Machine Shop Growth
The Machine Shop Growth Podcast gives a fresh perspective to help you grow your shop by focusing on 3 key factors - Sales, Marketing and Efficiency. For decades the machine shop industry was build on a “good-ol-boys” mentality and was full of great machinists and engineers that made great parts. What has been discovered is many of those amazing shops have plateaued or are starting to decline - because they didn’t put enough emphasis on getting more work and making more money with the work they had.
On this podcast you will hear first hand advice from machine owners and mangers how they are getting more work and how they are making more money. Now let’s Grow Your Shop!
Podcasting since 2025 • 30 episodes
Machine Shop Growth
Latest Episodes
Episode #29: Tool Holders, Setup Time, and the 80/20 Rule for Machine Shop Growth
Setup time is stealing more money from your shop than you think.In this episode of the Machine Shop Growth Podcast, Kirk Phelps digs deeper into standardization—specifically, tool holders, tooling storage, inventory systems, and t...
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Episode #28: The 5 KPI’s to Track for Shop Growth
Your shop may be busy…But is it actually growing?In this episode, Mike Fritz breaks down the 5 KPI’s every machine shop should track if they want more control over sales, production, profitability, and long-term growth....
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Episode #27: Before You Buy a Robot, Standardize Your Process
Before you buy the robot…Fix the process.In this episode of the Machine Shop Growth Podcast: Operations Edition, Kirk Phelps breaks down what shops need to standardize before they ever think about automation, second shift, ...
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