Latest Jasonzenger Podcast Episodes
Coolant Problems and How to Solve Them
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - August 02, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWe’ve all gone into plants that smell awful because they’re dealing with coolant problems. But that smell is a symptom of other, bigger problems. If you have a smelly shop, foggy and dirty windows, and gunk on your tables, you’ve got a coolant problem that’s creating an unhealthy environment for...
Tooling Management for Success Using Your ERP System
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - July 26, 2022 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsThe key to being a good salesman is to add value wherever you can for your customers. I want to be able to talk with ZENGER’s customers about integrating their tooling management with their ERP system and why it can help them. That’s why, in this episode of MakingChips, Paul Van Metre comes back...
Will You Find Your Next Manufacturing Customer, or Will Your Next Customer Find You? 320
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - July 19, 2022 19:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhether you rely on inbound marketing, outbound marketing, or a combination of both, sourcing new customers can be a hassle. But it’s how you grow your business, so you can’t give up. Thomas™, a Xometry company, is America’s #1 industrial sourcing platform and marketing powerhouse. It could also...
Will You Find Your Next Manufacturing Customer, or Will Your Next Customer Find You?
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - July 19, 2022 19:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhether you rely on inbound marketing, outbound marketing, or a combination of both, sourcing new customers can be a hassle. But it’s how you grow your business, so you can’t give up. Thomas™, a Xometry company, is America’s #1 industrial sourcing platform and marketing powerhouse. It could also...
What Can a Skills Gap Analysis Do for Your Manufacturing Business?
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - July 15, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhy is a skills gap analysis helpful? How can it make your company more efficient? What does the process look like? In this episode of MakingChips, we define a seven-step process you can use to help you run a skills gap analysis on your manufacturing business. Special guest Crystal Van Vleet sha...
What Can a Skills Gap Analysis Do for Your Manufacturing Business? 319
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - July 15, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhy is a skills gap analysis helpful? How can it make your company more efficient? What does the process look like? In this episode of MakingChips, we define a seven-step process you can use to help you run a skills gap analysis on your manufacturing business. Special guest Crystal Van Vleet sha...
Levers to Pull to Double the Value of Your Manufacturing Company
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - July 05, 2022 17:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhat can you do to double the value of your manufacturing company and increase your likelihood of selling it exponentially? In this episode of MakingChips, Michael Watkins and David Capkovitz from EBITDA Growth Systems (EGS) share how they can help you increase your profitability and Paul Van Me...
How One Manufacturing Leader Closed the Skills Gap with Incredible Results
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - June 27, 2022 17:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsMany manufacturers are facing a common struggle: Their team members are retiring. Even worse, they’re struggling to replace them. Matt Carr—the President of Storch Products Co—found an ingenious way to solve the skills gap at his company by attracting talent from a local technical college. How? ...
AS9100 Credentialing in 4 months? One Man's Success Story, 316
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - June 22, 2022 17:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsAS9100 is a standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. If a manufacturer wants to work in this field, they have to be AS9100 certified. The credentialing process is difficult to achieve quickly. Integrating it into your quality management system (QMS) can be even more tim...
Our Sales & Marketing Pet Peeves and What to Do Instead
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - June 06, 2022 17:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsDo you struggle with any pet peeves? We’ve compiled a list of three sales and marketing tactics that people utilize that drive us crazy: misusing lead capture forms, cold calls, and spammy LinkedIn connections. But instead of just complaining about these things, we’re going to share what anyone ...
Finding Your Niche: Right Customer—Right Seat, 314
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 23, 2022 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsGino Wickman and Jim Collins popularized the term, “Right people, right seat” in reference to getting the right employees in leadership positions. But what if we take that terminology and apply it to customers? How do you decide what type of customer is the right fit for your manufacturing busin...
Time Management for the Manufacturing Leader
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 18, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsDo you struggle with time management? Do you find yourself overwhelmed and exhausted at the end of the week with an endless backlog of things to do? After a rough week of long workdays and back-to-back dinner meetings, I felt like a zombie. I thought it wise to dive into an episode about time ma...
Manufacturing Lessons from King Richard
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 09, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratings“King Richard” is a movie about Venus and Serena’s dad, Richard Williams. I remember watching their rise in tennis and was fascinated by this movie that followed their path to success. Their father was a large driving force behind their successful careers. So in this unique episode of MakingChip...
Implementing 5S: Simple Tips to Get You Started
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - May 02, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratings5S is a methodology that I decided to implement when Carr Machine & Tool moved to a new location. We were meticulous about each decision we made so that we could create a clean and safe work environment to lead to increased productivity. The 5 S’s consist of sort, set in order, shine, standardize...
Get It Before It’s Gone! How to Extract Wisdom from Your Colleagues Before They Retire
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 28, 2022 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsThere’s so much wisdom my generation needs to extract from our older colleagues before they retire. Many young people in this industry are naive because it takes time and experience to master a trade. I don’t want someone to retire and still have lingering questions I wished I would’ve asked. Th...
