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More from Tim Heston
La manufactura esbelta en la era pandémica
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Los aspectos del pensamiento creativo y la resolución de problemas de la manufactura esbelta ayudan a los talleres a sortear el accidentado camino pandémico.
- From The Fabricator
How Pennsylvania metal fabricator cuts with ultrahigh laser power
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 11, 2020
- Laser Cutting
- Article
One Pennsylvania metal fabrication shop, Raytec LLC, has two laser cutting machines—nothing out of the ordinary, until you realize they have 15 and 20 kW of cutting power, respectively.
- From The Fabricator
Structural beam cambering with throughput in mind
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 10, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Traditional hot cambering takes hours for a single beam. The latest cambering systems shorten that time to just a few minutes.
- From The Fabricator
How to overcome metal fabrication’s recruitment challenge
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 7, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Many who enter metal fabrication are fascinated by it all and never leave. The hard part is finding those susceptible to the manufacturing bug.
- From The Fabricator
When a custom metal fabricator launches a product
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 30, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Many custom fab shop owners dream of launching their own products. It’s an achievable dream, but like anything else, there are risks and rewards.
- From The Fabricator
Lean manufacturing in the pandemic era
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 27, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The problem-solving and creative thinking aspects of lean manufacturing help metal fab shops navigate the bumpy COVID-19 pandemic road.
- From The Fabricator
Texas shop reaches beyond the contract manufacturing sandbox
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 19, 2020
- Materials Handling
- Article
Austin, Texas-based machine shop and fabricator Athena Manufacturing needed a material handling solution. Finding one led to a new partnership with Belgian manufacturer Eurostorage.
- From The Fabricator
Roll forming for solar shines bright at OMCO
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 18, 2020
- Roll Forming
- Article
OMCO launched its own solar racking and tracking products in 2015. It’s now a manufacturing hybrid: part OEM and part contract roll former.
- From The Fabricator
Build your custom metal fabrication sales pipeline
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 13, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
How does a cold call turn into a fabricated part? To find out, define and refine the revenue pipeline, from prospecting, sales, and estimating through preproduction.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricator’s shift toward dynamic markets pays off
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 9, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
In recent years metal fabricator Tenere exited significant contracts and renewed its focus on fast-changing, high-demand markets with speed, flexibility, and scalability, even through the COVID-19 pandemic.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators navigate first three chapters of the pandemic recession
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 3, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal fabricators have already navigated the first three chapters of the pandemic: Chapter 1, the initial plunge. Chapter 2, the uneven recovery. Chapter 3, a continued recovery mixed with a period of wait-and-see. What will the next chapter be?
7 maneras de repensar el flujo de trabajo en la oficina
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 26, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Si las órdenes tardan mucho en ser procesadas, la celda de oficina de respuesta rápida podría ayudar.
- From The Fabricator
Ballot box fabricator navigates unprecedented demand for early voting
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 19, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
More states than ever have ballot mail-in and drop-off options, and one Washington state fabricator is playing a key role.
- From The Fabricator
In defense of the wall between sales and production in metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 5, 2020
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Besides capacity, job shops sell their ability to overcome technical challenges. In an indirect way, the wall between sales and production in metal fabrication helps everyone push the envelope and tackle those challenges head-on.
- From The Fabricator
Teamwork in metal fabrication: We’re all in this together
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 3, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The pandemic has put the focus on community and the greater good. It’s about the team, not the individual—a sentiment that permeates in some of the metal fabrication industry’s most progressive shops.
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