Taking your shop to the next level
As technology evolves, machine shops face the challenge of staying ahead of the curve and keeping their operations running smoothly and efficiently.
Below are our three Levels of approach to ensuring that your shop stays competitive today and succeeds in the future
Level 3: Develope a foraml trainnig program
Investing in ongoing training and educational opportunities has many benefits:
Increased job satisfaction and employee retention
Ensure everyone stays up-to-date on the latest industry trends and technologies.
Close any gaps or weaknesses in your staff's skillsets
Improves overall processes effectively and part output numbers.
There are several ways to implement ongoing training. This could include bringing experts into your facility for one-on-one or group training, Having junior employees working with experienced staff, or sending employees offsite for workshops and seminars.
Level 1: Embracing Industries Best Practices
Staying up-to-date on industry best practices. Includes researching new technologies and techniques that could benefit your machine shop. A few examples are:
Real-time machine monitoring
Digitalization of records and machine data
Investigating new ways to improve production efficiency.
It also means looking into ways to optimize existing processes by streamlining them or introducing more efficient methods where possible.
Level 2: Know the machine’s capabilities.
Knowing the capabilities of a machine will optimize part quality and productivity while keeping costs low. This increases profits by limiting scrap-related issues and reducing machine maintenance downtime, resulting in better overall efficiency!
