Episode 131 - Stu Shepherd, President of Shepherd Solutions
From Manufacturing Matters by Tech B2B
March 4, 2026 · 32 min · Season 4 · Episode 131
About this episode
Stu Shepherd discusses the growth of automation and how to approach its implementation in manufacturing.
“We’re at a perfect storm, finally, of being able to see automation really grow again.” Automation is more approachable than ever before, with more experts in the field — even for very specific applications — available to help walk you through the process of understanding whether certain applications can or should be automated. If you don’t have much experience, start simple and take a crawl, walk, run approach to implementation. Work with your supplier or integrator to set clear expe...
People in this episode
Guest: Stu Shepherd
Topics covered
- automation
- technology
- implementation
- expertise
- manufacturing
Keywords
- automation
- manufacturing
- implementation
- technology
- experts
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Shepherd Solutions
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