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Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders

MakingChips LLC

Manufacturing is tough—but you don"t have to go it alone. If you"re leading a manufacturing business, you face constant pressure: staying competitive, adopting new tech, managing people, and driving growth. MakingChips helps you tackle those challenges head-on. Since 2014, we"ve been equipping manufacturing leaders with the knowledge and inspiration they need to succeed. With hundreds of episodes and over a million downloads, MakingChips is a top resource for the metalworking nation—covering

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MC039: A Young Woman with Manufacturing Dreams: A...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/09/16

MC039: A Young Woman with Manufacturing Dreams: A conversation with Michelle Mabry Traditionally the manufacturing industry has been dominated by the presence of men. That’s not a bad thing. But it’s not necessarily a good thing either. Today’s episode of Making Chips is a conversation with one of the many young women who are stepping into the once-male-dominated manufacturing industry and making a very positive difference. When Michelle Mabry moved to Chicago she enrolled in a welding class at a

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30:29

MC038: Growing your Manufacturing Business Through...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/09/09

Business growth what we all want to see. More customers, more jobs, and more revenue. But there are other ways to grow your company, including the purchase or acquisition of another company in your niche. In this episode of Making Chips Jason and Jim chat with Tom Hilaris who has recently become CEO of Ergoseal, a company that manufactures seals for OEMs in the industrial and aerospace rotating equipment industries. Within a two month period Tom’s company acquired 2 other companies and grew both his

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35:12

MC037: Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry -...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/09/02

In this great part-two episode, Jason and Jim continue their conversation with Sarah Caldicott. Besides being an extremely intelligent student of business and innovation, Sarah is an author and the great grandniece of Thomas Edison. Her study and writing is largely based on her own interest in her famous relative who was not only an amazing inventor, but also a manufacturer in his own right. Listen in to hear tales of Edison’s life and systems and why his contributions to the manufacturing industry

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21:00

MC036: Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry, with...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/08/26

Thomas Edison was an undeniable genius. His processes and inventions still influence the way we live our lives today. Today’s conversation is one that will turn the lights on (no pun intended) for you and your manufacturing team if you’ll open yourself up to some ways of thinking about how you run your business. Today’s guest is Sarah Caldicott, author and great grandniece of Thomas Edison. Her new book “Midnight Lunch” profiles many of the strategies of collaboration and innovation that came out

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19:08

MC035: Rebuilding Manufacturing One Veteran At a Time...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/08/19

The last episode of Making Chips featured a conversation with Hernán Luis y Prado, U.S. veteran and founder of Workshops for Warriors. This episode is a continuation of that important conversation. Hernán is passionate to see two things: the manufacturing industry rebuilt in a sustainable, truly effective way, and the reintegration of veterans into the American society and workforce. Hear how Workshops for Warriors is doing that in their San Diego training facility and how they have achieved 100%

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MC034: Rebuilding Manufacturing One Veteran At a Time...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/08/12

There is a problem in the United States among Veterans of the U.S. Military After sacrificing a great deal to protect their homeland, U.S. Veterans often struggle to find their place in civilian society. It’s especially difficult for those who are injured or disabled and come home to industries and jobs that are not suited to their newfound disability. Many fall into drug use, crime, and other non-productive walks of life. Workshops for Warriors is the vision of one man, a veteran himself, who saw

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MC033: Business Management Tools for Manufacturing...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/07/29

The nature of things in the manufacturing industry has changed. Gone are the days when a physical filing system will adequately contain all the documents and resources you need to help your company thrive. The technology era is here and the manufacturing leaders of the future will be the ones who are able to stay on top of the ever changing technical world and use it to the advantage of their company and employees. In this episode of Making Chips, Jim and Jason point out 3 tools they use

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30:59

MC032: How to Maximize your Employee Annual Reviews,...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/07/22

Why are employee annual reviews a bad idea? It’s not the idea of having a meeting with employees that’s a bad idea, it’s the verbiage we use to describe what is happening. An “annual review” or “evaluation” has a top-down implication that puts the employee in a helpless and often defensive posture. They are going to be evaluated, rather than a much more positive approach that could enlist the employee in their own performance improvement. In this episode of Making Chips Jim and Jason speak again

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MC031: Bringing Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S. -...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/07/15

Outsourcing jobs to China and other countries used to be the most affordable option for many manufacturing companies. But changes to the global economy have caused changes that make it not only affordable, but even advantageous for U.S. Manufacturers to bring jobs home. Harry Moser is a veteran of the manufacturing industry and upon retirement he took the initiative to being an organization focused on doing exactly that. Find out more about The Reshoring Initiative and what it’s doing to promote the

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34:35

MC030: How to get rid of that “Bad Apple” in the shop...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/07/08

