Precision Magazine, May / June 2010

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ATMA ON THE LEADING EDGE: 2010 ATMA Board of Directors

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Taking the Initiative

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Battlebot Showdown

WHY COMPANIES ARE TURNING BACK TO U.S. MANUFACTURERS

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Helpful Websites You Should Know

MARKETING OVERSEAS AZ Manufacturers Take Advantage of Purchasing Fairs THE MTCONNECT REVOLUTION Have We Found the Holy Grail of Manufacturing?

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Facets of Success

arizonatooling.org THE RIGHT TOOLS. THE RIGHT TEAM. THE RIGHT TIME.

PLUS Education Update • Office Lean Latest Local and National News The Theory of Constraints

It’s Our Business to Protect Yours

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CONTENTS

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DEPARTMENTS 09 From the Washington Wire 11 Upcoming NTMA Events 13 Websites You Should Know 14 Legislative Update 16 Education Update 18 Tech Know 30 Member Listings 32 Upcoming ATMA Events 32 Index of Advertisers

06 President’s Letter

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Facets of Success

28 The Economic Argument for “Re-shoring” Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S.

Helpful Websites You Should Know

26 Fast and Dependable as an Unfair Competitive Advantage!

Battlebot Showdown

24 Feel Free to Borrow My Tools

Taking the Initiative

09 Board of Directors

20 Marketing Your Company Through Purchasing Fairs The Resources Are Available to Make It Happen

ATMA

Upcoming ATMA Events

08 NTMA News

FEATURES

ON THE LEADING EDGE: 2010 ATMA Board of Directors

CONTENTS in this issue

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‘RE-SHORING’ GAINS MOMENTUM WHY COMPANIES ARE TURNING BACK TO U.S. MANUFACTURERS MARKETING OVERSEAS AZ Manufacturers Take Advantage of Purchasing Fairs THE MTCONNECT REVOLUTION Have We Found the Holy Grail of Manufacturing? arizonatooling.org THE RIGHT TOOLS. THE RIGHT TEAM. THE RIGHT TIME.

PLUS Education Update • Office Lean Latest Local and National News The Theory of Constraints

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PRESIDENT’S letter

TAKING THE INITIATIVE May, 2010 I would like to address several topics in this months President’s Letter to keep everyone abreast of the many things happening at the ATMA. NTMA Conference First, I would like to hit a few highlights of the recent NTMA Fall Conference. A more in depth summary can be found on our website in the President’s Message area. e conference was full of learning opportunities as always. I came away much more impressed with our national organization than I have been in the past. e NTMA membership has only declined 11 percent in the last year, much less than most organizations. e benefits of our lobbyists’ efforts were clear as they reported on the NTMA’s impact on several key issues, including the so-called Employee Free Choice Act. Combined with Chairman Ron Overton’s testimony on the impact of the automotive industry crisis on small business, it seems we had a major impact on Washington. We have decided to send Dante Fierros to the April legislative conference, and will have John Guzik of Franklin Partners speaking to us in June. One clear message from the presentations: Beware of increased activity

by OSHA and EPA ... and I do not mean the friendly kind.

Led by Harry Moser, formerly of Agie-Charmilles, re-shoring was also a big theme. e Purchasing Fair in Irvine, Calif. on May 12 will be focused on re-shoring. Please join John Lewis, Dante Fierros and me as we carpool to the event. ese events were recommended at the roundtable discussions. Be sure to see Bruce Triechler’s article on trades shows in this issue; now is the time to sell!

Lastly, I was extremely proud of the ATMA and Chris Mignella at the NTMA conference. We are by far the most active and accomplished chapter in the country.

Report on ATMA Initiatives Bringing the focus back to Arizona, we have six initiatives for this year and I would like to report on several. Initiative #6 is to grow the influence and reputation of the ATMA both inside the state and on the national scene. We have begun to forge alliances with several key organizations including Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), Arizona Department of Commerce (AZDOC), Arizona Technology Council and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

Along with the GPEC, we are seeking to raise these organizations’ awareness of the strong manufacturing base in Arizona and the importance of retention. By helping GPEC both court and transition new companies, we can get the first crack at supporting their businesses. A great example is Tower Automotive, which is coming to the Valley to manufacture for Stirling Energy. I have contacted Tower Automotive about joining ATMA, using our supply base, and coordinating on workforce development so that they do not deplete our technical workforce.

GPEC will be touring some of our shops with local legislators later this year. AZDOC has long been a supporter of ATMA, but we are taking it to a new level with their support and distribution of our Precision News special Farnborough issue at the annual international air show this summer. Reserve your ad space now; it will be sold out.

Steve Zylstra of the Arizona Technology Council presented to our board and the team will be deciding how best to partner with them. e SME has also been a partner, but we are expanding this partnership with member pricing for each other’s events, recruiting them as battlebot team mentors, and giving them access to our magazine for articles and ads.

Another key initiative is #2: Workforce Development. It will not be long before we are back where we started with insufficient talent to support our businesses. e bots program, under Jeremy Lutringer’s energetic leadership, is going strong with the National Robotics League (NRL) state championship event reporting record registrants for the April 13 Showdown. Team leader David Lair is working with GateWay Community College to expand and publicize the 2+2+2 education track, and David, Ray Rubin and I are working with the city,

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county and Maricopa Community Colleges to get a three-year, multi-million-dollar federal grant to support the Precision Jobs for American Manufacturing (PJAM) effort and beef up the local training programs.

My vision is to resurrect the true apprentice program with short, defined, focused training in hard skills followed by internships and continued education as the students progress toward Journeymen and Master machinist. I got to see the LANTMA training center in action last month and I was amazed by the 650 entry level students, seven-month curriculum and 75 percent placement rate. Just like the Suns will beat the Lakers, we will eventually surpass LA. Last but not least, I want to report on our political efforts headed by Dante Fierros as initiative #1. We should all be proud that we helped the Arizona Manufacturers Council (AMC) achieve Super-PAC status. I was ecstatic when Dr. Marc Osborn, our AMC lobbyist, reported at our March dinner meeting that Sen. Andy Tobin stepped up to support our position on the CTE funding cuts, resulting in the tabling of this crippling budget move.

We plan to have several key legislators and GPEC officials tour some of our facilities to see just what great things we have going on. We have candidate J.D. Hayworth scheduled to speak at the end of April and are working to get John McCain to round out the discussion. As they say in Washington, if you don’t have a seat at the table, then you are on the menu. Not only are we at the table, we just might get a chance to carve the turkey!

I will report on our other initiatives—member participation, programs and revenue generation—in the next issue.

Remember to visit and use the ATMA website and to support your organization by attending meetings, joining committees, advertising in our magazine and contributing to the NRL Bot Fund!

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OUR MISSION: “HELP MEMBERS OF THE U.S. PRECISION CUSTOM MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ACHIEVE BUSINESS SUCCESS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY THROUGH ADVOCACY, ADVICE, NETWORKING, INFORMATION, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. ”

NTMA NEWS EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH H. GERSTNER & SONS ANNOUNCED The National Tooling & Machininig Association (NTMA) recently entered into an exciting new partnership with H. Gerstner & Sons, a 104-year-old, family owned business recognized for building the “finest tool chests made in the world.” This partnership will bring forth a 30 percent discount buying program for NTMA members, as well as a new “NTMA Exclusive” Gerstner Tool Chest design.

