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Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders

Manufacturing is challenging, but if you are connected to a community of leaders, you can elevate your skills, solve your problems and grow your business! MakingChips was launched in 2014 to equip and inspire the metalworking nation. Hundreds of episodes and a million downloads later, it’s an industry-leading source of information, inspiration, and entertainment for manufacturing leaders of all types. It’s hosted by Jason Zenger and Nick Goellner, two multi-generational manufacturing leaders, and they’re joined by a rotating panel of expert guests – including Titan Gilroy (TITANS of CNC), John Saunders (NYC CNC), Mark TerryBerry (Haas Automation), and many more. Join us as we tackle the topics that keep you up at night - leadership, operations, technology, growth, workforce development and culture.
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Oct 25, 2022

How do you make an industry event a worthy investment for your business? Can you prepare ahead of time to see an ROI? What should you avoid doing when you’re attending an event? In this episode of MakingChips—with IMTS fresh on our minds—we talk about the dos and don’ts for industry events. You have to be strategic because if you’re not making chips, you’re not making money. BAM!

– Nick

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  • [1:09] What’s happening in our lives
  • [4:42] Hear our manufacturing news
  • [9:49] What we’re reading right now
  • [11:37] The ROI of industry events
  • [15:27] Craft a social media campaign
  • [16:47] Set appointments ahead of time
  • [18:12] Prepare specific questions
  • [19:32] Bring a guest with you
  • [21:12] The “don’ts” you need to avoid

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Oct 18, 2022

I believe if you find your passion you will have a successful and fruitful career. I didn't realize what my true passions were until later in life. In this episode of MakingChips, each of us will break down and share with the metalworking nation what we are passionate about. Because if you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, you’re not living to your full potential. And if you’re not happy with your job, you’re not making chips, and if you’re not making chips, you’re not making money. BAM!

— Jim

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  • [3:21] The definition of “finding your passion”
  • [3:53] What’s happening in our lives
  • [8:05] Manufacturing News
  • [13:56] What we’re passionate about
  • [22:35] Be realistic about your passions

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Oct 11, 2022

In the final special edition episode of MakingChips recorded live at IMTS, we sit down with Craig Zoberis of Fusion OEM and RoboJob USA and Derek Goodwin with Trinity Robotics Automation to talk about a paradigm shift in the industry: Automation. We cover the difference between pallet automation and machine tending, implementing automation, and calculating the true ROI of automation. Automation can increase spindle utilization and help your shop make more chips to make more money. BAM!

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  • [2:54] Learn more about Craig Zoberis and Derek Goodwin
  • [5:13] The difference between pallet automation and machine tending
  • [9:23] The first step toward lights-out manufacturing
  • [16:19] Is automation easy to program and implement?
  • [20:41] Is the cost of automation a barrier to entry?
  • [22:26] How many untended hours can you achieve? 
  • [30:00] RoboJob USA and Trinity Robotics Automation complement each other

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Oct 4, 2022

Have you implemented a machine monitoring system in your machine shop? Do you know how to leverage the data to make meaningful improvements in your shop? CEO and Co-founder of Amper Technologies Akshat Thirani joined us live at IMTS to talk about how his company has simplified machine monitoring and made it accessible to every shop. The bottom line is that your shop can take the data from machine monitoring to become more efficient, immediately. Because if you’re not efficient, you’re not making enough chips, and you’re not making money!

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  • [5:07] We welcome Akshat Thirani to the IMTS stage!
  • [6:49] Why Akshat developed Amper Technologies
  • [8:24] How machine monitoring changed Carr’s KPIs
  • [10:21] Making machine monitoring simple and accessible
  • [18:30] How machine monitoring changed Jim’s shop
  • [24:31] The data that can be extracted from machine monitoring
  • [26:05] The length of time to see the ROI of Amper
  • [28:20] Why you need a machine monitoring system

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