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Getting It Right the First Time

Attack your manufacturing process with a plan.

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Using Advanced Manufacturing in Your Machine Shop

Be on the lookout for ways to incorporate advanced manufacturing in your shop.

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Relationships Are an Important Part of a Manufacturing Business

Reflecting on the death of a friend, one shop owner considers the role of his business in the lives of others.

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Issues with Suppliers

Shops face a variety of challenges virtually every day. Many of those challenges stem from dealings with our own suppliers.

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Tips for Shop Success

These 10 guiding principles can help shops of all types improve and prosper.

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Impacting Behaviors and Personalities

Changing human behavior may be the most difficult aspect of managing individuals. Recognizing our own actions and tendencies is a first step toward contending with those of others.

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Are You Irreplaceable?

By delegating certain tasks to a reliable second-in-command, your company can succeed without your constant attention, and you can pursue other goals as well.

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Are There Really No Stupid Questions?

Maybe. Sometimes the asker just needs to be encouraged to think through a situation more thoroughly to come up with his or her own answers.

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Simple Organization

Some might say I'm obsessed with it, but even something as basic as labeling tools can boost your shop’s efficiency and ultimately add to its bottom line.

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Stop Settling for Borderline Quality in Your Shop

Even when there are no actual part defects that create scrap or rework, addressing borderline quality is important to reducing waste in any machine shop.

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