Leadership
Untapping the Potential of At-Risk High School Students to Fill the Mold Engineering Skills Gap
The future of moldmaking is in design and engineering, but the necessary fundamentals and skilled workforce are missing. One proven solution is the untapped potential of at-risk high school students.
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MMT Chats: Marketing’s Impact on Mold Manufacturing
Kelly Kasner, Director of Sales and Marketing for Michiana Global Mold (MGM) talks about the benefits her marketing and advertising, MGM’s China partnership and the next-generation skills gap. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: Earning a "Masters of Business" in Four Months?
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Joe Cherluck, President of Best Tool & Engineering about transforming his mold shop into a mold business with a free “masters of business” that covers managing growth, money metrics, leadership, marketing, sales and negotiation. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: Acquisition Trends and Lessons for Mold Builders
Jim Berklas is a former full-time M&A lawyer for several of the largest private equity firms in the country and has 25 years of M&A experience and 200 closed transaction. Today, he is founder and M&A Leader with Augmented Industry Services. He joins me for this MMT Chat on mergers and acquisitions trends and strategies within in the mold manufacturing industry. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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VIDEO: Simplify Mold Management of Your Tooling Fleet
In this digital demo, Progressive Components explains its basic asset management and mold monitoring system, ProFile, where it is possible to monitor all your assets in one place.
WatchExploring ISO 9000 - Part 16 Control of Quality Records
A Series of International Standards for Quality Management and Quality Assurance. We begin 2022 with a review of Clause 4.16 Control of Quality Records.
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ICYMI, MMT Chats: Mold Design Meets Product Development & Education
For this MMT Chat, my guest is Rick Seaberg, an engineering manager for Medline Industries of Northfield, Illinois. He is also one of MMT’s newer Editorial Advisory Board members. Rick and I take a trip down memory lane and then look forward to today’s trends and challenges in mold design and engineering. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Be a Builder
Reflections on the recent passing of MoldMaking Technology’s founder Joe Prischak.
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MMT Chats: Impressions and Inspirations from AMBA Event that “Shifts the View”
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director and Managing Editor share their takeaways from a recent American Mold Builders Association Conference focused on leadership and mentorship in the moldmaking community. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Taking a Holistic Approach to Training Is Filling a Local Skills Gap
Success coaches through JEVS Human Services’ Tri-State Apprenticeship Program (JTAP) provide guidance and a different way of learning for the whole person for small- to mid-sized manufacturers.
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