PMPA: Providing Ways to Meet Material Challenges
“Our PMPA members are members because they’ve witnessed the results that show we’re better together. Despite multiple significant challenges, our numbers are growing. PMPA provides services to help their members meet the challenges that they face daily.” – Aneesa Muthana, PMPA President
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4 Tips to Gain Employee Acceptance to Change
Change is a good thing, right? Maybe not to all, and if you don’t have employee acceptance to change, the change is doomed to fail.
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Chips — Our Real Product
We don’t make parts. Parts are the result of the chips we make. And the chips can tell you all you need to know.
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 105: Yield Loss Due to Bar End Remnants
Yield loss on raw materials can become a hidden way of losing money in your shop. Using a chart and sample calculations can help you better understand why you might be better off buying longer bars for your process to reduce yield loss dollars.
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What NFL Teams, Street Gangs and Your Workforce Have in Common
A sense of belonging is important for successful teamwork, retention and job performance.
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Knowledge Retention — What’s Your Process?
Our processes and work instructions provide the information needed for our performers to understand “the who, what and how” to do the task. But where do we keep the information needed so everyone understands “the why and the reasons behind” our work?
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 104: Common Applications of CNC Machining
Provided by W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire
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What’s in a Name? Pride.
Titles matter to employees. Are your operators actually operators? Or do they read prints, check quality, change tooling and adjust oil lines like a machinist? Hmmm...
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Workforce Is Still the Most Important Challenge
It is as true today as it was 10 years ago...workforce is top of mind for precision machining shops.
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A New Year Resolution for Your Business
Need a New Year resolution that will help your business, productivity and hiring practices? Create or review your company’s mission statement, vision statement and core values.
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5-S: Ask a Toolmaker
A place for everything and everything in its place. A visit to Fischer Special Tooling during PMPA’s Mastery Program provided a glowing example of the 5-Ss: Sorting, Setting in order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain.
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 103: Advantages of CNC Machining
Provided by W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc. in Nashua, New Hampshire
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SWOT for Employee Retention and Recruitment
What is your brand? Why should people want to work for your company? How can your brand improve? A SWOT analysis can help answer these questions — your employee retention and recruitment may count on it.
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Meet PMPA’s New President, Aneesa Muthana
The PMPA installed its new board president, Aneesa Muthana, CEO and
co-owner of Pioneer Service Inc., at PMPA’s 88th Annual Meeting held in October 2021 in Charleston, South Carolina. In this interview, Aneesa shares her history, thoughts and goals for the association and the importance of makers/manufacturers and why it is time to shine.
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Economic Indicators
Miles Free III shares economic indicators that have the closest correlation to the PMPA Index.
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Recruiting for Manufacturing Part 3
Producing recruiting material can seem daunting, but you may be surprised at how many resources you already have in your shop.
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Supply Chain or Inflation? The Real Question
The precision machined products industry is working overtime and outperforming the rest of the industry to ensure that people have the parts they need.
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Craftsman Cribsheet No. 101: Audit Certifications
Quality documentation can aid in problem-solving, but only if it is complete.
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Recruiting for Manufacturing Part 2
Branding? Check. Stories (aka messaging)? Check. Now what should you do with them?
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