Exploring the Flexible Scheduling Option for Employees in Manufacturing with Jesika Young

<p><strong>Connect with Jesika Young:</strong></p><p>Email: jesika@cimtechmachine.com</p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesikayoung/</p><p><strong>Show Transcript:</strong></p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: Hey, it's Lisa Ryan. Welcome to this episode of the Manufacturers Network Podcast. I'm excited to introduce you to today's guest Jesika Young. Jesika is President, CEO, and co-owner of three manufacturing companies Cimtech, Axis, and Action. </p><p>Most importantly, Jesika is a team member first. Jesika believes strongly in putting the team above all else. She was named "woman to watch" by Business First as she made a move to watch and then acquiring a 43-year-old manufacturing company in the heart of southern Indiana.</p><p>Cimtech Incorporated was named a top 10 precision manufacturer. In her short two years of manufacturing, Jesika has been named among the most influential women in manufacturing by Influential Women in Manufacturing. Jesika, welcome to the show. It's great to have you here.</p><p><strong>Jesika Young</strong>: Thank you so much, Lisa. It's good to be with you again. Yeah.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: So you have such a fascinating background and kind of your journey regarding how you got and ended up in manufacturing. So why don't you share with us just a little bit about what brought you here?</p><p><strong>Jesika Young</strong>: So it's quite a peculiar roadmap that brought me into manufacturing, but I grew up in manufacturing. My father was an administrator for the sheet metal and construction trade, so I love being around fabricators and watching things being built. But I became an accidental banker and am now retired or, as they say, recovering commercial banker for ten years.</p><p>In July of 2018, my partner and I made the leap into entrepreneurship and ownership in purchasing a 43-year-old manufacturing company. So a lot of my clients were manufacturers, and so it was a good fit.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: And so walking into the plant for the first time, a 43-