Miles Free Director of Industry Affairs, PMPA
Craftsman Cribsheet #107: Quick Cross-Reference for Foreign Designations for Stainless Steels
This table provides a quick reference for some of the most common stainless steel grades — showing Chinese, Japanese and European/German Werkstoffe numbers and grade designations.
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PMPA: Providing Ways to Meet Material Challenges
“Our PMPA members are members because they’ve witnessed the results that show we’re better together. Despite multiple significant challenges, our numbers are growing. PMPA provides services to help their members meet the challenges that they face daily.” – Aneesa Muthana, PMPA President
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Chips — Our Real Product
We don’t make parts. Parts are the result of the chips we make. And the chips can tell you all you need to know.
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Knowledge Retention — What’s Your Process?
Our processes and work instructions provide the information needed for our performers to understand “the who, what and how” to do the task. But where do we keep the information needed so everyone understands “the why and the reasons behind” our work?
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Workforce Is Still the Most Important Challenge
It is as true today as it was 10 years ago...workforce is top of mind for precision machining shops.
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5-S: Ask a Toolmaker
A place for everything and everything in its place. A visit to Fischer Special Tooling during PMPA’s Mastery Program provided a glowing example of the 5-Ss: Sorting, Setting in order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain.
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Meet PMPA’s New President, Aneesa Muthana
The PMPA installed its new board president, Aneesa Muthana, CEO and co-owner of Pioneer Service Inc., at PMPA’s 88th Annual Meeting held in October 2021 in Charleston, South Carolina. In this interview, Aneesa shares her history, thoughts and goals for the association and the importance of makers/manufacturers and why it is time to shine.
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Economic Indicators
Miles Free III shares economic indicators that have the closest correlation to the PMPA Index.
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Supply Chain or Inflation? The Real Question
The precision machined products industry is working overtime and outperforming the rest of the industry to ensure that people have the parts they need.
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 101: Audit Certifications
Quality documentation can aid in problem-solving, but only if it is complete.
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Smith & Richardson — 100 Years of Mastering Change
Miles Free III interviews Smith & Richardson’s co-owners Rich Hoster and Phil Cowen to discover the secret to 100 years of success.
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What Attendees Experienced on PMPA’s Mastery Program
The PMPA recently hosted its new Mastery Program. The first of three tours was held in Cleveland, Ohio. Where did attendees go and how did they broaden their knowledge?
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