Workforce Development

What Do Online Marketplaces Really Deliver To Job Shops?

Online custom manufacturing marketplaces really can deliver a stream of RFQs to metalworking job shops. The question is, how do job shops actually convert the opportunity into real business? (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

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Now Is The Time To Train

Improving the proficiency of your personnel will outperform any other single improvement you can make in your CNC environment. Do you want less scrap? Well-trained CNC operators don't make mistakes that scrap parts.

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Low-Cost Labor Savings

These productivity enhancements all were produced in house.

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Company Reduces Inventory And Costs With New Software

The Aerospace Group of Parker Hannifin Corporation, located in Irvine, California, is a leader in the development, design, manufacture and service of control systems and components for aerospace and related high technology markets.

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Basics

How Manufacturers Can Develop Their Workforce When There's Little In The Till

It's a challenging time for manufacturers. Fluctuating sales and changing customer demands require companies to become more flexible than ever.

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Don't Miss Out On Half The Workforce

We all know good apprentices and apprentice candidates are difficult to find. Are you overlooking a significant part of the population when you seek and recruit potential employees? Would you be surprised to learn that extremely talented and qualified apprentices have been told directly by some employers that they "do not hire women for the toolroom?" Women are underrepresented in manufacturing, especially in the higher skilled precision metalworking positions.

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Training Those Who Sell And Operate Machinery

The plight of many domestic metalworking companies across the United States today is not a result of improperly employing technology and processes, but of finding qualified and trained employees. In fact, this resonates strongly across the diverse spectrum of manufacturing and continues to be the largest issue confronting the ongoing viability of the United States to effectively compete in the global marketplace.

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Standard Jobs Beyond Standard Speed

This job shop is defining the role of extremely high spindle speed in variable-volume, variable-part-number production.

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Live Internet Training—Are We There Yet?

Over the last 10 years, I've been scouring the Internet in search of a realistic training environment that would be appropriate for my CNC courses. While I've found a number of informative sites (that are listed on my company's Web page under "links"), most are simply a series of hypertext links that let you read about the subject of interest.

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Virtual Tools For Real Training

In machine shops across the nation, operators increasingly rely on virtual part data instead of blueprints. Given their prowess in manipulating three-dimensional objects and simulating mechanical operations, why couldn't computers also be used to provide aspiring metalworkers with their own pre-flight training?

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