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Continuous Improvement: Shadow Boards
Avoiding the tools you don't need is as much of a problem as being unable to find the tools that are needed.
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Business Development: How to Win Bigger Contracts
At the PMPA Management Update Conference, February 21-23, 2014, in Las Vegas, John Wirtz will present a business development session on winning larger contracts, or “whale hunting,” for precision machined parts manufacturers.
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Mike Duffin Looks Back at 11 Years as PMPA Executive Director
“When he was named executive director of PMPA, Mike brought to the job a unique perspective having been an association member in his former life.”
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Tying It All Together
Like links in a chain, each component of a workcell can only be effective when the entire system works together well.
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Apprenticeships Could Develop Manufacturing’s Comeback
Here are seven key reasons they say the U.S. should be developing apprenticeship programs.
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Gardner’s Precision Machining Index Shows Business Flattened
According to Steven Kline, Jr., market analyst for Gardner Business Media Inc., parent company to PM, the October PMI showed that business conditions in the industry flattened.
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What Glass Ceiling?
At the recently concluded PMPA annual meeting in San Diego, the organization named Darlene Miller, president of and CEO of Permac Industries, as its new president. She's also the first female president of the association.
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New OSHA Temporary Worker Rules Protect Them from Hazards
On “Workers Memorial Day,” OSHA sent out a memorandum regarding efforts to protect temporary workers from workplace hazards.
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Hexapods are a Simple and Affordable Way to Efficient Machining
To create more efficient machining, use a hexapod to convert a conventional machine tool into machines that produce parts on a single setup compared with several operations on a conventional machine.
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Slideshow: Hydromat Opens its Doors
Early in October rotary transfer machine builder, Hydromat, hosted an annual open house at its St. Louis headquarters.
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Early Technical Training Can Fill the Skills Gap
Lack of skills were found to be behind the skills gap for production jobs, according to a new report by Twin Cities Business Magazine.
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Video: Company Evolves from a Manual Shop to a High Precision Success Story
Ian and Jack Wagter, owners of Lumar Machining & Manufacturing Ltd. of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, purchased the company with a customer base of two automotive plants. Today, Lumar Machining has a thriving business with plans to expand, adding even more machining technology.
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