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COVID Innovations a Prelude to U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence
Manufacturing Expert Lisa Anderson says technologies and innovations sparked by COVID-19 are key contributors to the coming rebound.
Software Helps You Run a More Profitable Shop Floor
Available with three plan options, Freedom IOT’s Smart Manufacturing Platform provides real-time data collection and custom solutions for any size shop, any machine type, any brand. The software helps you get the most out of shop-floor assets and maximize profitability.
Financial Analytics That Support Manufacturing Excellence
What you don’t know about the MESA Manufacturing Analytics Guidebook is probably hindering the execution of your company’s strategic objectives. The executive director of the Resource Consumption Accounting Institute explains how manufacturing operations deserve better than what traditional accounting has provided.
Must-Have Technical Reference Releases 31st Edition
Since first published more than 100 years ago, Machinery’s Handbook has been considered the principal reference tool for engineers, designers, drafters, metalworkers, toolmakers, and machinists.
World Economic Forum Report Examines COVID-19 Impact On Advanced Manufacturing
The Global Network of Advanced Manufacturing Hubs (AMHUB), which includes Michigan-based Automation Alley, published a white paper that presents best practices to survive and thrive post-pandemic. Regional angles across the globe are shared in the downloadable white paper.
For Digitization in Manufacturing, the Show Will Go On
Not even a pandemic can interfere with metalworking’s inexorable technological progress. Blowing way past automation, entrepreneurs are harnessing digital know-how to solve analog problems — wherever they find them.
Become the Amazon of Job Shops by Providing Quotes in Days, Not Weeks
Most shops have a win rate of 20% to 30%, which means seven out of 10 quotes add zero revenue to the bottom line. By eliminating Excel spreadsheets and integrating with ERP software, online quoting tools streamline relationship-building.
NTMA Offers Members Discounted Web, Marketing Assistance
Members have access to a 15% discount on services from NTMA’s web development partner, DatAchieve Digital. Besides the business advantage of polishing your digital content and appearance, your project will result in a donation to the Meals on Wheels COVID-19 Response Fund in your company’s name.
New eBook Shows How to Future-Proof Manufacturing & Supply Chains
‘Future-Proofing’ provides practical go-forward business concepts that can be applied to any manufacturer, distribution or supply chain organization. Author Lisa Anderson offers her new eBook as a free download.
ASTM Releases R&D ‘Roadmap’
The document articulates upcoming AM standards, how to participate in AM R&D for standardization, and how the AM CoE is supporting industry needs by filling standard gaps. Mahdi Jamshidinia, Additive Manufacturing R&D project manager, says the roadmap provides a vision for the future of AM research and development.
Managing a Manufacturing Plant Through the Coronavirus Crisis
From McKinsey & Company: Manufacturers can follow three guiding principles to keep their workers safe while preparing for increased uncertainty and long-lasting changes to the work environment. Principle No 1: Protect the workforce.
