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Manufacturing Professionals will receive immediate and actionable insight into high-level issues of running a small to mid-sized manufacturing company. All communicated in an easy-to-digest 20 minutes by your expert podcaster and second-generation business owner, Jim Carr.
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Don't Build Yesterday's Job Shop (opens the original)
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In this episode of My TRUE POSITION, Jim breaks down exactly what he would do differently if he were starting from scratch in today's manufacturing environment. The old model was simple: buy a machine, chase work, quote cheap, work hard, and figure it out. But today, skill and hustle are not enough. Modern manufacturing requires systems, quality discipline, inspection capability, quoting accuracy, customer selection, ERP, cybersecurity awareness, brand visibility, sales strategy, and leadership
Pick Up The Damn Phone! (opens the original)
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Sometimes the best sales strategy is not a new campaign, a new consultant, or a complicated marketing funnel. Sometimes it is calling people who already know you. In this episode of My TRUE POSITION, Jim Carr shares a recent sales epiphany from CARR Machine & Tool: he started calling inactive customers, and the response was immediate. About 80 percent responded, and many said they were swamped and actively looking to outsource precision machining. Jim breaks down why inactive customers are not d
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