The Manufacturing Executive

By Joe Sullivan

On The Manufacturing Executive podcast, we’ll explore the strategies and experiences that are driving midsized manufacturers forward. You’ll hear conversations with passionate manufacturing leaders wh... more

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How many episodes does The Manufacturing Executive have?

The podcast currently has 304 episodes available.

The Manufacturing Executive episodes:

February 21, 2023Building A Talent Pipeline
Most organizations spend more time and resources on new customer acquisition rather than talent acquisition, but why is that? Our guest today joins us to explain how organizations can showcase why their business is a great place to work and how to hire the right people for the job.

Jay Veniard is the Founder and CEO of Ventech Search Group, a company on a mission to help organizations hire the best sales talent in the market. In this episode, Jay offers insights on how companies can hire and retain top talent.

Join us as we discuss:
Why company leaders should not offload the responsibility of talent acquisition
Why Jay believes outside recruiting partners are essential
How to build relationships with future recruits ahead of time
How to write compelling job descriptions
...more
49min
February 14, 2023Leading by Empowering Your People
Some of the best conversations we have on this show are with Presidents and CEOs leading midsize American manufacturing companies. Listen in as our guest provides his insights into running a company that is a leader in innovative tooling and casting solutions.

Mick North is the President and CEO of Anderson Global Inc., a full-service supplier for the design and build of complex foundry tooling. In this episode, Mick talks about his experiences leading a midsize American manufacturing company.

Join us as we discuss:
How Mick and his team have been able to de-commoditize themselves at Anderson Global
Why manufacturing is misunderstood by most of the general public
Traits that every leader should have
...more
36min
February 07, 2023How Sustainable American Manufacturing Can Flourish at Scale
The term “sustainability” is used loosely among manufacturing leaders today. Most will say sustainability matters, but how many run their organizations with sustainable practices as their focus? Our guest today is a CEO who operates her business with a sustainability mindset and tells us what that looks like inside a manufacturing organization.

Sara Irvani is the CEO at Okabashi Brands, one of the 1% of remaining domestic shoe manufacturers with a mission to prove that sustainable American manufacturing can flourish. In this episode, Sara talks about how her family-owned business has sold over 35 million pairs of shoes using sustainable practices as its focus.

Join us as we discuss:
The history of Okabashi Brands from the Middle East to Buford, Georgia
Circularity as it relates to the end of life for a product
How Sara connects the dots between sustainability and profitability
What has Sara excited about the future of manufacturing
...more
21min
January 31, 2023Pushing manufacturing boundaries with additive molding
We've all heard of Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing, but what about Additive Molding? Our guest today is pioneering a business for high-volume production using molding.

Riley Reese is the Co-Founder and CEO of ARRIS, a technology company enabling the design and manufacture of the highest-performance products. In this episode, Riley talks about Arris's Additive Molding™ technology and how they are discovering new ways to manufacture composite parts at scale in ways that weren't previously possible.

Join us as we discuss:
What is additive molding, and how it works
Specific applications that would make sense to use additive molding versus a more traditional process
What has Riley excited about the future of manufacturing
...more
31min
January 24, 2023Introducing The Manufacturing Marketer
Rather than our typical interview, in this episode, we syndicated an episode from our second podcast, The Manufacturing Marketer, a show focused on marketing for B2B companies inside the manufacturing ecosystem.

In this episode, our team of strategists at Gorilla answer questions that they have received from our recurring live event, Industrial Marketing Live, from marketing folks working inside manufacturing companies.

Join us as we discuss:
Trade show strategy and how trade shows can be used to build a community
Digital advertising for manufacturers
Using data and interviews to formalize customer personas
...more
39min
January 17, 2023Navigating Entrepreneurship and the Stigma of Autism
Some of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs fall on the autism spectrum. Autism is a highly stigmatized disorder, but our guest today will share his insights on why people on the spectrum can be some of the most brilliant thinkers around.

Peter Mann is the Founder and CEO of Oransi, a leading manufacturer of air filtration and ventilation products. A United States Military Veteran, Peter served 4 years in the Navy, including a tour in the Red Sea during the first gulf war. Peter is late diagnosed autistic and, in this episode, talks about his journey of being an entrepreneur with autism.

Join us as we discuss:
Peter’s background and how he discovered he was autistic
How Peter’s early entrepreneurial experiences shaped the path he is on now
How the pandemic affected the market for air filtration and purification
Peter’s perspective on why autism is so stigmatized
What business leaders can do to make the workplace more inclusive for people on the spectrum
...more
38min
January 10, 2023Reimagining industry: From inevitable decline to vibrant opportunity
Our guest today has his eyes set on how we can pull together our resources to revitalize American manufacturing and take steps towards creating vibrant opportunities in the next decade.

Doug Berger is the Founder and Team Leader of Industry Reimagined 2030, a non-profit with a mission to bring a generational sea-change in US industry and to transform 50,000 companies into world class over the next 10 years. Listen in as Doug explains how Industry Reimagined is the catalyst for national associations and institutes to collaborate and speak with a unified, compelling voice for this vibrant future.

Join us as we discuss:
The 4 components of the Industry Reimagined mission
Shifting the narrative from inevitable decline to vibrant opportunity in manufacturing
The seven nonlinear emerging categories in manufacturing that are going through exponential growth
...more
36min
January 03, 2023Cloud-based hardware: The next data revolution
We’re at the threshold of an information revolution around cloud-based hardware, and our guest today will explain why moving to the cloud can save your business.

Michael Corr is the Founder and CEO of Duro Labs, a cloud SaaS PLM platform enabling the utilization of hardware development for the next generation of hardware teams. Listen in as Michael explains the need for cloud based hardware in your manufacturing business.

Join us as we discuss:
Some of the biggest problems caused by manual processes around transferring data
The pushback that Michael sees around hesitancy to move things to the cloud
Why security is now a commodity for data
Why the most prudent managers protect themselves from financial ups and downs by investing in processes and technology
The business opportunity of using the cloud to find suppliers
...more
28min
December 27, 2022Future proofing the family-owned manufacturing business
Sometimes it's easier to follow the status quo than switch things up, especially when running a second or third-generation family-owned business. Listen in as Michelle Acosta, Vice President of Operations and Marketing at Acosta Sheet Metal shares her experiences as well as her vision for leading this family business into the future. Join us as we discuss:
Things that commodity-driven businesses can do to make it about more than just price when talking to prospects and customers
Taking a proactive approach to looking for process efficiencies in the business
The impact that modernizing Acosta's technology stack has had on the business
...more
30min
December 22, 2022A Step-by-Step Manufacturing Marketing Playbook for 2023
What do manufacturing organizations need to consider on the marketing front as we head into the new year? In this solo episode, I’ll take you through the marketing playbook we use for our manufacturing clients at Gorilla. Join us as we discuss:
Becoming the expert resource for your audience
Capturing existing demand and creating new demand
The 4 pieces of our marketing framework: the Road Map, the messaging strategy, the content and the campaigns
How do you quantify the effectiveness of your marketing efforts
...more
44min

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How many episodes does The Manufacturing Executive have?

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