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Training the Next Generation: How Do We Make Training Work?
Creating cohesive training that is both relevant and significant is a challenge that everyone in the training and development world faces.
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PMPA Member CJWinter Finds Success in Superior Customer Service and Quick Turnaround Times
Although initially focused on the manufacturing of tooling and accessories for Davenport screw machines, today CJWinter is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of cold-displacement, cylindrical dies and attachments.
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What Does the Customer Expect of the Salesperson?
Customers are the purpose of our businesses. They have the needs that we fill. They are the judge of the quality of our offerings. What does the customer expect of our salespeople?
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Parts Cleaning Across Continents
If the metalworking industry wants to predict the future of the parts cleaning market, it needs to look across the pond at the European trends and new developments taking place there.
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Top Posts from 2017
Here’s your chance to look back on some of the hottest topics from 2017! This is my annual year-in-review of the Top 10 blog posts from Production Machining, covering some of the most popular technology topics as well as industry news.
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Workforce Trends to Consider for the Future
Todd Palmer argues in his “About Your Business” column that human capital is valuable, and he breaks down five workforce trends that can play a part in a company’s fiscal year.
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Every Shop has Stories to Tell
Hearing real-life examples of challenges, problems and pressures that always accompany the manufacturer of technically challenging precision metal components helps customers relate to your company.
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Data-Driven Manufacturing Helps Shops Stay Competitive
MachineMetrics Inc. provides machine monitoring software that helps manufacturers make decisions based on real-time data, in one case helping a shop to gain almost 20-percent improvement in machine usage in the first year of use.
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December Reading Closes Out an Excellent 2017
December closes above 2017’s record-breaking average reading level.
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Find Out How You Compare with Your Peers
The 2018 Top Shops online benchmarking survey is now open, and you’re invited to participate. Participation is easy and fast with your information held in confidence.
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Chemistry and Machinability Impact Shop's Success
In Chris Felix’s article “Consistency with Indirect Extrusion,” three Sapa Extrusions employees sat down with PM to discuss how their shop benefited from enhancing the quality of its line of aluminum extrusions and analyzing the consistency of its products.
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VIDEO: Highlights from Okuma’s Winter Showcase
More than 700 machine tool professionals visited Okuma’s 2018 Winter Showcase to see the company’s latest developments in additive and other manufacturing technologies. Check out video of the event.
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