Chad Moutray, chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers, offers a look at what manufacturers should expect from the economy this year as well as advice on weathering the current situation.

Many companies overlook inspection. Cast it aside as the cost of doing business, a non-value-added expense. BUT it’s not! In this episode of Delivering Perfect Parts Faster, Matt and Mike from Summit Manufacturing Systems sit down to change the prism used to view inspection.         

Measuring is more than just the inspection equipment – it is a process of at least five components. This podcast will look at what a measurement is, which is five pieces and how to get the most from them.

Nothing like a pandemic to disrupt traditional industry tradeshows where we interact and discover productivity improving products. Listen to relatable conversation with a key Phillips Precision distributor, product representative, and customer as they navigate this uncharted business environment and maybe discover their “COVID” silver linings.

Learn how the pandemic is affecting the cobot industry and how manufacturers can best deploy this technology during these challenging times. Joe Campbell, senior manager of applications development at Universal Robots, explains the trends.

Every show we invite experts to discuss how to best build in today's modern manufacturing industry. We review topics that include how to reduce scrap, Industry 4.0, general metrology methodologies, and the best tools for maximum throughput.

The Applied Innovations Podcast is your source for manufacturing insights, best practices and technology.

In this episode we discuss how comparison measurement has become a premier form of metrology. My guests for this episode are metrology engineers Andrew Kerr and Ryan Rogers. We look at a revolutionary machine that maximizes the potential of this form of metrology, The Equator 300 (and 500). If you have a high-volume production shop floor with complex and expensive gauges this may be the episode to help you dramatically improve your production.

If you’re not a manufacturer this is an excellent episode to understand how an established philosophy of measurement is helping build the world around us.

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Inspectors are under-served when it comes to comprehensive training – Robust programs are hard to come by. In this episode, Mariano Marks and Drew Shemenski of Wenzel America join Phillips Precision to discuss AUKOM. A standardized Inspection training program that is scalable across the industry.