Southern California Platers Facing Lower Air Emission Standards
MFASC meeting with the South Coast Air Quality Management District over proposed lower emission levels for hexavalent chromium.
#management #pollution control
Settling for Soft Skills? You’re Part of the Problem
Don’t dismiss the importance of hard skills in favor of the soft ones. Instead, pursue initiatives that instill both hard skills and soft skills into the available workforce.
#management #workforce development
Technical Communication - The 20th William Blum Lecture
This article is a re-publication of the 20th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 66th AES Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 25, 1979.
#research #management
Don’t Tell People How to Do Things
Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
#management #basics
Dear Sales Professional
On serving customers, balancing work and life—and being a good listener—an open letter to the newest member of the sales team.
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Stand and Deliver on Valuating Your Services
Let the rest compete on price. Define the value of your product, stand firm and protect your margin.
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The Making of a World Class Manufacturer ... A Long-Term View
Firms empowering employees with higher skill levels
will be light-years ahead.
#management #workforce development #masking
Axalta Opening Powder Coating Training Facility
Axalta Coating Systems is opening a Learning and Development Center at its powder coating headquarters in Houston, Texas.
#management #education #workforce development
Top Shops: Keystone Koatings, Top HR and Training Programs
President Rick Gehman says employees and management that have helped earn a Products Finishing Top Shops award for the past two years, and its HR practices could mean it will be recognized for years.
#Top Shops #masking #curing
Top Shops: Burkard Industries, Top Business Practices
Jay Burkard likes to keep things simple and promotes his company to customers as their “one-stop coating shop,” which is being recognized for its business practices in the Products Finishing Top Shop Benchmarking Survey.
#Top Shops #masking #curing
DeFelsko to Host SSPC Training This Fall.
Courses include the Protective Coatings Inspector Program and a workshop on using SSPC PA2 effectively.
#management #masking #measurement-testing
ITPS Americas Covers Thermal Processing Industry in the Americas
The program is an event for executives and upper management in the thermal process industry.
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Rosenboom Adding In-House Plating Operations
Officials say the expansion comes after receiving a production contract with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command to make a HPG spring and HPG pump.
#management #masking #automotive
Waterstone Faucets Honored as Region IX Small Business Exporter of the Year
Waterstone Faucets is a vertically integrated kitchen faucet manufacturer that performs numerous finishing operations, from electroplating to polishing to powder coating.
#curing #masking #management
Excuses from Naysayers of Lean Manufacturing
They remain unconvinced and say lean and continuous improvement won’t work with their operation.
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Find Five Ways to Solve Problems
Discipline teams and leaders to consider all possible options for solving challenging problems before choosing one.
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Legal Q&A: Changing Compliance Expectations
How should companies respond to the government’s increased emphasis on compliance?
#management #regulation #pollution control
Top Shops: Training is Key to Techmetals’ Success
Extensive, high-level staff training and certifications show company’s commitment to customers and to employees.
#workforce development #Top Shops #education
Lay Off the Layoffs
When faced with potential layoffs, make alternative decisions to reduce downsizing your staff.
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The Intelligence Matrix and People Who Don't Know Where They Fit
Where do you fall on the smart scale?
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