MMT Blog
5ME Helping to Harvest Hidden Profits from Production Operations
5ME's core technologies are cryogenic machining, Freedom eWARE™ Asset Monitoring Software, CYCLO CUT® brand tooling, CYCLO COOL® brand cutting fluids, and Lean/Six Sigma implementation.
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The Time is Now to Invest in New Machinery!
Need another reason to buy new equipment before the end of the year? Check out the American Taxpayer Relief Act.
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Pop The Popcorn!
Check out the American Made Movie—which seeks to revitalize the Made in American movement—and keep manufacturing alive and well in this country.
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Busting Another Myth of Conformal Cooling
Several years ago, I traveled around the midwest giving talks on the merits of aluminum molds. Aluminum has much to offer over steel, yet I’m willing to bet that there have been few aluminum conformal molds made. I just came across an investigative study and it confirms what I have said about aluminum molds in the past.
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Capacity Utilization Rates for Plastics Processors Rising
Every month, the Federal Reserve Board compiles and reports data that measures the activity levels of U.S. plastics processors. One of the data series is the industrial production index for plastics products and the other is the capacity utilization rate for U.S. plastics and rubber processors. Both are crucial for moldmakers because they are good indicators of how fast the industry is growing (or contracting), and when new capacity needs to be added in order to keep up with rising demand.
Read MoreTop 10 Ways You May Be Selling Your Customers Short!
Don’t fall into bad habits—put your customers first.
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Marketing Moxie—Don’t Put Your Customers Last!
Two entrepreneurs share 10 ways you may be selling your customers short—and how to change that.
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How Do You Stack Up Against Your Competition?
To find out you have to participate! Plante Moran has just launched the 2013 edition of its North American Plastics Industry Survey, which examines the best practices and characteristics that shape the success of North American plastics processors. Participate and then see how you compare.
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Back in the Game!
After taking a break from the business he founded in 1991, Eric Marlow repurchased his company and just moved into a new facility.
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Hygienic Ice Cream Cones, Thanks to CAM Software
CAM software ensures that ice cream vendors have an added degree of hygiene by allowing for the manufacture of a product that ensures the ice cream vendor doesn’t have to touch the waffle cone.
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How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy?
Lately, I have been having a lot of discussions about the future of manufacturing. Where is the next generation of workers coming from? How do we attract them? And then I got an email from a Karin Lindner--speaker, author, corporate coach, facilitator and sibling of a Husky employee--who wanted to chat with me about her new book: "How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy?"
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