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Shop Management - Page 251
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New ERP release includes cloud-based analytics, global electronic compliance
- Jun 6, 2017
- Product Release
Epicor Software Corp. has introduced the latest version of Epicor ERP software. The new release offers increased cloud deployment flexibility and new business functionality out-of-the-box, including new capabilities to support global growth and expansion, business transformation, and efficiencies...
- From The Fabricator
The secrets to sequential manufacturing
- Jun 6, 2017
- Article
Like many custom fabricators, Bensenville, Ill.-based Ace Metal Crafts Co. struggled with scheduling. Today the shop has stellar on-time delivery, and sequential manufacturing helped get it there.
- From The Fabricator
Hexagon acquires FASys Industrie-EDV-Systeme GmbH
- Jun 6, 2017
- News Release
Hexagon AB has completed the acquisition of FASys Industrie-EDV-Systeme GmbH, a Germany-based provider of software and hardware systems for production-oriented tasks. FASys has an established working relationship with the Hexagon-owned CAD/CAM provider Vero Software, and the acquisition enhances...
- From The Fabricator
GKN Aerospace, Oak Ridge National Laboratory partner on AM technology
- Jun 6, 2017
- News Release
GKN Aerospace has signed a five-year agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to used additive manufacturing (AM) to develop large titanium parts for aerospace applications. GKN Aerospace’s AM process, Laser Metal Deposition with wire (LMD-w), combines metal wire feedstock with a...
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Solar Atmospheres receives MedAccred certification for third consecutive year
- Jun 6, 2017
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has achieved the MedAccred certification for heat treating at its Souderton, Pa., facility for a third consecutive year.
The company manufactures vacuum heat-treating and brazing furnaces.
- From The Fabricator
Good marketing helps custom metal fabricators find the right spot
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 6, 2017
- Article
What do a parking garage and marketing for custom fabrication have in common? A lot.
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ISM ROB: PMI® at 54.9 in May; 15 of 18 industries reported growth
- Jun 6, 2017
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May, and the overall economy grew for the 96th consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued June 1 by Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., Chair of the...
- From The Fabricator
U.S. steel-consuming manufacturers oppose steel tariffs
- Jun 5, 2017
- News Release
The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) have urged the Trump administration to take a deliberative approach in the Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Steel, warning that unilateral steel tariffs or import quotas...
- From The Fabricator
A lean transformation’s impact on accounting and finance
- By Jeff Sipes
- Jun 5, 2017
- Article
The beginning of most lean journeys usually focuses on operations. People in accounting and finance, including the CFO, aren’t really involved. Over the long term, though, they can help everyone focus on improvements that matter most: those that cut costs, add revenue, or do both.
- From The Fabricator
Laitram: An intertwined manufacturer
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 5, 2017
- Article
Harahan, La.-based Laitram isn’t just one company, it’s many. It all started with a shrimp peeling machine, but it has evolved to become so much more.
- From The Fabricator
Personal air-conditioning vest helps workers avoid heat stress
- Jun 5, 2017
- Product Release
Vortec personal air-conditioning vests circulate cool air to minimize temperature-related stress and fatigue for workers. They are suitable for use in foundries, paint and welding shops, and smelters, as well as outdoor tasks during summer months. A vortex tube reduces the temperature of the air...
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Schaeffler expands U.S. manufacturing apprenticeship program to South Carolina
- Jun 2, 2017
- News Release
Industrial and automotive supplier Schaeffler is expanding its manufacturing apprenticeship program as it prepares to award journeyman tool and die certification to the first group of apprentices to complete the company's three-and-a-half-year training program at its Fort Mill, S.C., location. The...
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American Axle & Mfg. names senior VP
- Jun 2, 2017
- News Release
American Axle & Mfg., Detroit, has appointed Tolga Oal as senior vice president – AAM Corporate. Oal will continue to serve as president – AAM North America, leading the regional business and manufacturing activities for the company’s largest driveline business unit. Oal joined the firm in...
- From The Fabricator
FMA Safety Conference recap: Building the safety culture
Fabricators offer suggestions on how to establish a safe working culture and how to motivate the workforce to maintain it.
- From The Fabricator
Enerfab appoints CEO and COO
- Jun 2, 2017
- News Release
Cincinnati-based Enerfab, a provider of fabrication, construction, and maintenance services to the heavy industrial and utility markets, has named Scott Anderson as CEO and Robert Sylvester as president/COO. Anderson served as president of Enerfab Process Solutions and Fabrication Products from...
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