How does lean manufacturing apply to machine shops?

If you’ve been around engineering for a while you’ll have heard the term Lean Manufacturing,...

Why OEE might not be the right metric for CNC productivity

OEE (Definition) is a measure touted by a lot of manufacturing management experts. It supposedly...

Running machines doesn’t always go smoothly. Any experienced CNC operator can tell you about all...

So you need some downtime tracking software? There’s plenty of options available on the market....

If you need to see what’s costing your business money, you need to know how...

Whether you’re a subcontract machine shop or a product manufacturer, machine productivity is a critical...

When you run a machine shop knowing exactly how long it took you to make...