PMPA

PMPA

Recruiting for Manufacturing Part 2

Branding? Check. Stories (aka messaging)? Check. Now what should you do with them? 

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PMPA

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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PMPA

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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PMPA

Recruiting for Manufacturing — Part 1

Recruiting is sales. Recruiting is marketing. In other words, recruiting is storytelling and your employees are your best resource. 

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Context — The Missing Key to Workforce Development

Upskilling your current workforce is as important as finding new talent. To expose them to experiences that encourage them to become problem-solvers is imperative. 

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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 100: Built Up Edge — What It Is and What To Do

Because Built Up Edge changes the effective geometry of the tool, it can have either positive or negative effects.

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Happy Workers are Good Workers

According to an extensive study in 2019 by the Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, a conclusive link between happiness and productivity was found — happy workers are 13% more productive.

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Automation

Safe, Smart, Sustainable, Stable — Dispelling the Manufacturing Myths

Manufacturing has had a bad rap for a long time. The 3-Ds — Dark, Dirty, Dangerous — are almost a universal cultural belief wherever you go and no matter with whom you speak. 

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Precision Machining Jobs Account for 7 of the Top 25 High Paying Jobs — No College Degree Required

Those who hire in the precision machining industry have a persuasive point for prospective employees who don’t hold — or want to go into debt to hold — a college degree.

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PMPA

Craftsman Cribsheet No. 99: Iron

Iron is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in front of oxygen, forming much of the Earth's outer and inner core

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Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives
SolidCAM
Marubeni Citizen CNC
Kyocera
Star swiss-type automatic lathes
SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments
Horn USA
manufacturer of machine tools
Length and Diameter Gages, Broken tool Detectors