April 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #105 As material costs continue to rise (Producer Price Index shot up 9.7% January 2021-January 2022), yield loss on our raw materials can become a hidden way of losing money in your shop. Use the chart and sample calculations to better understand why you may be better off buying longer bars…
Released April 4, 2022. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller take a deep dive on the upcoming PMPA National Technical Conference in Milwaukee! Please visit https://test.joinpmpa.org/events-education/national-events/national-technical-conference-late-spring/ to register and for more details!
Knowledge Retention – What’s Your Process? Our processes and work instructions provide the information needed for our performers to understand “the who, what and how” to do the task. But where do we keep the information needed so everyone understands “the why and the reasons behind” our work? by Miles Free Director of Industry Research…
PMPA Business Trends February 2022 The PMPA performance and sentiment indicators this month justify our optimism about the markets and employment prospects for our precision machining industry in 2022. It has been ten months since our Sales Index fell below 130. We are performing strongly, outpacing relevant FED industrial and manufacturing indicators. PMPA’s Sales…
Released March 28, 2022. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss how the United States claims of national security is a farce and how the tariffs are putting our U.S. manufacturing companies in a bind.
Released March 21, 2022. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller look back on the workforce in 2012, compare it to today and dive into the challenges that the precision machining industry faces and some critical areas to focus on as we continue to try and build our…
Released March 14, 2022. Miles Free puts EMC Precision’s Jeff Ohlemacher in the interview chair as Jeff dives into his company’s culture, lighting, his early days in the PMPA and much more!
Released March 7, 2022. Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the PMPA January 2022 Business Trends Report and examine the details behind the record high performance in our Precision Machining Businesses.
PMPA Business Trends January 2022 January 2022 continues the positivity as our PMPA Business Trends Sales Index out performs the FED’s Industrial Production and Manufacturing indexes, as well as the five year average for the January index, up seven and a quarter percent (7.25%) from December 2021’s remarkably high close. Lead times are as…
March 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #104 Computer numerical control (CNC) machining is one of the most versatile manufacturing methods, capable of producing parts and components with dimensional accuracy and complex geometries in varying quantities from a wide range of metallic and nonmetallic materials. Provided by W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc. Nashua, New Hampshire VIEW/DOWNLOAD