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Shop Management - Page 111
- From The Fabricator
Takt time in a nonrepetitive manufacturing environment
- By Jeff Sipes
- Apr 13, 2020
- Article
Analyzing takt time makes sense in low-product-mix production, but it also makes sense in a high-product-mix environment—if you take the right approach with the lean manufacturing tool.
- From The Fabricator
Free webinars, resources present management strategies during COVID-19 pandemic
- Apr 13, 2020
- News Release
Several free webinars and other resources are now available to help business leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on their companies. Boston-based Sustainable Performance Institute offers the following upcoming webinars: “Boost organizational resilience: People, processes,...
- From The Additive Report
Simulating additive manufacturing processes with VERICUT
- Apr 13, 2020
- Article
The Additive module of CGTech’s VERICUT software simulates both additive and traditional machining (milling or turning) capabilities of the new hybrid CNC machines. (Special thanks to BeAM Machines.) With most in-person events on hold, you can continue to showcase your technologies and products...
- From The Fabricator
Despite the bumpy COVID-19 ride, metal fabricators endure
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 10, 2020
- Blog Post
In early March, one Pennsylvania fabricator, like many shops, was running full-out. Then came COVID-19, and within an extraordinarily short period, everything changed.
- From The Fabricator
What the COVID-19 stimulus packages mean for manufacturers
- By Stephen Barlas
- Apr 9, 2020
- Blog Post
Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to help private businesses during this economic slowdown. Perhaps the most anticipated part of the relief package is the $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses with fewer than 500 employees.
- From The Fabricator
Communication crucial for fab shops navigating a crisis
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 7, 2020
- Blog Post
During this time of crisis caused by COVID-19, managers at one contract metal fabricator are keeping everyone informed as to where things stand and where they think things are headed.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing supply chains, jobs reports show obvious downturn amid COVID-19 crisis
- By Gareth Sleger
- Apr 6, 2020
- Blog Post
No surprise: March's manufacturing supply chain and unemployment reports show a significant downturn amid COVID-19 crisis. And April's numbers are only expected to continue the decline.
- From The Fabricator
STI/SPFA hires executive VP
- Apr 6, 2020
- News Release
The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association, Lake Zurich, Ill., has hired Tim O'Toole as executive vice president. He succeeds Wayne Geyer, who will retire in late 2020. O'Toole has worked for the past 18 years in nonprofit association marketing and communications, membership...
- From The Fabricator
Digital transformation, Industry 4.0, and IIoT in the fab shop
When manufacturers and metal fabricators delve beyond the buzzwords, they begin to see just how much inefficiency there is in the order-to-cash cycle and how digitization can help in the fab shop.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF names 2D TruLaser product manager
- Apr 2, 2020
- News Release
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., a provider of sheet metal fabricating and laser equipment, has appointed Salay Quaranta as 2D TruLaser product manager. Quaranta has been with the company for five years, working with the Laser Technology Group as the industry manager for medical and TruMark systems....
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators adapt new technology to succeed
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 2, 2020
- Article
The 300-plus attendees of the FMA Annual Meeting, held before the COVID-19 crisis took hold in the U.S., prepare for a business environment full of rapid change in the metal fabrication industry.
- From The Additive Report
Smartphones: smarter than I thought
- By Kip Hanson
- Apr 1, 2020
- Blog Post
Writer Kip Hanson offers a mea culpa for reporting that cell phones can’t scan objects.
- From The Fabricator
Metcam names sales and marketing director
- Apr 1, 2020
- News Release
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Metcam, a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies for OEMs, has hired John Mazurek as director of sales and marketing. Mazurek previously launched two metal fabrication companies in Illinois and Texas. He headed Mazurek Marketing Services for more than 12 years and...
COVID-19 response and oil price war throw industry into disarray
- By Paul Vivian and Rick Preckel
- Mar 31, 2020
- Article
When taking a sip of a cold drink during a big game, most fans probably don’t give any thought to all the steps involved with getting the product from tank to can. Part of that magic is in the hands of those who develop the product’s recipe, but the individuals who develop the pathway to...
Joining an industry association can help you tackle the most difficult challenges
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Mar 31, 2020
- Article
Thinking about joining an industry association? Columnist Lisa Wertzbaugher details some of the tangible and intangible benefits of membership.
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