Business Strategy
Time to Engage
This AMBA event brought together the highest number of mold manufacturing participants the group has seen.
Read MoreInnovation May Be the Answer
The results of a recent MoldMaking Technology magazine survey (January 2008) show “foreign competition” as the #1 challenge for the moldmaking industry.
Read MoreBecome an Insider
It has been 10 years since we launched MoldMaking Technology magazine, and we believe it’s time to introduce to you MMT Insider.
Read MoreTop 10 Common Mold Mistakes, Mishaps And Disasters to Watch Out For
Top 10 Common Mold Mistakes, Mishaps And Disaster
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Constraint Management: How to Break a Roadblock
Learning how to get the most out of what your shop has today.
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Mold Industry Bending, But Not Breaking
50.5 Total Mold Business Index for August 2008 The total Mold Business Index is a weighted average of the sub-indices for new orders, production, employees, backlog, exports and supplier deliveries.
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The Evolution of Process Training for Mold Builders
Process training coupled with cavity pressure data provides mold builders with value and information that can be passed onto customers.
Read MoreWhat Kind of a Sales Engineer Is Best for Your Company
By creating a hybrid sales engineer with the willingness to wait, the keen eye for the “me too” sale, the technical training to converse in techno-ease and the desire for lasting relationships, you can and will experience great rewards.
Read MoreMy Olympic Experience
Last month I wrote about the shifting fortunes of China, and how excited my wife, Debbie, and I were to have tickets to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. I promised to report what we found there, so here’s what we experienced: nothing. We didn’t go. As it turned out, the “company” that we purchased our tickets through last year turned out to be a scam. From what we’ve been able to learn, this “front” created an incredibly elaborate network of physical and online attributes—offices, phone numbers, Web sites, messaging—that fooled thousands of others around the world.
Read MoreChina’s Shifting Fortunes
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing were seen as China’s maturation as a culture, an economy and a global power. They also mark a crossroad for China. Nixon’s historic visit in 1972 set in motion events that would change—and are changing—our world. And not much has changed more in the past 30 years than manufacturing. But, this type of change is never without its challenges, and China is finding itself at a stage of maturity where its trajectory toward manufacturing/economic dominance is slowing down a bit.
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