When announcing the partnership, NTMA Chief Operating Officer Rob Akers said, “H. Gerstner & Sons is an organization that is synonymous with the quality and precision standards that are represented throughout our industry and by our membership. Over the years we have enjoyed working with Gerstner, who has sponsored and supported our National Apprentice Contest since 1985. We look forward to offering a program that delivers additional value to the membership.”

NTMA and Gerstner recently surveyed the NTMA membership asking their opinions on several aspects of the tool chest and what they would like to see in a new design for the perfect tool chest. Gerstner Tool Chests are well-crafted, hardwood chests made of the highest quality, and the new design will not falter from that tradition.

NTMA received excellent feedback from our members on the survey that confirms the benefit we believe this partnership will bring.

Following are some of the comments from members: “Gerstner Tool Chests are very high quality. We have purchased five of them over the past 30 years. This year, we will be purchasing two additional ones as service awards.”

“It is those of us that take extreme pride in our skills and workmanship to truly appreciate and enjoy a Gerstner chest. Please keep the beauty and the quality of what you build.”

“I fell in love with the boxes when I was an apprentice 32 years ago. I have four in the shop that I have passed on to my son, and my wife has one for a jewelry box at home. Please keep up the good work. I think they are a fine product.”

“My Dad bought his first box during WWII. He gave it to me in the early

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‘60s; my brother took it to Colorado in the ‘70s. Dad said, “You weren't a real toolmaker if you didn't have a Gerstner.” Gerstner is a tradition. It's part of our heritage. I'm still in the trade but I've been in the corner office for the last 30 years. I have a new Gerstner on my workbench at home. Gerstner is special. It's a reminder of American skill, pride and honor.”

“My Grandfather gave me his Gerstner when he retired in ‘85. I have had it ever since. It brings a lot of nostalgia and class to my shop. I hope they continue making these boxes. It would be nice to have a leather covered top like the old version.”

As has been the case for over 100 years and as expressed in the above comments, individuals who use Gerstner Chests on the job exhibit a strong sense of professionalism and pride in their jobs. When prospective customers visit, this professionalism also reflects on the quality level and work ethic of the entire company.

Jack Campbell, president of H. Gerstner & Sons, is equally enthusiastic about the new partnership. “We at Gerstner have always known that the companies who are members of the NTMA represent this industry’s finest. This new partnership will offer NTMA members and their employees the opportunity to own Gerstner Tool Chests at special prices that are not available elsewhere. It is our hope that NTMA members will see this as an additional benefit to their memberships and, in turn, which their own employees will realize this action as a matter of extra appreciation in the company for which they work.”

The complete line of Gerstner Chests and other fine wood products can be viewed at the company’s Web site, www.GerstnerUSA.com. For further information on the NTMA-Gerstner discount program or the new NTMA Exclusive Gerstner Tool Chest design, contact NTMA Customer Service at 800.248.6862 or at info@ntma.org, or visit H. Gerstner & Sons at ntma-info@gerstnerusa.com.

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ATMA OUR VISION: BECOME THE PREMIER CENTER OF KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD THE U.S. PRECISION CUSTOM MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN CONTINUING WORLD LEADERSHIP.

PRECISION 2010 ATMA Board of Directors President Mark Weathers Excaliber Precision Machining Vice President Joe Sirochman JPS Manufacturing

FROM THE WASHINGTON WIRE Delivered biweekly, the Washington Wire e-newsletter provides information on the latest happenings in Washington that are important to the metalworking industry.

One Voice Urges Congress to Renew Bonus Depreciation Law PMA and NTMA have joined with dozens of other national associations to send a letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, and Republican Leaders McConnell and Boehner, urging them to work in a bipartisan manner to renew the recently expired bonus depreciation law through at least 2010.

While the HIRE Act signed by President Obama on March 18 renewed increased Sec. 179 expensing levels for this year, the temporary 50 percent bonus depreciation lapsed at the end of 2009 and has not been restored.

Enhanced Sec. 179 will have a positive economic impact.

However, because the law limits expensing to $250,000, the direct beneficiaries are primarily smaller businesses. Bringing back bonus depreciation will encourage companies of all sizes to invest in newer, safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly equipment, which will undoubtedly help large and small businesses alike.

The letter notes that, in the manufacturing sector, many smaller companies produce custom-made equipment often sold to larger companies ineligible for Sec. 179, but which could claim bonus depreciation. The two capital investment incentives work well in concert. Both are needed now to help spur sales and create jobs.

Reinstating bonus depreciation will help inoculate the economy against a backward slide in business capital investment, enhance the impact and benefits of other job-creation legislation (e.g., infrastructure investment), encourage recovery in fragile, capital-intensive sectors of the economy (e.g., construction and manufacturing ), and, most significantly, put Americans back to work.

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NTMA NEWS FROM THE WASHINGTON WIRE cont.

Administration Postpones Currency Manipulation Report Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that he will delay publication of the Department of Treasury’s Semiannual Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies due on April 15.

Citing China as an illegal currency manipulator in the report would trigger WTO negotiations and action. Amid the intense pressure from Capitol Hill and industry and in response to diplomatic gestures from U.S. officials, China appears on the verge of revising its currency policy. Economists believe the Chinese may immediately allow a small increase in the value of their currency followed by steps to allow it to fluctuate in value along with the market. The Secretary traveled to China on April 9 on a last-minute trip to discuss with Chinese officials steps they are taking to address their illegal currency manipulation.

From Secretary Geithner’s statement: “There are a series of very important high-level meetings over the next three months that will be critical to bringing about policies that will help create a stronger, more sustainable, and more balanced global economy. Those meetings include a G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Washington later this month, the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) with China in May, and the G-20 Finance Ministers and Leaders meetings in June.

I believe these meetings are the best avenue for advancing U.S. interests at this time.

“As part of the overall effort to rebalance global demand and sustain growth at a high level, policy adjustments are needed that measurably strengthen domestic demand in some countries and boost saving in others. These are also important to ensure robust job growth. In the United States, private savings has increased, the current account deficit has fallen, and the President has outlined a series of measures to reduce our fiscal deficit.

“Countries with large external surpluses and floating exchange rates, such as Germany and Japan, face the challenge of encouraging more robust growth of domestic demand. Surplus economies with inflexible exchange rates should contribute to high and sustained global growth and rebalancing by combining policy efforts to strengthen domestic demand with greater exchange rate flexibility.

“This is especially true in China. China’s strong fiscal and monetary response to the crisis enabled it to achieve economic growth of nearly 9 percent in 2009, contributing to global recovery. Now, however, China’s continued maintenance of a currency peg

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has required increasingly large volumes of currency intervention.

Additionally, China’s inflexible exchange rate has made it difficult for other emerging market economies to let their currencies appreciate.

A move by China to a more market-oriented exchange rate will make an essential contribution to global rebalancing.

