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Craftsman's Cribsheet: The Quality Function--Value-Added Overhead
How can the quality function help an organization make more money?
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Management Update: Understanding the Changes in Employment Law and Health Care Coverage
Are you fully informed as to the changes in employment law, government regulations as well as the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, known to many as “Obamacare?”
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Running Remotely
Everybody talks about unattended machining operations and many have implemented it in varying degrees. Since day one, this Dayton, Ohio shop has never operated any other way.
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PMPA Membership Provides Countless Benefits to AMT Machine Systems
AMT Machine Systems, Ltd. provides innovative, modular motion control components and systems to the automation industry. AMT is a technical member of PMPA and works with precision machined product manufacturers.
Read MoreThree Critical Issues for the Year Ahead
Anticipation is the key aspect of managerial success. Intelligent management of risk is the real job of management.
Read MoreLet the Salesmen In
There may be an asset that you are overlooking; one that might be sitting in your lobby on any given day. Yes, that would be the manufacturing salesperson.
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Simplifying CAD/CAM Programming
Manufacturing has come a long way since the introduction of CAD/CAM software.
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Multiple Tool Setting and Inspection Probing
A fine line often exists in the decision of when to invest in additional capital equipment and/or personnel to handle overloaded machines or a backlog of customer requests.
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Cost Efficiency with Hard Part Turning
Either as an alternative or complement to grinding, hard part turning offers a number of advantages that have become even more evident with further developments in insert concepts.
Read MorePut Shrink-Fit Tooling to the Test
Metalworking offers its fair share of challenges, and shrink-fit tooling is one of them.
Read MoreTraining Soldiers for a Lifetime
Students in the U.S. Army Ordinance School’s Allied Training Specialist Course are learning machining and welding—skills that will help them bridge the gap between active service and eventual separation from the military.
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A Guide to Insert Coating Processes and Materials
Few materials have had a greater impact on our economy and industrialized culture than cemented tungsten carbide.
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