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Streamline Your Manufacturing with CIMCO MDM

April 4, 2025 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Are you tired of drowning in a sea of paper setup sheets, chasing down the latest NC program versions, or dealing with costly errors from unapproved files? CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management (MDM) is here to transform your production process. Designed for manufacturers who demand precision and efficiency, CIMCO MDM is a paperless data management system that centralizes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Manufacturing, Security Tagged With: CAD/CAM files, CAM integrations, centralized document access, change tracking, CIMCO MDM, Data Backup, manufacturing automation, Manufacturing Data Management, manufacturing productivity, NC program management, paperless manufacturing, process improvement, production efficiency, remote request, shop floor control

Getting Started with AI in Manufacturing

March 27, 2025 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

AI has already become indispensable for many of us. I definitely understand reluctance on the subject. What do business people hate most about AI? Let's find out, with some help from Grok3! This article is geared towards reluctant and casual users of AI and those looking to get started. As always, we will emphasize issues that matter most to manufacturers, because we live and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AI, Business Operations, Manufacturing Tagged With: 3D printing AI, AI for beginners, AI hallucination, AI in business, AI in Manufacturing, AI privacy risks, AI productivity tips, AI safety tips, AI search engine, business frustrations with AI, data privacy, Deepseek risks, Digital Transformation, Grok 3, job displacement, manufacturing software, Manufacturing Technology, repetitive tasks AI, shop floor AI, Smart Manufacturing

Introducing the Five-Minute Gemba

September 3, 2020 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Managed Solutions started out as a IT Services company in the late 1990s. Much like today, the late 90s to early 2000s were time of great change with new technologies frequently upsetting the old way of doing business. "Growing up" around this environment has shaped our business philosophy to be practical, adaptive and creative. Today, we are tasked with helping many forward … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lean, Manufacturing, News

A Historic Opportunity for US Manufacturing

May 11, 2020 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

The Covid-19 situation is terrible in so many ways. The loss of life, freedom, and the incredible amount of debt being accrued to name a few. One positive thing about it, however, is that awareness has sharply risen on the importance of having local manufacturing and supply chains. This represents a historic opportunity to re-align some of our national priorities around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beyond the Shop Floor, Manufacturing Tagged With: Carol Roth, Grow Manufacturing, Manufacturing Advocates Podcast, Podcast, SME, SVMI

Traceability Using CIMCO Software

December 10, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

One way to help digitally transform manufacturing companies is to implement enhanced traceability. This can be useful to ensure that required tolerances and procedures have been followed, as well as provide additional data related to the manufacture of a given component or product. For example a company may need to provide documentation to show that a part was within all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: CIMCO, Digital Transformation, Hidden Factory, IIoT, Industry 4.0, Lean Manufacturing, MDC, MDM

CIMCO MDC Andon Solution

November 14, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

Have you thought about Implementing an Andon station on your shop floor? Do you have CIMCO MDC-Max running in your shop already? If you answered yes to either of these questions then it is easier to deploy than you think. What is Andon? Before we look at how, let's take a brief look at what Andon means in manufacturing. Wikipedia defines Andon as: A manufacturing term … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: Andon, CIMCO MDC, Industry4.0

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