Another explosion at a supply plant puts ‘force majeure’ into the vocabulary of schedulers, purchasing agents, and inside sales people. And shows how vulnerable our automotive business is to the vagaries of a world where disasters happen and lean supply chains are ill equipped to compensate.
If you do not now have a “written motor vehicle safety program,” a “written safety policy,” a system of “responsibility and accountability” this new ASSE standard can help you implement these best practices.
Transparent Aluminum is an enginerring reality.
Slivers are loose or torn segments of steel that have been rolled into the surface of the bar. they are often confused with laps, scabs, and mill shearing.
The point of Right Skills Now was to find a way to match math qualified people with training to get them prepared for entry level CNC operator positions in our industry. After 16 weeks of classroom and hands on machining, Right Skills Now participants get real experience with sponsoring employers.
A lap is a ‘rolled over condition in a bar where a sharp over fill or fin has been formed and subsequently rolled back into the bar’s surface.’
By ignoring the fact that Government employment is at its highest since 1968, that only 142 million of 242 million working age Americans are working, and that 91 million Americans are dependent on some kind of Government assistance, Paul Krugman thinks we don’t have structiural unemployment issues in this country
It is going to be a busy summer for all of our shops making components for automotive applications.•If you were planning on taking a shutdown to do major maintenance, you may not be able to schedule the time.
•While Ford has made the announcement, you may not see the demand jump on your latest forecast.
•Now might be a good time to review your barstock inventory, order book, and adjust accordingly.
How does one lose a tortoise? The irony of this poster telling the would be finder of the lost tortoise how to secure the tortoise is not lost on me. We are unconvinced that the tortoise has boroughed (or burrowed!) into the soil. We think that he has made his slow but certain escape, carrying along…
When prices are too good to be true, they are! Fraud in metals purchasing in China via Alibaba.com is described.