Sorry you missed the show, we'll see you next time in 2016! Planning to be at IMTS? If so make sure you drop by the CIMCO booth and get your card swiped to secure special show pricing. Tell them that Joe from Managed Solutions sent you. Special pricing will be available for the following products: CIMCO Edit Professional CIMCO Edit Professional with CNC Calc Add on … [Read more...]
Your Defining Moments – Developing Content
Greetings from Santee, California. I'll be in the area this week visiting with customers then off to Arizona for more. It's really exciting for me to be able to meet people face to face. Many of my customers I've known for years and never met. You might here more about some of these customers, as I am planning to interview a number of them and share their stories here on the … [Read more...]
Your Defining Moments – Building a Community
Last week we encouraged you to take the first steps to get started telling your story online. Maybe you've already started and now you want to make sure that you are getting the most out of the effort, let's roll up our sleeves and work on that this week by talking about if building a community around your content is a wise move for you. As a reminder this is part of an ongoing … [Read more...]
Two for Friday – Tesla Open Source and Twitter Tractors
It wouldn't be right to produce any content today without paying homage to World Cup Soccer, so before we talk about our Two for Friday, let's take a moment to salute the worlds biggest sporting event! Good luck to all the teams and fans of this amazing event and congratulations to the host country Brazil for their early win. Today was a rich environment for content and … [Read more...]
How to Enable Solidworks Preview in CIMCO MDM (PDM)
You may already know that CIMCO MDM (formerly PDM) integrates incredibly well with Mastercam. Something you might not be aware of is that CIMCO MDM allows you to preview many other formats including .sldprt without having to have CAD software installed. This feature must be enabled to work, the purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to enable the solidworks CAD file or … [Read more...]
Your Defining Moments – Tell Your Story – Getting Started
When you look back at your career or even the last 6 or 8 months of your life, do you see a few moments that stand out as important? We embarked on a journey with you back in March of this year to advocate for US Manufacturing. It was a defining moment for us, a point where something was so obvious and important that action was necessary. Now several months later we've enjoyed … [Read more...]
Two for Friday – Wearables and Machinery Risk Assessment Tool
This week is probably the most eclectic Two for Friday yet. On one hand we're talking about "wearables" or Google Glass in the Supply Chain and the other we'll share a Machinery Risk Assessment Tool with you. The benefits of Wearables to your Supply Chain ARET - A machinery risk assessment tool The Benefits of Wearables (Google Glass) to Your Supply Chain Emerging … [Read more...]
Backing up CIMCO DNC Max
Not keeping good backups can place your business in peril. Your CIMCO DNC Max communications system is part of the revenue/production process so it's very critical to be able to easily recover from a server failure. There is a way to easily generate a backup that can be used to restore your configuration in the event of an accidental modification, hardware failure or other … [Read more...]
Happier Customers Through Better Experiences
Mondays here at Managed Solutions are dedicated to making your business and our industry better. Happy customers are an essential part of any successful business. There are so many things that can and do go wrong, leaving many businesses struggling to move the needle in the right direction. Recently I interviewed Jeannie Walters of 360Connext (Client) to find out what companies … [Read more...]
Two for Friday – Machining Reality Show and Government Reach, Eh
Wow, what a week! I don't know about you but the lead up to summer always seems to crank up the urgency to finish projects and tie up loose ends. Before you head off for a much needed break with your family this summer, there are a couple of interesting updates to check out around the web. Both topics actually are from our friends to the North, important partners in North … [Read more...]