Best Fred Keating Podcasts (2024)

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Removing Buyer Friction With a Digital Commerce Environment w/ Kris Harrington 46:31

3d ago46:31

46:31

All the interactions that happen from first touch with a prospect through the signed purchase order, and in the future as your customer buys from you again and again, are part of the buyer experience. And making every one of those touch points as painless and rewarding as possible should be all of our goals. CEO and Co-Founder of GenAlpha Technolog…

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Building a Digital Backbone for Your Manufacturing Business w/ Paul Van Metre 39:24

10d ago39:24

39:24

When you make the investment in a sturdy digital backbone for running your manufacturing operation – your ERP, your QMS, your MES.... – You protect yourself from loss of tribal knowledge – You create efficiencies through process documentation – You set yourself up for smoother compliance audits – And ultimately, you create an environment that can f…

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7 Central Themes from 200 Episodes of The Manufacturing Executive w/ Joe Sullivan 48:54

18d ago48:54

48:54

For 200 consecutive weeks without missing a single Tuesday morning, I've published interviews with manufacturing leaders (and professionals influencing manufacturing leaders) about the things that matter most to them. In this milestone episode, I've compiled sound bites from 21 of those 200 episodes (and referenced many others as well), and I've or…

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Building a Service Culture w/ Fred Reggie 41:28

25d ago41:28

41:28

When I hear the word "service" in a business setting, my mind goes straight to CUSTOMER service. But the concept of serving becomes so much more powerful when it finds its way into all the other aspects of running a business. In this episode, business coach Fred Reggie talks about about building what he calls a service culture. Specifically, he tou…

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E-Commerce for CapEx Equipment and Contract Manufacturers w/ Curt Anderson 38:58

1M ago38:58

38:58

If you sell big-ticket, heavily-engineered, CapEx equipment through a long, consultative sales processes, e-commerce couldn't possibly be for you. Right? If you're a contract manufacturer custom designing products for your customers, e-commerce couldn't possibly be for you. Right? If you're a manufacturer selling anything other than a low-price poi…

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On-Demand Labor for a Fluctuating Demand Curve w/ Adam Rubatt 29:06

1M ago29:06

29:06

Managing fixed labor costs is hard enough in a complex manufacturing environment. Then you throw a pandemic on top of it that only deepens an already problematic labor market, you sprinkle in some supply chain disruption and you add some economic uncertainty to the mix. What do you have left? Lots of confusion and stress about how to plan for labor…

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How Curiosity Drives Smart Business Decisions w/ Jim Vaselopulos 32:38

2M ago32:38

32:38

There's nothing easy about being a leader, whether you're leading a marketing agency like me or a manufacturing organization like many of you. Founder and CEO of Rafti Advisors, Jim Vaselopulos, is an advisor to business leaders and host of a leadership podcast that's been running since 2016. In this episode, he'll draw on his experiences guiding B…

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The Real Reason Manufacturers Are Missing with Gen Z w/ Jacob Sanchez 42:53

2M ago42:53

42:53

The more manufacturing leaders you talk to, the more opinions and perspectives you'll hear about why we're struggling to pull young Millennials and Gen Zers into the industrial sector workforce: – General awareness issues – A perception of dirty, dark and dangerous jobs – Negative associations among youth (and their parents) with a career path othe…

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5 Key Principles for Creating a Culture of Initiative w/ Jason Riley 44:30

2M ago44:30

44:30

If you were to interview a variety of successful manufacturing leaders and analyze their respective approaches to effective leadership, I think you'd find a lot less directing than you would enabling. In this episode, Jason Riley, COO of the additive manufacturing company Fabrisonic, draws on his experience both as a military leader and a manufactu…

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Reengineering the Design Review w/ Adam Keating 32:28

2M ago32:28

32:28

New product development today is more complex than ever before. With teams spread out across the country (or the globe), decentralized product data, supply chain challenges and more demanding customers, design engineering is just plain hard. Adam Keating, Co-Founder and CEO of CoLab, has been building the software and the company that's working to …

