In this episode of the Manufacturing IT Podcast, we chat with Dr Gilad Langer.  Dr. Langer is an accomplished business leader with 25+ years of experience in IT, automation and engineering services delivery, technical operations, business development and sales. He has deep domain expertise in Digital Technologies and Manufacturing Business Systems (IIoT, Big Data, AI, MES, MI, PLM, QMS, DCS, & SCADA). He has an accomplished track record of Digital Transformation to drive high levels of operational performance in manufacturing industries with a specific focus in the regulated Life Sciences industries (pharma, biotech, & med device). He has also served as trusted adviser and business consultant in the areas of technology directions, industry strategy, and software implementations. His focus and passion is next generation (Pharma 4.0) digital technologies and IIoT for manufacturing. Dr. Langer started his career in academia, researching concepts and architectures for agile manufacturing systems using emerging technologies such as multi agent systems and novel concepts that were the archetype for Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT. He takes a systematic and strategic approach that he has honed throughout his career in different roles including consulting, sales, marketing, product strategy, project management, software development and implementation, and research. Tulip, the leader in frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with connected apps– leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. With Tulip’s cloud-based platform, those closest to operations can take advantage of composability and edge connectivity to digitally transform processes, guide operators, track production, and gain a real-time, holistic view of operations.  Companies of all sizes and across industries, including complex manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices, have implemented composable solutions with Tulip’s platform to solve some of the most pressing challenges in operations: error-proofing processes and boosting productivity with guided workflows, capturing and analyzing real-time data, and continuously improving operations.  A spinoff out of MIT, the company is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, and Hungary. You can learn more and get started for free at Tulip.co.  Hope you enjoy this episode! All feedback is welcome and we'd love for you to comment your views on each show. #manufacturingIT #manufacturingtechnology #MES #industry40 #ManufacturingOperationsManagement #ManufacturingIntelligenceSystems #ManufacturingExecutionSystems #ProcessAutomationSystems #IndustrialInternetofThings #IIoT #ComputerSystemValidation #ProcessControlSystems #DataHistorianSystems #AdvancedAnalytics #SCADA #Syncade #DeltaV #Pasx #RockwellFactoryTalk #rockwell #PlantPAx #AllenBradley #RSLogix #SiemensSimatic #siemens #SimaticBatch #PCS7 #Step7 #WincCC #Wonderware #GE #SAP #PomsNet #Apriso #Werum #OSI #LIMS #800xA #SattLine