Fabricator's Coach

09/26/2024

A great opportunity for shop owners to talk with other shops and fabrication resources is coming up.

ISFA 2024 Annual Conference
Miami, FL
November 6-8

I hope to see you there!

09/26/2024

A great chance to talk shop with other business owners - is coming up.

The ISFA 2024 Annual Conference
Miami, FL
November 6-8

Details and registration can be found here:
https://www.isfanow.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalevent.detail&evid=405 #:~:text=ISFA%202024%20Annual%20Conference%20Miami,%20Florida%20CRAFTING%20SUCCESS:%20INNOVATE,%20FABRICATE,

09/26/2024

This podcast is an expansion upon the presentation made at Coverings 2024 by Rich Katzmann (RockHeads) and Ed Young (Fabricator's Coach). In this podcast, they dive into fabrication shop business valuation, discuss ways owners can drive up the value of their shops, discuss factors that indicate busi...

08/05/2024

This podcast is for Fab Shop Owners, and is an open discussion of benchmarking in this industry. The basis is a webinar recorded in May of 2024, in which Rich Katzmann of Rockheads Group and Ed Young of Fabricator's Coach provide information, facilitate discussion, and answer questions of business owners.

The video recording of this webinar is on YouTube at https://youtu.be/LNXBvebTOsg

To get a copy of the presentation, originally made at the Spring Coverings event in Atlanta, go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SvTos7camUUere1Y9XG-q_NZC-sPKbPe/view?usp=drive_link

NOTE: Data was updated to the latest as of this webinar.

This podcast is for Fab Shop Owners, and is an open discussion of benchmarking in this industry. The basis is a webinar recorded in May of 2024, in which Ri...

08/05/2024

Many Fabrication Shops have considered diversification options - new markets, new partners, new products, etc.

The basis of this podcast is a webinar recorded in June of 2024, in which Rich Katzmann of Rockheads Group and Ed Young of Fabricator's Coach provide information, facilitate discussion, and answer questions of business owners.

Find this podcast on all major podcast apps and see it on YouTube https://youtu.be/HU1XaujcbE0

To get a copy of the presentation, originally made at the Spring Coverings event in Atlanta, go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O8A87i9PS-hkxP4YOHK9Dh3YGNsgeP3W/view?usp=drive_link

07/31/2024

Many Fabrication Shops have considered diversification options - new markets, new partners, new products, etc. The basis of this podcast is a webinar recorded in June of 2024, in which Rich Katzmann of Rockheads Group and Ed Young of Fabricator's Coach provide information, facilitate discussion, and...

07/31/2024

This podcast is for Fab Shop Owners, and is an open discussion of benchmarking in this industry. The basis is a webinar recorded in May of 2024, in which Rich Katzmann of Rockheads Group and Ed Young of Fabricator's Coach provide information, facilitate discussion, and answer questions of business o...

05/15/2024

Ed talks with Erik Rapp. Erik has been in tile and stone markets for over 20 years, with his latest position as the National Director for the Everest Stone Group, a US stone/slab distributor. Erik shares with fabricators ways that they can enhance relationships with stone wholesalers – to make the...

05/03/2024

SILICOSIS: Current Industry Info & a Few Things You Probably Didn't Know

In the latest Video/Podcast https://youtu.be/Z-yBMfMqIu0?si=_V2dQpSBtU9Cp0vm

Ed talks with Mark Meriaux, the Accreditation and Technical Manager at the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) about the current state of Silicosis in this industry, what the NSI is doing, the resources they have made available to stone fabrication shops in the US, and more.

Links discussed include:
The link to the anonymous silicosis survey being conducted nation-wide:
https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eX5tvsDNElDpACq?Q_CHL=qr
or click the link at the top of this page: https://www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/silica/

It is really important that as many stone shops as possible take the 10 minutes to complete this survey.

Silicosis Info: https://www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/silica/
Silicosis Training: https://www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/safety/
Training Certification: https://www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/safetycertificate/

Mark can be reached at [email protected]

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Ed talks with Mark Meriaux, the Accreditation and Technical Manager at the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) about the current state of Silicosis in this industr...

05/02/2024

Ed talks with Mark Merioux, the Accreditation and Technical Manager at the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) about the current state of Silicosis in this industry, covering a few things you probably do not know - and what the NSI is doing, the resources they have made available to stone fabrication shop...

04/30/2024

From the Podcast Studio at the 2024 Coverings conference. Ed on stage at Coverings and discussing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and your shop! Ed met with stone shop owners during the Coverings conference in April 2024 on the topic of KPIs and followed this session with Q&A with these shop o...

04/22/2024

NSI is currently conducting an ANONYMOUS survey on silicosis.

Even if you’ve just started implementation, NSI wants to hear from you. This information is critical to helping NSI talk to national safety officials to educate them on what our industry is already doing regarding silicosis.

Please take a few minutes to fill out this anonymous survey.

https://naturalstoneinstitute.org/silicadatasurvey

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