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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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Apr 26, 2024

Are 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 can only do so much.

So in this episode of MakingChips, Trevor O’Malley joins us to discuss all aspects of recruiting, from finding the right technical fit to the right person for your culture. Because if you can’t recruit the right people, you won’t be MakingChips, and you won’t make money. BAM!

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  • [0:13] Join the AMT Community
  • [3:36] Machine Shop Master Class
  • [10:41] Introducing Trevor O’Malley
  • [13:54] Trevor’s favorite memory of AME
  • [15:22] Understand the world of recruiting 
  • [20:30] Everyone needs to be on LinkedIn
  • [22:35] Connecting the right people to the right culture
  • [34:27] Recruiting people who are already employed

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Apr 19, 2024

My 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 scanned the space and current dash and Ira and his team helped us reverse-engineer the process to design a CAD model to ultimately create the part we need.

Ira shares how you can use a 3D scanner to reverse engineer a part in this fascinating forward-thinking episode of MakingChips. Because if you can’t make the part you need, you won’t be MakingChips, and you won’t be making money. BAM! 

— Mike Payne

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  • [2:28] Manufacturing Leadership Spotlight: Robin Moore
  • [5:37] Introducing Ira Laughy with Rapid3D
  • [9:44] What inspired Ira to launch Rapid3D
  • [12:18] The cost associated with a 3D scanner
  • [16:51] From scan to CAD to part
  • [20:50] Make the move to Netsuite by Oracle
  • [22:10] Ira’s experience bringing designs to life 
  • [24:22] Working through a real-life scenario
  • [28:41] The future of 3D scanning technology

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Apr 12, 2024

How 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 with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.” How much does this matter in the supply chain? Let’s see if we have an answer. We dissect the topic in this episode of MakingChips.

– Nick

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  • [0:22] Join the AMT Community at AMTOnline.org
  • [5:21] The Chip on Mike’s Shoulder: Managing vendor relationships
  • [7:48] “All things being equal, people will do business with friends”
  • [13:53] When good intentions get in the way of business
  • [16:21] Are you providing value to your vendors?
  • [18:44] How much transparency should you provide?
  • [27:03] Navigating price increases with your vendors
  • [32:18] Tracking quality, price, delivery, and more

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Apr 2, 2024

What 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 next generation. 

Nix Partners with a local career & technical education center in Southwest Indiana. David St. Clair and Hannah Lang join us in this episode of MakingSparks to share how collaboration can benefit the students, the community, and your business. 

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  • [2:58] Learn more about David St. Clair
  • [5:00] Casey’s dad joke
  • [5:42] Learn more about Hannah Lang
  • [7:36] Spark of Knowledge: Judging ability 
  • [8:52] The impact of our welding competition 
  • [15:41] Trends in the CTE system 
  • [20:54] NetSuite by Oracle
  • [22:11] Why you should partner with a CTE
  • [27:20] More details about the tech center
  • [31:10] What’s next for David’s CTE? 
  • [32:53] How to work with a local tech center 

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