Podcast
Continuous Improvement
11 min read
Operational Resilience Explained
America was built on manufacturing.And manufacturing was built on resilience.
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Podcast
How a Small Machine Shop Became a Top 20 Supplier to NASA
2 min read
“Be careful with that silicon wafer. It's worth more than your house.”
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Podcast
How to Hold a Rattlesnake Hunt at Your Factory
2 min read
“The experts are the people that do it every.” Mark “Southern Sensei” Preston has been driving change in manufacturing and front office environments for over thirty years...
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Podcast
How Governments Play a Role in Supporting Manufacturing
2 min read
"Train the workforce first, and then introduce new technology. Otherwise that tech will be sitting in a corner with a tarp over it."
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Podcast
How to Build a Thriving Machine Shop
2 min read
“We make the components that make the magic happen. Everything else is just a sculpture.”That’s the economic value of precision manufacturing.
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Continuous Improvement
How To Go From Worst To First
3 min read
"We're paying them for their hands, but they're freely willing & able to give of their hearts, if you engage them and help them with this vision."
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Continuous Improvement
How to Create a Daily Management System
3 min read
Do your frontline employees know if they’re winning or losing each day?The answer to that question is simple, but not easy.
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Training
How to Deliver People Centric Manufacturing Training
3 min read
“The supervisor is the customer of the training.” When Vitalii Potapenko of Solar Plastics first shared these words with us, we knew their company was doing something special...
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Training
A New Model For Manufacturing Hiring
14 min read
Constraint, Currency & Clarity What invention had the most profound impact on manufacturing hiring?
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Podcast
How to Tackle Hiring By Recruiting Student Athletes To Man The Line
36 min read
Factories are fighting to fill open roles.
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