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4 Considerations for Aerospace Component Cleaning
These pointers for aerospace cleaning can help companies understand best practices, safety and determining part cleanliness.
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Are You Ready? IMTS Is Right Around the Corner
In addition to seeing the latest manufacturing equipment on display, the International Manufacturing Technology Show offers other sources of efficiency-boosting ideas you might possibly apply in your machining business.
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10 Reasons to Outsource Internal Audits
Here are 10 reasons (in no order) Lisa Carrothers gives in favor of outsourcing internal audits that she hopes will give others pause to consider doing the same.
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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining June 2022
Precision Machining’s growth slowed in June.
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When a Magazine Editor Visits Your Shop
Here’s a brief overview of what to expect and how to prepare for a visit to your machine shop from a member of the media such as myself.
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Waking Up to a World Without Manufacturing
The world now knows what those of us in the manufacturing sector have known all along: the incredible importance of U.S. manufacturing to the overall economy.
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Understanding CMMC Compliance
The U.S. Department of Defense will soon make the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification a requirement for any defense contractor that currently is or hopes to work with the DOD.
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Registration Now Open for 2022 Parts Cleaning Conference
The one-day conference, co-located with IMTS this year, enables attendees to not only learn all things parts cleaning but also to immerse themselves in everything IMTS has to offer.
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It’s Time: Ask Your Customers for a Price Increase
An attorney specializing in supply-chain issues suggests that rising costs for machine shops on various fronts means now is the time to ask customers for a price increase.
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Military Coaching's 4 Tips to Improve Employee Performance
True military coaching is an effective leadership technique to retain and develop employees and consists of describing the standards of performance to be successful in a position and then having frequent coaching sessions concerning the on-the-job performance.
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New Software Never Solved a Problem. Ever.
Without planning, process, execution and discipline, investing in new software is a waste of money and time.
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5 Ways to Use Polymer 3D Printing on the Shop Floor
A low-cost desktop 3D printer has many potential uses in a production manufacturing environment, as a means of making durable tooling to support machining, inspection and more.
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