Speaking of Precision Blog Search for:Search Button Speaking of Precision Blog by Miles Free III (originally posted on pmpaspeakingofprecision.com) Workforce Participation Rate Hits New Low- Yet We Need Skilled Workers The Workforce Participation Rate fell to an astonishing new low of 62.8%, and yet the Employment outlook for skilled workers ...Read More Workforce Demographics- Clarity from CBER Muncie Openings for skilled workers as older workers retire are seen as the biggest challenge facing manufacturers in this economic policy ...Read More Workers Older Than Ever- Bloomberg Baby-boomer demographics continue to shape industry and employment. According to Peter Coy with Bloomberg,"...older workers’ share of the workforce briefly ...Read More Wolverine Machine, Solar Cars and Leading Technology PMPA member Wolverine Machine Products Company in Holly, Michigan knows a little bit about Precision Machining. With their new Wardjet ...Read More Wish I Was There! Sometimes, you just have to leave it in the good hands of your trusted colleagues. I was on the schedule ...Read More Why We're Optimistic For Sales At PMTS "More firms report upturn in sales, profits, and hiring despite rising costs" is the title of the latest NABE survey ...Read More Why We Need To Solve The BP Deepwater Horizon Spill's Root Cause After two weeks of disgust at the ongoing spill of oil into the Gulf of Mexico by the BP Deepwater ...Read More Why We Have PPE And Machine Guards Here is a safety lesson learned from one of my Facebook Friends. So the lesson today is......Don't take off the ...Read More Why We Don’t Post About Unemployment Low unemployment numbers can be deceiving. When the unemployment rate declines, it does not necessarily mean that more people found ...Read More Why Tool Life Can Vary- Carbon and Alloy Steels Tool life can vary when machining carbon and alloy steels despite the use of our best technology and our efforts ...Read More Why Tolerance Is Minus On Bars For Machining The tolerance on cold drawn steel bars for machining is always specified as plus nothing minus some value... So why ...Read More Why the Unemployment Rate Falling Is Not Good News "Convincing millions of Americans they don't want a job or compelling desperate workers to settle for part time work has ...Read More Why That New College Grad’s Performance May Be Lower Than Expected The New York Times Economix Blog ran a nice post on Grade Inflation. Two researchers, Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy, ...Read More Why Service Trumps Quality And Price In the precision machining business, nobody sets up their machines based on the quality or price of your barstock. They set ...Read More Why NIMS- Kathy Looman, Gene Haas Foundation Remarks "The growth and passion I have seen in in manufacturing education and credentialing in just a short time has been ...Read More ‹ 1 2 3 4 … 62 ›