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Three BROADS (Lori Highby, Kris Harrington, and Erin Courtenay) bringing you stories and strategies exploring manufacturing topics that challenge the status quo while laying the foundations for future success. Together with special guests they’ll celebrate what’s working and unpack what is not so YOU can learn, grow, and succeed. The hosts are a BROADcast for Manufacturers are: Kris Harrington | President and COO of GenAlpha Technologies | linkedin.com/in/kristinaharrington Kris Harrington i ...
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Episode 28 - Rosa Parks, Pro Golf, and Good friends
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24: Using Lean Manufacturing for Optimal Efficiency: - with Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels
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Links mentioned during this episode: OPSisters Website:https://opsisters.com/ SteelToes and Stilettos: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steel-toes-and-stilettos-shannon-karels/1139878791 Meet Kathy and Shannon: The authors of SteelToes and Stilettos. Is that just the best you have ever heard? Yeah. Kathy and Shannon share in their book, they share …
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Episode 27 - Comedy & why We laugh, Fav Cuisine, & First Week at School
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23: Women in Leadership: Harnessing Their Strengths for Successful Career Growth
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Links mentioned during this episode: Get it Made article: https://get-it-made.co.uk/insights/manufacturing-industries-that-employ-the-most-women THE MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE: Closing the Gender Gap: Recruiting and Retaining Women in Manufacturing: https://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/research/the-manufacturing-experience-closing-the-gender-gap…
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Episode 26 - AO Tennis, the Q we must ask ourselves, Melb best fries, and is Haani an extrovert?
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22: Why Young Entrepreneurs Should Be Asking Themselves These Questions - with Matthew Bordy
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Meet Matthew: He’s a serial entrepreneur and product development professional. He use to manage the design team for Office Max and all their private labels. Now, he has owned his own product development firm called Prototype since 2013. He’s headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. He runs a one-of-a-kind development firm that supports inventors, entrepre…
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Episode 25 - Pele died, Haani turns 13, New Year's Goals and Holiday Learnings
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21: Why The Relationships Between Marketing and Sales Teams Are Important - with Allison DeFord
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Meet Allison: She is the founder of Felt Marketing. She and her team are on a mission to strengthen heart and soul manufacturing for generations by helping manufacturers retrofit their marketing to make sales easier, modifying traditional systems with modern components. She's also your marketing expert on the Manufacturing Masters on Demand platfor…
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Episode 24 - Pursuit of Happiness, Cup Winner & Hiking in Tassie
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20: The Importance of Having a Healthy Company Culture - with Ashleigh Walters
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Meet Ashleigh: Ashleigh and her family relocated to the rust belt town of Erie, Pennsylvania. In an attempt to revive her husband's family's 56-year-old business, she used the problem-solving skills she obtained while earning her BS in chemical engineering from Auburn. And was able to change the company culture by using a coach approach leadership …
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Episode 23 - Soccer World Cup, Victoria Election, and Baba's Desert Ultra Marathon.
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19: Let's Talk About the Current Labor Market - with Nicole Fiene and Michele Vasapoli
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Meet Nicole and Michele: Nicole has been at ADP for a little over five years and services the small business community. She helps small businesses outsource many of their administrative tasks such as payroll insurance, HR compliance, and employee benefits in a small business environment. It is usually the owner that wears all the hats. It is her go…
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18: Why Digital Marketing is Essential for the Manufacturing Industry - with Sue Nordman
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Meet Sue: Sue is the President of Obsidian Manufacturing Industries, Inc., a position she has held since 2018. She previously worked part-time for the family business while raising her three children. She has a long history within the manufacturing industry, with some of her earliest memories being of her father talking about working in manufacturi…
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Episode 22 - Twitter, Spotify and the Last Dance
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17: Why Consistency is Important in the Manufacturing Industry - with Jennifer White
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Meet Jennifer: Jennifer genuinely enjoys helping b2b clients solve their lingering problems with analytical yet creative and innovative solutions. She is passionate about helping teams transform their organizations with quality service and delivery standards to achieve higher profits by creating efficient processes. while increasing visibility and …
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16: Let's Talk About Demographic Inversion- with Jamie Irvine
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Meet Jamie: Jamie Irvine is the founder and host of the heavy-duty parts report. He is also a sales and marketing consultant that specializes in working with heavy-duty parts manufacturers and distributors. He's like the Joe Rogan of truck parts. Kris: Jamie, I'm curious if you can share with the audience something interesting about you that they m…
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Episode 21 - HM died, Geelong Win, Escape Room, Marathon Run, and ...
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15: Discussing the Power of Translation- with Trish Stuart
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Meet Trish: After teaching middle school for almost a decade, Trish found the translation and localization industry over a summer hiatus. Thinking it would be just a temporary job, now 22 years later, she is the US director for Terralingua Translations. Who translates content into over 100 different languages for manufacturers and exporters worldwi…
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Episode 20 - Ethics & temper in sport, riding bike to school
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14: Conversations with Manufacturers - with Darrin Mitchell
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Meet Darrin: Over the last 20 years, Darren grew a very successful manufacturing business. He developed a worldwide marketing system with partners on six continents. Patented intellectual property, a global supply chain, and had profits 10 times the industry average. That's pretty, pretty impressive. Most impressive. He did it from a small remote i…
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13: The Importance of Manufacturing Jobs - with Harry Moser
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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 …
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Episode 19 - Learning Golf, The Walk & Kando Grading
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12: The Connection Between B2B and Manufacturing
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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 a…
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11: Robotics in Manufacturing - with Daniel Rogge
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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 …
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Episode 18 - PS5, Deal with Bad News & Personal Challenges
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10: How to Positively Impact the Minds of Future Blue Collar Workers and Their Families - with Brad Herda
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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 en…
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Episode 17 - Overseas trip, Top Gun and Sempai Haani
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09: How Buyers Can Develop Smart Relationships with Their Suppliers - with Sarah Scudder
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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 sho…
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08: How E-Commerce Helps Manufacturers Attract More of Their Dream Customers - with Curt Anderson
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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…
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07: Addressing The Labor Shortage In Manufacturing
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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 manufac…
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Episode 16 - Karate Progress, Election and Silly Flu
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06: Women In Manufacturing - with Meaghan Ziemba
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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 own…
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Episode 15 - School Detention and What Trust is...
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05: The Future of The Supply Chain in Manufacturing - with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey
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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 tod…
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04: Competition Is Better Served As Co-opetition
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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 som…
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03: Digital Transformation In The Manufacturing Industry
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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 whe…
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…
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 g…
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Episode 13 - Go Karting, School Camp and the Meaning of Success
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Episode 12 - Big bibi and Shane Warne passed away
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Episode 11 - Failing Karate Test, Adopting a Dog and Grand Parents
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Episode 10 - High school week 1, second jab and the potato test
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Episode 9 - High School, Tennis and Iphone 8
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Episode 7 - Facing the dragon in the blue mountains
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Episode 5 - Question what you read, Climate change & more...
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Episode 4 - Vaccination, Melbourne Cup & Fortnite
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