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New Machine Shop Ideas Emphasize Productivity, Flexibility, Connectivity

Nov. 3, 2016
Productivity, flexibility, and connectivity have simple meanings and big implications for machine shop operators and machine tool programmers: setting up a job and walking away is more than a persuasive selling point: it’s something of a necessity for time- and resource-strapped operations striving to stay on target and in competition.

Productivity, flexibility, and connectivity have simple meanings and big implications for machine shop operators and machine tool programmers: setting up a job and walking away is more than a persuasive selling point: it’s something of a necessity for time- and resource-strapped operations striving to stay on target and in competition.   

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Robert Brooks has been a business-to-business reporter, writer, editor, and columnist for more than 20 years, specializing in the primary metal and basic manufacturing industries.