Who killed the thread pitch? A product data murder mystery | Ep. 23
A maintenance manager at a food plant orders a replacement for a sheared conveyor bolt. It shows up two days later, looks perfect, and won’t go in the hole. For the Halloween episode, Matt Johnson and Floyd Blaikie of Pivotree skip the interview and play product data telephone as a radio drama.
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One fictional M10 hex bolt travels through five handoffs. It goes from a manufacturer spec sheet to item setup at a distributor, then to a marketplace listing and an inside sales call. From there it reaches a purchasing system and finally an AI purchasing agent with permission to buy equivalents…
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