Published May 2017
By Miles Free III
All of us likely earned a Ph.D. in how to muddle through the bad times in our businesses with cost cutting, hunker down attitudes and reining in all of those “nice to have” ideas so we can stay focused on what “we need to have.”
Published November 2005 By Miles Free PMPA provides members with technical understanding on this key issue. The PMPA Technology Services Department has recently published a technical overview of 5 European directives and regulations. The report is available only to PMPA members. VIEW ARTICLE
Published September 2008 By Miles Free III One thing about holidays is that once they become official, they hang around. VIEW ARTICLE
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: How To Beat The Heat It’s that time of year when working in a shop can be hot. Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn give us three P’s to beat the heat. Published July 22, 2024
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Speaking of Brass Drops Carli Kistler-Miller, Harry Centa and David Wynn have a discussion about brass drops and the useful opportunities they can create in precision machining shops. This conversation looks at how leftover brass material can be managed, repurposed, or recovered for value, while also encouraging shops to…
Proposed OSHA reinterpretation could jeopardize your shop if they DICTATE that it is feasible to install Sound guarding or reducing your capacity with administrative controls whether or not it achieves their goal of lowering below 85dB or makes any business sense.
Released May 2, 2022. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the who, what and how of our process of knowledge retention in our shops.