Fastener News Desk

JUNE 7, 2023

Manufacturing lead times clearly improved in the month. Supply chains are prepared and eager for growth, as panelists’ comments and the data support reduced lead times for their companies’ more important purchases. WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING “Overall impact for our business is mixed.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 25, 2023

We are widely known for building cutlery molds of any size and combination, but we also build tooling for the automotive, electrical, electronics, medical, optical, consumer goods and recreational markets. Purchasing a large surface grinder solved another bottleneck area, as it allowed us to do grinding ourselves and shortened lead times.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Our Robotics Campus will help us to serve our customers more efficiently and support new and existing sectors like automotive, electronics, logistics, healthcare, e-commerce and pharmaceuticals to unlock the full potential of automation.” Source: Interact Analysis www.abb.com go.abb/robotics Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing.

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 17, 2023

Read more: Bulten has streamlined their global distribution chain, aiming to bring about more efficient logistics in order to reduce lead times, and streamline processes, while also reducing costs and environmental impact. Bay Supply is looking to add electronic data interchange in the next few months. “We

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Fastener News Desk

MAY 1, 2024

Suppliers continue to have capacity but work to improve lead times, due to their raw material supply chain disruptions. ” [Computer & Electronic Products] “Market conditions have definitely softened. ” [Primary Metals] Read full report from ISM Source: ISM GOING TO FASTENER FAIR USA?

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Control Engineering

JULY 14, 2023

With factories closed, lead times and backlogs quickly grew. Even global companies with factories and customers around the world were affected, like many other organizations, with long delays on delivery times, which were unheard of pre-2020. With reduced availability, prices of raw materials and vital components rose sharply.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 21, 2023

But if you’re still using outdated purchasing processes, it can lead to problems on the shop floor that affect workflow, customer relationships and the company’s bottom line. For example, jobs ship late because parts or materials didn’t arrive in time. Quality problems arise when sourcing parts from unreliable vendors.

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Fastener News Desk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Manufacturing supplier lead times continue to decrease, a positive for future economic activity. ” [Computer & Electronic Products] “Starting to feel softening in the economy, with labor still a challenge to backfill critical roles. The 2024 forecast looks challenging, specially from a cost perspective.”

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 11, 2023

While the situation has improved for many commodities since the depths of the pandemic shutdowns, especially mechanical components, vendors of motion control systems expect extended lead times to continue through at least 2023.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It’s an attractive middle-ground that enables OEMs to adopt a hybrid sourcing strategy that considers multiple factors. The PCB assemblies meanwhile are being sourced from a trusted Chinese supplier with a UK-based distribution hub. Uncovering the right sourcing strategy can be fraught with risks. Today Magazine.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

High-innovation industries like aerospace, space, and electronics are using and integrating this technology into their manufacturing processes. Substituting FDM for traditional manufacturing processes substantially reduces lead times and costs. It also makes production a simple, unattended and virtually labor-free operation.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

located in Buellton, manufactures products for the consumer electronic market, serving customers such as Intel, Agilent, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Latona said that once upon a time, companies could fulfill two of these three business practices: price, quality or delivery. Excelta Corp., Necessity is the mother of invention. Fenton, Mo.)

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 3, 2022

New Orders and Employment Contracting; Production and Backlogs Growing; Supplier Deliveries Slowing at a Slower Rate; Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing at a Slower Rate; Exports and Imports Growing; Record-Long Lead Times for Production Materials and MRO Supplies.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 18, 2023

Here, Jerry Sanham, Business Development Director at Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of RF-to-mmWave components and subsystems , explores how dual sourcing your hybrid manufacturing requirements can help. The right choice of second-source partners can solve a lot of headaches. For more information, visit www.filtronic.com.

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 8, 2023

Average lead time remained 32 percent above previous trough for capital expenditures and 37 percent for purchased materials; both are too high. Electronic components still a major supply chain issue, particularly if the component you need is not the current hot technology.” ” [Computer & Electronic Products].

