Management

Improving Daily Management

10/01/2016

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Cutting Tool Engineering's Machinist's Corner columnist shares his experience with various continuous-improvement processes, such as 5S, kaizen events and gemba walks, and a recent rapid-improvement event. The target was the company’s daily operations management.

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Engineer-Speak

10/01/2016

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Evan Jones Thorne

Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing defines part geometry—and you should already know that.

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Pferd appoints new VP of sales

Abrasive, brush and power tool manufacturer Pferd Inc., Milwaukee, appointed Jon-Michael Raymond as its vice president of sales.

Cline Tool adds two new field application engineers

Cline Tool, Newton, Iowa, added two new field application engineers: Bill Gindhart at the toolmaker’s Rockford, Ill., branch and Thomas Koons, who will serve Knoxville, Tenn., and the surrounding area.

Navigating customer portals

10/04/2016

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Keith Jennings

Internet portals won’t transport you into the future—but your company will likely be using them soon if it is not already.

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Kentucky video outlines training initiative

The Kentucky Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (KY FAME) is a partnership of regional manufacturers and local educational institutions working to implement dualtrack, apprenticeship-style training with the goal of creating a pipeline of highly skilled workers, according to the organization's website. To help get the word out about the program, KY FAME recently produced a video to introduce itself.