Articles

Rethinking Safety Incentives

Judy Agnew and Aubrey Daniels critique common safety practices and give advice for improvement.

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Top Shops

What are the Defining Business Characteristics of Top Shops?

Top Shops tend to outshine other shops in a number of financial areas. Sometimes, they apply alternate business strategies to achieve higher performance levels.

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Additive Manufacturing: Myth and Reality

Two recent articles about additive manufacturing dispel some common myths about the process.

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Economics

July MBI Shows Industry Performance Moderating

With a reading of 48.3, the Metalworking Business Index showed that the metalworking industry has contracted for the first time in three years.

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Top Shops

See the Top Shops Executive Summary

This digital report compares responses from the elite Top Shops benchmarking group with the other shops that participated in the survey.

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Free Android App Estimates Metals Weight and Cost

Carpenter Technology Corp.'s MetalMass calculator is now available in an Android version that can be downloaded at no cost.

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Die/Mold

Video: 3D Printed Mold Tooling

Injection mold tooling can be created quickly using 3D printing.

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Group Think

In many ways, the exercise in a jury room is designed to mimic how we should function in business.

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Watch and Learn

These videos share ideas that might be relevant to the challenges your shop is facing.

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Video: Perspectives on Cardinal Manufacturing

An innovative high school vocational manufacturing program has students doing production work for paying customers.

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May Machine Tool Orders 2nd Highest of 2012

    According to USMTO, machine tool orders in May 2012 were 2,075 units and $408,053,000.

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Beyond Power and Pressure

Waterjet cutting speed depends on more than a single pump specification.

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