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Multipurpose drills move more metal
- By Joe Thompson
- Dec 20, 2021
- Cutting Tools
- Article
The type of hole (through, blind, chamfered, stepped, entry, exit, and cross), hole diameter (micro, small and medium, and large), and hole depth all matter when choosing a tool.
The only cycle time that matters: From PO to paid in full
- By Joe Thompson
- Dec 15, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
The ultimate KPI—the omega—is your order-to-payment time. This is the amount of time between getting a purchase order and getting paid.
Creating manufacturing leaders
- By Joe Thompson
- Dec 13, 2021
- Made In Canada
- Article
We introduce a few of the industry’s next generation of manufacturing leaders who will keep part production – and jobs – in Canada.
Canadian aerospace sector heads for pre-flight checks
- By Joe Thompson
- Nov 22, 2021
- Health & Safety
- Article
Today aerospace manufacturing is a pan-Canadian enterprise. Billion-dollar multinationals, and the SMEs they support, can be found in nearly every region and province.
Be ready for the changes coming to manufacturing
- By Joe Thompson
- Nov 16, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Manufacturing is changing. And there isn’t a damn thing any of us can do about it. Except keep up.
Mr. Prime Minister: The manufacturing sector is calling
- By Joe Thompson
- Oct 22, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Now that pandering season is over, it’s time for the rhetoric to stop and the work to begin.
CMTS 2021 at a glance
- By Joe Thompson
- Sep 27, 2021
- Management
- Article
For more than 40 years, the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS) audience, which comes from within Canada’s leading industries, has convened to source equipment.
We need to get better at making manufacturers
- By Joe Thompson
- Sep 21, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
In-house training combined with career path development lets your entry-level hires know that there is a path forward at your company.
Where should manufacturers spend their political capital?
- By Joe Thompson
- Aug 19, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Canadian manufacturing could use some leaders at the moment.
Upskilling: Combine government funding with customized training
- By Joe Thompson
- Jul 23, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Training and workforce skills development can improve the productivity of your employees and, therefore, your shop, without the capital spending that is necessary for investment in new equipment.
Skills competitions are essential to Canadian manufacturing
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 14, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Part of the manufacturing skills pipeline in this country are the provincial and national skills competitions, held in the late spring each year. They are designed to test the skills of manufacturing students and to help create buzz around the trades in general.
The anatomy of a turning insert
- By Joe Thompson
- May 17, 2021
- Management
- Article
Insert choice requires taking into consideration a whole host of variables, including an insert’s size, shape, and overall design features.
Don’t learn about manufacturing cybersecurity the hard way
- By Joe Thompson
- May 11, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Cyberattacks against industrial and manufacturing facilities have increased by more than 2,000 per cent since 2018.
Machining frogs
- By Joe Thompson
- Apr 15, 2021
- Management
- Article
When Russia's MSW needed to produce railway frogs it called upon Fives Liné Machines, Granby, Que., and its chosen tooling partner, Iscar Tools, Oakville, Ont., to create the manufacturing process necessary to make them.
Take advantage of advanced manufacturing support
- By Joe Thompson
- Apr 8, 2021
- Management
- Blog Post
Canadian shops shouldn’t be shy about taking advantage of funding programs. They have been put in place to support the shops, technology, workers, and processes of Canada’s manufacturing future.
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