Speaking of Precision Blog by Miles Free III

(originally posted on pmpaspeakingofprecision.com)

This New Normal seems like a scene out of Alice in Wonderland.
The Workforce Participation Rate fell to an astonishing new low of 62.8%, and yet the Employment outlook for skilled workers ...
When these workers leave, we will need people with skills to replace them. What's your plan?
Openings for skilled workers as older workers retire are seen as the biggest challenge facing manufacturers in this economic policy ...
Babyboomer 55 Bloomberg
Baby-boomer demographics continue to shape industry and employment. According to Peter Coy with Bloomberg,"...older workers’ share of the workforce briefly ...
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 ...
Wish I Was There!
Sometimes, you just have to leave it in the good hands of your trusted colleagues. I was on the schedule ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Many ways that tools can fail. this post discusses factors in the steel that can lead to this.
Tool life can vary when machining carbon and alloy steels despite the use of our best technology and our efforts ...
And the answer is ...
The tolerance on cold drawn steel bars for machining is always specified as plus nothing minus some value... So why ...
Hooray! Not really.
"Convincing millions of Americans they don't want a job or compelling desperate workers to settle for part time work has ...
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, ...
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 ...
Kathy Looman NIMS
"The growth and passion I have seen in in manufacturing education and credentialing in just a short time has been ...