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In this episode of the Manufacturing Culture Podcast, host Jim Mayer interviews Jerrod Weaver and Matt Gilmore from the Non-Ferrous Foundry Society (NFFS). They discuss the history, mission, and impact of NFFS in supporting non-ferrous foundries. The conversation covers topics such as the challenges of workforce development, safety in foundries, and the cultural similarities between foundries and machine shops. The guests also highlight the importance of automation in the industry and the need to attract young talent to careers in foundries. The conversation explores the passion for making things, the advanced technology in foundries, the sustainability and recycling efforts in the industry, the benefits of the ICON business development platform, opportunities for young people in manufacturing, and NFFS's future plans and industry collaboration. Takeaways The Non-Ferrous Foundry Society (NFFS) is a trade association representing non-ferrous foundries and aims to advance the manufacturing, recycling, and use of non-ferrous castings. NFFS provides resources, networking opportunities, industry news, advocacy work, technical and safety training, and programs with strategic partners to support its members. The foundry industry faces challenges in workforce development, including a shortage of skilled labor and the need to attract younger generations to careers in foundries. Automation is crucial in the foundry industry, particularly in secondary processing and finishing tasks. However, the small lot batch manufacturing nature of many foundries presents unique challenges for full automation. The foundry industry is filled with people who are passionate about making things and possess technical abilities. Foundries utilize advanced technology, such as computer simulation modeling and real-time visual inspection, to improve their processes. Foundries have a long history of recycling metal and scrap, making them a sustainable industry. The ICON platform provides opportunities for business development and connects manufacturers with Department of Defense contracts. Manufacturing offers excellent career opportunities for young people, and initiatives like foundry summer camps can help introduce them to the industry. NFFS aims to continue growing and enhancing its benefits, fostering cross-industry collaboration and addressing industry challenges. Connect with Jerrod on Linkedin Connect with Matt on Linkedin Visit the NFFS at YouTube A big shoutout to Speroni, the leader in tool management systems. Their dedication to precision and innovation in the manufacturing industry is unparalleled. Speroni is not just a sponsor; they are integral to advancing manufacturing excellence. Their support allows us to bring these valuable insights and discussions to you. We're also thrilled to welcome our new partner, ShopFloor Coffee. More than just a coffee brand, ShopFloor Coffee is a cause-driven business dedicated to supporting workforce development efforts. A portion of their proceeds goes towards apprenticeships and scholarships in Advanced Manufacturing, making every sip count towards a brighter future for the industry. And here's something exciting for our listeners! Use the promo code "SkillUpAZ" to get 10% off your order at ShopFloor Coffee. Not only do you get a great deal on your coffee, but you also contribute to supporting apprenticeships and scholarships in Advanced Manufacturing. It's a win-win – enjoy fantastic coffee while helping to skill up the next generation of manufacturing professionals.

10-01-2023 - The Early Church (Part 3) - Acts 2:42 - Pastor Matt Gilmore by Matthew Gilmore

09-24-2023 - The Early Church Model, Part 2 - Acts 2:42 - Pastor Matt Gilmore by Matthew Gilmore

09-17-2023 - The Early Church Model - Acts 2:42 - Pastor Matt Gilmore by Matthew Gilmore

09-03-2023 - The Gender Debate in an Upside Down World - Genesis 1 -3 - Pastor Matt Gilmore by Matthew Gilmore

08-27-2023 - Standing Faithfully In An Upside Down World - 2 Timothy 3:10 - 15 - Pastor Matt Gilmore by Matthew Gilmore

08-13-2023 - Trusting God In The Trials Of Life - Psalm 3 - Pastor Matt Gilmore by Matthew Gilmore

We cover a lot of groud this week.. . LSU and UCONN NCAA Championship Games  The WNBA Draft  NBA Playoffs  Opening Day, Tampa Bay's 13-2 Run, The O's making good cocahing decisions, Pitch Clock Violations, Stolen Bases and the AL East rankings  Dan Snyder has agreed to the sale of the Washington Football Team to the Harris Group for a cool 6 Billion.  Let's hope this is the fastest approval in NFL history. The Dapper Dan Dinner is this evening recognizing local student athletes and their achievements. Our own Matt Gilmore is presenting 4 awards this year. Always a wonderful event!  Next Week Greenway Ave Stadium is hosting a mini marathon on Saturday April 22nd starting at 9am. You can pre-register online or at the stadium. Students $10 Adults $20!   

