METRIC DAY- A Personal Story
The stories behind the creation of our small job creating businesses is both fascinating and personal. What is yours? Drop us a line a PMPA to see if we can share your story.
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Blog | Career | Front Office
There Is Actually an Employment Shortage
Cultural unemployment occurs when the jobs available are not desired by unemployed workers due to cultural patterns. Factory and truck driving jobs were desirable jobs a generation ago, but the culture has changed and now a large portion of the available labor pool is avoiding these careers.
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American Honda- New Domestic Great News
American Honda Motor company is a major employer in Ohio with about 13,700 employees and three major plants. Now Honda is exporting more cars than it imports. We wrote about the opportunity to embrace “The New Domestics” as customers as well as presented a business case analysis at a meeting of a number of PMPA member Automotive…
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PMPA Member Particpates at White House CEO Roundtable On Long-Term Unemployment
PMPA member Michael Tamasi was called to the White House to share AccuRounds’ successes in building a partnership to re-employ local residents in the manufacturing industry.
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Burrs, Deburring and FOD
Burrs and foreign object damage are consideration that are increasingly critical as precision machined parts are engineered from more challenging materials and to demanding geometries and applications.- Guest Post by John Halladay of Vectron, Inc. Burrs are unwanted raised material remaining on a machined part as a result of prior manufacturing operations. Link here FOD…
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ISM PMI Declines 5.2% from December 2013
While economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January for the eighth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 56th consecutive month, the actual level of manufacturing activity declined substantially in January compared to December. According to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®: The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair…
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OSHA 300A Posting Deadline Is Friday
Saturday is the official deadline, but Friday should be your “get ‘er done” date.
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5 Positive Facts About U.S. Manufacturing
Manufacturing’s share of U.S. GDP rose to 12.5% in 2012, Goods producing sector rose 3.7%, and GDP itself rose 2.8%. Now is a great time to be in manufacturing.
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Manufacturing Optimism for First Quarter 2014- PMPA Business Trends
The PMPA Business Trends Summary Report for 2013 shines an optimistic light on first quarter 2014 for our precision machining shops and for manufacturing in general. The 3 month sentiment indicators for Sales Outlook, Lead Times, Employment and Profitability were all strongly positive according to our 92 respondents. December 2013 was best ever.
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It's That OSHA 300 Time Of Year
Employers with 11 or more employees must post a summary (OSHA 300A) of the prior calendar year’s injuries and illnesses by February 1, 2014.