Tag: supply chain
When Medical Device Failure Is Not an Option
Medical devices must work as intended and expected when lives are on the line in an ER, OR, and even when implanted in the body. When Medical Device Failure Is Not an Option Medical devices must work as intended and expected when lives are on the line in an ER, OR, and even when implanted…
Navigating Uncertainty: How a Trusted Machine Shop Partner Helps Manage Tariff-Driven Supply Chain Disruptions
When tariffs suddenly impact your supply chain, look to a machine shop with a strong domestic supply network In today’s global economy, uncertainty is the new normal—especially in manufacturing. One of the most significant disruptors in recent years has been shifting international tariffs, which can send ripples through supply chains overnight. Whether it’s sudden cost…
5 Ways Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) Benefits Manufacturers
The last thing manufacturers want to think about when making complex products with many intricate parts is how they will manage the inventory required to build their final assemblies. Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) becomes an essential benefit when producing complex machine assemblies. For decades machine shops have offered managed inventory to simplify the manufacturing and assembly…
Is Your Precision Machining Meeting Your Quality Standards?
Whether you do your precision machining inhouse or you outsource, it is important to periodically evaluate your process efficiencies and finished products to determine if your current manufacturing system or supply chain is meeting your quality standards. In manufacturing, as with many things, it is easy to “let it ride” if there are no obvious…
Benefits of Outsourced Precision Machining
As an experienced, equipped, and proven supplier of precision machined components, Nolte has partnered with a broad range of manufacturers to bring value to their operations. A great example of this is the case of a customer we have within the fire arms industry. This customer was experiencing significant throughput issues due to lack of…
New Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Take Effect – How Will Your Swiss Screw Machining Supply Chain be Impacted?
On June 1, 2018, new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union (EU) went into effect. The tariff rates of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum, have been imposed following recent national security investigations of steel and aluminum imports to the United States under Section…
Retiring Baby Boomers and the Manufacturing Workforce
The United States and our economy were both built on skilled labor – manufacturing and construction jobs. Today our economy continues to be driven by skilled labor jobs, but there is a looming threat to this foundation. A generation of baby boomers, approximately 25% of the U.S. population, is soon to be fully retired, and…