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The Best Way To Attract And Keep Great People
Most of my consulting time is spent putting together wealth transfer plans for successful business owners. Invariably, about half of my clients bring up two critical and related operational problems: how to keep their company’s top executives and how to attract quality people.
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How To Succeed At Failure
Your cutting tool’s failure mode may be telling you what to change about the process. Not every failure mode is the same, and one mode is preferable to all the others.
Read MoreHow To Transfer Your Business Without Losing A Dime
Joe, the 61-year-old owner of Success Company (a C corporation), recently asked me to evaluate two plans designed to transfer his business to his family. Mary, Joe’s wife, is 53 years old, and they have a 31-year old son, Sam.
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How To Machine Pure Abrasion
Powder metal parts have become the darling of the auto industry, but they can be a demon for the shops that must machine the finishing touches. This shop has found that the keys to success machining such abrasive materials are proper cutting tool selection and continuous tool wear monitoring.
Read MoreGet The Most Out Of Your Measuring System
With the implementation of touchscreen operation, canned measurement routines and automatic ranging, form measuring machines have become nearly foolproof and have successfully migrated from the lab to the shop floor. Still, the form machine is only as good as its setup, and without due attention to the basics, there are many pitfalls that can make even the most basic measurement useless.
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Ten Questions About Chatter
If you want to use a high speed milling spindle to machine aggressively, then information about chatter should be more than just background noise. Here are some basics.
Read MoreUnderstanding Jerk Control
What does "jerk" refer to, and where does it fit into machine performance?
Read MoreHow To Solve Your Estate Tax Problems
One perk of writing a tax column is receiving phone calls from readers, each with his/her own specific problems, concerns and questions. I find that the greatest reward I receive is being able to help almost all of the callers.
Read MoreOn The Web, September 2005
Your Best Search Engine Strategy A common thread that runs amongst all manufacturers with Web sites is that they covet search engine exposure. As a matter of fact, the slightest mention of search engines—how to best optimize a site for them and how to move up higher in their listings—will grab their attention quicker than talk of an open expense account at IMTS.
Read MoreWhen Disaster Strikes
If your equipment was damaged or destroyed by flood or fire, would you know what to do?
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