While manufacturing is back in expansion mode according to the December 2012 ISM PMI Report, Fabricated metals, of which precision machining is a component, and four of our important markets-Transportation Equipment, Machinery, Electrical Equipment, and Appliances and components remained in decline in December. The Important New orders component of the survey also remained unchanged.
Despite a very trying year, the precision machining industry has much to be proud of as a contributor to the quality and standard of living that we share in North America.
Thanks to Washington Politicians, the state of U.S. Manufacturing is near Recession.
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Talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving is banned in 10 states; Text messaging is banned for all drivers in 39 states and the District of Columbia.
Finding talented and skilled workers is already difficult. Lets help them stay alive and keep our roads safe.
Train and enforce “no distracted driving,” to your staff. On and off the job.
Be a good example- don’t drive distracted yourself.
Guiidelines to estimate footage of stock to make parts are provided. in addition to part length, Loss due to cutoff of each piece, and bar ends are included in the guideline.
It’s really about Service. You want a reliable and reputable company that provides good value that is sustainable.
The cost per new hire of $57,968 may seem like a lot to some readers. To others who have experienced the consequences of a bad hire, this number is optimistic
The reason everyone wants to describe our current unemployment situation as cyclical just might be because ‘cyclical unemployment’ is cause agnostic. Cyclical unemployment is defined as just “the deviation of unemployment from its natural rate.” The reality might be that the cycle is “40 years of failure in public education, undermining the family as a social building block, and extremist positions on the social safety net that keep job seekers at home instead of job seeking.