“Our objective is to use the opportunity presented by the G-20 and S&ED meetings with China to make material progress in the coming months.”

Last month, NTMA and PMA, along with other industry trade associations, sent a letter to Secretary Geithner urging the Administration to cite China as an illegal currency manipulator in the report.

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on OSHA Expansion Bill On March 16, the House of Representatives Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on a bill titled Protecting America’s Workers Act (PAWA). Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) introduced the legislation in April 2009, which seeks to strengthen OSHA by expanding coverage to millions of workers who the Congresswoman believes are currently unprotected or inadequately protected, increases civil and criminal penalties for those who violate the law, and provides additional whistleblower protections. It is similar in language to bills with the same name introduced in both the House and the Senate in previous Congresses.

Opponents of the bill believe it will increase litigation and creative disincentive for cooperation between employers, associations and OSHA, while failing to improve workplace safety and health.

While Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels testified that “… OSHA’s current penalties are often not large enough to provide adequate incentives,” Jonathan Snare, a labor attorney testifying on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, believes that employers are better served with more outreach and complianceassistance materials than increased penalties. Testimony submitted into the record on behalf of the Associated Builder and Contractors and the Coalition for Workplace Safety stated that PAWA’s focus on increasing penalties and enforcement will do nothing to help employers ensure that injuries and fatalities in the workplace never occur, but instead will only serve to increase litigation, drain OSHA and DOL resources and create a more combative relationship between OSHA and employers. The bill (H.R. 2067) has 63 cosponsors and awaits further action in the House Education and Labor Committee.

Washington Wire is brought to you by “One Voice,” the advocacy group created by the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) and the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA). For comments and questions regarding Washington Wire, contact Christie Carmigiano at ccarmigiano@pma.org. ©2010 Precision Metalforming Association

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NTMA NEWS When OSHA Shows Up At Your Door...

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ONE WAY TO HELP AVOID ISSUES IS TO CALL YOUR STATE SAFETY OFFICE AND SEEK ADVICE BEFORE A VISIT FROM A FEDERAL OFFICIAL EVER TAKES PLACE.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Every company owner wants to keep the workplace safe for all employees. NTMA members are reporting drop-in visits from OSHA officials. This article is intended to inform and educate members on some of your rights if OSHA shows up at your door.

The first thing to know is that just because an employee of a government agency comes to your place of work, it doesn’t mean they have the right to walk in and take over unless they have a warrant. It is your property and they have to abide by the law, just as we do.

The first thing any company owner should do is to appoint a safety and health manager in advance to serve as the one and only contact person for any attempted OSHA inspection. All personnel, especially in the front office, should be trained to notify this contact person immediately if an OSHA officer comes in the door. This person should be the only company staff person who can give permission for the OSHA official to enter the building. The company official should first ask to see proper identification and ask for an opening conference.

There are three main reasons a company will get an OSHA visit: a drop-by or unsolicited visit, an accident has occurred or a complaint has been filed. The second two cases will usually involve warrants or other paperwork and the visit cannot be stopped. A drop-by visit can be refused, although it’s not highly recommended. A decision to deny entry should not be made lightly. Experience has shown that if the OSHA official is forced to leave and get a warrant, the subsequent inspection could be greater and more intense than it might have been otherwise. While a warrant can only be issued based on probable cause, it should not be assumed that OSHA can’t get a warrant. If it is a general scheduled inspection, the official has a right to perform a “wall to wall” inspection, looking over the entire operation.

During the opening conference, the company official can ask the reason for the visit. If there was a complaint, the company has a right to see a written copy of the complaint, although it won’t contain the name of the complainant. Once the reason for the visit is determined, the company official should determine the most direct route to the area to be inspected and the OSHA official should be escorted on that route to

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and from the area to be inspected. Any area the inspector can see or any violations viewed can be inspected and fines assessed. The company official should carry a camera and take pictures of any violations that are cited. If any violation is noted during the inspection process and immediate corrections or repairs can be made to eliminate the violation, they should be made.

If the visit will interfere with necessary production operations or is expected to take more than a day, a request to come back at a more convenient time can be made, but this may be seen as a denial of entry.

OSHA officials are not allowed to interfere with regular production, but they are allowed to speak with employees. If that interferes with production, it can be requested that the questions be made at the end of the shift or phone numbers can be provided so they may call the employee later. An official will not continue an inspection once they have been specifically advised that the employer has withdrawn consent to visit. The company can request to talk to the inspector’s supervisor to explain a legitimate reason for stopping or refusing a visit, but there are no guarantees that the inspector will not come back and conduct a much broader inspection.

Finally, a closing conference should be conducted to go over the findings. The company staff person should be the only one to discuss the findings. They should avoid making any admissions of violations but should be prepared to furnish or obtain information to answer questions, clear up misunderstandings and demonstrate compliance.

One way to help avoid issues is to call your state safety office and seek advice before a visit from a federal official ever takes place. Most states have a state official who will come in and point out potential problem areas. In most states, these officials are legally bound to not notify federal officials of any findings. Instead, they are there to help. If they do find problems, changes must be made to take care of the issues, but no fines would be assessed. Before taking any actions, check with state officials to make sure your state has laws to protect you. n For questions on this issue, or to stay current on OSHA rules, members can login to the NTMA website and view the online Safety Resource Center for further advice.

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LEGISLATIVE update

CONTINUING IN OUR EFFORTS

to bring you the highest level of current information regarding all things “legislative,” we present to you the remarks of Franklin Partners regarding the recent appointment of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Changes at the Labor Board WHAT CRAIG BECKER’S APPOINTMENT COULD MEAN FOR EMPLOYERS

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On March 27, President Obama made a series of recess appointments including the appointment of the highly controversial Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Becker served as the Associate General Counsel for the SEIU since 1990 and as a staff counsel for the AFLCIO since 2004. His employment history is only part of what has some questioning his impartiality. The concern also stems from some of Becker’s past writings, particularly a 1993 Minnesota Law Review article entitled “Democracy in the Workplace: Union Representation Elections and Federal Labor Law.” In the article, Becker states that employers should not be parties to union elections or accorded the rights of candidates. He further asserted that only employees and unions should be parties to pre-election hearings to determine certain matters. Becker also stated that employers should be barred from placing observers of their choosing at the polls, should not be entitled to charge that unions’ campaign behavior coerced employees, and should

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not be allowed to refuse bargaining in order to get a U.S. Court of Appeals to review the Board’s election rulings.

Moreover, Becker stated that employers have some right to campaign, but such rights should be greatly reduced. He wrote that employers should always be prohibited from conducting mandatory employee meetings to campaign. The current rule states that such meetings are only barred during the 24-hour period prior to the election. Becker also believes that employers should be bound by their own solicitation and distribution policies when campaigning; only distributing campaign material in non-work areas and only during non-work time.

With Becker’s appointment, the question becomes, “How much of his wish list would the NLRB try to accomplish without Congressional amendment of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?” The concern is that the NLRB, by issuing decisions and rules, could elevate union certification rates near levels anticipated under card check. Even without the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), the NLRB could significantly change the organizational landscape. For instance, while instituting a “card check” method would require congress to pass EFCA, which is unlikely this year, the NLRB could mandate “quick elections,” requiring a vote within 10 days.

