He Bought the Shop He Worked For, Federico Veneziano (Part II)-EP 260
Federico Veneziano didn’t just buy the machine shop he worked for — he became the sole owner of a 70-year-old company and then changed its name, culture, and direction. When Federico bought American Micro three years ago, there were over 25 shareholders. Now there’s one. The company had 86 employees.

Ep. 108 – Tool Life Optimization with Benjamin York
Our guest on today’s show is Benjamin York. Benjamin’s company, Theory 168, makes a product called Tool Life that collects and analyzes data on machine

What is Winning?
What is winning? We saw one of its faces Monday night when Nick Saban’s Alabama football team annihilated a solid Ohio State squad for Saban’s

Ep. 107 – Reshaping the Supply Chain After COVID-19, with Professor Yossi Sheffi
Our guest on today’s show is Professor Yossi Sheffi, author of the new book, The New (AB)NORMAL: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19. In

Customers For Sale
You can’t buy love, so they say. But can you buy a customer? If you can, how do you do it and what does it

2020, Yu Is Gone
What do I want to write about in the last blog of 2020? Baseball, naturally. My Chicago Cubs traded their Most Valuable Player, pitcher Yu

Best of Swarfblog: Doing Business With Santa Math
The Today’s Machining World team are on break for the holidays. Meanwhile, we thought you’d enjoy this blog by Noah Graff from April 2010. We

