseph June

BONUS: AI in Manufacturing: What’s Broken, What’s Working, and How Manufacturers Can Succeed with AI featuring PTC's Joseph June

From Manufacturing Happy Hour by Chris Luecke

July 10, 2026 · 23 min

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Chris Luecke interviews Joseph June about effective AI strategies in manufacturing.

What if your AI strategy doesn't need more agents, just a better plan? This week Chris sits down with Joseph June, who leads AI strategy at PTC to talk about what companies are getting wrong with AI - going too broad too fast. Joseph goes into why picking one problem and really solving it is the way to go when onboarding AI. He shares a great example of what a strong AI use case looks like on the shop floor and unpacks the concept of ‘production data foundation’. The conversation turns to where agents are headed. There's also some good, grounded discussion here on building trust with AI and how the process mirrors onboarding any new employee. In this episode, find out: How AI experience helped Joseph make the leap from ServiceMax into leading AI strategy at PTC The most common mistake manufacturers make when rolling out AI What separates companies making AI progress from those stuck in pilot purgatory What ‘production data foundation’ means, and why simply having more data shouldn’t be the goal How AI agents are being used in manufacturing today, and where that's headed next Why the plan behind your agents matters more than the agents themselves How to build trust in AI…

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