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Improve Profitability with Supplier Collaboration
Developing a strong and effective supply chain can benefit both the moldmaker and its customers.
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Striking a Balance with Global Production
Due diligence and the right business model gives Burteck the flexibility to reap the rewards of overseas mold manufacturing while limiting potential drawbacks.
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New Blog Series: The Designer's Edge
Here's to a new year and a new bi-weekly blog series by guest blogger Randy Kerkstra that will offer ways to design and use the mold for effective troubleshooting and for yielding the largest processing window possible. We appreciate Randy's willingness to share his passion for solving problems and lessons learned throughout his 27 years in mold building and molding. We hope this series begins an ongoing dialogue on how mold shops can have a bigger impact on the molding process.
Read MoreAvoiding the Pitfalls of Overseas Tooling
The keys to managing offshore tooling are solid communication, an onshore team of mold experts, part samples before mold shipment and onshore molding.
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Coming Back Strong
Investment in machining centers, injection molding machines and complete molds is projected to increase significantly in 2015. Our latest capital spending survey reveals the trends leading to this upswing.
Read MoreInsurance: The Forgotten Asset
One source of business capital that business owners often overlook is life insurance.
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