Episode 333
A True & Unique Manufacturing Success Story
Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders · Jim Carr, Jason Zenger, Nick Goellner, Paul Van Metre, Kelsey Heikoop
November 1, 202240m 30s
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Show Notes
Kelsey Heikoop and Paul Van Metre met in an entry-level engineering class. They hit it off right away—while simultaneously falling in love with machining. Once they graduated college, they started their own machine shop. How did that lead to founding ProShop ERP? They share the ProShop ERP origin story—full of overcoming challenges to reach success—in this episode of MakingChips!
Segments- [2:17] Our aha moments from IMTS
- [5:49] Manufacturing news: Uptick in production
- [7:12] Learn more about Kelsey Heikoop and Paul Van Metre
- [15:54] From growing a custom machine shop to creating an ERP
- [19:08] Selling the idea of ProShop ERP to a developer
- [25:44] What helped them overcome their struggles
- [30:44] Onboarding ProShop ERP with their first customer
- [34:37] The outstanding success of ProShop