Shop Operations

Articles • October 1, 2011

Don’t forget to file

Shop Operations column for the October 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine urges shops to remember to file. Don't overlook filing.

Articles • October 1, 2011 • Keith Jennings

Overcoming information overload

Manager's Desk column for October 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine looks at overcoming disruptions caused by information overload.

Articles • September 1, 2011

Getting the best out of bench work

Getting a grip on bench work.

Articles • September 1, 2011 • Keith Jennings

Observant eyes, ears of a retired dad

Observations of a retired shop owner can help improve your shop.

Articles • August 1, 2011

Managing your personal toolcrib

Shop Operations Columnist Tom Lipton addresses tool selection and managing your personal toolcrib in the August 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • August 1, 2011 • Keith Jennings

Have a business continuity plan

Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings urges shops to consider having a business continuity plan in the August 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • July 1, 2011

Metalworking safety tips

For his July 2011 Shop Operations column, Tom Lipton suggests that safety is a situational awareness issue as opposed to a matter of equipment.

Articles • July 1, 2011 • Keith Jennings

Audit yields unexpected benefits

In his Manager's Desk column for the July 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Keith Jennings discusses the benefits of conducting an internal quality assurance audit.

Articles • June 1, 2011

Material elongation and thickness

The Shop Operations column in the June issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine stresses importance of understanding material elongation and thickness.

Articles • June 1, 2011 • Keith Jennings

Machining is cool again

The Manager's Desk column for the June issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine discusses the rise of machining and fabricating in the United States.

Articles • May 1, 2011

Identifying workpiece materials

The Shop Operations column from the May 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering addresses the importance of identifying workpiece materials with sight and touch.

Articles • May 1, 2011 • Keith Jennings

Push and shove to generate business

A little or a lot of pushing and shoving is important when it comes to managing and directing the operations of a machine shop, according to the Manager's Desk column in the May 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.