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Profitable but Broke? Why Your Shop Needs a 13-Week Cash Flow…
Profitable but Broke? Why Your Shop Needs a 13-Week Cash Flow…
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A deep dive into the financials of running a Manufacturing business.
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- Profitable but Broke? Why Your Shop Needs a 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast | Ep. 58 · 53 dk · Bölüm 58What good is a record quarter if you can't make payroll? It's an uncomfortable question, especially when your shop is busy, your margins are healthy, and your financial…
- Is Defense Work Worth It? The Hidden Costs + Untapped Opportunities for Machine Shops | Ep. 57 · 45 dk · Bölüm 57Defense manufacturing is supposed to be a massive opportunity for American machine shops. The government needs more domestic suppliers, existing weapons systems need replacement…
- Are You Leading Your Shop—or Getting in Its Way? | Ep. 56 · 60 dk · Bölüm 56Nobody outworks me. If that's part of how you see yourself, this episode is going to sting a little. Greg Harrod's spent 30 plus years in and around manufacturing, and he coaches…
- What Tribal Knowledge Is Actually Costing Your Shop | Ep. 55 · 50 dk · Bölüm 55Replacing an employee can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $40,000. But the real risk isn't just recruiting and training their replacement. It's everything that walks out the door…
- Get Pre-Approved So You Can Buy That Machine at IMTS | Ep. 54 · 48 dk · Bölüm 54IMTS is about a week and a half out. Most people heading to Chicago are showing up with a shopping list, and the ones who aren't will still find something on the floor that makes…
- The $3,500 Apprentice Incentive: How to Claim Your Share of a $35.8 Million Fund | Ep. 53 · 38 dk · Bölüm 53There's $35.8 million sitting in a federal fund built to pay manufacturers for hiring and training apprentices, and most shop owners have never heard of it. It pays $3,500 per…
- Why You're Never too Small for an ERP, Ep. 52 · 57 dk · Bölüm 52Almost every shop owner I talk to has told themselves the same story at some point: we are too small for a real ERP, so we will keep running the business on the old system and a…
- The 9 Numbers That Tell You If Your Marketing Is Working | Ep. 51 · 55 dk · Bölüm 51You spend money on a website, LinkedIn posts, maybe some email and a trade show booth, and then you ask the question every owner asks: is any of this actually working? For most…
- The Owner Bottleneck: How Getting Out of the Way Can Double Your Shop's Value, Ep #50 · 53 dk · Bölüm 50Most shop owners believe the number on their business is locked in by their earnings. It isn't. Two shops with identical profit can sell for wildly different prices, and the gap…
- Think Like a Buyer: How to Maximize Your Shop's Value Before You Sell · 1 sa 0 dk · Bölüm 49Most shop owners never sell a business before the day they actually sell theirs. You build something for thirty years, then one phone call later you're trying to figure out what…
- Women, Purpose, and Pay: The Honest Conversation Manufacturing Needs to Have, Ep #48 · 44 dk · Bölüm 48Part two of a good conversation is where things usually get real. In this episode, I pick back up with Nush Ahmed and Brooke Laing from Sisterhood of Trades, and we get into the…
- No Cap: Manufacturing's Generational Communication Breakdown, Ep #47 · 45 dk · Bölüm 47In this episode of Buy the Numbers, I sat down with Nush Ahmed and Brooke Laing for one of the more entertaining and eye-opening conversations I've had in a while. What started…
- The Real ROI of Automation: CapEx, Capacity & the Cost of Doing Nothing, Ep #46 · 53 dk · Bölüm 46Recorded live from the DN Solutions open house near Chicago, this special crossover episode blends the worlds of Buy the Numbers and Lights Out into one conversation about…
- The PEO Playbook: How Small Shops Compete Like Big Employers, Ep #45 · 55 dk · Bölüm 45If you're like most shop owners, HR, payroll, and benefits are necessary evils—important, but far from the reason you got into manufacturing in the first place. Yet those…
- Breaking the Ceiling: Systems, Data, and the Truth About Scaling a Machine Shop, Ep #44 · 1 sa 3 dk · Bölüm 44Breaking the Ceiling: Systems, Data, and the Truth About Scaling a Machine Shop, Ep #44 Manufacturing will humble you—no matter how good you get. I was talking with someone…
- Trust First, Numbers Second: The Leadership Playbook Manufacturing Shops Are Missing, Ep #43 · 56 dk · Bölüm 43What actually makes leadership work in a manufacturing environment? Is it KPIs, lean systems, and dashboards? Or is it something far more human? In this episode of Buy the…
- CMMC Is Coming — What It Means for Your Shop, Your Costs, and Your Customers, Ep #42 · 1 sa 11 dk · Bölüm 42CMMC is no longer something manufacturers can afford to ignore. If you're doing work in the defense supply chain—or even thinking about it—this is quickly becoming a requirement…
- The Overlooked Expense: How Utility Assessments Can Unlock Hidden Savings, Ep #41 · 48 dk · Bölüm 41Most of the time on Buy the Numbers, we focus on revenue growth, margin improvement, cash flow strategy, or capital investments. But in this episode, we turn our attention to…
- Don't Just File the Return — How Smart Tax Planning Pays Off Over Time, Ep #40 · 46 dk · Bölüm 40Too many manufacturers treat taxes as a once-a-year compliance exercise. You gather the documents, sign the return, write the check, and move on. But the reality is that tax…
- The Cost of Quality — Why Getting It Right Is the Fastest Way to Get Paid, Ep #39 · 45 dk · Bölüm 39Quality is often treated like a cost center in manufacturing. Something we have to do to satisfy customers, auditors, or certifications. But in my experience, quality is much…
