Understanding of the processes and and performance measurements behind the numbers are absolutely essential to make benchmarking a useful tool for your company’s improvement efforts. Two essential factors for succesful benchmarking are 1)If Benchmarking does not lead to a specific action, it is a waste of your company’s resources.; 2) If you aren’t benchmarking to the best, your benchmarking will be under effective.
Technology, Employee Skills, and Quality Performance are critical for medical market success. Which is most important?
1.1% separates our current contraction from Expansion according to the latest ISM Survey.
People have three reasons to buy from you. Lowest price. Best quality. Best delivery. Which do you think it is?
Adequate stock removal in machining, Eddy current testing, and adjusting order to reflect cold work application are important steps to maximize good part yield and minimize cracking due to post machining cold work.
Elimination of surplus capacity in markets is a difficult disruption to handle at best. At worst, with no legal means to address concerns, death and mob rule subvert the best laid plans of businessmen and officials alike.
Unexpected positive economic news from Bank of Canada and Ford bodes well for contract manufacturers in North America.
China has produced over 11 times more steel in the June 2009 than the US. While the Chinese seem to have the economic stimulus figured out, we wonder whether their environmental laws are as effective.
We expect to see prices climb based on the 2.8 times increase in steel scrap surcharge for August compared to June 2009.
These 5 tips will address your overheating problem by reducing the friction, surface adhesion, and improving removal of heat; improving the tool’s ability to withstand cutting conditions; and reducing the heat inputs by decreasing speed and increasing feed.