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Common Keys to Success
This year’s Lead Time Leader award winners have more in common than meets the eye, including heavy investments in workforce development and a bottom-up, employee-driven approach to continuous improvement.
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A Few Words from our Winners
MoldMaking Technology's Leadtime Leader awards are in their 12th year of recognizing and honoring North American mold manufacturers who are raising the bar when it comes to efficiency, quality, innovation and commitment within their moldmaking operations. And this year's winners are no exception. Let's hear how they feel about winning this year's title.
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A Fifth Five-Axis Myth
An article in our May issue covered a few of the more common myths about five-axis machining. Here’s one more for the list: Programming these machines isn’t as hard as one might think.
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And Your 2014 Leadtime Leader Winners are …
MoldMaking Technology’s 2014 Leadtime Leader Awards—sponsored by Progressive Components—honor two outstanding mold manufacturers who demonstrate excellence in overall innovation, efficiency, quality and commitment. Westminster Tool has been named the 2014 Winner, while Aalbers Tool and Mold brings home the Honorable Mention title this year.
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Powering Your Connections
The official slogan of the recent AMBA conference couldn’t be more on point. As with so much else in life, good business depends on good relationships.
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2014 Leadtime Leader Awards Winner: Westminster Tool Inc.—Bridging the Gap without Losing Focus
A strong sense of self and a focus on people enabled this mold manufacturer to rapidly expand pre- and post-manufacturing services without getting overwhelmed by its own growth.
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Designing Flow Leaders and Restrictors
Use simulation to control flow in your injection molds.
Watch2014 Leadtime Leader Awards Honorable Mention: Aalbers Tool & Mold Inc
A rush of recent change for this moldmaker belies a long-term growth strategy that’s anything but aggressive. Key aspects of this cautious approach include strategic expansion, continuous improvement, extensive data tracking, and investments in workforce development and environmental sustainability.
Read MoreCreating a Balanced Cut
Decrease machine downtime and increase productivity with the right gundrilling tool.
Read MoreCollaboration Makes the Impossible Possible
For Industrial Molds Group, successfully completing a complex 2×2, two-shot family mold demanded a level of collaboration similar to that required by a symphony orchestra. A leading manufacturer of power tools was under severe pressure to begin production for a new product that had to be on store shelves by Memorial Day or the customer (a major retailer) would cancel orders for the entire year.
Read MoreBenefits of a Learner-Centered Educational Philosophy
Finding, Training & Retaining Employees, Part 10
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