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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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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
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
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!
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Jay chats with 3D Printing veteran and Pioneer, Kevin Dyer, of InterPRO Additive Manufacturing Group. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, hear how Kevin's shop was instrumental in helping prototype and test ventilator adapters to allow one ventilator to support multiple patients. This story as well as many others over the course of Kevin's tenure in 3D printing make for a unique and exciting episode!
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Join us for this fun episode with Kurt Wagner, second generation owner of Wagner Machine Company in Champaign, Illinois. Wagner Machine is a precision machine shop with all sorts of capabilities and Kurt has innovative mind that doesn’t like to say no!
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Jay chats with Harry Moser, President of the Reshoring Initiative, a non-profit, who’s mission is to bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States. They offer a number of free tools to help companies more accurately assess their total cost of offshoring, and shift collective thinking from “offshoring is cheaper” to “local reduces the total cost of ownership.”
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Jay's guest today is Roger Atkins, President at The National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA). Roger started helping in a family shop when he was ten years old spent and has spent his entire career in metalworking and most recently accepted the role of President of the NTMA early this year. The NTMA supports US small and medium size custom part manufacturers in the quest to not only survive in today’s tough times but to actually thrive!
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
We interview our first female Job Shop Owner, Kristin Carlson of Peerless Precision out of Western Massachusetts. Kristin shares her experience of being a woman in a male dominated industry as well as how dedicated she is growing her workforce and her commitment to the custom part manufacturing business. Enjoy!
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
In this very timely episode, Jay chats with Patrick Davidson, VP at Metalmite and Mark Freir, Patrick's executive coach and author of "The Choice to Show Up". They explore the soft skills of running a shop and offer advice on being a leader during these turbulent times.
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Jay chats with Jeff Robinson of the newly formed Hybrid Machining. Jeff speaks candidly about his experience selling his previous shop, AllRout, and starting his new shop shortly thereafter.