What the Heck is a Samurai CNC Machinist?
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 18, 2022 17:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsHow do gaming, programming, and the world of a machinist look intersect? In this episode of MakingChips, Steve Courchane—the CNC Samurai—shares his “origin story,” talks about how programming and gaming are aligned, and how to apply gamification to machining to motivate employees. Because if you...
Can You Scale Rapidly After 100 Years of Slow Growth?
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 11, 2022 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsIf your business has been slow-growing or stagnant, can you ramp up your growth? Matthew Nix would know—he’s grown his family business by a 100x multiple and spent seven straight years on the Inc. 5000 list. But how do you grow from a small mom-and-pop shop to an acquisition and growth machine? ...
“People, Process, and Performance" A Special Live Event Interview
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - April 04, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsToday’s episode of MakingChips is recorded at a special LIVE Tri-State Manufacturing Alliance (TSMA) event in conjunction with the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership. We are joined by three amazing panelists: Leah Curry: The President at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana David Conner: ...
Why is Travel so Important for Manufacturing Leaders? A Special MakingTrips Episode
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 28, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWe’re on a five-hour drive to a speaking event for the Tri-State Machining Association (TSMA) so we thought, why not do an episode on the importance of travel for manufacturing leaders? In this special episode of MakingChips, we cover the benefits of travel, the potential downsides, and how to us...
What to Do When an Employee Leaves
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 18, 2022 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhat do you do when an employee resigns? How do you handle their departure in a dignified way? What do you do when you have to let someone go? You have to handle each scenario differently—and sometimes gingerly. So in this episode of MakingChips, we walk through navigating the exit process. Paul...
Bonus Incentive Plans to Drive Action
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - March 07, 2022 18:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhat do you expect from your employees? Do you expect them to think like an owner? Or just clock in and get their work done? Are they compensated for your expectations? In this episode of MakingChips, we’ll cover the bonus incentive plan I’ve structured for my core team. I’ll share the goals of ...
Does My Shop Need Middle Management?
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 28, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsAs our team begins to grow at Carr Machine & Tool, I believe it’s time to hire for a middle management position. But what is middle management? What does a middle management role consist of? Will implementing this role truly solve our problems? Jason helps me talk through the challenges I’m faci...
Keeping the Culture High in a Virtual World
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 21, 2022 18:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsHow do you keep corporate culture alive when your workforce is completely remote? How do you focus your company on your values, mission, and goals? When a thriving company culture is crucial to retaining your employees, it can’t be neglected. We dissect this problem we’re facing because of the C...
Getting a Grip on Workholding Automation and Leading your Elders
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 14, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsIs the labor shortage accelerating automation? Why is there a perception that automation is both risky and complex? How do you lead your elders with authority yet humility? To dovetail—or not to dovetail? These are the questions that we hash out with Michael Gaunce, the VP of Sales for Tooling a...
What is the Future of MakingChips?
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - February 07, 2022 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsMakingChips is NOT a cult of personality. We want MakingChips to be about the Metalworking nation. We want to interview you. We want to talk about your problems and how to solve them. We hope we equip, inspire—and sometimes entertain—you. With that being said, some BIG changes are coming. What w...
Doubling Down on Your People and Culture in 2022
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - January 24, 2022 18:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsYour people are the most important part of your business. If they’re not, they should be. When you hire someone, it’s always with the hope that they’ll become a long-term part of the family, right? So you need to cultivate a workplace culture they want to stay and thrive in. So in this episode o...
How Manufacturing Leaders Can Have Better Meetings in 2022, 298
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - January 17, 2022 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsWhat are the things you HATE about meetings? Moving into 2022, would you like to have better, more productive meetings that don’t waste time and actually get things done? The MakingChips team is discussing the issue on this episode based on a book Nick read recently, called, “Death By Meeting.” ...
What Annual Goals Do For You - Not Just Tips and Tricks, 297
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - January 10, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsThis is NOT another goal-setting podcast episode. You know, the kind that explains how to effectively set goals for the year… this one is about WHY you need to set goals. No tips and tricks. No newest approaches and apps. We’re going to talk about the impact goal-setting can have on your life an...
Growing Your ESOP to a New Level, 296
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - December 27, 2021 18:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsIn our previous conversation with Jeff Taylor (episode 292) we introduced the idea of ESOPS (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) as a way to give true ownership to your manufacturing business employees. We invited Jeff back for this episode to tell us more of the journey he’s been on with ESOPs and ...
What the Great Resignation Means for Manufacturing, 295
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders - December 20, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsThe “Great Resignation” as it’s been called, has created a wide variety of circumstances that have impacted the American workforce. 55% of workers making under $30K/year say they will be looking for a new job soon. Has this impacted manufacturing? If so, what can we do as manufacturing leaders t...
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