Managed Solutions

Managed Solutions provides a complete software and service solution to CNC based manufacturers. Our goal is to help you, our customer, become best in class at what you do. We achieve this by combining the products of world leader CIMCO Software with our 22 years of Information Technology management experience. We're not just your vendor, we are your partner and have a vested interest in your success. Our team consisting of your management, IT, shop floor and engineering combined with our implementation experts, installers and developers will become the necessary force to achieve your objectives.

For more than 20 years, Joe and his team have provided guidance and support to us through both great and challenging times. They have always been dependable, reliable and personable. A few years ago, Joe worked with us to implement a CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management (MDM) system, allowing us to organize and quickly access manufacturing documents. Our relationship with Managed Solutions has improved our efficiency, kept our technology costs down and reduced downtime to a minimum. – Scott Logan, CEO of Wiegmann and Rose

Managed Solutions Now Certified CIMCO Software Solution Provider

February 7, 2019 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Over the years the relationship Managed Solutions has had with manufacturers has evolved substantially. Starting in the late 1990's serving an IT function for several San Francisco Bay Area based manufacturers and evolving over 22 years to a very different role, it has been quite a journey. In the early years we crawled through dusty attics in Oakland California at Wiegmann and … [Read more...]

Manufacturing Led Workforce Development is the key to Resolving the Skills Gap Crisis

June 25, 2018 by Joe Hackman 2 Comments

It is a great, but terrifying time to be a manufacturer in the United States. New manufacturing plants are popping up and existing manufacturers are pushing their capacity to the limit. The big issue that remains however, is the skills gap. Retiring baby boomers are vacating skilled manufacturing jobs. To complicate matters our culture tends to emphasize academics more than job … [Read more...]

Customer ingenuity Paul’s DIY Coolant Recycler

June 15, 2018 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Some people are creative, Paul Price is one of those people. When he's not making high quality, innovative, visually appealing bike parts or riding bikes, you might find him dreaming up solutions to other problems. One of the problems he has recently tackled after 10 years of considering it, is recycling coolant. Check out this impressive process now in use at Chico, … [Read more...]

MDC Livescreen for World Cup 2018

June 14, 2018 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

A dilemma faced by soccer fans world wide, how do we keep track of World Cup soccer and CIMCO MDC? Some shops are making the tough decision, like Tech Five Machining in Tempe, AZ. Different cultures take their sports differently, we've seen entire shops shut down to watch soccer matches, especially finals, there is more to life than work, right? … [Read more...]

Getting Started With CIMCO MDC-Max Shop Floor Screens

May 15, 2018 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

It's official, CIMCO A/S has released Shop Floor Screens for CIMCO MDC-Max. This useful feature will allow you to visualize your environment and view real time status of your machines. Make sure you have active maintenance before upgrading to version 8.03.00 or newer to enable this feature. This is a video tutorial on how to get started, but before we get to that here are some … [Read more...]

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