Workforce Development
Vertical Machining Center Helps Job Shop Stay Competitive
This shop has applied this vertical machining center to help with its core business of prototype and small runs.
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Today's Students—Tomorrow's High Quality Workforce
Allow me to share portions of my vision of the future of our country and our industry. This vision includes the critical role that today's students and their dedicated instructors play in making all our businesses profitable and productive in the future.
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Skilled Labor Shortage Solved With Technology
The problem facing this casting shop is that the artisans who create patterns used to model and create cast-iron parts aren't available in the numbers that they once were, and as skilled workers retire, there aren't enough replacements to staff the industry. Foundries across the country face this problem as the skilled labor pool diminishes through attrition. The remaining patternmakers are working longer hours trying to keep up, causing longer lead times.
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CAM Software Improves Speed-To-Market For Job Shop
As technology progressed, this shop's CAD/CAM software became outdated, and the company needed a more advanced system. The owner wanted a system that anyone in the company could feel confident using without extensive training.
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Tooling Reduces 21 Minute Job To 9 Minutes
Shop leadership was looking for a way to reduce the time it took to complete a very difficult boring job. The job took 21 minutes per part to complete with multiple roughing and finishing processes. It required 10 minutes of hone time.
Read MoreMinimizing Work From Job To Job
Setup reduction has been a hot topic for several years. Everyone wants to reduce downtime between production runs, and companies go to great lengths to achieve this goal.
Read MoreSchool Days Reunion
I recently attended my high school class reunion. It's amazing how old many of my classmates have become.
Read MoreManaging Employee Performance
Most managers don't realize that past performance is generally not an indicator of future success. Behavior alone is the benchmark of future achievement.
Read MoreLack Of Career Guidance Among High School Students
Most teenagers are receiving little to no career guidance outside the home and are not pursuing the appropriate educational plan for real world career opportunities and business needs, according to a survey of more than 800 high school juniors and seniors nationwide. The survey was coordinated by the Ferris State University Career Institute for Education and Workforce Development and co-sponsored by the Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation (PMAEF), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Center for Workforce Success and the Associated Equipment Distributors Foundation (AEDF).
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Working To End Manufacturing's Labor Shortage
Members of the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA), who provide manufacturing solutions through applications, sales and service of machine tools, note a great deal of frustration in the marketplace. The statement from manufacturing customers that, "I'd buy another machine if it came with an operator!" is all too familiar.
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