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Five Methods to Measure Your Hidden Factory

April 28, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

Recently, we shared some inspiration provided by some up and coming engineers we've had the opportunity to work with. Part of this inspiration was their ability to think bigger, be more creative and make incremental improvements to a project providing much better results for their employers dollars invested. This big picture thinking drew out some thoughts about the process a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: CIMCO MDC, ERP, MES, Metrics, MRP, OEE, TEEP, Toyota Production System

Thinking Big and Planning Small

April 14, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

As many baby boomers retire from manufacturing jobs, it is inevitable that younger people must come in and fill the ranks. At a recent event by SME and SVMI, Chico State Alumni and current SME Sac Valley Treasurer, Ryan Greenehagen, was sharing his goal of building a bridge between the Chico State Manufacturing Engineering program and employers in the Sacramento area. As he put … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management

How to Find a Complete Machine Data Collection Solution

April 3, 2019 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

In recent years improvements in machine data collection protocols have paved the way for more companies to offer products to the CNC machine monitoring industry. This is both good and bad. It is great to have competition, it makes us all better and forces software developers to improve or step aside. For that reason, we welcome this development. The downside, however, is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: How To, Industry4.0, Machine Data Collection, Manufacturing Data Management, MDC, MDM, Smart Factories

Manufacturing Led Workforce Development is Key to Resolving 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...]

Filed Under: Beyond the Shop Floor, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: GMI, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Advocates Podcast, SJVMA, SVMI

10 Ways to Eliminate Waste in Advanced Manufacturing using CIMCO Software

January 24, 2018 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

What is the ultimate result of improving efficiency in advanced manufacturing? The products coming out the door are of expected quality, in needed quantities, produced when needed, and margins are improved. Customers, stake holders, share holders and employees are all benefactors. This boils down to a competitive edge, a business that will survive through good and bad times, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: CIMCO DNC, CIMCO MDC, CIMCO MDM, CIMCO Software, Lean, Waste Reduction

One Critical Option to Consider When Buying a New CNC Machine

March 28, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

New CIMCO Web MDC Client

CNC machines can be quite expensive, and they should be. They are complex machines often capable of the magical manufacturing duty of turning a piece of raw material into something more intricate with another purpose while maintaining extreme precision. The parts made on CNC machines are in every room of your home and business. Right under your nose right now, there are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Equipment, Manufacturing Tagged With: Advanced Manufacturing, CNC Controls, CNC Machine, DNC Communications, DNC Max, Equipment, Machine Data Collection, MDC-Max, Precision Manufacturing

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