management

Powder Coating

The Robots Are Coming — Will Your Job Be Next?

With advancing automation, reconsider what robots have to offer.

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management

Hosco Wins Michigan U.S. Small Business Award

Hosco receives the Michigan Small Business Exporter of the Year. Tom Murray, president and CEO of Hosco Fittings, received the award for the company.

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management

Is Your Team Ready for IIoT?

How to prepare for the coming Industrial Internet of Things revolution.

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research

Production Schedule Driven Automated Energy Management

Surface finishing line process automation systems are normally designed to optimize production throughput and assure compliance with operating parameters such as time-in-tank. The basic elements of automated energy management on process lines are control of energy consumption in active, standby and inactive states, primarily by ventilation, heating and cooling, agitation and filtration. This paper presents a case study of the new process control model.

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management

Who is Defining Your Shop's Brand?

Identify what makes your company unique, and connect that to customers.

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Southern California Platers Facing Lower Air Emission Standards

MFASC meeting with the South Coast Air Quality Management District over proposed lower emission levels for hexavalent chromium.

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management

Settling for Soft Skills? You’re Part of the Problem

Don’t dismiss the importance of hard skills in favor of the soft ones. Instead, pursue initiatives that instill both hard skills and soft skills into the available workforce.

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research

Technical Communication - The 20th William Blum Lecture

This article is a re-publication of the 20th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 66th AES Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 25, 1979.

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basics

Don’t Tell People How to Do Things

Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

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management

Dear Sales Professional

On serving customers, balancing work and life—and being a good listener—an open letter to the newest member of the sales team.

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