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In addition, the Board could adopt rules recognizing minority unions, grant unions greater access to employees for organizational purposes, restrict employer options during union campaigns and elections, recast supervisors’ roles during election campaigns, and leverage neutrality/ card-check agreements by overturning certain Bush era decisions.

Our mission at Phoenix Metal Trading is to provide the best service at a fair price and to continually improve our company to be a leader in our industry.

Many small and family-owned businesses work with their employees and the local community for unique local solutions to labor issues. With the possibility of significant changes now that Becker is a member of the NLRB, small businesses could be placed at a competitive disadvantage and lose their ability to work with employees in an effective and individualized manner, thus weakening American competitiveness and driving a wedge between workers and employers at a time when all should work together to recover from the economic crisis. Becker’s appointment to the NLRB will last into the first few days of January 2011 before requiring another Senate vote, and the question remains what he will do with the time he has on the Board. n

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EDUCATION update

above, right: Jeremy Lutringer from Unique Machine presents the winning check.

A Dramatic Finish to Fifth Annual Showdown in the Sun

by MARK WEATHERS

It’s been too long since physics class for me to remember the formula for rotational momentum, but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the distance of the mass from the center of rotation and the square of the rotational speed. Whatever the math, the robots from Williams provided a lesson in storing energy in a rotating mass when they clinched first and second place in the National Robotics League (NRL) State Championship at the SkillsUSA meet on April 12 and 13 at the Phoenix Convention Center. One by one, the challengers were disintegrated (some literally) by the spinning twins Slam Clam and Revolver. (No word on why the landlocked northern Arizonans are so fixated on nautical names, although I speculate it has to do with watching too much Sponge Bob during their formative years.)

Hot on their heels was Mesquite High School challenger MWP, a tough and maneuverable bot that gave the champs a run for their money.

The only other bot that gave them any trouble was a duct tape covered creation from Tucson called Ghetto Blaster, whose odd shape and miracle material covering kept the dangerous duo from flinging it into the air like so many of the others. These features gained it the Best Robot popular vote. The main event was truly special and worth the wait. This final battle for first place between the two Williams bots was a cataclysmic showdown. It took two matches to decide the winner, with Revolver being thrown over three feet in the air and eventually getting its weapon severed from its body in a Terminator-like finale.

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The competition gets more popular and the designs more creative every year, with the bots becoming increasingly destructive. Anyone who doubts the power of the diminutive 15-pounders has only to look at the gouged-up steel floor and battered Lexan to realize that we are dealing with some scary hardware. Coolest Bot award went to Rogue from Tucson, a high-tech rotating shell with some mean looking claws. Several other spinning body style bots looked and ran great also, but none could match the power of the weapons-grade flywheel contingent. One bot made so much noise spooling up its weapon to max rpm that I was afraid the arena couldn’t handle what it was going to dish out. One unfortunate entrant had its weapon cleaved in half at first contact, and several others literally flew into pieces. Let’s just say the broom came in handy.

The loyal team of returning volunteers did a great job getting the record 26 bots through tech inspection and dual elimination matches under the expert direction of new leader Jeremy Lutringer from Unique Machine. A big crowd of loyal parents and friends watched the matches, joined by curious students from myriad competitions at the state SkillsUSA meet. Jeremy presented the perennial winners with a $3000 check to help them get to Kansas City for the NRL National competition. The event takes place June 21 - 23 at the Hyatt Crowne Center (Get more information at http://www.gonrl.org/national_competitions.php.)

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Our work will be continued this summer with the third annual Summer Robotic Competition and Intern program, and we are angling for a big grant to complete the pathway from bots to apprenticeship so that we can have the best students going into our shops. Please help support our efforts during these lean times with a sponsorship, shop time, material or volunteering. Contact us at arizonatooling@cox.net. n Mark Weathers is President of the ATMA.

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tech KNOW

MTConnect:

The Holy Grail of Manufacturing and Why Is This Time Different?

by DAVE EDSTROM

There have been many attempts to address the “Holy Grail” of machine tools and manufacturing over the years. The “Holy Grail” I am referring to is the ability for machine tools and manufacturing to speak a common language. So let’s consider the question, “What is MTConnect, and why is this time different?”

First, let me frame the importance of MTConnect. John Byrd, former President of the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT), stated on a number of occasions, “MTConnect will do more for manufacturing and machine tools in the 21st century than CNC did for machine tools in the 20th century.”

That is a very powerful statement. Byrd made this statement because MTConnect is the enabling technology for organizations to understand what is happening at any time on the manufacturing floor. To truly understand why numerous organizations and companies believe MTConnect will be revolutionary, it is important to provide a little background to understand the “why” and “how.”

I spent two days in Chicago at the 2006 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) with a large number of companies in preparation for a keynote address I was to give at AMT’s Annual Meeting. After those two days, I was asked by John. Byrd and other AMT executives to share my thoughts on the state of manufacturing, and I told them I felt the machine tool industry had a serious computer science collaboration problem. What I meant by that was simply that there was not an open and royalty-free language for machine tool vendors to speak to one another as well as speak to the outside world.

In other words, each machine tool vendor was a separate country unto themselves, with their own proprietary language. Creating a completely integrated manufacturing process from many different machine tool vendors was extremely challenging at best, and could be impossibly expensive and time consuming as well. Anyone who has been in the industry for any length of time knows this all too well.

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Internet standards. Second—but just as important—these attempts were not free. I call these attempts the “Country Club Protocol” approach.

The previous attempts at machine tool interoperability had the exact same requirements as joining your local private golf country club: 1) You had to pay your initial membership fee to join the club.

2) You had to pay each time you, a family member or friend played.

That logic makes perfect sense for a golf club, but is an utterly complete non-starter for creating a truly ubiquitous network protocol such as those that run the Internet. I know this can be a little confusing, so I’ll define some terms here in everyday language so we are all on the same page.

What is a protocol? A protocol is simply the language that is used for hardware devices (computers, machine tools, smart phones, etc.) and software (applications, browsers, ERP systems, etc.) to speak to each other. Think of a protocol as the English language with some very, very simple rules on how these devices/software will speak to each other.

For example, “Get spindle data from mt-959.”

What does open and royalty-free really mean in the context of MTConnect?

Simply stated, open is at the opposite end of the spectrum from proprietary. Proprietary is all about restricting rights, whereas open is about guaranteeing rights. These rights include use, creation, extension, distribution, derived works and being technology neutral.

Royalty-free means that I do not have to pay someone or some group when I want to use that protocol.

Think of open and royalty-free protocol as using the letters of the English alphabet when writing an article of a book. I do not need permission or have to pay someone every time I use the letter “d” or “e” in anything I am writing. Imagine if you had to pay to join a club and then you had to pay some group every time you used the letters “d” or “e”. How would that affect our ability to communicate, collaborate and work together?

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ERP: (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. An ERP system can include software for manufacturing, order entry, accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, purchasing, warehousing, transportation and human resources.

