Is your company ITAR compliant? Do you have AS9100 credentialing? Do you do Department of Defense Work? Are you accepting DPAs-rated Purchase Orders and do you really know how they work and the seriousness of them?

Ready to move your machine shop? Are you going to buy or lease? How many square feet do you think you need? How many docks? What are the restrictions for renovations? Do you need to sell your existing plant? This week I have my commercial realtor and friend here to offer advise to anyone looking to buy and or sell their industrial property.

Still waiting to buy a 5 axis machine? Is it the cost that scares you? Or the technology upgrade? Are you concerned you won’t find someone to run it or is it a financial burden? Well on this week’s episode I’m going to give the basics of why I think you should pull the trigger.

Are you feeling overworked? Feeling uninspired?  Has your energy level diminished and you're just not “into” your job lately? Don’t worry, as hurried business executives we all go through this - but this is a sign you need some margin time. In this episode I share my own personal experience by allowing myself some.

Does the thought of six figure debt for an education stress you out? Are you looking for a career that can offer fast advancement based on performance? How about working for an industry that pays for your education? Well in this episode of MTP I interview industry veteran Terry Iverson and we’re both going to let you in on our little secret.

Are you working at a company with multiple family members? Do you feel like they’re getting preferential treatment? Are they abusing their privilege? On this episode I share my own experiences with nepotism and offer the non-family members some tips if; they believer there is a fragrant disregard.

Do you like process and planning? Are you afraid of change? Does your team collaborate well? Well War Room meetings might be just the ticket for your company.

Are you serious about growing your business? Are you ready for change? Do you want to run your company on just one operating system? Well this week on my TRUE POSITION I share the success we had at CARR Machine by implementing  the Entrepreneurial Operating System: “Traction” by Gino Wickman.

Do you have signed NDAs in place with your customers? Do you actually read them? Do you really know what you’re signing or maybe you’re not even signing them. This week I share with you the painful reality of losing a multi-million dollar account because of a social media post of one of their parts.

In a series of episodes highlighting different manufacturing associations this week we talk to Mark Denzler, the President and CEO of Illinois Manufacturers’ Association to share all the benefits  and differences of joining a state association.