PODCAST – Yield Loss In Your Shop
Released February 28, 2022.
Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss yield loss in your shop, what inflation has to do with it and how to combat it with your decision making.
Released February 28, 2022.
Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss yield loss in your shop, what inflation has to do with it and how to combat it with your decision making.
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Goals and Achievements for 2024 Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn explore the crucial role of goal setting and execution in precision machining shops. Published January 29, 2024
Three opportunities for “change” within the government run Baldrige program. Put together a Continuous Improvement Plan to address declining entries of Manufacturing and small business companies; Focus on results and continuous improvement with the Baldrige program; Demonstrate a framework to design and implement criteria that will better serve manufacturers.
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn have a conversation centered around Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups, how important it is to your end result and how understanding the different material groups can improve your precision machining shop. Published November 4, 2024…
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: PMPA’s 2023 Top 5 What was the number one podcast? Article? Final Cut video? Knowledge Center topic? Who was the most engaged on our new ListServe Communities? Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn reveal PMPA’s 2023 top 5 of these and more! Published January 8, 2024 PMPA’s 2023 Top…
The scheduling of PM to take advantage of equipment idle time is key to keeping it economically feasible. PM should be accomplished on lunchbreaks, during changeovers, or on back turns. Every minute that a machine resource is scheduled, it should be producing; PM should be scheduled for when it’s not. Take my Lunchroom Test to see if you need to change your PM program.
PMPA Speaking of Suppliers Podcasts: From Box to Line Cleanliness Requirements Miles Free and Olaf Tessarzyk from JCOM Import have an in-depth discussion about the science of parts cleaning- examining soils, measurement of clean, solvents and cleaners, and technology. Published January 25, 2023