Unlike the majority of machining companies right now, struggling to find enough skilled people to fulfill demand, Cox Manufacturing in San Antonio, Texas, boasts a continuous pipeline of new talent. In fact, Bill Cox, the company’s owner, says right now the company has a stack of applications for shop apprenticeships, of which he will pick [...] The post Ep. 128 – Building a Great Apprenticeship Program, with Bill Cox first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Pioneer Service employs a diverse group of people—varying age groups and genders, African Americans, Latinos, and a few old white guys, too. Twelve of its 31-person workforce are women. The diversity provides the company with a great pool of talent and creates a special work environment. Today’s podcast is part two of my interview with [...] The post Ep.127 – Creating a Successful Diverse Workforce, with Aneesa Muthana (Part 2) first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Several months ago, I called Pioneer Service Inc. when I noticed online they had a used Doosan for sale. The woman who answered the phone beamed with enthusiasm. She told me that she couldn’t wait to come to work every day because of how much she loved her job and the company she worked for. [...] The post Ep. 126 – Creating a Successful Diverse Workforce, with Aneesa Muthana (Part 1) first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Today’s guest on the podcast is Jim Regenor, founder of VeriTX, a company which helps clients dramatically reduce lead times and increases readiness for military and airline customers with blockchain technology. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. With today’s 3-D printing technology parts can be produced on site so clients don’t need to wait [...] The post Best of Swarfcast: Ep. 75 – Using Blockchain in Manufacturing with Jim Regenor first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Note: The Swarfcast team is enjoying a short summer break this weekend. We’ll be back next week with a fresh blog. In the meantime, enjoy this great episode from 2020 on incorporating Kaizen principals into your daily life, with guest Darrell Sutherland.  Today’s guest on the podcast is Darrell Sutherland, founder and owner of Dylan [...] The post Best of Swarfcast – Ep. 85 – Kaizen Principles for Personal Growth with Darrell Sutherland first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Today’s show is the first episode in our new season about hiring and retaining good employees in machining companies. Our guest is Scott Eighmy, co-owner and CEO of American Turned Products, a medium-sized precision machining company in Erie, Pennsylvania. Scott says his company is struggling like many manufacturing businesses right now to hire new good [...] The post Ep. 124 – Valuing Employees, with Scott Eighmy first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

On today’s show we’re talking about how to set up machine tools efficiently. Our guest is Paul Van Metre, co-founder of ProShop ERP. ProShop produces a comprehensive web-based and totally paperless shop management system for small to medium manufacturing companies. Paul says that using a few best practices, guided by ProShop’s management system, can reduce [...] The post Best of Swarfcast – Ep. 97 – Reducing Machine Setup Time up to 50% with Paul Van Metre first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Our guest on today’s podcast is Christian Busch, author of the new book, The Serendipity Mindset: the Art and Science of Finding Good Luck. Have you ever noticed how certain people always seem to get lucky breaks? According to Christian these lucky people have a skill for recognizing luck when it materializes. In his book [...] The post Ep. 123 – How to Find Serendipity with Christian Busch first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Happy Memorial Day from the Swarfcast team! We’re enjoying some family time this holiday weekend as the summer weather is finally upon us. We will return next Wednesday with a fresh blog for your enjoyment. In the meantime, tune in to a Best of episode from November 2020. Today’s podcast is the final segment of [...] The post Best of Swarfcast – Ep. 104 – Machining the Perfect Pen with Ian Schon first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Today’s podcast is Part IV in our series about how machining companies find new work. Our guest is Tony Uphoff, CEO of Thomas, the parent company of Thomasnet.com, an online directory of over 500,000 North American manufacturers that was founded 123 years ago. Thomas filters its listings into 72,000 categories, which enables buyers and suppliers [...] The post Ep. 122 – Using Thomasnet.com to Find Customers and Suppliers with Tony Uphoff first appeared on Today’s Machining World.