Workforce Development

Aerospace 18 May 2020

PMA Adds 120 Aerospace Courses to E-Learning Platform

In addition, the association is offering a discount on licenses for the platform through May.

Workforce Development 12 May 2020

Meet "Al"

“Al” could be anyone, working in any shop. But what sets Al apart is his embrace of change as a way of doing work and business. Are there Als in your shop?

Workforce Development 11 May 2020

The Manufacturing Process Is All About the People Who Make It Work

This month, we say goodbye to long-time Modern Machine Shop columnist Wayne Chaneski, who is retiring. Here is some of what he has helped me to see.

Five-Axis 25 Apr 2020

A Job Shop Approach to Automation

Through patient research and smart investing, this job shop has slowly grown its capabilities and is moving toward lights-out manufacturing for prototype work.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 18 Apr 2020

In a Machine Shop, the Labor of Lean is Data-Driven

Approximating single-piece flow in a job shop environment requires an ongoing commitment to analyzing and acting on evidence.

Workforce Development 17 Apr 2020

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Manufacturing Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic

Suggestions include social distancing, shift staggering and providing sanitary equipment.

Additive Manufacturing 16 Apr 2020

OEMs and Job Shops See Metal Additive Manufacturing Differently

When should a machine shop consider production metal 3D printing? Part of the answer might be when that machine shop also does design. Cobra Aero is a small shop thriving with AM, because it’s also an OEM.

Additive Manufacturing 15 Apr 2020

At Purdue University, Emergency Production of PPE and Ventilator Fittings

After campus had largely shut down, several labs and departments at the venerated engineering school organized with local hospitals to manufacture critical parts needed to fight the coronavirus.

Workforce Development 13 Apr 2020

Mastercam Joins NCATC as Strategic Partner

The NCATC supports a higher education and industry network that promotes advanced technology applications in workforce development programs and services.

How Job Shops Can Generate Accurate Estimates in Minutes

New geometry-driven quoting technology lets job shops generate estimates in as little as 15 minutes. It enables them to respond faster to RFQs, drastically reduces time wasted on jobs they don’t get, and lets them focus on more profitable work.