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Six Web Site Rules
Focusing on these guidelines can improve your Web site's effectiveness in serving the manufacturing markets and properly marketing yourself to Web-enabled purchasing prospects.
Read MoreStrength In Numbers
Today, it's a different domestic market with very different demands from customers of multispindle screw machine tools. Shops must deal with reduced part volume runs, higher accuracy demands, JIT inventory systems and very tight margins. Comprised of relatively small companies, the domestic screw machine industry had trouble making the adjustment to the newer manufacturing requirements.
Read MoreIs Your Web Site Top Heavy?
Is your site top-heavy? If so, start loading more meaningful info about what value you offer prospects into your site to give it a solid foundation.
Read MoreNew Year, New Face, New Challenges
As publisher, I will continue to look for and learn about techniques and technologies that can positively impact your shop’s business. Art and science come together in screw machine shops around the world, and I see it as our job to describe to you processes that work and products that perform, and then present them in a context that can relate to your business.
Read MoreMore Multispindle Autos
If someone had told me that world demand for multispindle automatics was increasing, I would have liked to know where the figures came from. Well, the "Preliminary Offering Circular" issued by Tornos of Switzerland to potential new shareholders, spoke of increasing demand for multis.
Read MorePM News: United They Stand
United Grinding Technologies Inc. (Miamisburg, Ohio) will acquire Ewag USA (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) and merge its operations into UGT. Ewag makes tool grinding machines and tool grinding centers for the production of rotary tools and high-quality indexable inserts of tungsten carbide, PCD and PCBN.
Read MoreChoosing A Professional Advisor
Most family business executives recognize the need for professional advisors to fill the roles on their team that are outside their core competency. That's where professional advisors can make a critical difference to help your company plan ahead and achieve greater results.
Read MoreBenefits Of Supplier Partnerships Done Right
Purchasing agents' understanding of differentiation is limited to price. You can only outperform your competition under these commodity rules if your strategy is cost leadership.
Read MoreTurning To Drive-By-Wire
Drive-by-wire is causing the jitters at screw machine shops. Two concept cars from European sources have been demonstrated at recent European motor shows.
Read MoreIt's Business . . . And It's Personal
When we started Production Machining Magazine, we did it from our experience in screw machine product production and high-volume turning in Modern Machine Shop. The nature of precision machined products competition is in transition. We care about the health of the industry as a participant, not just as an observer. We care about your success not just because it's business, but for my family, our employees and me; it's personal.
Read MorePM News: Reorganization Approved
The stockholders of Tornos SA (parent company of Tornos U.S. in Brookfield, Connecticut) approved a reorganization plan prepared by Tornos' management at the recent annual meeting. The reorganization is said to ensure the long term strength and continuation of Tornos despite the effect of the drop in orders in the last 18 months.
Read MoreIt Shouldn't Be The Exception
I think that all businesses, whether they be home repair, screw machine shops, banks, you name it, need to know that exceeding customer expectations is the key to success. If you promise a delivery, meet it. If you say you can do a job, do it. These simple things should be the rule and not the exception.
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