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my TRUE POSITION — 77 episodes

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1

Space Junk, Collisions, and Control: Who's Managing the Chaos in Orbit?

2

Rework Is Killing Your Margin: Here's How Top Shops Are Fixing It

3

Mastering Cash Flow in Manufacturing: Keep the Spread!

4

Ooops! Let's Clarify the Cost of Some ERPs

5

Cut the Tank: Why Generating Nitrogen Gas Beats Buying

6

Next Year Starts Now: Forecasting the 2025 Impact

7

Doing the GEMBA-rena: Step into the Shop Floor Groove

8

Is Running Your Machine Shop a Lifestyle Business?

9

Automation in 2025: Day Hurn Interviews Jim Carr

10

Behind the Tanks: Who's Really Responsible for Coolant Cleanouts?

11

The REAL Costs to Scale Your Manufacturing Company

12

Do Today's Young People Really Understand Our Industry?

13

Re-Writing the Employee Handbook...Again!

14

Easy Tips to Automate Your Shop

15

Air Power: The Driving Force Behind Manufacturing Efficiency

16

Why Are Manufacturers Such Poor Communicators?

17

Why a Healthy Shop-Floor Environment Is Critical to Your Culture

18

Passing the Torch: Why Succession Planning Can't Wait

19

How Inspection is Driving the Future of Manufacturing

20

Fraudsters Are Getting Better: Tips to Not Get Screwed

21

Why All The Interest in Buying Manufacturing Companies?

22

Another IMTS: The Good, the Bad, and the Awesomeness

23

Is Marketing for Manufacturers All Smoke & Mirrors?

24

The Best and Worst States for...?

25

Generations of Success: The Fluid-Aire Design Story

26

The Value of Engaging with Your Team

27

The Pain of Quoting for Free

28

A Meeting of the MasterMinds

29

Inspection and Documentation in an Aerospace Environment

30

Tips on How to Machine With More Passion & Precision

31

Automation & Lights Out Machining: What I've Learned

32

More Acronyms: SQRM and SQAM

33

Team Production Meetings: Why They're Important

34

Hear It Again: College vs. Trades

35

Answering the Eight Questions: Core Values

36

Finding Your Network: For All the Right Reasons

37

Factory Focus: Fine-Tuning HR Practices for Manufacturing Compliance

38

The Big Move to a PEO: What I've Learned

39

Precision Pursuits: Engineering Corporate Growth; Financial, Mental, Physical Resilience

40

Beyond Limits: Exploring the Boundaries of Pushing Yourself

41

Engineering a CNC Machine Shop: What Two Friends Learned

42

Rebranding Your Company: What, Why, and How?

43

Planning for 2024: Financial, Staffing, Equipment, Budgeting and More!

44

It's True: We're Really Paperless!

45

Don't Be Fooled: It's Not Easy to Start a Machine Shop

46

Anguish, Agony and Lessons Learned :The 2008 Great Recession

47

Keeping the Conditions Healthy on the Shop Floor

48

Are You Ready to Retire?

49

New Year, New Goals

50

Gaining Extreme Value From Your MEP

51

Safety on the Shop Floor: Why It's Important

52

We're Only Quoting the Job Not Machining It

53

Creating Data Packages for an AS9100 Machine Shop

54

Employment Agreements: Why They're Important

55

Buying Equipment on Speculation: Right or Wrong?

56

Writing a Resume 101 and Tips on Interviewing

57

Marketing for Manufacturers: It's Not All Smoke and Mirrors

58

Scaling Your Business: Risk vs. Reward

59

Managing the EBITDA

60

Manufacturing Leaders Leading

61

Optimizing Value-Add Services From Your Vendors

62

Losing a Multi-Million Dollar Customer Over a Social Post

63

BIG(er) Manufacturing Associations: What's the Difference?

64

The Effectiveness of Performance Reviews

65

What Is Pay by the Minute? Changing an Old School Philosophy

66

How to Get the Most of Your Manufacturing Association

67

Manufacturing Success: Two Young Sisters Show Us How to Run a Business After a Loss

68

What to Look for When Choosing and Joining a Manufacturing Association

69

Buying a Machine Shop: Desirable or Detrimental?

70

Manufacturing: Tall Tales From the Shop Floor

71

Beware of the Opportunist

72

Why Good Communication Is Key

73

War Room Meetings: Do They Help or Hinder?

74

Taking on Debt: Is It Worth It?

75

Parting Ways With a 21 Year Employee

76

CYBER Fraud: It's Only A Matter of Time

77

Manufacturing Leaders: Unite!