PMPA Testifies on OSHA's Proposed Injury and Illness Reporting Rule
55th month of recovery, Record lack of workforce participation, and now it’s time to discourage employment by providing public injury and illness records out of context.
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Workforce Participation Rate Hits New Low- Yet We Need Skilled Workers
Potential GDP is currently about 7 percent below the trajectory it appeared to be on prior to 2007 due to lost workforce participation.
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4 Reasons You Can't Predict Firm Metals Pricing in 2014
You are not the Carnack of metals pricing. Here are 4 reasons that explain why.
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4 PMPA Members to be Awarded Manufacturing Institute's STEP Award
PMPA is proud to announce and congratulate the 4 PMPA members to be awarded the 2014 STEP Award by the Manufacturing Institute. PMPA members named were Patricia Lewis, Berkley Screw Machine Products, Inc. Rochester Hills, Michigan; Tanya DiSalvo, Criterion Tool, Cleveland, Ohio; Kimberly Arrigoni, Haberman Machine, Oakdale, MN; and Janice Wiegand, Mercury Manufacturing Company, Wyandotte,…
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2013 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 180,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 8 days for that many people to see…
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December ISM Report Confirms Strength in Manufacturing
“The PMI™ registered 57 percent, the second highest reading for the year, just 0.3 percentage point below November’s reading of 57.3 percent. The New Orders Index increased in December by 0.6 percentage point to 64.2 percent, which is its highest reading since April 2010 when it registered 65.1 percent. “– Bradley Holcomb, Institute for Supply…
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What You Preferred in 2013
Our most popular post addressed the skills gap- so we created a new blog addressing skills. Your feedback is an important aspect of our blog.
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Three Wishes For The Precision Machining Industry This Christmas
Everything that you wished for is up to you. I know you will make sure to get this done. Have your self a safe balance of year 2013 and 2014. Raise your standards. Train your people.
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Precision Machining Industry Shipments Surprisingly Strong in November
PMPA’s Business Trends Index for November 2013 is 116, down 10 points from last month’s value, yet at the highest value we recall for November. November is typically a slow sales month due to seasonal factors. The index is maintaining an average for calendar year 2013 of 122, and for trailing 12 months of 119. …
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Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses-Proposed Rule Beware
An agency that says the only thing that changed is how we transmit the records to OSHA while it intends to publish them online is not telling the whole truth. We need to tell them that we object to this proposal. “If we cannot trust the executive branch with our data, we’re going to have some problems.”