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How to Adapt CNC Training for the Next Generation of Manufacturing Leaders - Part 1, 412
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - June 14, 2024 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsHow do we train the next generation of manufacturing leaders so employers are ready to hire them immediately? Do students still need to learn manual machinery? Or do employers only want skilled CNC machinists? These are just a few questions we dissect in this conversation with special guest a...
MakingSparks: Women in Welding, 411
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - June 07, 2024 19:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsDid you know that only about 6% of welders are women? Women bring a much-needed perspective and expertise to the table. So how do we get more women in welding? NIX has actively been trying to recruit, hire, and retain more women. In this episode of MakingSparks, we sit down with Tori Guzman a...
MFG News Special: Where are We at with the Reshoring Initiative? 410
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 31, 2024 17:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhere is the United States with reshoring initiatives? Do we still have huge vulnerabilities in our supply chain(s) that need to be addressed? If we continue to reshore manufacturing, will companies remain competitive? Reshoring impacts supply chains. Reshoring brings more jobs and opportunit...
Lights Out: A Samurai's Journey to Automation, 409
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 24, 2024 20:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsCan small shops begin to automate their processes? Where do they start with automation? In this episode of MakingChips, the CNC Samurai, Steve Courchane, returns to share his passion for automation. He lays out his 3M process and how it changes the way you view automation. Because if you’re not ...
How Can Manufacturing Leaders Measure Their Customer Relationships? 408
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 18, 2024 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhether you’re a small business or a growing enterprise, you need to seek out new customers and build relationships with them while pushing them through your sales pipeline. The reality is that you have to make more sales to grow your business. You need a way to track and measure your progres...
MakingSparks: Why Numbers are Important for Your Manufacturing Business | Mike Payne Part 2, 407
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 10, 2024 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsYou need to know the “numbers” in your business. Every business owner needs to know that they’re making enough to pay their employees, make and deliver their products, and grow the business. That’s just good business. Non-financial metrics are important, too. A successful business has to focus...
MakingSparks: Oklahoma Meets Indiana - A Manufacturing Chat with Mike Payne Part 1, 406
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 03, 2024 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsMike Payne has spent the last 20+ years deeply entrenched in the M&A process with dozens of companies throughout Oklahoma. Early in his career, he realized he loved the world of manufacturing. He also learned that he enjoyed operating a business. He was just waiting for the right opportunity to ...
Should You Use a Recruiter to Find Your Next Manufacturing Leader? 405
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 26, 2024 17:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsAre you the type of manufacturing leader who prefers to do everything yourself? You learn and innovate as you go, right? We’ve learned from experience: There is an art and a science to recruiting. I’ve muddled through using LinkedIn Recruiter to make some hires. And while it’s a great tool, it c...
The Journey from Scan to CAD to Part at Hill Manufacturing, 404
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 19, 2024 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsMy shop has been restoring a 1959 Ford F10. When we decided to recreate a digital dash for the truck, we decided to ask the LinkedIn world for help. That’s when I met Ira Laughy with rapid3D. Rapid3D exists to solve complex measurement challenges to empower confident decision-making. We scann...
Are You Putting Too Much Trust in Your Supply Chain? 403
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 12, 2024 17:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsHow important is building relationships and trust with your vendors? When you do have established relationships, are you placing too much trust in them? How do you balance being business savvy and trusting? Mark McCormack is known for saying “All things being equal, people will do business wi...
How Businesses Can Collaborate with Technical Education, 402
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 02, 2024 17:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhat are the benefits of working closely with a local career & technical education center? You can have a huge impact on the local community, education system, and businesses. If you partner with a local technical center, it could have a far-reaching impact—and it just might help you recruit the...
SZN1: Should Women Entrepreneurs Choose the Manufacturing Industry? 401
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 29, 2024 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsPOV: You’re a woman with an entrepreneurial edge. You want to start a business. Why not consider the manufacturing industry? There are only 6,431 women-owned manufacturing businesses in the United States (representing just 2% of all manufacturing companies). 20% of them are minority-owned. This ...
Lights Out: How to Prioritize Flexibility when You Invest in Automation, 400
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 22, 2024 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsPOV: You’ve decided to start the process of implementing automation in your machine shop—but it isn’t as easy as flipping a switch. It’s a process that consists of failing forward and learning from every mistake. Tom Schroeder—the Executive Vice President at PBC Linear—joins us in this episode o...
Do We Need More Manufacturing Entrepreneurs? 399
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 12, 2024 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsThere are around 17,000 contract manufacturing job shops in the US. That sounds pretty great, right? The truth is that growth is down 16% since 2008. Now, more than ever, we need new entrepreneurs in the manufacturing industry. Matthew Nix, Paul Van Metre, Drew Crowe, and Mike Payne join me in t...
MakingSparks: Staying Connected through Your Front Line Leaders Part 2, 398
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 05, 2024 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsHow can leadership remain connected to what’s happening on the shop floor? At Nix, we’ve found a creative way to bridge a gap that many businesses experience. We’ve implemented a program that allows our front line to address problems and propose solutions so that their everyday real-world proble...
MakingSparks: Growing Shop Floor Front Line Leaders Part 1, 397
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 27, 2024 18:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsHow do we recruit more young talent to fabrication? How do we navigate rapid growth balanced with training and development? How do we help develop young talent into our future leaders? These are just a few questions we wrestle with in this episode of MakingSparks with special guests Dakota Hunt ...