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MEM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Revolutionising manufacturing for resilience and efficiency ~ Redefining production with dual sourcing of your hybrid manufacturing ~ In today’s globalised and rapidly evolving business landscape, disruptions to manufacturing are inevitable. The right choice of second-source partners can solve a lot of headaches.

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MEM

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here, Jerry Sanham, Business Development Director at Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of RF-to-mmWave components and subsystems , explores how dual sourcing your hybrid manufacturing requirements can help. The right choice of second-source partners can solve a lot of headaches.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 31, 2024

Source: ANCA CNC Machines US ANCA ’s TapX grinding machine is designed and integrated with automation to provide high productivity in mass production. The total setup time is said to be one hour for a TapX machine, reducing lead times for small- to medium-batch production, urgent order response and customer changes.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 2, 2024

Source: All images provided by J&M Media What place does five-axis machining have in YCM’s offerings? It is designed to reduce part handling, setup and overall lead time, while improving part quality, precision and surface finish for complex shapes and contours. What is YCM’s approach to smart manufacturing?

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 10, 2023

Before the end of the next day, I was an electronic assembler. Worked my way from mechanical assembly, electrical assembler up to electronic tech. Once they understood how to do that stuff, then we start sourcing locally. And you look at a source like casting out of Taiwan and machine casting out of Taiwan. Assembly tech.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While multi-sourcing and intensifying cooperation with our suppliers and customers all over the world, we concentrated our focus on emergency response scenarios, business sustainability management, preparation of quality and performance improvement programs for suppliers, and increasing the level of automation based operations.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 2, 2024

Source (All Images) | Dynamic Tool Corp. The Evolution of an Enterprise A long track record of success in the delivery of high-performance production molds has enabled Dynamic to become a go-to source for their customers’ new product development teams. Dynamic Tool Corp.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 23, 2024

Flexible, efficient and one-stop tap grinding results in faster tap design, setup, and changeover to reduce lead times and boost competitiveness. With the efficiency, accuracy and reusability of a single source machine, customers can expand their product range to include spiral, straight flute and forming taps, and even micro parts.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

It also reduced maintenance costs, tool costs (30-40%) and tooling lead times (20-30%). This is unfortunate since tool production — especially hard/metal tools — can have long lead times and add considerable cost to the bottom line. Photo Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.),

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Fastener News Desk

MAY 11, 2023

For instance, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down electronics factories, and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey disrupted US oil refineries and petrochemical plants, ultimately leading to shortages of some plastics and resins critical to different industries.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

Can you give us a deeper view of your company’s solutions for the EV industry, particularly for aspects like battery safety, electric motor design, power electronics, and transmission? At the same time, growth in the manufacturing of electronic gadgets in India has opened a new avenue for Indian Industry.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Global hot runner innovator Mastip recently launched its liquid silicone rubber (LSR) molding solution, aiming to cater to the needs of its large customer base in automotive, medical and consumer electronics segments. Single-Source Machine Tool Solutions Associated with Mold and Die Machining. Photo Credit: YCM Technology USA Inc.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 6, 2023

Listeners who are not in manufacturing might not know this, but it does not take an electronic device to measure part details with units smaller than the eye can see. It's very hard to control that when you when you got sources and suppliers a long way away. Sarah Fox, Methods Engineer at L.S.

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E&T

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“Reduced unit shipments will quickly translate into a sharp cutback in new orders, taking the pressure off fab capacity and eventually shorter lead times, just as the first wave of increased capacity is coming online,” Penn notes. Are they single sourced, geographical risks, or something else? Image credit: Gettyimages.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 5, 2023

This is in large part due to its superior thermal conductivity, which is desirable in rocketry and industrial applications such as electronics, where heat exchange is critical. As AM systems continued to evolve their processes and controls, the materials industry began working to better-standardize powder manufacture and sourcing.

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