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Manufacturing TomorrowAuthor: Ohio Manufacturing Institute
Manufacturing Tomorrow is a podcast series brought to you by the Ohio Manufacturing Institute at The Ohio State University. Featuring the perspectives of manufacturing leaders, we focus on the advanced manufacturing innovations, solutions and partnerships that exist in our region now and that will propel industry in the future.Our guests include the unsung heroes of advanced manufacturing, from company C-suite executives and engineers to industry-facing academics, supportive government agencies and regional economic development organizations. Interviews cover the latest topics on products, processes and groundbreaking relationships the best manufacturers engage in to infuse entrepreneurialism in their daily operations.Our mission is simple: to provide a voice to manufacturers to educate the public on the value of manufacturing innovation to the U.S. economy and to showcase how Ohios technology resource support providers (e.g., higher education, technical centers, and MEPs) boost advanced manufacturing solutions. We ask guest speakers about catalysts needed to collaborate on manufacturing innovation, how to reduce academic-industry barriers, and technical resources that can truly bolster manufacturing productivity. Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Richard Barnett, Fusion Risk Management
Sunday, 16 August, 2026
On this episode of Manufacturing Tomorrow, we sit down with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer at Fusion Risk Management, a leading provider of operational resilience software and services. Richard has spent more than a decade working directly with manufacturing and supply chain organizations as their risk exposure has shifted alongside increasingly digitally connected operations. The conversation centers on a counterintuitive finding from Fusion’s latest Enterprise Resilience Report: manufacturers report feeling more prepared for disruption than they did in 2021. On the surface, that looks like progress. Richard argues it may actually be a warning sign — because the threats manufacturers have built confidence around aren’t the ones now emerging on the plant floor. The discussion digs into where that confidence gap shows up in practice: AI-driven incidents that most resilience frameworks haven’t caught up to, the risks hiding in IT/OT convergence for plants running legacy systems, and resilience exposure that lives entirely outside a manufacturer’s own four walls — in SaaS platforms and supply chain partners they don’t control. Richard also traces the shift underway in how resilience is treated organizationally — from a compliance checkbox to a strategic capability with real leadership attention and budget behind it — and closes with concrete first steps for any plant manager or VP of Operations who suspects they’ve got gaps. Keywords: Operational Resilience, IT/OT Convergence, Manufacturing Risk Management, AI in Manufacturing
