Clocking In

Is your safety program really working, or are you just too close to it to tell? In this episode of Clocking In, host Mike Smith sits down with Ryan Werner, Industrial Safety Consultant at Robert Dietrick Company , who came to the field the hard way. Two 100-pound steel pipes fell on him during an unloading job in his early 20s. After back surgeries and a career reset, he spent years managing healt...

What does it actually take to run a food bank that ships meals to all 50 states out of a building that hasn't changed much since it was built? In this episode of Clocking In, host Mike Smith sits down with Jason Meyer, Facilities Manager at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana , the largest food bank in the state.  Jason didn't come up through facility management. He started as a truck driver, moved into...

Is your loading dock the biggest liability in your facility  and do you even know it? In this episode of Clocking In, host Mike Smith sits down with Pat Feeney, Territory Sales Representative at Robert Dietrick Company , who brings 21 years of hands-on experience as a service technician, installer, service manager, and quality assurance manager. Pat has seen the full life cycle of loading dock equ...

What separates a high-performing facility from one that's just holding it together?  In this episode of Clocking In, host Mike Smith sits down with Lisa Colles , Senior Specialist of Engineering, Distribution, and Maintenance with decades of experience building elite operations at Eli Lilly, to answer that question from the inside out. Lisa shares what it actually looks and feels like to walk into...

Running a warehouse or manufacturing facility is hard work. Every day, you're moving products, managing people, and solving problems, all while trying to do so more safely and faster. Clocking In is the podcast for the people on the floor, at the dock, and behind the operations that keep facilities running. Each episode delivers practical advice from industry experts and operators just like you. E...