I recently had the chance to sit down with Joseph Potak, host of the High Performance Cult podcast, to talk about my journey in the automotive industry. We covered a lot of ground, including how I started Evolution Dynamics, the motivation behind creating My Shop Assist, and the return of the Do It For a Living podcast. It was a great conversation about what it takes to run a successful shop, streamline operations, and build tools that help other business owners do the same. Kevin started Evolution Dynamics to push the limits of performance, but along the way, we realized...

In Episode 3 we go into the details of making the shadow box foam inside the tool box.   We talk about the thought process on minimizing the movements of looking for tools and how to most efficiently assemble an engine.  The process of cutting out the foam is discussed as well, and the final product came out well!  Check it out and be sure to subscribe to the channel!

The second episode in our Shop Life video series is out!  In this episode we continue the shop tour by taking at look at the primary tool box Kevin uses when wrenching on the evo at the shop.   We talk about the logic in why the box is laid out, and the 5S methodology behind it.     The second part of the episode we cover the January shop efficiency numbers, and the P&L report for the shop to see how its doing and what we need to spend more time working on next month!  

We have started a new video series dedicated to those who truly Do It For A Living! We are calling it Shop Life, and every week we will post up a video about things related to owning, operating and dealing with running a shop!  Check out Episode 1 below where we give a tour of our shop, Evolution Dynamics, and don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel!    

FIFO stands for “First In, First Out” and is usually associated with valuing cost of goods sold in inventory. For the purpose of this post, we will be using it in terms of scheduling and completing work at a machine shop. Difference between FIFO and LIFO FIFO (First In, First Out) and LIFO (Last In, First Out) are acronyms used to express when your workload enters the shop and when it leaves. In the case of many machine shops (and other service shops), they get sucked into a LIFO workflow. This means that they do not complete the older tasks...