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How to Be a Leader of Significance w/ Mosongo Moukwa 27:24

2M ago27:24

27:24

When people talk about you years down the road, what will they say? "Oh yeah, he (or she) was a good manager or employee?" Or will there be something more? In this conversation, manufacturing leader and author, Mosongo Moukwa, talks about how to leave a meaningful and lasting mark on your organization. Or in his words, how become "a leader of signi…

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Cultivating Veteran Champions in Manufacturing w/ Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz 31:30

3M ago31:30

31:30

From skills to work ethic to understanding chain of command, veterans bring so much potential to the manufacturing workforce. In this episode, Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz will talk about how manufacturing leaders can go from unaware how to tap into the veteran community to being veteran-friendly to being veteran-READY.…

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An Outcome-Based Solution for Deploying Robots w/ Saman Farid 24:53

3M ago24:53

24:53

Automation can be intimidating. What if the sizable CapEx investment we make doesn't generate the return we expected? What if our people struggle with operating the robots? And how will they deal with this kind of operational change in general? All fair questions and real concerns for manufacturing leaders today. In this episode, Saman Farid, CEO o…

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5 Things Stopping Manufacturers From Making Great Content w/ Rose Hansen and James Boeckmann 38:23

3M ago38:23

38:23

In this conversation, Gorilla 76 Content Director James Boeckmann and Gorilla 76 Senior Writer Rose Hansen go deep on content marketing for manufacturers. Collectively, these two journalists have interviewed hundreds of subject matter experts in the manufacturing sector – from owners to engineers to technical experts on the shop floor. Both have ex…

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Clarifying AI Terminology and Applications in Manufacturing w/ Alex Sandoval 30:25

3M ago30:25

30:25

When ChatGPT took the world by storm in 2022, terminology like "generative AI" became a regular part of our vocabulary overnight. Just a little more than a year later, it's hard to open your favorite news source without seeing headlines about generative AI, machine learning, deep learning and so on. But what does all of this terminology really mean…

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Growing a Manufacturing Business Across Three Generations w/ Greg Hartwig 36:19

4M ago36:19

36:19

It's hard enough to get a business of the ground and sustain it across one generation. But it's another to grow and evolve a business across three generations. Market needs change. Technology changes. The people inside of your organization (and your customers's organizations) change. There's so much to balance between staying true to what got you w…

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A New Era of Design Engineering Productivity w/ Hugo Nordell 37:55

4M ago37:55

37:55

In this episode, CEO of Encube, Hugo Nordell, will tell you that it's a labor of love to go from design intent to what the actual manufactured outcome will be, without breaking the bank. And one of the things standing in the way today is the decades-old technology that much of the design engineering community is still running on. As he'll tell you,…

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Aligning the Sales and Marketing Tech Stack for Manufacturers w/ John Joyce 45:20

4M ago45:20

45:20

I've consulted well over 200 B2B manufacturing organizations throughout my career on marketing strategy. And without question, one of the biggest problems I've observed time and time again is a lack of alignment between sales and marketing. In today's conversation, Founder of Brjr.io John Joyce will talk about why these silos emerge, what dangers a…

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Building an On-Demand Supply Chain in America's Urban Core w/ Elias Stahl 26:08

4M ago26:08

26:08

In a post-COVID world, a few forces have been converging to set the stage for what Elias Stahl envisions as an on-demand supply chain, rooted in America's urban core. In this conversation, Elias, CEO & Co-Founder of HILOS, will talk about: - A new wave of advanced additive manufacturing technology - The struggling urban centers of America's big cit…

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Three Pillars of Impact for Manufacturing Leaders w/ Tom Brown 44:37

5M ago44:37

44:37

More often than not, great leaders don't have all the answers. And in fact, a big part of what makes them great is their willingness to embrace that simple fact. Tom Brown is a manufacturing leader who was never the resident expert in his organization. But owning that is exactly what helped him drive the company's success. In this conversation, he'…

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Getting Started with Robotics When You're Not the Expert w/ Malachi Greb 34:04