I made two suggestions for the machine tool industry to consider at AMT’s Annual Meeting: 1) They needed a wakeup call to start a revolution.

2) They needed to hear from someone who has led technology revolutions.

What came out of this discussion were two presentations at AMT’s Annual Meeting. I gave a one-hour presentation titled “How The Internet’s Participation Age Will Drive Dramatic Changes In The Machine Tool Industry.” Dr. David Patterson of UC-Berkeley gave a keynote directly after mine titled “Creating a Thriving Manufacturing Base in 21st Century America.” Dr. Patterson and I closely collaborated on our presentations; I discussed the economics regarding why the machine tool industry must change, and he provided concrete suggestions regarding what makes successful technology revolutions and guidance for next steps.

Immediately after our presentations, AMT made the decision to fund an open and royalty-free standard called MTConnect. AMT chose to fund this effort because it was critical for the survival of the industry.

MTConnect is a read-only, open and royalty-free protocol that is linking shop floor technologies and moving toward the goal of seamless manufacturing operation by providing a plug-n-play level of interconnectivity between devices, equipment and systems. It allows various sources to understand and exchange data. The MTConnect Institute, which was later formed to support the continued enhancement of MTConnect, develops and continues to provide the open, royalty-free standards intended to foster interoperability from the shop floor to the enterprise and to the Internet. MTConnect will provide much needed information in a timely manner, taking both time and cost out of the overall manufacturing equation.

Companies are using MTConnect today. As Roy Peterson of GE Aviation said, “Right away, this data gave us a more complete picture of how the machines were performing.”

Bill Blomquist of Remmele Engineering remarked, “If a machine is idle or a transfer station is falling behind, we’ll be better able to find the reason.” The common theme for both Roy and Bill is the absolute importance of knowing what a given machine tool is doing at any time.

MTConnect is REAL. And I did I mention that it was open and royalty free? :-) You can join the MTConnect revolution today! n Dave Edstrom is CEO/CTO of Virtual Photons Electrons and Director of AMT’s Office of Strategic Innovation. MTConnect is a registered trademark. Look for a follow-up to this article titled “MTConnect®: A Technical View of the Open, Royalty-free Standard.” Learn more at http://MTConnect.org.

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FEATURE story

Marketing Your Company rough Purchasing Fairs The Resources Are Available to Make It Happen

by BRUCE B. TREICHLER

Zircon Precision Products, Inc. is a 20-person, precision machining facility that does business locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. How do we do it? By marketing, networking and attending trade shows. We have been members of the Arizona Tooling and Machining Association and the NTMA since 1973. In 1988 when I was promoted to General Manager of Zircon, Bill Uhlig, the company’s owner at that time, asked me to begin attending the NTMA Procurement Fairs to bring in new customers for Zircon. at was the start of what is now an ongoing marketing focus for the company. Since then, I have attended many purchasing fairs put on by the NTMA.

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US$88.7bn

2008 WAS A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR IN TERMS OF SALES ORDERS ANNOUNCED. FARNBOROUGH INT’L AIRSHOW 2010 JULY 19-25, 2010

In 1995, I had been trying to make contact with a particular company I thought we should be doing business with. I kept calling them, trying to make inroads so I could get to a buyer of machined parts. I continued to get the runaround and never made contact.

Hearing that this company would be attending the NTMA Procurement Fair in Dallas that year, I signed up so I could try to meet with them in person. When I located their table at the fair, I stood in line waiting for my turn to talk with them. is company had hardware they needed to be machined sitting on the table in front of me.

I had made very similar parts to these, and I was becoming increasingly hopeful that perhaps this would be the break I needed to get into this company. When it was my turn and I introduced myself, the buyer asked, “So, do you think your company can make these parts?” I replied, “Yes, I know we can because we are already making very similar parts.” He then asked, “Can you deliver them on time?

Because if you’re late, we don’t want to do business with you.”

I presented him with our latest report card from one of our larger customers, which showed 100 percent on-time delivery with 100 percent quality. What the buyer said then surprised me. “So you are the Bruce from Zircon that we have been hearing about.” I looked at him, puzzled. He reached under the table and pulled out an envelope about four inches thick with my name on it. “What is this?” I asked. He explained that it was a quote package he wanted me to quote, and said that Ernie Apodaca from Layke Incorporated in Phoenix, another ATMA member, had told him about Zircon Precision Products because they had a need for another good shop. (anks for the kind words, Ernie!) at company is now one of our top three

customers with lifetime sales that have topped $8 million dollars, and we are currently negotiating a new contract with them. e point? Networking works. e NTMA Purchasing Fairs work.

In summer 2003, I went to England to meet with a new customer before my first shipment to them had arrived. is customer in England was also obtained as a direct result of the 1995 Purchasing Fair because it was a different company division of the customer I met in Dallas.

In fall 2003, I participated in an Aerospace Mission to the UK and e Netherlands, sponsored by the Arizona Department of Commerce. I met with top executives of many companies in the two countries, and I commend the Arizona Department of Commerce for creating a beneficial and wellplanned trip. I also made friends and created new contacts with other local companies that went on the Aerospace Mission Trip, and I have kept in contact with them and have even done some work for some of them.

What to Expect at the Farnborough Air Show In 2008, I attended the Farnborough air show in England on behalf of Zircon Precision Products. I attended this massive trade show with the help of the Arizona Department of Commerce, and it was an experience I’ll never forget. I went in 2008 to learn the ropes, and if I ever get another opportunity to attend, I will be more prepared. e logistics of simply getting to the show can be overwhelming, so if you go, it’s best to go with someone who has attended before and is familiar with the process.

A platform for some 1,300 exhibitors form the private, commercial, civil and military sectors will showcase and demonstrate aircraft, equipment and technologies. e show is specifically designed to facilitate tailor-made and unrivalled opportunities to meet, negotiate and announce business transactions.

A biennial event, Farnborough International Airshow 2008 was attended by over 133,000 trade visitors.

Exhibiting companies announced recordbreaking order figures of US$88.7bn worth of orders. 70 delegations from 38 countries attended alongside the 133,000 trade visitors throughout the week and 153,000 on the public weekend.

Particular highlights of the show included the flight of the last remaining airborne Avro Vulcan, as well as the replica model of the Cody Flyer, Samuel Franklin Cody’s famous aircraft in which he made the first UK powered flight providing the center piece for the Centenary celebrations alongside the diamond anniversary of the airshow at its Farnborough home.

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FEATURE story

LONDON

FARNBOROUGH

Getting to England is easy. A non-stop flight on British Airways from Phoenix to London works best. You leave in the evening, so you can work all day and arrive the next day at about 1:00 p.m. Getting from Heathrow to London is an experience in itself. You can either hire a car to take you there at considerable cost or you can take the “Tube,” an underground subway system. Once you have arrived in London and have found your hotel, you can finally rest easy. Traveling with acquaintances from the Arizona Aerospace Mission trip made the experience less nervewracking for me since they had made the trip many times. We stayed at a hotel attached to the Victoria Train Station, which proved to be a perfect place to be since we had to use the trains to get to Farnborough each day. It took about an hour to travel from London to Farnborough, and we had to change trains about halfway there.