In today's episode, Sarah and Whitney talk with Emily Gilmore from Thrive Physical Therapy. She is a pelvic floor guru and a passionate advocate for prenatal and postpartum physical therapy. Emily describes what the pelvic floor is, discusses how we can prepare our bodies for birth, and provides some amazing tips and resources. If you are expecting , you WILL NOT want to miss this talk! Mentions: Spinning Babies - Comfort in Pregnancy and Easier BirthMore about Emily!Emily Gilmore, PT, DPT, received her doctorate of physical therapy degree from UAB in 2012. Her career has been spent in outpatient orthopedics and women's health. She has received advanced training in dry needling, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobility, and pelvic rehabilitation. It was her struggles after having children that sparked a passion for prenatal and postpartum rehabilitation. In August of 2020, she opened Thrive Physical Therapy and Wellness in Cahaba Heights, which offers specialized physical therapy for prenatal and postpartum women. She enjoys participating in community education to promote better prenatal and postpartum care. She is married to Matt Gilmore, and has a 6 year old daughter and 4 year old son.Follow Previa Alliance!Previa Alliance (@previa.alliance) • Instagram photos and videosPrevia Alliance Podcast (@previapodcast) • Instagram photos and videosFollow Emily https://www.instagram.com/mothersonthemend/Wellness | Thrive Physical Therapy and Wellness | United States (thriveptal.com)https://www.instagram.com/thriveptal/

It’s just all part of the show … By Mike Burke “Why do they keep showing this?” That was the most overheard question at the beginning of each #NFLTheTVShow presentation last Sunday afternoon during the reconvening of our weekly – okay, daily -- Tavern Mensa session. It was finally football season again, such as it may or may not end up being, and all the lads in attendance carried an extra giddy-up to their step. This was, after all, our first full-fledged meeting since #NFLTheTVShow closed the curtain on yet another hit season to rave reviews and ratings way back in February with its annual season-finale, which, I understand, some people like to call … the Super Bowl? There wasn’t a care to be had. After all, the reach of the Monday morning alarm clock was still a good 15 to 18 hours away for those currently fortunate enough to still have to answer it, and all the boys were together once more to revel in each other’s company, as well as our lies (that grow in scale with each new swig of hops) and to watch football all day long. Our world’s troubles had been left at the door. Yet, somehow, they found their way all at once to the dozen television screens hanging in our Mensa hall, as those annoying networks persisted on showing us members of competing teams joining forces to protest racial injustices in the United States with their various forms of unified and personal demonstration. The demonstrations had begun on Thursday night when the Houston Texans remained in their locker room for the playing of the national anthem before their game with Kansas City, a form of demonstration that was repeated by a number of NFL teams on Sunday. Players who chose to demonstrate on the field during the national anthem took knees, raised fists and locked arms with teammates and opponents alike. There were many methods of protest on display over the weekend, and that’s what seemed to bother a select number of viewers from our little peanut gallery the most – that they were on display. “Why are the networks showing this? Politics has no place in sports!” Politics has no place in sports? Where have you been picking up your mail for the past century, Never Never Land? Politics has been the core fabric of sports – organized sports – since the beginning of time, starting with the original Olympic Games nearly 3,000 years ago which were held as a religious festival in honor of Zeus, the king of the gods. (Not long before Budweiser became the King of Beers.) I mean, what’s ever been more political than religion? Then throw in some organized sports and some know-it-all parents and you might as well just stage a convention. Just since the beginning of the 20th century, we’ve had the politics of Jack Johnson, Jim Thorpe, the Black Sox, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jackie Robinson, The Cleveland Summit and Muhammad Ali, the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Munich Olympics and haven’t stopped since. Nor will we. For as Washington Nationals relief pitcher Sean Doolittle said in March, “Sports are the reward of a functioning society.” Just how functioning our society stands at the moment is a matter of debate, but that politics and sports are intertwined has remained a constant and continues to stand the test of time. This is nothing new. The only difference this time around is it’s being tolerated; actually, sanctioned and mass produced by the National Football League, which suddenly is wearing its new-found social justice on its shield as though it had been there for centuries. Aside from the fact that the demonstrations are the news of the day – not the entertainment of the day for a functioning society – the networks are showing them because #NFLTheTVShow is their meal ticket and the NFL has sold out to the movement at hand, having five days ago launched its new brand campaign (what do you know?), “It Takes All Of Us.” Unless, of course, your name is Colin Kaepernick or Eric Reid. That’s right, Commissioner Roger Goodell and his 32 bosses are suddenly on board and, certainly, it’s not a bad thing that they’re on board, even if most of their cold black hearts aren’t really into being on board. What the NFL is on board with is the brand – any brand, as long as it sells. They’ve done a 180 turn because they have no choice but to go with the brand of the players, because it is the brand of the athlete these days that sells; not the brand of the league, or even a particular team. The heavily coveted young market – the same market Weasel Rob Manfred claims he is trying to destroy the game of baseball for – follows players first and the brand they promote and the products they sell. It’s no longer about the team with the current market – the way the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders and L.A. Lakers were in the ‘70s and ‘80s, for instance. The team stuff will come once the player is determined – Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Tom Brady. Players don’t stay in one place any more for their entire careers. There’s too much money to be had wearing another team’s stuff. And the NFL has finally caught on and, yes, Goodell admitted that, Gee whiz, maybe we should have listened to what “Kaep” was trying to tell us a few years ago. Goodell had his epiphany when he said he realized the “misrepresentation” of what Kaepernick and other players had been doing in their peaceful protests – “exercising their right to bring attention to something that needs to get fixed” – “gnawed” at him. Then that means he didn’t understand what had been happening in communities around the country and he really was the privileged and stupid Country Club junior executive waiting in the wings for his turn at the corner office? No, Goodell understood. He just didn’t want to see because he was afraid to cross Jerry Jones and the likes. But now the likes are following another brand, and there’s their boy Goodell leading the parade. So now what’s a little peaceful protest or two before each #NFLTheTVShow, particularly now that we’ve marketed our own brand for it? You don’t like it? Look away. Because now it’s all just part of the show. Mike Burke has been writing and covering sports since 1981. Write to him at mikeburke934@gmail.com, or YDKJackpodcast@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MikeBurkeMDT and listen to him, Matt Gilmore and Lydia Savramis on their “You Don’t Know Jack” podcast. Follow “You Don’t Know Jack” on Facebook as well.

