PMPA

PMPA

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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PMPA

A New Year Resolution for Your Business

Need a New Year resolution that will help your business, productivity and hiring practices? Create or review your company’s mission statement, vision statement and core values. 

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PMPA

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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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 103: Advantages of CNC Machining

Provided by W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc. in Nashua, New Hampshire

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PMPA

SWOT for Employee Retention and Recruitment

What is your brand? Why should people want to work for your company? How can your brand improve? A SWOT analysis can help answer these questions — your employee retention and recruitment may count on it. 

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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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PMPA

Economic Indicators

Miles Free III shares economic indicators that have the closest correlation to the PMPA Index.

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PMPA

Recruiting for Manufacturing Part 3

Producing recruiting material can seem daunting, but you may be surprised at how many resources you already have in your shop.

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PMPA

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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Basics

Craftsman Cribsheet No. 101: Audit Certifications

Quality documentation can aid in problem-solving, but only if it is complete.

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