Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) for Employee Retention and Recruitment What is your brand? Why should people want to work for your company? How can your brand improve? A SWOT analysis can help answer these questions — your employee retention and recruitment may count on it. Your company’s brand can affect employee retention and recruitment….
Released October 11, 2021. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the change from manufacturing’s 3D’s (Dark, Dangerous and Dirty,) to the 4 S’s (Safe, Sustainable, Stable and Smart) and why Miles is thrilled that his son works in manufacturing.
Released October 4, 2021. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the PMPA’s August Business Trends Report Trends Report and resulting appreciation. Aug 2021 Business Trends Report
Released September 27, 2021. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller delve into Miles’ inbox on a Monday morning. Get the inside scoop!
Released September 20, 2021. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller break down the critical facts that make manufacturing so essential to our economy.
Released September 13, 2021. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller deliver a new technical podcast once again as they dive into difficulty machining and ask if they are truly shop problems?
Released September 6, 2021. Miles Free & Carli Kistler–Miller review the top high paying jobs that require no college degree and you may be surprised at how many relate into the precision machining category! SHOW NOTES
PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report August 2021 “Return to normal” is providing us all with a masterclass in “be careful what we wish for.” Demand for our products has returned, US GDP in the second quarter came in above pre-pandemic levels, and markets that we serve- Capital Goods in particular- are hitting new records. View/Download…
September 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #100 Built Up Edge (BUE) is the accumulation of workpiece material onto the rake face of the tool. This material welds under pressure and is separate from the chip. Schools teach that this is because the first material to contact the tool work-hardens, and hardness tests to confirmed this. Because BUE…
Released August 30, 2021. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller take a deep dive on the PMPA’s National Technical Conference, Mastery Program and PMTS and all the details that created an immersive precision machining experience in Cleveland Ohio!