Creating a PQR analysis is the first step in transforming a value stream. Knowing what you make, how many, and how you make ...

While welding is a highly technical career filled with specialized skills, many people often overlook one of the most ...

One of the impediments of growth for a metal fabricating company is room. An additional shift usually can be added, but ...

“When you start folding over a curve,” Nyvang said, “good things start to happen.” Consider the traditional sheet metal ...

The inside of the building hasn’t changed much. When you step inside, it still smells the same. The air is thick with metal ...

Paying for time becomes even more detrimental as input costs rise. When input costs increase, companies need to get more ...

Manufacturers and job shops are doing what they can to attract and retain employees in anticipation of opportunities in the ...

Warren Overton, an instructor at Augusta Technical College in Augusta, Ga., walked over to the front of the manufacturing lab ...

Welding fumes generated in a heavy fab shop often result in a haze that just lingers over everyone. Ambient compact fume ...

That’s exactly what Jeff Mason and his son, Sam—the team that heads Major Metals Company—did just a few months ago with their ...

Heavy fabrication shops don’t look like they once did. Robots for cutting and welding are finding homes on the shop floor.

The longer hourly employees work, the more they’re paid. So, in one sense, the less efficient they are, the more they take ...