Published October 2007
By Gayle Bayer
The global competitiveness of our industry is completely changing the way we do business.
October 2019 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #81 The need frequently arises in our shops to estimate the weight of steel, whether as a part of quoting, to estimate how much steel may be needed given a certain length of part, or just to decide how heavy the bar is that we are loading into the machines for…
Published March 2007 By Miles Free III This is the first of a two-part article on technology payback. Part 2, entitled “Answers: How?” will appear in the April issue. VIEW ARTICLE
Released May 25, 2020. Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the need to know information regarding the Paycheck Protection Plan that so many of our member shops are dealing with. This podcast was recorded on May 21, 2020 so please refer to our PMPA PPP Loan page for all updated information. SHOW NOTES
Human Resources: Brenda Diehl and Diane Ferrera Two women share their journeys to manufacturing and human resources, and give advice to anyone seeking a career in manufacturing. by Carli Kistler-Miller Director of Programs & Marketing, PMPA Published May 1, 2023 Parts don’t get made without employees and the Human Resources (HR) Department handles recruitment, retention,…
Recorded: March 31, 2025 at National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH. Speaker: Logan Wickersham, Marubeni Citizen Cincom Who would benefit: All Experience track: Fundamentals Description Introduction to Single Point Thread Programming Do you know the details of CNC codes G32/G92/G76 and when to use each? Many use these codes but don’t know exactly what they…
August 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #99 Carbon may be the most important determinant of a steel’s properties. But without iron there is no steel. No humans, either. Iron is the decay product of Nickel 56 which is the last element produced by nuclear fusion as a star collapses. So, what else should be known about this…