Blanchard Grinding vs. Precision Grinding
If you’re looking to enlist the help of a metal fabricating shop, you may be interested to know the types of services they offer. You’ll likely already be passingly familiar with the names of some of these services, and you might even have a bare-bones idea of what these services entail. If you’re like most individuals, however, you probably don’t know much more, because you’ll rarely need expertise beyond this. Even if you place an order with a machine shop, all you’ll likely see is the finished product. But what if you want to know more about the process behind creating this polished result? ...
read moreSupplier Diversity
If you have a diverse supply base in traditional terms, you have a pool of suppliers manufacturing different things for you. The different pieces that make up the end product to your company all come together at some point in time. Think of the work, time, and money involved in making this happen; using five suppliers and the associated risk involved to insure everything comes together perfectly. An example of this process is below. I ask that you think of all of the work your company performs and cost incurred when doing business this way? ...
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