Tool Vending Systems: Value Beyond Cost Control
Learn how can a tool vending system can also be a learning tool.

MSC Adds Kennametal Cutting Tools
An additional 15,000 Kennametal cutting tools are now available from MSC Industrial Supply.

Medical Shapes a Shop
Medical job and contract shops face challenges—some unique to the market they serve—that push them to become more efficient. Learn about the efforts this shop has made to clear the hurdles it has encountered along the way.

MSC Opens Co-Headquarters
The distributor is co-locating in the Charlotte area to support its long-term business strategy and growth plans.

Tooling Solutions Strengthen Company Competitiveness
Developing a good relationship with a tooling supplier MSC has been beneficial for contract manufacturing shop HyPex. By working together, they have been able to lower the shop’s cost per part, reduce cycle times and increase tool life.

Cutting Tools for High-Quality Manufacturing
MSC Industrial Supply offers Hertel cutting tools in a full-color catalog available in print and online versions.

Vending System Benefits Go Beyond Tool Management
When management at Transfer Tool Products needed a way to track inventory levels and tool use, they relied on the CAP Vending Unit from MSC Industrial Supply. The vending machine has improved training, increased profits and freed floor space.

MSC Plans Columbus Distribution Center
The new facility is expected to be operational in the late summer or early fall of 2014.

Tooling U to Train MSC Reps
MSC Industrial Supply Co. (Melville, New York), a distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations products and services, has announced an agreement to create a co-branded certificate program with Tooling U, a Society of Manufacturing Engineers company that provides of online training for the manufacturing industry.  Every member of MSC’s metalworking sales team will participate in the online training program.

“Green” Cleaning Products Encourage Sustainability
MSC Industrial Supply’s Natures Solution line of cleaning products is designed to help preserve future resources while optimizing workplace conditions.

Safety and Janitorial Products Available in One Catalog
MSC Industrial Supply’s Pro-Safe and Pro-Source catalog details a range of janitorial and safety products.

Manufacturing Solutions Increase Productivity
MSC Industrial Direct Co. offers a comprehensive line of metalworking products, supplies and inventory-management solutions

Metalworking Catalog Features Thousands of Solutions
 MSC’s V80 metalworking catalog features thousands of new customer solutions from various suppliers.

The Savings from Tool Dispensing
Efficient ordering and restocking of cutting tools can save a shop downtime and inventory costs. Watch a video from Joe Gibbs Racing explaining how they use a tool dispensing system to avoid these costs.

Simple Retooling Brings Significant Savings
Changing to Accupro cutting tools from MSC Industrial Supply and adjusting parameters accordingly enabled these shops to realize significant cost savings and productivity gains without fundamentally altering their operations.

Company Offers Full Line of General Turning Inserts
MSC Industrial Supply offers Hertel’s full line of general turning inserts, which are available in common geometries and sizes in five grades.

Distributor Showcases Customer Solutions
The company features live Web demonstrations of the Vendor Managed Inventory (eVMI) and Customer Managed Inventory (CMI) systems on a large flat screen. These barcode scanning systems allow users to maintain full control of the ordering process and spending levels, and they improve productivity. Additionally, the company’s ToolBoss vending machine is part of its Competitive Advantage Program, which aims to drive costs out of the manufacturing process, the company says.