Oct 29, 202653 min
What good is a record quarter if you can't make payroll? It's an uncomfortable question, especially when your shop is busy, your margins are healthy, and your financial statements say you're making money. But you've...
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A deep dive into the financials of running a Manufacturing business.
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What has Buy the Numbers covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Profitable but Broke? Why Your Shop Needs a 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast | Ep. 58" (29 October 2026, 53 minutes), "Is Defense Work Worth It? The Hidden Costs + Untapped Opportunities for Machine Shops | Ep. 57" (15 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "What Tribal Knowledge Is Actually Costing Your Shop | Ep. 55" (17 September 2026, 50 minutes).
How often does Buy the Numbers publish?
Buy the Numbers publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 51 minutes.
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Booking probability for Buy the Numbers is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Buy the Numbers requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Buy the Numbers's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for Buy the Numbers are Jewelry, Toys & Sporting Goods. Buy the Numbers has a business audience.
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Episode #57
Is Defense Work Worth It? The Hidden Costs + Untapped Opportunities for Machine Shops | Ep. 57
Oct 15, 202645 minDefense manufacturing is supposed to be a massive opportunity for American machine shops. The government needs more domestic suppliers, existing weapons systems need replacement parts, and emerging defense companies are...
- Sep 17, 202650 min
Replacing an employee can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $40,000. But the real risk isn't just recruiting and training their replacement. It's everything that walks out the door with them. Jess Bird supports CAM software...
- Sep 3, 202648 min
IMTS is about a week and a half out. Most people heading to Chicago are showing up with a shopping list, and the ones who aren't will still find something on the floor that makes them start one. Either way, there's a...
- Jul 23, 202655 min
You spend money on a website, LinkedIn posts, maybe some email and a trade show booth, and then you ask the question every owner asks: is any of this actually working? For most of us the honest answer is a gut feel. The...
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- Jul 9, 202653 min
Most shop owners believe the number on their business is locked in by their earnings. It isn't. Two shops with identical profit can sell for wildly different prices, and the gap almost always comes back to one question...
- Jun 25, 20261 hour
Most shop owners never sell a business before the day they actually sell theirs. You build something for thirty years, then one phone call later you're trying to figure out what it's worth, what the buyer is really...
- Jun 11, 202644 min
Part two of a good conversation is where things usually get real. In this episode, I pick back up with Nush Ahmed and Brooke Laing from Sisterhood of Trades, and we get into the questions most shop owners quietly wonder...
- May 28, 202645 min
In this episode of Buy the Numbers , I sat down with Nush Ahmed and Brooke Laing for one of the more entertaining and eye-opening conversations I've had in a while. What started with jokes about generational slang and...
- May 14, 202653 min
Recorded live from the DN Solutions open house near Chicago, this special crossover episode blends the worlds of Buy the Numbers and Lights Out into one conversation about manufacturing growth, automation, and the real...
- Apr 30, 202655 min
If you're like most shop owners, HR, payroll, and benefits are necessary evils—important, but far from the reason you got into manufacturing in the first place. Yet those "back-office" functions can quietly drain your...
- Apr 16, 20261h 3m
Breaking the Ceiling: Systems, Data, and the Truth About Scaling a Machine Shop, Ep #44 Manufacturing will humble you—no matter how good you get. I was talking with someone recently about how this might be the only...
Episode #43
Trust First, Numbers Second: The Leadership Playbook Manufacturing Shops Are Missing, Ep #43
Apr 2, 202656 minWhat actually makes leadership work in a manufacturing environment? Is it KPIs, lean systems, and dashboards? Or is it something far more human? In this episode of Buy the Numbers , I sit down with Jason Woodard, COO of...
- Mar 19, 20261h 12m
CMMC is no longer something manufacturers can afford to ignore. If you're doing work in the defense supply chain—or even thinking about it—this is quickly becoming a requirement, not a "nice to have." And what makes it...
- Mar 5, 202648 min
Most of the time on Buy the Numbers , we focus on revenue growth, margin improvement, cash flow strategy, or capital investments. But in this episode, we turn our attention to something many manufacturers rarely...
- Feb 12, 202646 min
Too many manufacturers treat taxes as a once-a-year compliance exercise. You gather the documents, sign the return, write the check, and move on. But the reality is that tax planning is one of the most powerful...
- Jan 29, 202645 min
Quality is often treated like a cost center in manufacturing. Something we have to do to satisfy customers, auditors, or certifications. But in my experience, quality is much more than that. It's one of the biggest...
Episode #38
Owning the Problem: Why Accountability, Communication, and Culture Drive Throughput, Ep #38
Jan 15, 202644 minOne of the patterns I keep seeing in manufacturing has nothing to do with machines, software, or technology. It shows up in how teams respond when something goes wrong. In this episode of Buy the Numbers , I sat down...
- Jan 1, 202649 min
What changes when you're not building a business to sell, but building one to hand down? That's the question that kept coming up for me in this conversation. In this episode of Buy the Numbers , I sat down with Jack...
- Dec 19, 202546 min
Inventory is one of the most overlooked levers in manufacturing finance, yet it is often the single largest asset sitting on a company's balance sheet. In this bonus episode of Buy the Numbers , Mike Payne is joined by...
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