This week we remember the great Jim Refosco and the brilliance of his coaching and the famous Wing T. We then pivot to the  newly named head coach of Fort Hill Football Zach Alkire, and finally we discuss the glory of the NBA and the folly of the O's.  All that and more with Mike Burke and Matt Gilmore.   Heads up: Remember those who are less fortunate in your local community and if you can make a donation to your local food banks or community pantries.  

The MLB did not make it a week without issues, NFL is allowing players to opt out, fall college sports is some leagues are cancelled. Can the NBA succeed with it's bubble??  Listen for our take on the action!  It is hard to talk about sports without mentioning the hardships of being in the throughs of a pandemic, but we are doing our best to still break down games, teams, and our outlook remains positive. The best example of positivity was in Mo Gabba, a birdland hall of fame inductee and all around wonderful guy. Mo lost his battle with cancer this week and we join in remembering how wonderful a life he lead in his short 14 years.      Subscribe to the show and follow us on Twitter!  Matt Gilmore: @JMGGMPG Mike Burke: @MikeBurke MDT  

What will high school, collegiate, and professional sports look like in the age of COVID-19? Mike Burke and Matt Gilmore are digging into that topic on their very first podcast.  In this episode we introduce ourselves and give you are credentials to let you know, we are well worth your time!    Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeBurkeMDT. Follow Matt on Twitter @@JMGGMPG  

