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Design Engineers Can Help Manufacturers Lower Part Cost
By Jay Snow · 11 years ago
When OEMs are trying to reduce costs and maximize profits... estimating is not a matter of "prescience"... it requires manufacturing knowledge.
For original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to attain, maintain and excel profitable growth, "cost reduction" ...
Cost Estimating Speed & Better Communications... Using Electronic Tablet Computers...
By Jay Snow · 12 years ago
When estimating the cost of manufactured parts, speed can be measured and compared from various points of reference and should really include things far beyond just getting out a quick number.
For example… the time ...
Cost Estimating Software Makes Estimating Fun!
By Jay Snow · 12 years ago
Manufacturing has dealt with pencil and paper pushers soon after man began living in caves, of course then it was more like charcoal and wall.
I’ve experienced, through the last decade, how a generation of ...
Top 10 Sheet Metal Safety Tips for Manufacturing that Affect Costs!
By Jay Snow · 12 years ago
While many professionals in the sheet metal business can agree on all of the following safety issues, there are times that "common sense " is sometimes overlooked.
Much of managing and implementing proper safety standards ...
Customer Retention and Cost Estimating Software
By Jay Snow · 12 years ago
If you haven’t already heard it 1000 times before "It’s far easier to retain an existing customer than it is to acquire a new one."
It’s simply less costly to keep an existing customer then ...
Team Building Reduces Costs for Suppliers and OEMs
By Jay Snow · 12 years ago
When watching sports, we see the action play out, watch the scores go up and down and at the end of the day, at least when it comes to sports... there’s winners and losers.
For ...
5 Cost Estimating Myths for Manufacturing - Busted!
By Jay Snow · 12 years ago
"Cost Estimating" manufactured parts for an RFQ is one day-to-day problem that confronts manufacturing shops around the globe, many of which feel like they just have to live with it.
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ...