Basics
Understanding Business-Meal Deductions
Mold builders must account for meals and entertainment separately, as no deduction is allowed for entertainment in 2018 and beyond.
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Rethinking How to Polish
Internal process documentation helps polishers build upon experience and overcome surface finish challenges.
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How to Create an Accurate Budget
Proper financial planning is integral to the success of every mold project.
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How to Build Manufacturing Awareness with Events
Six best practices for hosting community events that promote industry engagement.
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How to Reduce a Mold Shop’s Top Effective Tax Rate
U.S. Treasury and the IRS proposed rules on new flow-through deductions.
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Ten Tips for Effective Design-for-Manufacturing Analysis
MoldMaking Technology editorial advisory board member Andrew Garstkiewicz of GE Appliances, a Haier Co., offers sage advice on DFM analysis.
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How to Set Accurate Manifold Preventive-Maintenance Frequencies, Part 3
The only thing that can mess up a solid PM plan for a manifold is a poorly designed system, and there are a variety of manifold designs and complexity levels. Many design features are the root cause of postponing a manifold PM until it breaks down.
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Tips for Selling the Value of Automation
How to prove automation saves time on the shop floor.
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How to Set Accurate Manifold Preventive-Maintenance Frequencies, Part 2
The key to developing accurate and timely PM work instructions is understanding the impact of environmental factors on manifold performance.
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CT Scanning Accelerates Corrections on Injection Molds
Industrial computed tomography scanning (CT scanning) is a quality-assurance technique that is making its way into mold shops for speedy adjustments and corrections on injection molds, but only if it is used correctly.
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