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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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Aug 16, 2022

Scheduling is the art of planning your activities so that you can achieve your goals and priorities in the time that you have available. When it’s done effectively, it helps you understand what you can realistically achieve with your time. Why is it a big deal on the shop floor? As technology and automation are being implemented, it forces you to be faster. So you have to be efficient. Paul Van Metre joins us in this episode of MakingChips to share how ProShop can help your shop become more efficient. Because if you aren’t being efficient, you aren’t making enough chips. BAM!

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  • [2:42] Why scheduling is important on the shop floor
  • [5:39] Make sure you come see MakingChips at IMTS!
  • [6:37] What’s happening in our lives and businesses
  • [8:52] Paul Van Metre is back on the show
  • [13:05] Tips for make your setups better
  • [16:33] The secret to great scheduling is accurate estimations
  • [23:31] How expediting impacts your scheduling in ProShop
  • [25:08] Setup reliability is key to proper scheduling
  • [26:38] Why Paul believes expediters are unnecessary 
  • [28:23] Consistently monitor and update your setup and run times
  • [31:00] ProShop’s pre-processing checklist 
  • [33:42] Why fully automated scheduling isn’t realistic
  • [36:14] How Dave Hannah saw improvements with ProShop scheduling

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