A media map serves as a useful tool for a company towards the realization of a general strategy for reaching targets. The paper delves on the importance of the media-mapping tool and looks at the step-by-step development of the same. Such a tool can be used by anyone willing to...
In the online exclusive, "A Cheap Tool May Be More Expensive Than You Think," a Boeing engineer cautions machining suppliers not to focus solely on the purchase price of a cutting tool. Instead, he provides equations for determining the true cost of a particular tool. Access this article at www.mmsonline.com/...
From the executive summary: ‘Brokering can be a very powerful marketing tool for a quick/digital/small commercial printer. Like any other tool, though, it is important to learn how to use it properly and carefully.’ It is utmost important to judiciously decide on the brokering options for very large jobs, even...
Browning Diversified Products distributes Tand-L, a tandem handle assist tool designed to lock tandem handles in any piston. The tool is designed with no moving parts, and the company claimed that adjustments are not needed. The tool can be attached to the tandem or kingpin handle area as a permanent...
Synergy between the machine tool buyer, the machine tool builder, the machine tool distributor, and the tooling supplier doesn't just happen. But making it happen is well worth the effort, as the experiences of this company prove.
The Benchmarking tool allows a person to compare rates in selected states, areas or hospitals to each other or to the national average. The question being explored in the Benchmarking tool is: what if rates in the comparison areas or hospitals were equal to rates in selected benchmarks? This paper...
The Alliance for Power Tool Performance is expanding efforts to standardize power tool evaluation. Selecting a power tool for a specific operation can be difficult, because verifiable performance and ergonomic data are not always available. Such information is crucial, because torque output can vary ...
At the Machining Research Program of the Center for Manufacturing in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky Lexington, a project entitled An Investigation of the Interactions between Machining Stability and Tool Wear is underway. This preliminary work deals with a study of machining stability when machining with...
Cooper Tools is offering its Crescent U-Tool, a multi-purpose device that combines several tools in one. It is a compact valve handwheel wrench that offers added leverage to open or close valves and a drum plug wrench that opens many common ...
Many GM and most newer Ford Vehicles are equipped with a top clip spring clamp type rearview mirror mount instead of the traditional set screw technique. AutoTuff introduces the AT3621 Rearview Mirror Installation Tool. Use the lever action of this tool to easily draw the mirror...
This tool can be used as an evaluation tool for measuring the competence of potential Commercial Card (corporate T&E card and/or procurement card) suppliers.
The Energy Department DOE and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have initiated the National Machine Tool Initiative, a program designed to give machine tool makers access to DOE lab expertise. The program's long-term goal is to make the industry more competitive. The first phase will be dedicated to...
The Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA now offers a free Web-based charting tool for personal income statistics. The tool allows users to generate high-quality bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts on demand for use in papers, presentations, and analysis. The charting application is accessible from the regional economic accounts...
VERMONT AMERICAN TOOL CO., Louisville, Ky.--awarded Jim Pelc of Chicago a new Ford F150 truck valued at $19,000 and $1,000 worth of power tool accessories as the winner in the company's 50th Anniversary Sweepstakes.
Alcatel Microelectronics has selected Mentor Graphics Calibre physical verification tool for complex deep submicron IC and ASIC designs. The Calibre tool family will be used by Alcatel to reduce product development time and increase reliability for its broad range of communications ICs. With the Calibre tool, Alcatel said it was...
From the executive summary: ‘There has been a rapid spread of Enterprise Risk Management ERM programs across a wide range of industries. Early adopters found ERM to be a valuable, business-building tool that offers competitive advantage to various organizations. The ERM tool also helps in solving the major business issues....
Replicators are rapidly finding that the Internet's strengths as a business-to-business tool are equaling and may eventually exceed its power as a promotional medium. Some say the globe-spanning system is already proving an invaluable tool for doing everything from allowing users to track inventory levels to...
OTC introduces their new Ford 4.6-liter V-8 4-valve Cam Timing Kit that provides a complete set of camshaft timing tools in one kit. Included are: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * A camshaft positioning tool. * A camshaft holding...
Power tool shelf space is getting more crowded, as still more pro tool companies and brands enter the U.S. market. During the past few months, we reported on two new brands, Moty-ko and Perles. In addition, at least four other pro tool lines have been launched this year: Worx, Dodge...
Spicer Drive Shaft Div. of Dana Corp. challenged J & J Tool Co., Inc. to design a tool that would remove and reassemble the u-joint in its new Spicer Life SeriesTM Drive Shaft.
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