I met many interesting people on the train, including an officer in the U.S. Army who was the head of procurement for the Army in Europe. Speaking with him during a 40minute ride, I learned a lot about how things are done in Europe. I also met a number of salespeople from all over the world along as well as several exhibitors. I saw people I knew from Arizona, California and across the U.S. as well as many of the contacts I had made from the Aerospace Mission when I visited England and e Netherlands in 2003.

Arriving at Farnborough Train Station, we were all herded into buses that took us to the show. Be sure to bring comfortable shoes if you go. is is a very large event and you will be walking a lot. e attire for this event is a business suit. Although the weather was fairly cool the year I attended, I heard that in 2006, it was dreadfully hot and humid even though the tents are air conditioned.

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Be prepared to work if you attend and have a strategy in place, planning where are you going to go and when. Try to set up appointments with companies you want to visit before you get there. Otherwise, your first day will be spent trying to set up meetings. If you pay to use the Arizona Department of Commerce booth, they can help. ey are experienced, and they have the contacts to make things happen. If you can, arrange to do business in the morning before they begin flying planes from late morning through the early afternoon. It’s very loud because you are right next to the runway, and you won’t be able to talk to or hear your potential customer.

As the week progresses, the attire becomes more casual. People first begin to loosen their ties, and then they begin taking them off. By the third or fourth day, the suit jackets have been left in the hotel rooms and everyone looks much more comfortable. You’ll want to be there for the “business” days, Monday through ursday. e public days are Friday, Saturday and Sunday and it isn’t necessary to be there at that time.

A Worthwhile Experience My overall experience was great and I really enjoyed it. Traveling in England is pretty easy when you know how to do it. If you have never been there and are planning to attend, the easiest and safest way is to travel with someone who has had the experience; if you go alone, contact the Arizona Department of Commerce. ey can and will help you. It will cost your company to be part of the Arizona booth, but it is well worth the expense.

When you go to England or e Netherlands, communicating is pretty easy. Most people in e Netherlands speak Dutch and English, so I never had a problem communicating with them. It’s extremely important to know that

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133,000

TRADE VISITORS ATTENDED THE 2008 SHOW THROUGHOUT THE WEEK

if you want to do business in Europe, you need to have a quality system that is registered to ISO standards; otherwise, they will not want to do business with you. e first question I usually was asked was about our quality system. If you are not registered, the conversation is pretty much over.

We have been doing business with our customer in England for eight years and with the one in the Netherlands for approximately 20 years. ey are both good customers; they pay on time and communicate well with us.

We all need to market our businesses, no matter how small or large we are. We need to get our company’s name in front of the right people in order to get new business. It’s not easy; it’s time consuming and can be expensive. But don’t just sit around waiting for the phone to ring to get new business.

Go out and get it. at’s what I’m doing, and that’s what your competitors are doing.

Be aggressive, attend functions, network with everyone you can and market your company. Advertise your company in trade magazines that will be distributed to your customers.

By using taking advantage of purchasing fairs and some of the other tools the NTMA provides us, marketing becomes less expensive and is a much better use of our time. Traveling to a large trade show such as Farnborough or the Paris Air Show is expensive, and it will require at least a week of your time to do it right. You can get help from the Arizona Department of Commerce, which will assist in every aspect of your trip, including saving you money. n Bruce B. Treichler is President of Zircon Precision Products, Inc.

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FEATURE advertorial

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by MIKE CLINE

About the time that Stephen Covey was writing his 7 Habits for Highly Effective People (Covey, 1989), I had the opportunity to author, along with my brother, Pat, an Introduction to Statistical Process Control. (1992, Cline and Cline). is was a 12-lesson, home study course contracted by the Materials Engineering Institute of ASM International, formerly the American Society for Metals. e process for the creation of each chapter was: I wrote the lesson and forwarded it to six to eight experts in the quality engineering field; they conducted their reviews which I referred to as the bloodletting due to the numerous red markups; then, they returned their copies for me to collate and re-write based on a consensus input.

I could spell SPC, but I relished the opportunity to glean the in-depth understanding of quality systems, while each of the experts corrected my works. And, I chuckled as conflicting comments about each paragraph came in from the quality gurus. For example, one section resulted in the following feedback: Reviewer A wrote, “If I’m going to be part of these reviews, you’d better find people who know what they’re talking about to write the material.” While reviewer B commented on the same material, “It’s about time you guys started getting down to the meat of the topic— Great Job!” I reflect on my writing career, because it was the point in my life where I began to realize that every one of the learnings added another tool to my personal tool kit.

In 1991, I was fortunate to study for four days with Dr. W. Edwards Deming, who has been credited with the turnaround of Japanese businesses and fatherhood of the Quality Revolution that hit Japan through the 1970s and America in the 1990s. He explained his 14 Points, but also taught his eory of Profound Knowledge. is theory recognizes the Appreciation for a System, Knowledge about Variation, the eory of Knowledge, and Psychology—of individuals, society, and change. Eventually, he published these thoughts in e New Economics (Deming, 1993). I left Detroit that week with a much heavier tool kit and an admiration for the dedication of an aging, devoted gentleman who was committed to spreading his word.

Over the past 20 years I’ve regarded my tool kit as a support system for the completion of engineering, leadership and management tasks. I’ve continued to add tools while I have travelled around the world buying CNC and ancillary machines, benchmarking manufacturing processes, and facilitating quality, delivery, and cost reduction projects. I was able to identify aspects of the Toyota Production System along with other strategic systems, Lean Principles, and the application of Six Sigma for process and product development. ese aspects could be seen locally, in the USA and Mexico, in Japan and China, and from Brazil to Britain.

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e 6 DIAMONDS of Success • Invested Leadership • Cross Functional Involvement • Standardization • At-the-Source Quality • Compact Value Stream • Continual Improvement Find out more about the ‘6 Diamonds of Success’ at: www.clineleadership.com

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Start with a one hour cost-free discussion of your opportunities Tailor improvement activities that ‘resonate’ with your business personality and situation – This is not just another generic program of the month!

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www.clineleadership.com When I quit my “day job” and moved to the Southwest, I took inventory of the status of my personal Tool Kit and realized that it had grown substantially and resembled a giant red Snap-on tool box. As I started to document what I learned I recognized that there are six key categories that are regularly demonstrated by successful businesses, not unlike the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, identified by Covey.

I call these the “6 Diamonds of Success” and they include: Invested Leadership, Cross-functional Involvement, Standardization, At the Source Quality, Compact Value Streams, and Continual Improvement.

As I reorganized the tool box, I recognized 58 items that contribute to the success of businesses and celebrate these as the “58 Facets of Success.” e facets can be attributed to a variety of libraries, from ISO and AIAG documents to the teachings of quality and throughput experts, including Lean and Six Sigma; and, some are simply my own personal observations. Examples of the facets include: Leadership Participation, Quality Independence, Identification of Training Needs and an Up-to-date, disciplined Training Matrix, Standardized Corrective Action Reports as a learning tool, Capacity versus TAKT analysis, Important Characteristic Designation, Value Stream Mapping, and Business Plan Deployment.

