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contract manufacturing
March 16, 2017
Direct CAD as Part of the Lean Manufacturing Environment
Many manufacturers have embraced the principles of lean manufacturing on the shop floor and in the back office. Unfortunately, many small contract ...
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January 05, 2017
KeyCreator CAD CKD Format Revealed – More Flexible Than You May Think
It’s worth discussing the flexibility of KeyCreator’s file format. It’s a benefit that may not be all that obvious and requires a little bit of “out ...
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December 01, 2016
Break Free of the CAD History Tree
We’ve heard it time and again from future customers “Rebuild errors are costing us time and money." So have others. Another CAD company recently did ...
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November 10, 2016
From CAD Design to Prototype--A Look at 3D Printing File Formats
3D Printing, or Additive Manufacturing is an up-and-coming technology. Obviously, CAD is going to be a big part of this process for many prototyping ...
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October 27, 2016
Are Manufacturers Safe Connecting to the IoT?
The October 21, 2016, DNS attack which shut down websites across the country including Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, Etsy, and Spotify, was reportedly ...
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September 12, 2016
7 Things to Do in Chicago During the IMTS Show
Let’s face it. Often the most exciting part of tradeshows is what goes on around the tradeshow. That’s not to say we aren’t excited to head to IMTS ...
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August 17, 2016
Reworking Other People's CAD Designs
As a contract manufacturer you are often juggling a lot of files, from a lot of customers in a lot of different formats.... C
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August 12, 2016
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize
Coors Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water. The Newton MessagePad. Crystal Pepsi. The Edsel. New Coke. What do these, and hundreds of other examples, ...
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July 15, 2016
Manufacturers and CAD Designers Can Do More With Less
I read the U.S. jobs and unemployment numbers every month — it’s the old business journalist in me. There is a lot of information buried amid the ...
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May 26, 2016
Contract Manufacturers Are Still Wasting Time With Broken Geometry
Today's contract manufacturers are spending (wasting?) a lot of time redrawing their customers' data and fixing broken geometty. This cuts into ...
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