Solutionology Podcast
Welcome to Solutionology! This podcast was created by DI Labs, an additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing service bureau built by product development and manufacturing engineers. Our hosts, DI Labs Co-Founders Brian and Carl Douglass, are “solutionologists” who solve problems and create new opportunities for customers by leveraging their diverse and powerful fleet of cutting-edge additive technologies. They'll be using this platform to share a wide range of the most challenging product development and manufacturing problems they are tackling these days using additive technology and a mindset of solutionology.
Episodes
31 episodes
Episode #28 | How Additive Manufacturing Stepped Up When Disaster Struck
The Story of a Distributed Manufacturing Response Led by Stratasys DirectIn October 2024, a major hurricane struck the U.S., leaving destruction in its wake—including the disruption of a critical injection molding supply chain for a top...
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Episode 28
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29:50
Episode #27 | A CEO’s Formula for Driving Innovation Through Commitment, Culture & Relationships
Welcome to the latest edition of our Solutionology Stories newsletter and podcast featuring insights from our client, Jamie Duininck the CEO of Prinsco, Inc. He's a third-generation owner and leader of a family business that provides water mana...
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Episode 27
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25:25
Episode #26 | From Concept to Launch: Developing a Disruptive Product Portfolio Using a Digital Mindset
Join us behind the scenes of DI Labs' largest product development and launch program to date, powered by a digital-first approach. Spanning eight years, this transformative journey began in 2015 with a rough business plan. It culminated in 2024...
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38:34
Episode #25 | Approaching Quality & ISO 9001 with a Digital Mindset
Our Solutionology podcast shares behind-the-scenes stories of projects and problem-solving using a digital mindset. In Episode #25, Carl Douglass, DI Lab CEO, and Brian Douglass, DI Labs COO, have an in-depth discussion about quality with Hanna...
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Episode 25
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22:16
Episode #24 | Using a Digital Mindset in Product Development & Manufacturing
What is a digital mindset, and how does it add value to the product development, design, management & manufacturing process?In Episode #24 of the Solutionology Podcast Carl Douglass, P.E. and Brian Douglass from DI Labs dig i...
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Episode 24
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22:30
Episode #23 | Maximizing Value Using a Digital Mindset
What does it mean to have a digital mindset and how does it open up possibilities in product development and manufacturing? On this episode of the Solutionology Podcast, Carl and Brian share DI Lab’s journey in creating a consumer product line ...
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Episode 23
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13:41
Episode #22 | Do You Have A Blueprint for Additive Manufacturing Success?
Recently, Carl and Brian Douglass were guest experts on a Webinar hosted by MasterGraphics and Mindfire. We are posting this as an episode of the Solutionology Podcast with their permission. Access the original posting
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Episode 22
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1:26:06
Episode #21 | When to Consider Additive Manufacturing for Production
In this mini-episode of the Solutionology Podcast, we’re addressing some of the most common questions we get about volume production using additive manufacturing. In fact, these questions were the driving force behind a technical presentation t...
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Episode 21
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14:46
Episode #20 | Driving Design Complexity Using Additive Manufacturing for Production
We’re back with a favorite client and good friend, Mike Van Staagen, owner of Van Staagen Design and VP of Advanced Design and Development for Cirrus Aircraft.In this episode, Mike talks about working with a company to design the intern...
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Episode 20
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14:37
Episode #19 | Insights from a 30-Year Career in Product Design w/ Mike Van Staagen
In this special episode, we got 30 years of wisdom from renowned product and aviation designer, Mike Van Staagen. Mike is extremely passion about sharing what he's learned on his professional journey which started with architecture and led to h...
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Episode 19
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37:29
Episode #18 | The Impact of Rapid Modeling at Full Scale: Cirrus Fuselage
Don’t miss this conversation with a favorite client and good friend, Mike Van Staagen. Mike is a renowned designer of aircraft, mobility solutions, products of all sorts, and a manufacturing engineer with an award-winning 30-year career. He cur...
