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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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May 29, 2023

There is a widening disparity in the manufacturing industry: Insanely busy shops and shops that are barely treading water. In any business, there will always be companies that thrive and grow and those that don’t. But successful shops are doing something differently. In this episode of MakingChips, Kelsey Heikoop shares four things you can do differently to get more business and make more chips. Because if you’re not MakingChips, you’re not making money. BAM!

– Paul Van Metre

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  • [0:15] Industrial Buying Engine at Thomas™
  • [5:52] The Leader Spotlight: Hernan Ricaurte
  • [8:36] The gap between the haves and have nots
  • [11:33] Solution #1: Become a sales-driven organization
  • [18:04] Solution #2: Consistent adoption of technology
  • [26:16] The Lean Setup Guide from ProShop
  • [30:44] Solution #3: Invest in quality certifications (ISO, ITAR, etc.)
  • [39:05] Solution #4: Invest in cybersecurity 

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May 22, 2023

We are melting our faces off with some hot sauces in this episode of MakingChips. Why? Because spices break down barriers. And as these hot sauces break down our mouths, you may just get some answers you weren't expecting about everything from mental health to making investments.

So join us as we work our way through a Lethal Dose of The Hottest Sauce in the Universe and reach The End of this SpicyChips series. Because if we’re not learning from each other, we’re not MakingChips together, and we’re not making money. BAM!

Now, excuse me while I go chug a gallon of milk…

– Tony

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  • [0:22] Check out the Oracle NetSuite ERP
  • [3:27] What’s the chip on your shoulder?
  • [7:14] What would you say to the world?
  • [12:49] The End: How we take care of our mental health (milk time!)
  • [18:55] Thomasnet™ Industrial Digital Marketing Services
  • [21:17] Lethal dose: The best investment we’ve ever made
  • [34:42] The Lean Setup Guide from ProShop
  • [35:22] Why you should help your competitors

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May 15, 2023

We’ve moved on to medium sauce and we are on FIRE. We’re in manufacturing, so the MakingChips podcast covers all things manufacturing. But we’re also human, and we value the importance of being transparent and talking about things like mental health. 

So in this episode of MakingChips, we cover some of the most challenging things we’ve faced both personally and as manufacturing leaders. So as we work through Reaper & Garlic Hot Sauce to The Death Stalker Sauce, we’ll share our biggest struggles and greatest achievements. Because there will always be challenges to overcome to make chips, right? 

– Tony

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  • [1:35] The manufacturing leaders spotlight
  • [8:02] The hardest career challenge Meaghan overcame
  • [13:00] The biggest career challenge Tony overcame
  • [15:09] Thomasnet™ Industrial Digital Marketing Services
  • [15:50] The difficulty of letting someone go
  • [23:45] Our favorite influencers in business
  • [29:01] The Lean Setup Guide from ProShop
  • [29:39] The entire world is listening: What do you say?

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May 8, 2023

We’re tasting our way through 12 different types of hot sauce chosen by none other than me, Tony Gunn, the Global GM at MTDCNC.com. Meaghan Ziemba of Mavens of Manufacturing also joins us as we work our way through some chicken wings. 

We’ll talk about our backgrounds, how we balance life and work, and mental health in manufacturing. Balance is important, and if you don’t have it, you won’t be MakingChips efficiently, and you won’t be making money. BAM!

– Tony

Segments

  • [3:25] Where in the world is Tony Gunn?
  • [9:03] How Meaghan and Tony got into manufacturing 
  • [14:49] The Lean Setup Guide from ProShop ERP
  • [15:29] How Tony balances life and work
  • [22:08] Mental health in manufacturing 
  • [27:15] The Industrial Buying Engine from Thomas™ 

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May 1, 2023

Does Titan still run a shop? Does he believe in digital transformation on the shop floor? Why did Titan seek out jobs no one else wanted? In this special edition of MakingChips, Titan Gilroy answers burning listener questions while simultaneously sharing some spectacular advice for manufacturing leaders everywhere. We recorded a short and sweet episode so we could all get back to MakingChips, because if we aren’t MakingChips, we aren’t making money. BAM!

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  • [0:20] Check out the Oracle NetSuite ERP
  • [2:29] Does Titan still run a shop?
  • [3:58] Does he have a team to alter posts?
  • [4:27] Digital transformation on the shop floor
  • [5:46] Good machinists comes down to leadership
  • [9:20] The Lean Setup Guide from ProShop
  • [10:00] Why Titan went after jobs no one else wanted
  • [12:27] The future of US manufacturing 
  • [13:38] The Industrial Buying Engine with Thomasnet™

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