Top Shops
Top Shops 2012: Premier Machining Industries
PMI uses advanced ERP software for real-time monitoring of production flow.
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Top Shops 2012: L&H Industrial
L&H Industrial has a wealth of advanced large-scale machining and manufacturing capabilities.
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Top Shops 2012: Southern Machine Works
A lot of the changes this shop made were a result of integrating a CPA mindset into a contract shop environment.
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Top Shops 2012: L&P Machine Products
Here are five key elements of this quality contract shop.
WatchOpen for Business
Leading shops use customer tours as a marketing tool to showcase their in-house technologies and capabilities, as well as the pride they have in their employees and overall operation. Are you open to that?
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Benchmarking: A Measure of your Shop’s Success
Learn about the second edition of our Top Shops benchmarking survey and the types of shops that participated. Further survey analysis is found in three articles other articles.
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Top Machining Strategies and Equipment
2012 Benchmarking data reveals the machining technologies and techniques world-class shops use to their advantage.
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Defining Business Characteristics of Top Shops
The Top Shops tend to outshine other shops in a number of financial areas. Sometimes, they apply alternate business strategies to achieve higher performance levels.
Read MoreFour Good Reasons to Attend IMTS
The 2012 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago is an opportunity to bolster the success factors Top Shops rely on most.
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What’s the Secret to Success?
If the answer to this question lies in the answers to our open-ended survey question, it’s these four factors: 1. Focus on the customer. 2. Keep up with new technology. 3. Engage in continuous improvement. 4. Train your workforce.
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