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Examine your EX to attract next-generation workers
- By Joe Thompson
- Sep 19, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
Manufacturers trying to recruit from the pool of millennials and Gen Z talent need to create a positive employee experience (EX) at their business.
Technology Spotlight: Large-part multitasking
- By Joe Thompson
- Aug 27, 2019
- Metalworking
- Article
As machines evolve, more processes are being integrated into multitasking machines. This ensures that more shops can take advantage of the technology.
One giant leap for manufacturing
- By Joe Thompson
- Aug 15, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
Fifty years ago last month, an event occurred that hundreds of millions of people watched at a time when television essentially was still in its infancy. On July 20, 1969, an American spacecraft, appropriately named Eagle, landed on the lunar surface and Neil Armstrong stepped off, delivering his...
Share your voice
- By Joe Thompson
- Jul 29, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
With a membership base of around 160 companies, the CTMA has a thorough understanding of the problems the manufacturing sector faces.
Canadian aerospace sector gets a new vision
- By Joe Thompson
- Jul 11, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
Government and industry must work together, or they risk losing our nation’s aerospace leadership position.
Additive arrives
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 20, 2019
- Metalworking
- Article
In an AM machine, the laser melts the metal powder and solidifies it over and over again in layers to produce the workpiece. The part is essentially created using nothing but powder and light.
Automating mill/turn operations
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 17, 2019
- Metalworking
- Article
Multitasking automation enables work to continue unattended, freeing up operators to work on several machines at once.
Mitigate risk in your business with proper planning
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 13, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
Some of the top risks that can affect a metal manufacturer include supply chain delays, data theft/loss, and brain drain caused by poor succession planning.
AI brings more intelligence to the manufacturing world
- By Joe Thompson
- May 8, 2019
- Automation and Software
- Blog Post
Artificial intelligence (AI) affects adaptive design, quality, robotics usage, and predictive maintenance.
Look ahead by looking back
- By Joe Thompson
- Mar 1, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
A popular cliché tells us that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This aphorism is attributed to Spanish-American philosopher and author George Santayana who wrote in his five-volume work, The Life of Reason, that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to...
The economy faces a bleak midwinter
- By Joe Thompson
- Feb 12, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
Economic winter is coming. This is the warning from some economists. Sometime toward the end of 2019 or in early 2020, the talons of a worldwide economic slowdown will dig into the world’s economy. Pundits say that the U.S., Europe, and China, whose fiscal slowdown may already be starting as...
What is smart manufacturing?
- By Joe Thompson
- Jan 11, 2019
- Management
- Blog Post
Smart manufacturing is defined as “manufacturing that improves its performance aspects with integrated and intelligent use of processes and resources in cyber, physical, and human spheres to create and deliver products and services, which also collaborates with other domains within an enterprise’s value chain.
Next-Gen Manufacturing Leaders
- By Joe Thompson
- Jan 8, 2019
- Made In Canada
- Article
To keep a high level of excellence we need more skilled and semi-skilled workers for our manufacturing facilities.
Use Bill C-45 as a safety reminder
- By Joe Thompson
- Dec 12, 2018
- Management
- Blog Post
Bill C-45 can be used as an opportunity to review, update, and communicate all work impairment rules.
A tale of two materials
- By Joe Thompson
- Nov 30, 2018
- Metalworking
- Article
While most machinists admit that hard materials, such as those 60 HRC and higher, are difficult to machine, other factors also make material hard to cut.
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