January 2005 ISSUE
Changing Your Approach To Change-Over
When you make your living cutting parts, maximizing the time spent making chips is a good thing. Tooling a machine up and down and up again is dead time spent away from making your living. This Ohio shop has figured out how to dramatically cut its dead time. They have created cultural change that most shops can and should implement.
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Business Policy Roles At Your Company
Giving employees a clear understanding company policies and the their ability to apply discretion will foster better decision-making throughout the organization.
Changing Your Approach To Change-Over
When you make your living cutting parts, maximizing the time spent making chips is a good thing. Tooling a machine up and down and up again is dead time spent away from making your living. This Ohio shop has figured out how to dramatically cut its dead time. They have created cultural change that most shops can and should implement.
Don't Take Grinding For Granted
Until the global economy scenario changes, the immediate future for subcontracting job shops in developed countries may look bleak.
HSAs: Health Savings Accounts
Health savings accounts (HSAs) are the most recent innovation in healthcare reimbursement. They have generated strong interest among professionals and corporate executives who see the tremendous tax advantage.
Lean Tools To Beat Material Madness
Material price escalations exceeding 100 percent; surcharges on top of surcharges; lead times are in excess of 40 weeks on certain items. What can a precision machined products company do to make the best of this current market maelstrom? How about using lean tools to help minimize the impacts of the current market conditions?
Management's Changing Role
PM recently visited E. J. Basler Co., a precision machined parts producer in Schiller Park, Illinois, to congratulate company president Dennis Basler on his election as the current president of Precision Machined Parts Association (PMPA). A tour of his busy shop gave us an opportunity to meet a number of enthusiastic employees whose attitudes conveyed genuine pride in their work and their company. We asked Mr. Basler what was behind the pervasive upbeat attitude evinced by the shop's personnel. His answers offer some useful insights on the changing role of management in metalworking companies.
Member Profile: The Thuro Companies
The Thuro Companies are a sought-after source for precision component parts and assemblies. The ISO 9001-2000-certified companies serve the automotive, aerospace, linear motion, energy absorption and optics industries.
Why Do I Need To Have My Business Valued?
Most people have a good sense for the value of their house or car, but when business owners are asked the question, "What's your business worth?" the overwhelming majority answer, "I don't know."
Automation & Robots
Multipurpose Part Conveyor
Most part conveyors will collect machining fluid as it drains from moving parts, but here's one with more versatility.
