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A Manufacturing Podcast. We talk with the owners, suppliers, partners, and customers of custom manufacturers. Listen and learn the secrets of top performing Job Shops. The tools, techniques and backgrounds that have made them successful. All in the quest for raising the bar for Custom Manufacturing.
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Thursday May 28, 2020
Episode 33: Marketing for Job Shops with Matt Sordillo
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
We have a really fun episode today! Jay chats with his first marketing hire at RAPID, Matt Sordillo. Matt left RAPID to join Paperless Parts where he is currently Director of Marketing Services helping both Paperless and non-Paperless customers with their digital marketing efforts. We go deep into practical marketing for job shops, particularly digital marketing and even talk about some of the lies marketing companies tell you. Enjoy!
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Episdode 32: Reid Leland of LeanWerks
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Have you ever considered opening up your company's financials to the workforce? Today's guest Reid Leland has done so and with remarkable success. Reid is the founder and president of LeanWerks in Ogden, Utah, and he has created a better shop; as it is part of their trademark, "we make everything better". We will discuss what that means as well as what has been behind the success of LeanWerks that won them multiple awards so far, including the prestigious Top Shop award. LeanWerks focuses on manufacturing the very most demanding of parts: high precision, high pressure, high temperature. Enjoy!
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Episode 31: Sam Griffith of National Jet Company
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Today we have one of custom manufacturing's rising stars joining us. Custom manufacturers have a reputation of being slow to adopt technology. Sam Griffith, new owner and president of National Jet in Laval, Maryland, believes that whatever the problem, technology is the solution. Their specialty is micro hole drilling, and they continue to push the limits of what is considered possible. How about a hole of a half of a thousandth of an inch? Hear how National Jet is also helping with the fight against COVID-19 as a supplier of material used in PPE equipment. Enjoy!
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Episode 30: L-E-M Plastics with Ellen Pietrowitz-Phillips
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Ellen Pietrowitz-Phillips of L-E-M Plastics in Fairfield, NJ joins us today as our second female job shop owner. L-E-M Plastics is both a plastics focused manufacturer as well as plastics material distributor but have been shifting the business more and more to the make side. Enjoy hearing how Ellen's experience surviving and thriving through past disasters has set her up for optimistic outcomes in the future!