Miles Free Director of Industry Affairs, PMPA
Accuracy vs. Precision
Your quality assurance manager can put you to sleep explaining the difference between these two terms, but you really need to know the difference.
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Optional Respirators: You Need a Program
Respirators or dust masks can provide an additional level of comfort and protection for the employees.
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Teamwork Leads to AS9100 Certification for Permac Industries
I asked a group of employees at Permac what were the unexpected challenges and what made their efforts work. If you are a manager, you might want to jot a few of these down.
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American Honda—Exporting More Cars than Importing
We love foreign direct investment. We love the fact that Honda is paying the wages of about 13,700 employees here in Ohio.
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PMPA Member Participates at White House CEO Roundtable
Michael Tamasi, CEO of Accurounds, was called to the White House to share AccuRounds’ successes in building a partnership to re-employ local residents in the manufacturing industry.
Read MoreToxic Release Inventory Reporting: What You Need to Consider
“If your shop used, for example, over one truckload of leaded steel, or over four truckloads of 303 stainless steel, or over 42,000 pounds of 360 brass last year, you need to read this.”
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Four PMPA Members Honored by STEP Awards
Four PMPA members were honored by the Manufacturing Institute’s second STEP Awards for excellence in manufacturing.
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5 Positive Facts About U.S. Manufacturing
Great news for manufacturing from the latest Bureau of Economic Analysis news release on revised GDP statistics by industry.
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Reasons You Can’t Predict Firm Metals Pricing this Year
Your customers may demand that you give them firm pricing for raw materials, but here are four reasons that say “It ain’t gonna happen.”
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PMPA Members to be Awarded Manufacturing Institute’s STEP Award
PMPA congratulates the four PMPA members to be awarded the 2014 STEP Award by the Manufacturing Institute.
Read MoreCraftsman's Cribsheet: Three Contributors to Plating Problems on Steel Parts
Plating difficulties are invariably related to three potential contributors: inadequate cleaning, insufficient stock removal and features of the part being plated.
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Deal Differently with Certainty, Risk and Uncertainty
Let's take a look at the differences between certainty, risk and uncertainty, examples of each, and how we make decisions when faced with these situations.
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