Timcast IRL #967 US Hit By MAJOR Cyber Attack, Google RIGGING 2024 Election w/Terrence Williams
Timcast IRL - February 23, 2024 03:13 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Hannah Claire, & Serge join Terrence Williams to discuss a major cyber attack affecting the United States, data proving Google's left wing bias is getting worse, Democrats lying about Trump shoving a man, and the final collapse of VICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Timcast IRL #966 EPSTEIN Court Documents Dropping, FL Passes Bill To Drop ALL GRAND JURY Docs
Timcast IRL - February 22, 2024 03:16 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Hannah Claire, & Serge join Kirk Cameron to discuss Florida planning to release Epstein documents from 2006, Chicago residents slamming the mayor for seemingly replacing them with migrants, Google's new racist AI called Gemini, and Kirk Cameron's new children's show. Learn more about yo...
Timcast IRL #965 NY Democrat Threatens To SEIZE Trump Buildings Over $355M Verdict w/Cliff Maloney
Timcast IRL - February 21, 2024 03:21 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Phil, & Serge join Cliff Maloney to discuss NYC threatening to seize Trump's buildings if he is unable to pay fraud fine, NYC migrant credit cards costing upwards of $10,000 per person, a new congress bill aiming to expedite citizenship for illegal immigrants who serve in the US militar...
MakingSparks: Manufacturing Precision and Processes with BWXT GM Nate Foote, 396
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 20, 2024 18:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsBWXT Mount Vernon produces components for naval nuclear reactors, used in submarines and aircraft carriers. Their sprawling facility is home to CNC machine tools and sophisticated welding and heat-treating equipment. In this episode of MakingSparks, General Manager Nate Foote shares more about t...
Timcast IRL #964 Trump $350M NY Fraud Verdict BACKFIRES, Democrat BEGS Business To Stay w/David Lucas
Timcast IRL - February 20, 2024 03:14 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Shane Cashman, & Serge join David Lucas to discuss Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary blasting NYC's ruling against Trump, Truckers speaking up & stating they will refuse deliveries to NYC over verdict in Trump fraud trial, a GoFundMe campaign being launched after NYC ordering Trump to pay $365...
Sunday Uncensored: Ada Lluch Members Only Podcast
Timcast IRL - February 18, 2024 15:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim & Co join Ada Lluch for a spicy bonus segment usually only available on Timcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Timcast IRL #963 Trump Ordered To Pay $365M After CORRUPT NY Trial Ruling w/Mario Fratto
Timcast IRL - February 17, 2024 03:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Libby, Phil, & Serge join Mario Fratto to discuss Trump being ordered to pay $365 Million in NY fraud case, the SEC greenlighting the offering of the company behind Truth Social, and Fani Willis' father saying that hiding cash is a "black thing." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
Timcast IRL #962 DA Prosecuting Trump Fani Willis May Have Admitted To FELONY On Stand w/Rep Massie
Timcast IRL - February 16, 2024 03:17 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Phil, Hannah Claire, & Serge join Rep. Thomas Massie to discuss Fani Willis' testimony during corruption case, Fani possibly admitting to felonies during testimony, the Biden DOJ arresting the whistleblower exposing Joe & Hunter Biden crimes, and Rep. Massie explaining how congress is f...
Timcast IRL #961 Congress WARNS Of RUSSIAN SPACE NUKES, BS Story To FORCE Ukraine War Vote w/Ada Lluch
Timcast IRL - February 15, 2024 03:18 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Phil, & Serge join Ada Lluch to discuss Russian space nukes being rumored as a National Security Threat, the Kansas City Super Bowl Parade shooting, Florida police officers firing at an unarmed suspect after mistaking an acorn hitting their car as a gunshot, and Republicans losing the s...
Timcast IRL #960 MAYORKAS IMPEACHED, GOP WINS, GA Deploying National Guard To Texas w/Michael Tracey
Timcast IRL - February 14, 2024 03:17 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Libby, & Serge join Michael Tracey to discuss Alejandro Mayorkas being impeached, Joe Biden accusing republicans of playing politics over the impeachment of Mayorkas, the Georgia National Guard being deployed to Texas to assist in the border crisis, and rich leftists housing migrants in...
MakingSparks: How Technology Drives Innovation on the Other Side of Metalworking Nation, 395
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 13, 2024 18:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhat are the pros and cons of plasma cutters vs. water jets vs. lasers? How does cutting with nitrogen differ from cutting with oxygen? How is technology driving innovation in fabrication? R.J. Reed and Brendon DiVincenzo join us in this episode of MakingSparks to cover all things lasers and fab...
Timcast IRL #959 Democrats Joke They RIGGED SUPER BOWL, Biden REFUSES Brain Test w/Michael Rectenwald
Timcast IRL - February 13, 2024 03:15 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Phil, Hannah Claire, & Serge join Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss Joe Biden tweeting out creepy "Dark Brandon" meme after Chiefs Super Bowl win, the US Senate approving funding for Israel and Ukraine wars, Kamala Harris saying she is ready to serve right before disastrous Biden speech, and...
Sunday Uncensored: Bill Ottman Members Only Podcast
Timcast IRL - February 11, 2024 15:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim & Co join Bill Ottman for a spicy bonus segment usually only available on Timcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Timcast IRL #958 Democrats File FEC Complaint TO BLOCK RFK Jr. PANIC Over Biden's Brain w/Mike Harlow
Timcast IRL - February 10, 2024 03:25 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsTim, Ian, Phil. & Serge join Mike Harlow to discuss DNC filing an election complaint against RFK Jr, Bill Clinton's former strategist admitting Biden's speech was disastrous for Democrats, an NBC poll showing that 89% of Americans are concerned about Biden's health, and Michael Rappaport admittin...
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