5M ago34:04

34:04

There's nothing worst than making a big investment in technology, just to learn that you're not sufficiently equipped to deploy it. From the many conversations I've had with leaders in the robotics space, this is one of the fears that seems to hold back manufacturers from getting started with automation. What if the robot crashes? What if the syste…

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Digitizing Institutional Knowledge w/ Yushiro Kato 22:46

5M ago22:46

22:46

It's no secret that the Boomer generation is pouring out of the manufacturing workforce. And as they go, we're not only losing their hands, but also the years of knowledge tied up in their brains. Pair that with an increasingly transient younger generation of workers and what you have is an institutional knowledge problem. In this episode, Yushiro …

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Accessible Robotics Solutions for Niche Applications w/ Colin Riggs and Dianne Abruzzini Riggs 33:13

5M ago33:13

33:13

The past decade or so in the manufacturing sector has brought lots of hype about robotics along with it. But sometimes the flexible systems that many small and medium-sized business leaders were promised have been too complex to effectively deliver on the jobs to be done on the plant floor. Colin Riggs and Diane Abruzzini Riggs, Co-Founders of Rigo…

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How Internal Culture Drives Customer Success w/ Doug Eisenhart 39:15

6M ago39:15

39:15

Lots of business like to talk about things like "work culture" and "core values". But for many of those businesses, these are just aspirational concepts. My guest today, Doug Eisenhart, is the President of a manufacturing organization that truly lives and breathes its core values, and has built a work culture second to none. Doug will talk about ho…

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S7, Ep 49 - Carolina Guthmann: Rousing Sicily’s Embroidresses 35:31

6M ago35:31

35:31

Earlier this year, Judy chanced upon meeting Carolina Guthmann, who, with her husband (former Italian television journalist Piero di Pasquale), are the creative forces behind Manima World in Palermo; a digital atelier of fine, hand embroidered home linens and ready to wear. If there are two words that make my heart beat faster, they are hand embroi…

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SOPs , Kaizen Events and Other Keys to Operational Excellence w/ Dave Crysler 34:21

6M ago34:21

34:21

To quote Dave Chrysler, Founder and Principal Consultant at The Crysler Club, "In the fast-paced world of operations, leaders are often looking for the silver bullet that can solve all their challenges." He'll tell you that although there may not be a one-size-fits-all solution, there are some fundamental tools that any manufacturing leader should …

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The Role of IIoT Tech in Employee Training and Retention w/ Arjun Chandar 35:24

6M ago35:24

35:24

Large amounts of data are only helpful if you can make it all actionable. In today's conversation, Founder and CEO at IndustrialML, Arjun Chandar, will tell you that as IIoT technology continues to advance, so much of the data being pulled off manufacturing floors is being holed up in the back offices of factories. Arjun will share his perspective …

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Customer Outsight: Learning What Actually Matters to Your Customers w/ Dave Loomis 48:20

6M ago48:20

48:20

Customer research. Customer interviews. Voice of customer. Whatever you choose to call it, this is something that many companies THINK they're doing. But in reality, most are just trying to create a setting for hearing what they want to hear from their customers, for collecting testimonials and ultimately, for selling them more stuff. In this episo…

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A Plan for Every Part: Strategic Inventory Optimization w/ Harrison Wells 26:42

6M ago26:42

26:42

Imagine not having a home owner's insurance policy when you live in tornado alley. This is the analogy today's guest makes to a manufacturer without a strategic inventory plan. Harrison Wells, VP of Professional Services at LeanDNA, will tell you that in today's "Disruption Economy", supply chain management and specifically, inventory optimization,…

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A Digital Backbone for Factories of the Future w/ Ryan Kuhlenbeck 31:13

7M ago31:13

31:13

More than half of all revenue from goods produced in the US come from factories with 500 people or less. But so many small factories operate without a digital backbone to manage all of their data. In this conversation, Co-Founder and CEO of Pico MES, Ryan Kuhlenbeck, talks about the impact of creating a digital through line of data – from suppliers…

