WOW Project #102 - Exact JobBOSS Empowers General Metal Works Issue: Sales are declining and competitors are cutting into our business. Vision: Implement lean and invest in cutting-edge machines and technology to reposition the company. Results: Sales volume doubled, finished goods inventory was reduced 800%, lead times and set up times were cut in half, achieved ISO certification.
Where Are the Real Problems in Manufacturing? After we ran a chart in the July issue indicating that the U.S. remains the world's largest manufacturer - and has lost only 1.1% in global market share since 1984 - a reader sent a scathing e-mail suggesting that American Machinist should be ashamed for trying to lull U.S. manufacturers to sleep.
Paradigm Precision Makes Three Acquisitions to Launch Company Paradigm Precision acquired Smith West of Tempe, Ariz., Palmer Manufacturing Company of Malden, Mass., and Eurocast of Tunis, Tunisia, in what the company said were initial steps in its strategy to combine and grow multiple machining suppliers into a low cost, high performance international competitor.
2008 Machining Competition Coming Up It's time to start thinking about the 2008 National Apprentice Competition sponsored by the National Tooling and Machining Association and the National Institute for Metalworking Skills.
Problems With the Carbon Tax This is not a partisan column. I am not trying to promote the Republican Party, nor do I have anything against the environmental movement. Indeed, I like to think of myself as an environmentalist. Nevertheless, I believe that those who promote the carbon tax (almost all of whom are in the Democratic Party) do not fully understand the adverse impact that it could have on American competitiveness.
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