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Growth of a Company
Peterson Tool Co. was founded in 1958 by John L. Peterson, Sr., with a $500 loan and 1,000-sq.-ft. barn in a town outside of Nashville, Tennessee. More than 60 years later, Peterson Tool fills 40,000 sq. ft. between two adjacent facilities and serves 30 countries.
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Effective Communication: Who
The answer to “Who” isn’t just a name — it’s a person. Discover the different communication preferences for each generation.
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Growth Strategies for Success
Some manufacturing companies continue to grow, year after year, regardless of economic conditions. Here are their strategies you can implement to have the same results.
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Coronavirus Survey Results Show Impacts of Global Supply Chains
Institute for Supply Management study reveals COVID-19’s supply chain effects.
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Cobot Fleet Addresses Labor Shortage
An Ohio manufacturer deployed nine collaborative robots to improve and optimize the work environment, automating hard-to-staff tasks such as machine tending, assembly and product inspection.
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Preparing Tool Grinding Machines for IoT
Internet of Things (IoT) doesn’t require scrapping existing tool grinding machines, but investing in new technology, such as communication networks and automation, is necessary.
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VIDEO: Gardner Intelligence Reviews 2019 Business Index
According to Gardner Intelligence, the 2019 Gardner Business Index was marked by slowing growth and contraction, but the amount of contraction is less than the growth of the past business cycle.
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Video: Adopting Continuous Improvement as Company Culture
Continuous improvement is an ongoing investment into identifying opportunities for boosting efficiency and reducing waste. This article shares advice from machine shop managers to other machine shop managers about continuous improvement plans that have worked for their companies and the benefits they are enjoying as the fruits of their labor.
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Webinar: Key Strategies of Top Aerospace Shops
Gardner Intelligence’s webinar on March 24 will present strategies manufacturers can use to deal with the challenges of the aerospace industry.
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A Focus on Management
Production Machining has added management topics to its editorial lineup this year. Here’s a look at how the continuous improvement strategies mentioned in this month’s management feature can apply well beyond the management level.
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Debunking the Deburring Process
A car manufacturer struggled with a complex and unreliable deburring process for its crank case production line until it was introduced to a tool designed specifically for cross-bore deburring.
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Flexible Manufacturing System Reduces Machining Times for Aerospace Parts
Orizon Aerostructures’ flexible manufacturing system, made up of nine Ecospeed five-axis machines from Starrag, is helping the company make more money producing complex aerospace parts.
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