I offer the Facets of Success as thought starters for business leaders to zoom in and focus on areas where past performance may not meet expectations and there are opportunities for improvement. Sometimes the rigors of the General Manager and COO assignments don’t leave time for rewriting the business paradigm. It’s my hope that access to my Snap-on Tool Box might help get beyond “business as usual” and make “better than ever” the paradigm of the future. n

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FEATURE story

FAST AND DEPENDABLE AS AN UNFAIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE!

by SKIP REEDY

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN FACING INCREASING COMPETITION FOR MANY YEARS. THIS COMPETITION IS NOT LETTING UP, AND THE ECONOMY HAS NOT HELPED.

High mix-low volume job shops and machine shops have a difficult scheduling environment due to the simultaneous production of numerous jobs with different routings, setups, process times, due dates, priorities and requirements of finite capacity resources.

While jobs compete for and wait for resources, expediting, stress and overtime join the fray.

Creating more detailed schedules and better forecasts, balancing capacities, and expediting harder hardly improve the situation. With nearly everything variable, job shops are notoriously difficult to schedule or to predict deliveries.

Focus on Efficiency and Symptoms Traditional solutions go after symptoms, or they try to improve the performance of the system by improving the performance of all of its parts. It seems to make sense. If all the parts are working efficiently, the sum of them must be efficient. Yet, with all of the conflicting demands, it doesn’t quite work out as expected. e symptoms are still there.

You likely have a lot of years in your business.

You have probably seen and tried your share of ideas with varying results. e fact that you are still here is testimony to your skill and tenacity.

Focus on Flow Breakthroughs come from areas most people are simply are not aware of. Instead of focusing on machines, people, processes and orders, look at the shop as a system with a flow of 26 / arizonatooling.org

work. Identify what slows the flow of work from getting through to the customer. ere is usually one thing that most limits the flow: It’s called a bottleneck—the system constraint.

It is the most heavily loaded resource. e constraint is like the weakest link in a chain, which determines the chain’s strength.

Similarly, the most heavily loaded resource determines the limit of a shop’s output.

Take for example, a garden hose with a kink in it. e kink is the bottleneck of this system. To get more water through the hose, straighten the kink. Improving any other part of the hose won’t make a difference. Relieving the bottleneck results in a direct improvement in throughput. e bottleneck or constraint can be a person, a machine, a work cell or a department. It can even be a policy, the market or some other kink. Fortunately, there will always be a constraint in a system, and it’s necessary and extremely valuable. It determines the system output. It’s the first place to make improvements to increase throughput because the results are immediate. In fact, fixing any other area usually has no effect on output. A constraint is only a problem if you don’t know where it is or why it’s overloaded.

Managing Flow e constraint can function as a critical control point for management. Rather than watching all of the parts of the system, just watch the constraint to know how the system is performing. en business decisions based on how they impact the constraint make sense.

Nothing should get in the way of the constraint by wasting its time or starving it. at means the rest of the system must

support getting the most through the constraint. Protect the constraint. Keep it producing. It’s the heartbeat of the shop. If the constraint stops, throughput is lost, and throughput is how fast the shop is making money. Lost throughput can’t be made up. If the operator of the constraint goes to lunch, throughput is out to lunch also. If the hourly throughput for the total shop is $2,000 per hour, that’s an expensive lunch every day.

High mix-low volume shops are very complicated because the bottleneck will move as the mix of orders changes. A wandering bottleneck is chaotic. Monitoring and managing the planned loading protects the flow from unexpected bottlenecks.

The Theory of Constraints (TOC) Managing a system as a flow of work through the constraint was developed by Dr Eli Goldratt, a physicist who applied scientific thinking to business. His eory of Constraints says, “Every system has something that limits its output.” Since a business is a system, the business is limited by something.

He calls this a constraint.

Goldratt introduced TOC in 1984 in his business novel, e GOAL. TOC has since been used in most major companies around the world to dramatically reduce lead time while increasing throughput, profits and due date performance. e eory of Constraints requires a paradigm shift in thinking. Instead of managing the schedule and every resource, the eory of Constraints focuses on managing the flow through the constraint. Resources, equipment, software and processes do not need to change.

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4. Elevate the system’s constraint. (Get more of the constraint.)

5. Don’t let inertia become the constraint. (is is a process of ongoing improvement.)

Many people are unwilling to change the way they manage. e eory of Constraints doesn’t look or feel like what they are used to. ey can continue with what they have been doing and be pretty certain how it will be six months or a year from now, and they can be okay with this.

Other people see possibilities and are willing to try on something new.

Consistently Fast is a Competitive Advantage!

When using the eory of Constraints approach, manufacturing lead times can be short and due date performance near perfect. Competitors will not understand how this is possible. ey may even think such delivery promises are crazy.

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Speed, predictability and rapid response become a competitive advantage. eory of Constraints is an UNFAIR competitive advantage. e ATMA is “dedicated to keeping manufacturing strong in Arizona as well as on a national level.” Critical Chain Production Management using the eory of Constraints can help create that.

If you would like to find out more, come to a workshop. A Critical Chain Workshop for Job Shops will provide simulations to demonstrate the difference a balanced line, an unbalanced line, and Critical Chain Production Management have on throughput. n Skip Reedy is a Theory of Constraints expert certified by TOCICO. He is a Mechanical Engineer, holds a MBA, and is the only TOC consultant focused on helping Arizona companies. Reedy can be reached at 425.923.5750 or by email at skip@ccpmconsulting.com.

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FEATURE story

e Economic Argument for “Re-shoring” Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S.

by DEAN FRANCK, HARRY C. MOSER AND MARIUS RONGE

THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS SEEM TO ANNOUNCE EACH WEEK A NEW PLAN TO “SAVE U.S. MANUFACTURING.” WHILE THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON INCREASING EXPORTS, THE KEY TO SAVING U.S. MANUFACTURING MAY BE A NEW DYNAMIC IN WHICH COMPANIES ARE INCREASINGLY PURCHASING FROM U.S.-BASED SUPPLIERS PARTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SOURCED FROM OVERSEAS. “RE-SHORING” IS GAINING MOMENTUM. CATERPILLAR, FOR EXAMPLE, RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL RELOCATE SOME HEAVYEQUIPMENT OVERSEAS PRODUCTION TO A NEW U.S. PLANT. RE-SHORING CAN'T BE EXPLAINED BY COMPANIES “JUST WANTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.” INSTEAD, THERE IS A STRONG BUSINESS CASE TO BE MADE FOR SOURCING HERE AT HOME. It’s undeniable that developing countries have a labor cost advantage compared with the United States; however, a closer looks suggests that products sourced from these countries may not necessarily provide the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the buyer. TCO analyzes the entire cost a company incurs when purchasing and using a particular manufactured part. It’s the product price plus any costs that are jointly incurred by the supplier and the buyer, and internal costs incurred by the buyer. e TCO of a manufactured part also includes the non-price TCO components such as freight and packaging, inspection labor caused by the part in the purchaser’s organization and inventory carrying costs, missed customer deliveries due to shipment delays, and travel costs to visit and manage the supplier.

