Workforce Development
The Employee-Owned Advantage
This Ohio shop is 100-percent employee-owned. Thus, both management and shopfloor employees recognize the importance of optimizing efficiency wherever possible. Thanks to a strong willingness to invest in and embrace new technologies, sales-per-employee has increased by more than 50 percent in the last five years.
Read MoreThe Education Gap Catches Up with Us
There is a reason why the industry at large has not noticed the decline in manufacturing vocational education and other manufacturing training programs as much as it otherwise might have.
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Lights, Camera ... Cycle Start
A new show dramatically portrays real-life manufacturing and CNC machining. The pilot episode is now playing.
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An Italian Education
The mood at the 27th edition of Bi-Mu—which attracted more than 60,000 attendees from all over the world—was vibrant, with many exhibitors expressing optimism about future business conditions despite coming off one of the worst years in recent history in 2009.
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From Job Shop Chaos To Lean Order
Classic lean manufacturing principles are practically taken as gospel, but benefits can be elusive for manufacturers that produce a variety of parts in low volumes. This shop took a different approach to lean—one aided by software that helped identify a more efficient machine layout based patterns in part routings.
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Overcoming the Fear of Succession Planning
Some things are downright scary, like taxes—especially estate taxes. Can you guess which area in estate tax planning causes the most anguish? Hands down, it’s business succession.
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AMT Applauds Jobs Act
AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology supports President Obama’s signing of the Small Business Jobs Act into law in late September.
Read MoreMazak Expands Online Training Class Offerings
Machine tool builder Mazak (Florence, Kentucky) has expanded the online portion of its comprehensive Progressive Learning program to include four Mazak-specific programming classes, which are offered in partnership with ToolingU.com.
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Find Your Speed Outside of Machining
This short-lead-time mold shop achieves its most significant time savings by looking outside the machining cycle. However, one of those elements outside the cycle—palletized setup—ultimately led to cycle time savings via five-axis machining.
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