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Lean Metrics
With some revealing insights into lean measurement, Rick Bohan of Chagrin River Consulting explains why the process of selecting and choosing metrics is more important than the actual metrics you choose.
A Marketing Mindset: The Only Way to Compete
You want more revenue? Listen carefully to this reasoning of why you must let go of trying to find customers and focus instead on customers finding you.
Spoores To Speak At Steel Trade Conference
Josh Spoores, market research manager at Majestic Steel USA (Cleveland, OH), will speak at the third annual SteelOrbis Steel Trade Conference that is being held in San Diego from July 8-10. Spoores will speak during the second day of the…
STARTING POINT
Where do I start? That’s the question many manufacturers want to know when implementing lean manufacturing methods. Rick Bohan is the principal of Chagrin River Consulting provides the answer.
A TEMPLATE FOR WORLD-CLASS SAFETY
Achieving a robust safety management system that supports ? not impedes ? productivity isn?t expensive or all that complicated, and yet relatively few organizations are able to achieve a satisfactory worker safety program. Phil La Duke of OE Learning asks why.
Safety in Gas Welding and Cutting:
Protecting Against Fumes, Heat and Noise
Safety precautions when working with gases and regulators are not the only potential health hazards in the welding environment. Paul Mercuri of ESAB explains why a careful welder must also consider the effects of fumes, heat rays/sparks and noise on individual health and the working environment.
TRUE CNC SIMULATION . . . IT’S NOT MAKE-BELIEVE BELIEVE ME
Randy Pearson of Siemens Industrial explains why, as costs become increasingly critical, every shop needs to know all it can about the true machining time.
Unemployment to Stay Above 10% in 2010
The economy continues to bleed jobs, even as GDP rebounds. Professor Peter Morici examines how employment may be a lagging indicator, but job losses should have abated by now even if a lot of new jobs are not being added.
NEW PLASMA CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TAKES CARE OF THE ‘HOLE’ ISSUE
Users of mechanized plasma cutting for plate in the gauge to 1 in thick range can now benefit from a major technological breakthrough. Improved plasma bolt hole cutting can now produce holes that rival drilled holes and plate laser cut holes — at the speed and operating cost of plasma!
THIS ANIMATION IS NO CARTOON
Randy Pearson of Siemens Energy & Automation explains how, through short movie sequences and onscreen prompts in plain language, CNC operators can realize a what-you-see-is-what-you-get level of operational ease.
A NEW THRESHOLD IN SURFACE FINISHING
Randy Pearson of Siemens Energy & Automation shows how unique approaches in CNC technology are making mold & die operations more productive while yielding significant improvements in surface quality.
METAL CORED WIRE INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY BY 30 PERCENT FOR FABRICATOR
This structural and architectural steel fabricator not only increased productivity, but performs multiple-pass welding without cleanup, doubles deposition rates and provides good weld quality too.