This week on the podcast, I'm joined by TWO special guests! First, I talk with Matt Gilmore, the Editor of kpreps.com about the high school talent out of Kansas who signed with MIAA schools. Then in segment 2, I'm joined by the creator/owner of SixStarFootball.com, Israel James to discuss how the MIAA did in the Show-Me State. I also give a potential impact newcomer for each team and answer recruiting class questions out of the mail bag. https://www.kansaspregame.com/article/schlagle-linebacker-travels-long-road-success https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/sports/seven-ths-athletes-ink-with-riverhawks/article_be068a7a-4942-11ea-95db-db0f401f3b73.html Email the show at miaaweekly@gmail.com and make sure you follow the show on Twitter @MIAAWeekly. Shout out to Waylon Campbell for letting me use his beats for the intro/outro. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on the Business Beyond Borders podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Skander Malcolm, Managing Director and CEO of global foreign exchange company OFX.OFX was born in a garage at Sydney’s northern beaches, and has grown to a global foreign exchange powerhouse, present on several continents around the world. They have a focus on helping small businesses to manage their overseas transfers and streamline their operations.Skander joined OFX in 2017 and is leading the company’s continued global expansion, as it navigates the ever-changing world of fintech.Tune in to my interview with Skander to find out about:• How his experience managing large international teams across more than 80 countries shaped his journey to becoming the CEO of OFX,• The story of how OFX grew from a garage startup from Sydney’s northern beaches to a where it is today as a publicly-listed company,• The value of learning to listen to deal with complexity and develop as a leader,• The customer-centric approach that drives OFX’s corporate strategy and entry into new international markets,• His thoughts on where the foreign exchange industry is moving in the future and vision for growing the company internationally,• The strategies that OFX uses to target and enter new markets, and the challenges they have faced in doing so,• Some of the differences that OFX sees between Australian, North American, European and Asian foreign exchange customers,• His thoughts on what defines a great corporate culture for an international company, and• Skander’s advice to small and medium companies that are thinking of going global.It was great to hear from Skander in his role as the person steering OFX into its next phase of international growth and development. Although he isn’t the Founder of OFX, Skander has the same passion for finance as Matt Gilmore, who created OFX (and was a friend of Skander’s at university), a laser focus on the customer and a highly strategic perspective to boot. I believe that this combination of factors makes him the kind of CEO that companies need as they grow beyond their original incarnation and beyond the original inspiration of the founder, into something much grander. I also really appreciated Skander’s thoughts on maintaining perspective as a way as a way of dealing with tough times - tune in near the end of the show for those.If you’re a small business thinking of going global, check out the International Business Accelerator - an end-to-end solution that helps micro-to-medium businesses build and implement an international strategy:www.internationalbusinessaccelerator.com

In case you didn’t know, revenue sharing has been the basis for the largest litigation and lawsuits by the largest law firms across America against you—the planned sponsor fiduciary. These lawsuits happen because these law firms claim you don’t understand all the fees in your retirement plan, how those fees are paid, who they’re being paid to, and whether or not they’re reasonable. In the video above, I’ve added a slide of a revenue sharing dial which breaks down all the fees and expenses that could be paid inside your retirement plan so you can follow along as I explain each portion. When I show a planned sponsor this dial, 80% of the time, they tell me it’s the first time they’ve ever seen the chart. In fact, we recently took over a $10 million retirement plan from a planned sponsor who told us he’d been asking his broker for years who was getting paid and how they were getting paid. So how are revenue sharing fees paid in your retirement plan? I’ll give you an example. “We can help you protect yourself against a fiduciary liability lawsuit.” Let’s imagine you have a mutual fund in your retirement plan and the expense ratio is 1%. Of that 1%, let’s assume 0.5% (or 50 basis points) goes to your mutual fund manager as a managing investment fee. Where does the other half go? Well, 0.25% of it goes toward the 12b-1 fee, which is the commission paid to your broker and what you use to pay for marketing by that mutual fund company. Of the remaining 0.25%, about 0.2% goes toward shareholder servicing fees—that’s revenue sharing. That’s what the fund company is paying your record keeper to get on the platform and have access to your employees. In other words, it’s a slotting fee. A lot of the litigation I spoke of involves the lawyers arguing that this 20% is really your employees’ money and should be paid back to them. The remaining 0.05% goes toward sub-transfer agent fees. These are paid to the company that tracks the money your employees move from fund to fund. If you have a plan where the average fund expense is 1.25%, you have another 0.25% (or 25 basis points) that goes toward your asset fee. This is your record keeper basically saying they’re not making enough money to operate your plan, so they have to charge you another 25%. As a planned sponsor fiduciary, there are certain questions you must ask yourself. Are those fees reasonable? Can you reduce those fees? If so, how? We can help you with those questions by offering our B-1 Vendor Benchmarking service free of charge.All you have to do is give Matt Gilmore, one of our planning consultants, a call at (413) 539-2379. He’ll help you uncover all the fees in your plan and protect you from a fiduciary liability lawsuit by benchmarking those fees. If you have any other questions about revenue sharing or creating a paycheck for life, don’t hesitate to give me a call or send me an email. I’d be glad to help.

