Workforce Development
Technical Event to Highlight Technology, Skills Development
A December 14 open house at cutting tool supplier Sandvik Coromant’s Fair Lawn, New Jersey technical center will focus on developing workforce skills and improving productivity. The full-day event will feature a keynote presentation from Peter Borden, president of the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA), about the current state of U.S. manufacturing and the shortage of skilled labor facing the industry.
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Machine Shop Marketing
How will you connect with your next customer? Two contract shops describe methods that seem to work.
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App Gives iPad, Tablet Users Anytime Access to Job Shop
Mobile Dashboard from Shoptech Software is an ERP mobile app designed specifically for iPads, tablets and smart phones that enables users to monitor job shops from anywhere at anytime.
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Four Factors Matter More Than Labor Cost
Labor cost and currency rates do not matter that much to manufacturers anymore. Instead, there are four more complex considerations that drives companies' choices of where to manufacture.
Read MoreSandvik Expertise to Aid Training, Technology Efforts
Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) has joined the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), a nonprofit organization in East Hartford, Connecticut that focuses on workforce development and efficiency-boosting initiatives for public and private entities.
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Skills Shortage: Different Means to the Same End
Companies and organizations are pursuing different strategies to address the critical shortage of skilled technical personnel.
Read MoreJobs Initiative Connects Businesses, Schools
A new initiative from The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation aims to create strong partnerships between organizations, businesses and exemplary schools to provide a comprehensive, community-based approach to manufacturing education.
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Know How Much Quality is Costing You
In a way, quality is less valuable than you think. It’s also more expensive than you think.
Read MorePartMaker Training Initiative Aims To Reduce Skills Gap
PartMaker (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania), a division of Delcam, is offering free and reduced-cost training for its knowledge-based CAM system in an effort to help manufacturers take full advantage of Swiss-type and Turn-mill machine capabilities. Any new or existing customer that orders more than $10,000 worth of software from the company before the end of the year will receive free training for one student (these customers can take the training in 2012 if they wish). Customers seeking only training will receive a 20 percent discount on standard rates.
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Making Lean Connections
When Nilpeter embarked on a lean initiative 14 months ago, no one at the printing press manufacturer had any inkling that they had already taken an important first step.
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