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Episode 18
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14:59
Episode #17 | A CFO's Perspective on Innovation
This episode of the Solutionology podcast is unlike any other we've done. Our guest is Todd Buness, the CFO and President of Prinsco, a long standing product development client of DI Labs. In this conversation we do a deep dive into the busines...
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Episode 17
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40:52
Episode #16 | Leveraging 3D Printing to Drive Thermoforming Innovation
Carl & Brian walk through examples of how they’ve used industrial 3D printing (additive manufacturing) to drive innovation in projects using low pressure molding methods such as thermoforming. You’ll see examples where traditional molds wer...
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Episode 16
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36:12
Episode #15 | PAEK: The Superhero of Ultra-High-Performance Materials
Do you have experience with ultra-high-performance PEEK materials? Come from an industrial application with harsh chemical & thermal conditions? Robert McKay & Silvia Berretta of Victrex have extensive experience with PEEK and have been...
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Episode 15
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57:00
Pain Point #5: Short Term Thinking vs Long Term Solutions
There's a lot of overselling and hype in the additive industry right now that's not founded in reality. In this excerpt from the Solutionology Podcast Episode #13, we talk about this trend toward transactional, short-term thinking. On the flip ...
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13:19
Pain Point #4: Making Promises vs Delivering on Promises
As a customer, have you ever been disappointed by a company's willingness to honor promises? Does it feel like their commitment stops when their profitability stops? We've been on the receiving end of this problem recently, which h...
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10:25
Pain Point #3: Promoting Quality vs Ensuring Quality
When companies promote quality, what do they really mean? In this excerpt from the Solutionology Podcast 13, DI Labs Co-founders Carl and Brian Douglass dive into the topic of quality and the role it plays in meeting customer expectations. ...
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9:54
Pain Point #2: Packing Builds vs Designing Builds
There's a high degree of pricing and quality variability in the market from additive manufacturing service providers. In this excerpt from the Solutionology Podcast Episode 13, Carl and Brian talk about the difference in approach between servic...
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12:40
Pain Point #1: Buying a Printer vs Building a Digital Workflow
Many additive adopters are buying new printers with the expectation that they're "plug & play." In this excerpt from the Solutionology Podcast Episode #13, Brian and Carl dive into the topic of what it really takes to successfully onboard n...
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10:18
Episode #12 | The Two-Week Effect: A Friendship that Shaped Our Culture
In this episode, we brought our great friend and team member, Justin Hildebrandt, into the podcast studio during his annual stint at DI Labs. You see, Justin has spent two weeks a year for the past ten years as a DI Labs Solutionologist.
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Episode 12
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21:58
Episode #11 | Supporting Transformational Innovation in Medical Device
This Solutionology episode is inspired by our work serving the medical device industry, which makes up over 50% of our business. We dig into the details of medical device applications but the takeaways apply to product innovation in many high-e...
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Episode 11
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32:43
Episode #10 | Discovering the Power of Additive: Phytec's Journey
In this episode of the Solutionology Podcast, we talk with Serah Peterson, engineer and project lead at PHYTEC America, and learn about her experience working with DI Labs to solve a problem so many innovative companies face: bridging the gap b...
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Episode 10
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38:50
Episode #9 | The Journey Behind Our Mass Customization Use Case
There's lots of buzz about mass customization, but how do you actually apply it from a product development and manufacturing standpoint? In this episode, we dive into the details of our two-year journey using mass customization to devel...
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Episode 9
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42:14
Episode #8 | Additive Hype vs. Additive Reality
On this episode, we address an edgy topic that has caused more than a little frustration among customers and industry peers - “Additive Hype vs. Additive Reality.” To gain a broader perspective, we invited Kyle Harvey, Additive Manufacturing Bu...
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Episode 8
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48:14
Episode #7 | Managing Tolerances & Quality for Mission Critical Applications
One of the most common questions we get about additive capabilities is: how do you achieve and manage tight tolerances? Those asking are usually in mission critical applications like medical device, aerospace, or aviation where extremely high l...
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Episode 7
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23:20
