Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders
Hosted by Brooke and Mike · MakingChips LLC
4.7from 149 ratings
- 590
- Episodes
- 112
- Transcribed
- 149
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 223K
- YouTube views
About Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders
Manufacturing is tough—but you don't have to go it alone. If you're leading a manufacturing business, you face constant pressure: staying competitive, adopting new tech, managing people, and driving growth. MakingChips helps you tackle those challenges head-on. Since 2014, we've been equipping manufacturing leaders with the knowledge and inspiration they need to succeed. With hundreds of episodes and over a million downloads, MakingChips is a top resource for the metalworking nation—covering leadership, operations, technology, and workforce development. If making chips is part of your daily grind, this is your podcast. Join hosts Nick Goellner, Mike Payne, and Paul Van Metre for real talk on the issues that matter most.
- Publisher
- MakingChips LLC
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Dec 2014
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
112 of 590 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Buying Your Next Machine? Make the Automation Math Work | Ep. 543
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Titan Gilroy's Challenge to Every Machine Shop Owner | Ep. 542
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How ATDM Builds Shop-Ready Machinists in Just 16 Weeks | Ep. 541
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Buying Your Next Machine? Make the Automation Math Work | Ep. 543
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You've got to think about all that stuff that you just kind of like. do you know inherently you just kind of do and you correct while you're in the shop well when you're at home you can't even make one little fix unless you want to wake up go back to the shop and fix it right so so one of the things we tell people like how do you know when you're ready to automate is like try to run it as if it's lights out while the lights are on and then every single time you have to intervene document what you have to do yep Because if it was the middle of the night, you're done. And so it's like all that little stuff. […]
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- Mark Christopher
- Titan Gilroy
- Jason Wells
- Alan Pearce
- Kim Wilson
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- YouTube views
- 222,516
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 116 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 33 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 89 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders?
Brooke and Mike host the show. Published by MakingChips LLC.
How often do new episodes come out?
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