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The Defense Manufacturing Boom Is Coming: Are You Ready?
Jun 5, 202617 min
A Young Engineer Asked Me for 3 Pieces of Advice: Here Are Ten!
May 29, 202626 min
MRP Is Broken: How Modern Shops Are Rebuilding Their Tech Stack
May 22, 202628 min
When Failure Isn't an Option: Inside High-Reliability Manufacturing
May 15, 202632 min
Space Junk, Collisions, and Control: Who's Managing the Chaos in Orbit?
May 8, 202633 min
Rework Is Killing Your Margin: Here's How Top Shops Are Fixing It
May 1, 202632 min
Who Packed Your Parachute? When the Supply Chain Breaks—But the Mission Doesn't
Apr 24, 202629 min
Three Generations, One Exit: What It Really Takes to Sell a Machine Shop (Part Two)
Apr 17, 202622 min
Three Generations, One Exit: What It Really Takes to Sell a Machine Shop (Part 1)
Apr 10, 202629 min
Choosing the Wrong Automation Partner: A Shop Floor Story (Part 2)
Mar 27, 202635 min
Choosing the Wrong Automation Partner: A Shop Floor Story (Part 1)
Mar 20, 202620 min
The Changing Landscape of Manufacturing
Mar 14, 202639 min
Manufacturing Sales Isn't What It Used to Be
Mar 7, 202623 min
If I Sold the Business Tomorrow…
Feb 27, 202623 min
Your 3 Uniques: The Difference Between a Commodity Shop and a Premium One
Feb 20, 202627 min
Executive Throughput: Why Your Health Drives Your EBITDA
Feb 13, 202625 min
Digital Is Fast. Relationships Are Slow.
Feb 6, 202625 min
If You're Not Obsessing Over Cash Flow, You're Already in Trouble
Jan 30, 202627 min
You Agreed to WHAT?! Flowdowns, AVLs, and the Silent Killers of Margin
Jan 23, 202628 min
Leadership Through Empowerment
Jan 16, 202625 min
Why I'm Back at the Table: The Real ROI of Networking and Board Service
Jan 2, 202629 min
Simple Marketing Fixes Every Shop Owner Should Do Before 2026
Dec 26, 202527 min
GD&T Isn't Harder — Manufacturing Just Got Less Forgiving
Dec 19, 202531 min
End of 2025 Reflections: Five Decades of Precision, Perseverance, and Progress
Dec 12, 202530 min
Fixing Toxic Culture: The Blueprint, the Metrics, and the Reality
Dec 5, 202524 min
Calibration Frequency: How to Set It, Prove It, and Defend It
Nov 28, 202530 min
Relocation Regrets: When a New Hire Becomes a $30,000 Mistake
Nov 21, 202529 min
Cut Chips, Not Profits: Managing Labor Like a Pro
Nov 14, 202518 min
When Branding Meets Blue Collar: Why Every Shop Needs a Marketing Engine
Oct 31, 202525 min
Five Years After COVID - Where Manufacturing Was, and Where We're At
Oct 24, 202525 min
TRACTION, Re-Engaged: How Leadership Discipline Drives Growth at CARR Machine
Oct 17, 202528 min
LinkedIn or Look-At-Me? How the World's Largest Job Network Lost Its Job
Oct 13, 202522 min
From Day One to Year One: Building Loyalty Through Onboarding
Oct 3, 202521 min
Is This the End of the Family-Owned Machine Shop?
Sep 26, 202521 min
Signals of Success: How I Spot Future Talent in Manufacturing
Sep 12, 202520 min
Forget the Tuition Trap: Pathways into Precision Manufacturing
Sep 5, 202524 min
The New Shop Class: Precision, Software, and Six-Figure Trajectories
Aug 29, 202520 min
Book Deals or Bullshit? Exposing the Vanity Press Scam
Aug 22, 202520 min
Margins, Mistakes, and the Machines That Made Us
Aug 15, 202537 min
Artifact What? Why AS9100 Shops Need to Step Up Their Gage Game
Aug 8, 202520 min
Leave of Absence or Exit Strategy?
Aug 1, 202521 min
Private Equity Wants a Piece...But What Happens After the Check Clears?
Jul 25, 202521 min
Smart Specs, Dumb Risk: Ray-Ban Meta vs. ITAR Reality
Jul 11, 202519 min
The Great Divide: Why Machinists Don't Belong in Quality
Jul 4, 202517 min
Low-Mix, High-Volume: Our Big Shift — and What It's Teaching Me
Jun 27, 202523 min
Get Out and Kiss Babies: Why Your Customers Need to See Your Face
Jun 20, 202519 min
Leads, Lies, and Lanyards: The Real Cost of Exhibiting
Jun 13, 202529 min
Receivables Redefined: Be Firm. Be Fair. Get Paid.
Jun 6, 202525 min
Blueprints & Blood Pressure: Why GD&T Still Gets Misread
May 30, 202524 min
Talk Dirty to Me: The Language of the Trade
May 23, 202519 min