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Digitizing Human Touch and Feel w/ Youssef Benmokhtar 23:33

7M ago23:33

23:33

Over the past few decades, we've seen two of the five human senses digitized: With sound, we've witnessed music go from analog to digital, and technologies like Siri and Alexa infiltrate our personal and professional lives. With vision, we've watched facial recognition software emerge on our phones, video surveillance and super advanced vision insp…

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Change How American Manufacturing’s Perceived In Our Nation w/ Terry Iverson 32:15

7M ago32:15

32:15

Change. How. American. Manufacturing's. Perceived. In. Our. Nation. Put the first letters of those eight words together and you have the word "CHAMPION". Terry Iverson is the founder of the nonprofit organization CHAMPION Now. And he's on a mission to change the image of manufacturing from the stereotypical “dark and dirty” industry to one filled w…

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A Renewable Energy Future for Manufacturing w/ Gareth Evans 26:20

7M ago26:20

26:20

Advancing sustainability. Reducing downtime risk. Creating a more profitable future through energy efficiency. These are positive side effects of implementing a modernized energy system. And in the manufacturing sector, where incredible amounts of energy are consumed every minute from a century-old power grid, it's time to start looking toward to t…

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Tax Credits and Incentives for Manufacturing Workforce Development w/ Leslie Boyd 23:36

8M ago23:36

23:36

There are a number of talent pools – from veterans to disabled to ex-felon that not only present opportunities for finding talent, but can also come along with meaningful incentives and tax credits. These incentives can also extend into investments in buildings, machinery, equipment and upskilling your employees. Leslie Boyd, CPA and Managing Princ…

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The AI-Empowered, Superhuman Design Engineer w/ Milan Kocic 27:42

8M ago27:42

27:42

Imagine an engineering design environment where AI does 60 to 70% of the work, and humans finish the rest. Tasks get automated. Things happen faster. Productivity increases. As Milan Kocic, Founder and Head of Sixth Sense at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence will tell you, in some places, we're already there. But looking into the future, Milan doe…

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Building for Long-Term Success w/ Ron Speicher and David Craft 40:16

8M ago40:16

40:16

How does a small mechanical contractor grow into one the top industrial oven manufacturers in the country – all while maintaining a partnership over nearly four decades and continuing to innovate all along the way? There's no simple recipe. From putting their customers at the center of every project through custom-engineered solutions.... To keepin…

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Product Design in the Era of Industry 4.0 w/ Kevin Bailey 25:16

8M ago25:16

25:16

Whether you're thinking about bringing a brand new product to market or your feeling the pressure to modernize your existing product line to remain competitive, this era of industry 4.0 is forcing manufacturing leaders to ask themselves lots of questions. What options do we have? What risks are we taking? What will it cost? How can we do it without…

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Why It's Time to Formalize Innovation w/ Jeff Winter 27:03

9M ago27:03

27:03

Here we are in a decade when technology is advancing at a faster rate than ever before. The pressure to innovate is all around us. But from an innovation standpoint, what's essential and what's not? Where do we make investments? How far ahead of the technology adoption curve do we need to be? And how do we innovate without overwhelming our respecti…

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The Great Depression of the 2030s and How to Prepare w/ Jackie Green 26:10

9M ago26:10

26:10

When you hear "Great Depression", what comes to mind? Mobs of frantic people outside of banks? Dried out farmland and dust storms across the Great Plains? Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photo? When you say "Great Depression" to Jackie Greene, VP of Economics at ITR, her thoughts go NOT back in time to the 1930s, but instead forward to the…

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Why Engineering Can't Exist in a Silo w/ Anthony Rodriguez 23:25

9M ago23:25

23:25

Have you ever worked in a business where everyone seems to be working in their own silos? Product development is doing their thing. Production is doing their thing. Sales and marketing are doing their own things. My first reaction when I see these silos is – what a wasted opportunity. In this conversation, Anthony Rodriguez, Co-Owner & Vice Preside…

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S7, Ep 48 - Margot McKinney: If Not Now When 40:08

