Workforce Development
New Educational Series from Additive Manufacturing Media
Additive Manufacturing Media is releasing AM InDepth, a series on 3D manufacturing, as a part of IMTS Spark.
Read MoreTrak Machine Tools Opens New Showroom in Training Center
The partnership allows the supplier to better serve its customers in the region while equipping the workforce with advanced manufacturing skills.
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Growing a Job Shop into a Full-Service Manufacturer
By maximizing employee satisfaction, adding fabrication and other services, and always keeping open machine capacity, Square Deal has grown from a seven-person job shop to a full-service manufacturer that employs hundreds.
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Are Employees Really Replaceable?
Although an individual might consider themselves to be replaceable, an organization should not see their employees that way.
Read MoreAME Publishes White Paper with "Marshall Plan" for Post-Pandemic Manufacturing
The white paper argues that reshoring or nearshoring, digitalization and increased workforce development measures will be necessary for manufacturing after the pandemic.
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5 Hard Lessons from a 28-Year-Old Startup Machine Shop Owner
Good fortune and years of long working hours have both figured into the success of this young shop, which became its founder’s sole employment starting last year. The shop owner shares his story.
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Video: Succession Planning, Stewardship and Generation Change in Machine Shops
Leaders of Indiana Precision Grinding describe lessons learned related to succession planning and how the upcoming generation found its commitment to the business.
WatchNIMS Celebrates 25th Anniversary
“The skills required and the ways in which those skills are taught and measured are changing,” says Executive Director Montez King.
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Simplifying Job Shop Automation with Hand-Guided Robots
Easy to implement and flexible enough to handle a range of applications, hand-guided robots can help job shops automate high-mix, low-volume production.
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Bold, Insightful Leadership Defines Manufacturer’s “DNA”
At its core, this highly successful contract manufacturer is a tool and die shop. Its founder, who has the heart and soul (and mind) of a tool maker, imbued his company with the values and the versatility of a tool room. This is his lasting legacy.
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