Schedule a Consultation - Click here to get your free book Today I’m covering another facet of Auto to the 5th Power, automatic re-enrollment. You have can actually re-enroll your employees into that Qualified Default Investment Option, or QDIA, to provide incredible protection for you as a plan sponsor and help your employees save money to create that paycheck for life. If you’d like to skip ahead and learn all the secrets on how to create the best possible retirement plan for yourself, I’d be happy to get you a copy of my book, “Save America, Save! The Secrets of a Successful 401(k) Plan.” I’d also like to get you a copy of my first book, “Paychecks for Life: How to Turn Your 401(k) into a Paycheck Manufacturing Company.” It contains my nine secret recipes for how your employees can create a paycheck for life. Click here to get your copies. “As the employer, you are protected under the Pension Protection Act of 2008.” In addition, if you’d like a free benchmarking analysis of your retirement plan, we’d be happy to do that for you. Just send an email to Matt Gilmore in my office at mgilmore@epsteinfs.com or give him a call at (413-539-2379). Now onto our topic for today. Automatic re-enrollment is the option where you send out a 30-day notice and tell people that if they do not want a change in their investment options, they need to let you know. Otherwise, there are going to be automatically re-enrolled into that QDIA investment option. Don’t forget, you as the employer are protected under the Pension Protection Act of 2008. If you have any other questions, please feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you.

Schedule a Consultation - Click here to get your free book Today I’m going to be talking about something I like to call Auto to the 5th Power. This is a way that you can use technology to automate savings for your employees and make your life easier, especially if you’re an HR director trying to get people to enroll in their retirement plans. So what exactly is Auto to the 5th Power? It’s actually a series of automatic features that you can use in your retirement plan to get your employees engaged in their retirement plans. This means getting them enrolled, getting them to increase their savings, and also providing greater protection for you as a plan sponsor. Today we’ll be taking a look at the top two automatic features. I’ll show you why they are so beneficial and how you can put them into action. The first feature is automatic enrollment, which is one of the easiest ways to save time, money, and effort. Instead of sending out a retirement form to your employees that may or may not ever be returned, all you need to do is send out a 30-day notice to your employees notifying them that when they are eligible for the retirement plan, they will automatically be enrolled in the plan at a set rate. For example, if your match is 50% on 6% you might want to set that contribution rate at 6%. The government will allow you to go as low as 3%, so that is an option if you’re worried about taking too much out of your employees’ paychecks right away. We personally always recommend setting the contribution rate at whatever the match rate is. After all, the name of the game is getting people to save for retirement, and people usually need to save about 10% a year. Now, you’re probably not going to automatically enroll at 10%, but the key to automatic enrollment is in the 30-day notice. You’re covered because you gave your employees notice, and your employees have the option to opt out. However, 70% of people who are automatically enrolled in the plan stay in the plan. “The name of the game is getting people to save for retirement.” The second feature is called automatic QDIA. A QDIA is a qualified default investment option. Say you automatically enroll an employee into the retirement plan but they don’t pick their investments. What’s a plan sponsor to do? Under the Pension Protection Act, you can automatically enroll them into something called the Qualified Default Investment Option. Typically a QDIA is going to be some sort of lifestyle fund, but it could be a customized option based on the employee’s age. As with automatic enrollment, the key to the QDIA is all about the notice. You have to send them something that tells them if they don’t make an election, you’re going to make the election for them. Provided you do investment due diligence on that investment option and document that you are monitoring that investment, you’ll be protected under the Pension Protection Act, which means you can’t be sued for making that investment choice for your employee. The bottom line is, using automatic features is easy, convenient, faster, and cheaper. Also, if you do your due diligence, you are completely protected thanks to the Pension Protection Act. In the end, your employee is the person who wins as they are saving money to create that paycheck for life. If you have any questions please feel free to send me an email or give me a call. Additionally, if you’d like an analysis of your retirement plan, you can reach out to Matt Gilmore in my office by sending him an email or giving him a call as well. We’d be happy to help!

It is Season Finale time, and on Good Nerd Bad Nerd we want to make sure you don't miss out on any cliffhanger goodness! This week we help you figure out how to plan your finale watching with the help of in studio guest Matt Gilmore. Matt promises to bring the funny or you all get a full refund. All of that, plus the News From Around the Nerd!

It is Season Finale time, and on Good Nerd Bad Nerd we want to make sure you don't miss out on any cliffhanger goodness! This week we help you figure out how to plan your finale watching with the help of in studio guest Matt Gilmore. Matt promises to bring the funny or you all get a full refund. All of that, plus the News From Around the Nerd!