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TPV Technology Selects Centric PLM to Power Product Management Efficiency

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Since 2014, TPV has held exclusive, long-term licenses to manufacture and market Philips monitors, TVs and audio products. Centric Visual Boards TM pivot actionable data in a visual-first orientation to ensure robust, consumer-right assortments and product offers, dramatically decreasing assortment development cycle time.

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Same Headcount, Double the Sales: Successful Job Shop Automation

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has answered this conundrum by training its employees in value-added activities undertaken in tandem with the robots, an approach that has doubled the shop’s sales since it first began automating in 2014. While the shop has long used bar feeders, gantries and pallet pools, it only acquired its first FANUC robotic arm in 2014.

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Reinventing a Precision Shop With a Data-Driven Mindset

Modern Machine Shop

’” Pioneer Service’s Swiss-type journey started with two Star CNC machines in July 2014. You didn’t send us home. Now, it’s my turn. I want to learn and I want to give back.’” The typical industry OEE figure is around 60% , while a suitable long-term goal is closer to 85%.

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Improving Smiles Around the World with Help from ANCA CNC Machines

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Established in Korea in 2014, they partnered with dental implant OEMs and began producing dental drills on CNC lathes. It adds to the overall cycle time, but “has the advantage of maintaining tool specifications” over a long production run, without the need for human intervention or an external wheel dresser.

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Sandvik Coromant Helps Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Compete

Fabricating & Metal Work

Multi-task machines can eliminate machining processes and their associated time and cost, and also improve part quality. Along with improvements in product quality, the process cycle times are better than — or at least the same as — existing production solutions. The machines also offer benefits for customers.

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Design Strategy Tackles Big and Small Complexity Challenges for Southeastern Mold Builder

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Rudy passed away in 2014 and the Mozer family retained Delta Mold. What we implement into our tooling is how we help customers eliminate material and cut cycle time by 20%. Initially, the cycle time was 1 minute and we reduced it to 36 seconds. Let’s talk ERP. We have a robust ERP system called Plex.

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Q&A: How a Self-Taught Machinist Started His Own Business

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I've been using that since like 2014. PD: I would say the biggest one is the cycle time because they take so long and the size of the tools I'm using are so small. The only way I've been able to compensate for that is I've gotten some spindle speeders to increase my RPM so I can get that cycle time down.