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Take an AAM Coffee Break This Morning!
Grab a cup o’ joe and pull up a chair by your computer or tablet and join Scott Paul, the President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) for a virtual online chat about the state of manufacturing.
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Think Big to Narrow Down Your True Markets
“The educational training, resources and system of prospecting for new accounts were the most valuable things that came from working with MMTC.”
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Three Ways to Cut Waste in your Shop
Waste can be eliminated when moldmakers use lean best-practice processes, lean inventory control solutions, and hiring the right staff the first time.
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AMBA Celebrates 40 Years with Charter Members and Mold Builder and Chapter of the Year Recipients
It was an honor last week to join in the AMBA's celebration of 40 years of American Mold Manufacturing. Our relationship started 16 years ago and in just those years alone so much has happened within the AMBA and in the moldmaking industry itself.
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Adding to Our Repertoire
Additive Manufacturing is a quarterly supplement to both MoldMaking Technology and Modern Machine Shop magazines that debuted last year, but what's new is that now it has its own website--additivemanufacturinginsight.com.
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Monday Musings
As an editor I get a *lot* of email! Most of it is thankfully moldmaking-related; some is more peripheral. So what does the book Concrete Jungle Survival Guide: Four Steps to Overcoming the Chaos (and Taming the 10,000-Pound Gorilla in Your Midst!) have in common with a past Leadtime Leader? Guess you will have to click if you want to find out…
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Take Control!
Ask yourself, what's going to be different in 12 months from what it is today? Then take control. Lesson learned from Laurie Harbour of Harbour Results at this week's AMBA Convention.
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Ready to Ignite
The AMBA's second day of conferencing kicked off by igniting the minds of the audience with a panel of 13 mold shops each sharing one critical challenge and solution.
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US GDP Outlook: Sluggish in Q2, Followed by Stronger Growth
We will get our first look at the GDP data from the first quarter of 2013 this Friday when the Bureau of Economic Analysis releases its preliminary report. We expect the data to show that the US economy grew at a pretty decent rate in Q1. Consensus expectations call for a growth rate just north of 3%.
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It's Time to Defend the Integrity of Moldmaking Skills
A highlight of the first day of the AMBA Convention in Schaumburg yesterday was some very important and interesting news. "It is time to defend the integrity of the skills it takes to work in this industry." These are the words of Ryan Pohl of Expert Tech Training who introduced the AMBA's new initiative: standardized testing for moldmakers and CNC machinists.
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Feeling Uncomfortable and Pushing the Boundaries
Nobody needed their morning caffeine today as the AMBA kicked off its annual convention in Schaumburg, IL, with two dynamic speakers with booming voices aiming to make those in attendance uncomfortable.
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