To illustrate, the TCO of a stainless steel gear sourced in China (Exhibit 1) compared with the same stainless steel gear sourced in the United States (Exhibit 2) by a U.S.-based customer can be used as an example.

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e product price is composed of the following: • Material costs will be fairly close, with costs in China slightly higher due to a higher scrap rate of 4 percent vs. 1 percent in the U.S. • China’s well-publicized advantage in labor costs is reduced by generally more efficient manufacturing processes in the U.S., but this cannot erase a labor cost differential of approximately 10 times (approximately $2.50 per hour in China compared with $25 in the U.S.).

• In capital/depreciation costs, China again has an advantage of about 20 percent.

China’s often more labor-intensive processes require less machines and therefore less capital to be deployed, but the tougher operating environment means that many machines only last for seven years, compared with approximately 10 years in the U.S. • A factory in the U.S. will, in most cases, be able to produce at lower energy costs than its Chinese counterpart. While electricity from the grid is approximately 30 to 40 percent less expensive in China, many Chinese factories must operate on backup generator power for several hours per day or week, due to rolling power outages. This form of electricity generation costs approximately two or three times as much as power from the grid.

Summing up the above components gives us a direct product cost of $1.89 for the U.S. and $1.75 for China-based production. In addition, a supplier’s overhead and profit must be considered expressed as a percentage of the direct product cost. Assuming a 5 percent profit for both manufacturers, and assuming overhead markups of 15 percent of product cost for China and 25 percent for the U.S., the total cost or price per unit is $2.45 in the U.S. and $2.11 in China.

Now, add in the non-price TCO components.

For several of the following components, it’s

assumed a minimal or zero base-level cost for the U.S.-produced part and add additional costs incurred in Chinese production to obtain the Chinese TCO. At the beginning of a product life cycle, companies will spend significantly more on prototyping for China-sourced products than they would in the U.S. Due to time considerations, this prototype part or tool will always be manufactured in the U.S. A supplier will charge more for it because it will not obtain the full life-cycle volume against which it can amortize the prototyping cost. On a perunit basis, prototyping costs will be higher if the full life-cycle run is manufactured in China.

In our example, this cost is significant—5 percent of the TCO of the unit.

Packaging for products shipped from China will always be more expensive, but this represents a small fraction of the overall TCO. Similarly, freight from China will always be more expensive. In addition, U.S. customers are likely to have to expedite (i.e., air freight) parts from their Chinese supplier at times as supply chain management over such long distances won’t be perfect. Expediting avoids the risk of a production shutdown, but it is expensive. (See Exhibit 2.)

Related to the longer supply chain from China are inventory carrying costs. e customer usually pays the Chinese supplier when the goods are loaded onto a ship or truck, while they pay a U.S. supplier 60-plus days after the goods arrive. us the customer must carry that inventory for about three months longer if it is sourced from China. Depending on the value of the parts sourced in China, this number can be relatively immaterial or very significant.

Additional costs are associated with quality management for parts sourced from China.

Quality management costs include the increased manpower for incoming goods inspection, the scrap rates for the parts not making it past the inspection, the rework labor

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exhibit 1: STAINLESS STEEL GEAR CHINA TOC in $/unit

exhibit 2: STAINLESS STEEL GEAR U.S. TOC in $/unit

Looking at the end of the life cycle of a product, with relatively short lead times in the U.S., it is feasible to end a product’s life cycle with zero or very little inventory; whereas, companies are finding that they have more parts inventory on hand when they are sourced from overseas. is leads to obsolete inventory if the last few weeks of shipped product can no longer be used in production.

Chinese part and $0.06 for the U.S.-sourced part, for an overall per-unit TCO of $2.70 for China and $2.51 for domestic production. is example demonstrates that off-shored production may mean “cheaper price,” but not necessarily “lower Total Cost of Ownership.”

While the result of the analysis will differ for different parts, it is critical that companies perform a full TCO analysis when considering their sourcing options. is includes looking beyond quantifiable components to issues such as the security of intellectual property on products and processes; exchange rate fluctuation that may erase overseas benefits; increasing wage rates overseas; distance from R&D research facilities; and regulatory compliance, carbon footprint and enforceable product liability.

Adding up the individual components results in a non-price TCO of $0.59 per unit for the

e economics of “re-shoring” has created real momentum for companies to take a second

cost associated with fixing substandard purchased parts, and the scrap rates and rework of the final product if problems were missed in incoming inspection and caused a fully assembled product to fail final inspection. In the stainless steel gear example, the additional quality management cost for the Chinese part is significant.

TCO ANALYZES THE ENTIRE COST A COMPANY INCURS WHEN PURCHASING AND USING A PARTICULAR MANUFACTURED PART.

look at manufacturing in the U.S. On May 12, 2010, e National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) will host its annual purchasing fair in Irvine, Calif., that will, for the first time, focus on “re-shoring.”

More information on the fair can be found at www.tiny.cc/YU9e2. n Dean Franck and Marius Ronge are founders and partners of the consulting firm, The Gibb River Group, Inc., and specialize in achieving breakthrough cost savings for their clients through highly practical on-the-ground support in Strategic Sourcing, TCO analysis, Lean Manufacturing and Design-to-Cost efforts. Contact mronge@gibbriver.com.

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NASDCTEc Adopts Unified Vision to Transform CTE The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) unveiled a guiding document to transform all of career technical education (CTE) into highquality and results-driven comprehensive programs of study that prepare students to succeed in their education and careers.

Reflect, Transform, Lead: A New Vision for Career Technical Education” outlines a commitment by CTE leaders to adopt a unified vision that is framed by a set of progressive principles and actions. The vision will lead to the development and implementation of common CTE objectives and standards aligned to The National Career Clusters framework, which is structured to prepare students for postsecondary education and career. This will require the implementation of aligned standards, curricula and assessments that are designed by educators and by business and industry and are delivered in seamless programs at the secondary and postsecondary level.

The interconnected principles are:

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• CTE is critical to ensuring that the United States leads in global competitiveness.

• CTE actively partners with employers to design and provide high-quality, dynamic programs.

• CTE prepares students to succeed in further education and careers.

• CTE is delivered through comprehensive programs of study aligned to The National Career Clusters framework.

• CTE is a results-driven system that demonstrates a positive return on investment.

“Recognizing global influences impacting the economy and the responsibility of education leaders to prepare students to succeed and meet new, higher workforce demands, the State Directors have created a formal, unified plan for the way we will lead CTE into this new era,” says Kimberly Green, NASDCTEc Executive Director.

NASDCTEc unveiled its vision paper via a webinar on March 18.

The webinar will be archived and the document is available at www.careertech.org. n

The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) was established in 1920 to represent the state and territory heads of secondary, postsecondary and adult career technical education (CTE) across the nation.

NASDCTEc, through leadership, advocacy and partnerships, aims to support an innovative CTE system that prepares individuals to succeed in education and their careers, and poises the United States to flourish in a global, dynamic economy. Visit www.careertech.org or call 301.588.9630 for more information.

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