Mike Payne

Mike Payne, the president of Hill Manufacturing & Fabrication, shares his passion for data and metrics in manufacturing. He reveals how monitoring machine performance increased spindle utilization significantly. Payne discusses his journey from ERP adoption to effective data collection, proving that relationships and performance matter most. He highlights standardized systems that accelerated onboarding and how data enhances quoting processes for both long and short production runs. Insightful anecdotes make clear that insightful data can lead to remarkable efficiency improvements.