Sofeast's CEO Renaud flies solo in this episode and discusses what he thought of the recent Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson. What can we, the manufacturing community, learn from this enigmatic character? As you'll hear, one of his specialities is making positive DFM (Design for Manufacturing) changes, so there will be plenty of focus on those, but also on his 5-point algorithm for success, triumphs and failures in manufacturing, and more.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introduction.
06:25 - Elon Musk: A great contributor to humanity?
09:21 - Automation then de-automation
11:26 - Making product design engineers responsible for the manufacturing process.
13:24 - Musk's 5-point algorithm for success.
23:44 - The 'Idiot Index'.
25:44 - Material science: The unexpected choice to replace carbon fiber with stainless steel in some SpaceX parts.
27:31 - Using a revolutionary stainless-steel body for the cyber truck.
30:30 - Changing how die-casting is used in the automotive trade.
32:23 - Wrapping up.
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