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For This CNC Machine Shop, Growth is Both Wonderful and Hard
JD Machine’s sales have nearly doubled since 2013 when it was a Top Shops winner. Developing a workforce to support that growth is a challenge the shop is meeting head-on.
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How Does Your Shop Compare?
The Top Shops benchmarking survey deadline has been extended to February 24, 2020. Take the survey and receive a customized report to see how your shop compares to the Top Shops benchmarking group and other shops.
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Leadership Training Helps Spur Top Shop’s Growth
Rosenberger N.A. has grown tremendously over the last eight years. Part of the reason is its commitment to ongoing employee leadership training.
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Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Deadline Extended
CNC machine shops now have until February 17 to complete the online survey and score a free report of its findings.
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Top Shops Then and Now
Altech Machining was a Top Shops winner in our inaugural benchmarking survey in 2011. So what’s the shop up to now?
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VR Headset Gives Legally Blind Woman CNC Shop Opportunities
VR goggles integrated with a camera give a legally blind young woman 20/20 vision and the chance to be a machine shop’s second-shift quality control lead.
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What Makes a Top Shop Profitable?
The data from Gardner Intelligence's Top Shops survey can show us how technology and management tools relate to earnings and profit in machine shops. Register for this webinar to learn about some of the specific findings from the survey.
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Top Shops Share Their Top Technology
In this video taken at the 2019 Top Shops Conference, the year’s four Honors Program winners describe how they’ve each benefited from a new addition to their business.
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The Tie Between Technology and People
Top Shops data analysis shows that investment in employees more directly correlates to profit margin than investment in equipment. Still, careful consideration of new technology matters.
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Video: How to Succeed at Lights-Out Machining — Findings from Top Shops Data
Differences in machine shops’ profit margins suggest the value of improvement methodology, unattended machining and machine tool monitoring, as well as the effective combination of all three of these.
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