9M ago40:08

40:08

Margot McKinney is a fourth generation jeweller who has built a global fine jewellery empire. Having hit rock bottom in her early forties, Margot made a fine comeback by backing her own belief that if she liked a piece of jewellery, even if it was shamelessly bold, others would surely follow. And follow they did. She's now the second biggest suppli…

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Foundation First: Products, Systems, Process & People w/ Bill Kaewert 37:37

9M ago37:37

37:37

Foundation comes first. This is something our team at Gorilla talks about often in the context of a marketing program. But in today's conversation, Bill Kaewert, CEO and CTO of Stored Energy Systems LLC, extrapolates this "foundation first" principle to a greater business context. Specifically, he'll tell you why sales and marketing are wasted ende…

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S7, Ep 47 - Lara Keating: Let Them Eat Viennoiserie 35:29

9M ago35:29

35:29

At the end of 2006, a French patisserie bakery and cafe called Choquette opened in Brisbane. And with it a small slice of French epicurean life began to take root. Proprietor Lara Keating's dream to create an authentic French cafe experience drew deeply on the influence of her French mother, Francoise. The coffee was great and the pain-au-raisin gl…

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Dynamics of the Family-Owned Manufacturing Business w/ Ryan Margolin 29:22

9M ago29:22

29:22

I've always been a believer in creating the right seats on the bus, and THEN filling those seats with the right people. But when you're a family owned business, in a lot of ways, the people are already there, and you have to figure out how to fit them into those seats (and fill in the holes around them). In this conversation, Ryan Margolin, CEO of …

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What "Brand" Means and Why it Matters for Manufacturers w/ Paul Kiesche 31:16

10M ago31:16

31:16

What does the word "brand" mean to you as a manufacturing leader? A logo and a tagline? A color palette and collection of images or graphics you use on your website, in your sales decks and at your trade show booth? Or is brand something more than that? And as a B2B manufacturer, why does all of this matter anyway? Paul Kiesche, President of Aviate…

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Drones, AI and the Future of Inventory Monitoring w/ Sean Mitchell 21:56

10M ago21:56

21:56

Improved inventory accuracy. Higher productivity in your facility. Less required labor. This is what can happen when you put drones and AI together inside of a warehouse or distribution center. In this conversation, Sean Mitchell, VP of Customer Success at Gather AI, will show you what his organization is doing to lead inventory monitoring into a n…

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Rise of the Automation Workforce w/ Ale Walker 18:25

10M ago18:25

18:25

"My goodness, let's let a robot do that". These few words Ale Walker, Director of Business Development at Gray Solutions, summarize the general feeling of excitement she experiences when walking through manufacturing facilities today. And not only because of the opportunity she sees to change the way we manufacturer products in the United States, b…

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Introducing The Manufacturing Employer Podcast w/ Jon Franko 33:26

10M ago33:26

33:26

158 weeks and 158 episodes ago we launched this podcast, The Manufacturing Executive, as a resource for CEOs, Presidents and owners. Last year, we introduced a second podcast, The Manufacturing Marketer as a learning resource for those inside of the same organizations with "marketing" in their job titles. And this April, we rounded it out with the …

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From Lifestyle to Growth Business: 5 Key Transformations w/ Jason Pace 41:15

11M ago41:15

41:15

Any business owner has his or her own unique vision for the trajectory of the company. There are lifestyle businesses, high-growth businesses, and plenty that fall somewhere in between. But moving from a lifestyle business to a growth business in manufacturing requires a mindset shift. It also requires a set of very intentional transformations to a…

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S7, Ep 45 - Catherine Walker: The Humanitarian at Home 37:29

11M ago37:29

37:29

Catherine Walker is the most modest of success stories; retired but by no means idle. I find her happily sequestered in an early Tasmanian farmhouse in picturesque Longford. But it wasn't that long ago that she was being pulled into lead Australia's humanitarian efforts in the Solomon Islands, in Afghanistan and witnessing heartbreaking famine firs…

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