In the past, when a shop lacked capacity or wanted to expand, their easiest solution was to add more capital equipment. Unfortunately, that’s not the case these days. During customer visits, we often see that machine capacity is not the issue. Instead, these shops face another more pressing problem – a lack of…
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Shops face increasing pressure to set themselves apart from their customers’ other options – and increasing difficulty in finding ways to do so. When they look for ways to improve operational efficiency, they focus on the shop floor, investing in the latest machine tools to make parts with greater speed and precision and…
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The growing skills gap is a familiar story to most manufacturers, but as they look ahead, they’re not expecting things to get easier. In fact, a 2021 survey by The Manufacturing Institute found that more than three-quarters of manufacturers expect that production workers will be the hardest to find in 2021 and beyond….
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Continuous improvement is critical to manufacturing success. Stay still and the competition will pass you; fall behind and other shops won’t give you a chance to catch up. But how do you define your strategy so you’re poised to increase your productivity? From our experience, the items below include broad explanations of where…
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