Leadership
Maintaining High Levels of Initial Machining Accuracy
While planning for the future, Mold Craft is disposing of less capable equipment taking up valuable floor space and replacing it with profitable, state-of-the-art machines, such as its latest investment.
Read MoreEuroMold 2013: More Visitors and Increasing Internationality
EuroMold 2013 – With 58,673 visitors, 1,056 exhibitors and increasing internationality, the World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development was the most successful in five years.
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Lean Without the Label
Two shops experiences' suggest that targeted, organic change with clearly defined goals can be more effective than a formal, “one-size-fits-all” approach to improvement.
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Collaborating with Competitors
Shops willing to work with their competition to solve common problems and avoid making the same mistakes could potentially improve not only their own operations, but U.S. manufacturing as a whole.
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Making Marketing a Priority
Marketing is not always a top priority for many small to mid-size mold manufacturers, but it needs to be. We asked MMT’s 2013 Leadtime Leaders to share a few successful, yet simple, solutions.
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CAD/CAM Answers New Automotive Challenges
For this blow mold manufacturer, the right CAD/CAM software yielded time savings, productivity gains and streamlined customer communication.
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Plating and Maintaining Textured Surfaces
Communication with your texturing and plating sources is key to properly maintaining the mold surface.
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Manufacturing Skills Day
If you are in the area, why not check out Union County College in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as they host a “Manufacturing Skills Day” for all manufacturing skill stakeholders in the area. They will be highlighting their partnership with Scientific Management Techniques, a leader in manufacturing skills training and manufacturing skills assessments.
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The New Rules of Innovation
"Focus on agility and innovation because quality is expected." That was the message of Carl Bass, president and CEO of Autodesk, in his address at an indusry event last month. He defined innovation as "making products that differentiate you from your competition" and explained that agility is "how quicky you can bring a product to market." Both are quite apropos for today's mold manufacturer.
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Video: Printed Molds Slash Development Costs, Lead Time
When testing prototype injection-molding parts reveals the need for design changes, this manufacturer realizes significant savings by printing new tooling rather than machining it.
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