a BROADcast for Manufacturers

Meet Harry: Founder of the reshoring initiative after being president of GF machining solutions for 22 years. Awards include industry week's manufacturing Hall of Fame. He's participated actively in President Obama's January 11 2012 insourcing forum. He's a member of the Department of Commerce Investment Advisory Council. He's frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Times Ne...

Lori:  All right, our awesome listeners today, we do not have a guest. And we're actually missing our lovely co-host Erin, but have no fear. We've got some juicy content for you. Kris brought this to my attention. She's been sharing this article with her peers and network. It's from McKinsey and Company called the new b2b growth equation. I looked at it and was kind of fascinated and blown aw...

Meet Daniel: Daniel Rogge is the CEO of Tormach and has a diverse background that includes experience as a professional metal fabricator, educator, Motion Control Engineer, and software developer. He holds a BA from Grinnell College, and an MS in industrial engineering, with the focus on manufacturing from University of Iowa. He continues to focus professionally on what he spent his time doing as...

Meet Brad: Brad is the founder of vision forward business solutions and co host of the blue collar BS podcast. He has the mission to positively impact 1000 blue collar families. He does this by focusing on building businesses that grow, can attract Gen Z talent, and be able to be sold or transferred to the next generation. He is passionate about ensuring blue collar is not looked at as less than c...

Meet Sarah: Sarah Scudder is the chief marketing officer over at SourceDay and is the host of a monthly voice of supply chain show that features people in supply chains who are doing extraordinary things. Along with this, she hosts several other shows, is a regular on marketing and supply chain podcasts, and hosts a couple monthly LinkedIn live shows.  Kris: Can you just tell us briefly befor...

Meet Curt: Kurt Anderson founded an e-commerce company in 1995 that was ranked three times on the Internet Retailer Magazine's Top 1000 E-Commerce Companies. Since selling that company, Kurt has served as an e-commerce consultant serving manufacturers. He is the author of Stop Being The Best Kept Secret, and the founder of b2btail.com an e-commerce resource guide for manufacturers. Lori: Let’s div...

Erin: I happened to come across this really interesting piece that examines a regional phenomenon where the manufacturing industry is just doing really well, however, the labor shortage has been a real challenge for those folks and across the country. The piece did a nice exploration of all the factors that are really limiting hiring in the manufacturing industry and I thought we'd just kind of ta...

Meet Meaghan: Meaghan is the host of the Mavens of Manufacturing Podcast which celebrates women in manufacturing from the shop floor to the C-suite. She interviews some amazing guests on her show and has been an advocate for women in manufacturing, and has been working to attract people of all ages to the manufacturing industry. She is also the owner and founder of Z-Ink Solutions which is a copyw...

Get to Know Sarah:  Sarah is a logistics and supply chain expert. She is passionate about collaboration, transparency, diversity, and doing better business. She’s the host of the popular podcast Let’s Talk Supply Chain!  Kris: Is the supply chain going to get better? Do you have a message for the supply chain professionals that might be listening today? Sarah: Yeah, and it's so important...

Lori: I’m going to start today’s episode by leading with a bit of a story of what I learned over my years of running my business. When I started, I was ignorant and thought that I had to do it all on my own and figure everything out by myself even though I truly had no idea what I was doing! For some reason, I had the belief that when I figured something out, I shouldn’t share it with others becau...

Kris: As a former leader in a global manufacturing organization responsible for growing equipment and aftermarket sales, and now a leader of a digital eCommerce company, I am often reminded how much things have changed in just the past twenty years. I mean, I can remember when I was so excited to get a Blackberry phone (remember those?) so that when I was traveling to remote mining areas and arriv...

Erin: I’m super excited about today’s topic because social selling is really what brought the three of us together. Kris and I have been guests on Sam Gupta’s awesome eCommerce LinkedIn Live panel. That’s how we got to know each other and now we’ve become good friends. Lori, this podcast has been a favorite for a long time and I’ve really gotten to know you through your wonderful content. Together...

Lori: Welcome to A BROADcast For Manufacturers. We are your hosts Lori Highby, Erin Courtenay, and Kris Harrington. Our first episode is really to share with you a little bit about us. We will be interviewing each other on our backgrounds, passions, and most importantly, why we are excited to be co-hosting A BROADcast For Manufacturers! Lori: I'm going to start by asking Kris a couple of questions...