Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Manufacturers Truly Need From an MES System w/ Graham Immerman
Season 1 Episode 259
In this conversation, Chief Revenue Officer at MachineMetrics, Graham Immerman, unpacks the evolution of manufacturing software — from the early chal…
1 year, 4 months ago
Exit Planning for Manufacturing Leaders and How to Protect Your Legacy w/ Amy Julian and Bryan Graiff
Season 1 Episode 258
For so many owners of midsized B2B manufacturing organizations, their companies are like children to them. For years (or often decades) they've nurtu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Obstacles to Quickly Reshoring American Manufacturing w/ Rylan Pyciak
Season 1 Episode 257
With the reshoring of American manufacturing all over the headlines during this first half of 2025, the question from inside the industrial sector se…
1 year, 4 months ago
Planning For and Managing Successful Projects w/ Clint Padgett
Season 1 Episode 256
When you've got five projects on your plate and a sixth one gets added, but it's not due for another year, how worried are you about getting it done?…
1 year, 4 months ago
Defunding of the MEPs and How YOU Can Help Stop It: A Special Episode
Season 1 Episode 255
Last week I was approached by some of my manufacturing leader friends about a panel they just recorded on the MakingChips podcast about a critical is…
1 year, 5 months ago
Planning For a New Manufacturing Facility w/ Pat Reilly
Season 1 Episode 254
Whether you're packing up shop and moving to a new location or you're expanding your manufacturing operation, opening up a new facility is no small d…
1 year, 5 months ago
Resilience Over Four Generations of a Family-Owned Manufacturing Business w/ Melanie White
Season 1 Episode 253
From COVID (and the labor and supply chain obstacles that came along with it) to the recent challenges we're now facing with tariffs, the current gen…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Emerging Role of AI Agents in Manufacturing w/ Naresh Ram
Season 1 Episode 252
A handful of years ago, we started to see primitive forms of chat bots on company websites. Fast forward to today and not only is this kind of AI t…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Business Impact of 250 Consecutive Weeks of Podcasting w/ Joe Sullivan
Season 1 Episode 251
For 250 consecutive Tuesdays, I've published a new episode of this podcast. In this short-and-sweet retrospective – episode #251 – I'll talk about s…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Power of a Visible Manufacturing Leader w/ Jim Mayer
Season 1 Episode 250
Jim Mayer, Founder of The Manufacturing Connector, has coined a term that he calls "The Industrial Brand Death Cycle", which he describes as follows:…
1 year, 6 months ago