Every employer has to deal with the complex issues that are a part of employment law in the modern age. But they also have to run a shop that is well-tuned and efficient. Too often those two responsibilities conflict in ways that they don’t expect. In this episode of Making Chips, Jason and Jim are going to chat with Karla Dobbeck, a Human Resources specialist who has some very practical, insightful advice for manufacturing employers on how to deal with those “bad apples” that show up from time to

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35:19

MC029: Job costing: What are the recommended ways to...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/07/06

Today’s episode of Making Chips features a listener question. You can leave your question for Jim and Jason to answer by going to www.MakingChips.com to leave your question. They just might answer it on an upcoming podcast episode. Today’s question has to do with costing out a job. Is there a standard formula or way to price out jobs in light of workers who are manning more than one machine, etc.? Jim has years of experience in costing out jobs so he’s got a lot to share in this episode. But first,

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MC028: Manufacturing Industry advice through the eyes...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/06/17

We introduced you to Patricia Miller of Matrix IV back in episode 26 and in today’s episode we’re going to do a deeper dive into the challenges and victories Patricia has faced as she’s taken over the reigns of her family’s ailing manufacturing company. The insights she shares as a former marketer from the biotech field, looking into the manufacturing industry for the first time, are very insightful and worth a listen. As Patricia Miller took over the reigns of her grandfather’s failing company

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MC027: Marketing tactics you should STOP right now!...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/06/10

Marketing is an important part of any business. It’s got to be because it’s how you let people know who you are and what you do. That’s something that can never change. But the WAY you marketing has GOT to change. Why? Because the world we live in changes. People are repulsed or attracted by different things today than they were even a few years ago. Marketing has got to flex with the times. In this episode of Making Chips, Jim Carr and Jason Zenger walk you through their personal mindset about

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32:07

MC026: Moving an old-school manufacturing business...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/06/04

That’s what Patricia Miller’s professional associates told her when she started investigating the possibility of taking over her family business after she’d already pursued and been successful at a career that included marketing, corporate leadership, and politics. Put yourself in her shoes and you’ll probably understand why they said what they did. She’d already experienced many perks that manufacturing leaders seldom do. Travel, posh offices, important connections - yet, she says her heart and her

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MC025: Why you should hire your next manufacturing...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/05/27

It’s a manufacturing renaissance Where do you typically find the best employees for your manufacturing company? How do you go about finding them? As you’ll hear from Jim and Jason’s stories in this podcast episode, everyone gets into the business through a different path. But the guys believe there’s a huge reservoir of future manufacturing leaders in High School students. Why High School students? Because they represent an untapped, teachable, ready-to-train class of workers who are in need of

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23:28

MC024: 6 reasons why every manufacturing leader...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/05/20

If you are a manufacturing leader and you are not on LinkedIn, you don’t exist. - Jim Carr That’s how strongly Jim feels about the power of having a presence on LinkedIn. It’s not just for job-seekers, it’s for anyone who wants to engage in dialogue and exchange of information in a business niche. Manufacturing is one of those and you might be surprised at the amount of information flowing back and forth behind the scenes through the LinkedIn network. In this episode, Jim and Jason are going to

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MC023: SFPM - Surface Feet Per Minute - a fundamental...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/05/13

If you don’t know how to calculate SFPM, you’re losing money! Every now and then we like to go to square one to discuss some fundamental issues surrounding the work done in the average machine shop. This episode is one of those episodes. Jim and Jason are talking SFPM - Surface Feet Per Minute in this episode. If you don’t understand what SFPM is, or if you don’t know how to calculate it, you need to listen in to this episode. Properly calculating SFPM is a fundamental machine shop skill that

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25:15

MC022: Taking your corporate snapshot

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/05/06

A corporate snapshot that has nothing to do with a camera! Shop owners know what they do because they do it every day. But how do you communicate your areas of specialty and expertise in a concise, powerful way so that your prospective clients are able to get it right off? That’s what a corporate snapshot is for. In this episode of Making Chips, Jim and Jason invite 3 guests into the study who specialize in helping businesses create their very own corporate snapshot. Their guests are Jule

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MC021: 3D Printing in the modern machine shop - with...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/05/01

Today Jason and Jim are coming to you from Chicago, the “Windy City!” They are there because they’re chatting with Jon Baklund, a veteran tool and die maker who started in the manufacturing industry when he was 19. His father still works in the shop daily, and his wife works in the business as well - so it’s a true “family” business. His business, Baklund R & D is heavily involved in #d printing, which is a very intriguing new aspect of the manufacturing industry. 3D printing is a newer technology

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MC020: Vending Systems - the how, what, and why for...

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders ·

2015/04/27

This is a hot topic edition where Jim is asking Jason about vending systems for the machine shop. You may have the impression that vending machines are just for the huge companies that crank out bazillions of widgets every day. But is that true? You’re going to find out that and a ton more about machine shop vending systems in this episode of Making Chips. There are many misconceptions about vending systems and much resistance to the idea that a small shop could actually benefit from using them,

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