free up your time Most owners I talk to say the same thing when I ask what is holding the business back: “I just don’t have the time.” They are
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Every moulding shop I have worked in had a lessons learned file. Some kept it in a binder, some in a spreadsheet, some in the closing report of every program.
You know what makes your business better. You have probably known it since the day you started. The trouble is, your customer might not know it, and they will never
When a launch goes sideways, the post-mortem usually lands on the same conclusion. We did not know. Nobody saw it coming. We need more training, better engineers, a smarter system.
Every moulder I know has had this conversation. A part is failing at launch, everybody is standing around the press, and somebody says, “Didn’t someone flag this?” Where is the
A few months ago I sat down with two business owners — separately, different companies, different industries — and asked them both the same question. “What’s your biggest problem right
You Don’t Need to Understand AI. You Need to Know What It Can Take Off Your Plate. Posted by Christopher Morewood · PMP · 35 Years Manufacturing & Product
How a $30,000 “savings” became a $120,000 rebuild—and what every engineer should know about long strand glass fiber before committing to tooling. Glass fiber warpage injection molding The part
When “industry standard” pricing doesn’t make sense, sometimes the best solution is a napkin sketch and a talented local tool maker. “We’re going through pins every shift.” That’s the
The 4-Month Paint Rack Problem We Solved With a 3D Printer (And the $500K Disaster We Avoided) We had a problem that looked impossible to solve. An automotive component—four