Real operators.
Real shop-floor lessons.
The Allied Advisors Podcast features in-depth conversations with lean manufacturing experts and top-performing executives who share proven strategies, hard-earned lessons, and real-world success stories — insights you can apply immediately to drive growth, improve efficiency, and lead your teams more effectively. Hosted by Justin Goethe.
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Building Operations That Run Without You
Dr. Huri Mendoza has spent more than two decades turning around and scaling manufacturing organizations across the automotive and nutrition sectors — on the ground in Germany, the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Romania, China, India, and Lithuania. He sits down with Justin to unpack the playbook behind worldwide programs that saved more than $500 million: why turnarounds start with hours of silent observation on the shop floor, where mid-market manufacturers should actually deploy AI (and where they shouldn't), how to build a CI culture that survives after the champion leaves, and why the most important question in operations isn't what or why — it's how do we make this happen?
Every conversation
is a working session.
Behind the mic with Keith Gammill, Director of Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions, on how the MEP Network quietly helps mid-market manufacturers scale — one of the candid, operator-to-operator conversations that define the show.
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The best episodes come from operators in the thick of it. If you're a manufacturing leader, lean practitioner, or PE operating partner with a hard-won lesson to share, we'd love to have you on.