PMPA
What’s in a Name? Pride.
Titles matter to employees. Are your operators actually operators? Or do they read prints, check quality, change tooling and adjust oil lines like a machinist? Hmmm...
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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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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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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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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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Economic Indicators
Miles Free III shares economic indicators that have the closest correlation to the PMPA Index.
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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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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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