- question for Don....tapping machine business
- Finance? Lease or Borrow? Pro's and Con's
- Repairing a relationship with my dealer
- Hows Business?
- I'm thinking about a new truck
- Question for shop owners and machinists.
- Lean Manufacturing question
- Contemplation on "How to handle comments from employee"
- Stupidest thing your boss ever said?
- Do you get these phone calls about government work?
- Machinist help wanted ads
- employee stuff
- Is there no cnc machinist on the market??
- Interview With A CNC Machinist / CADCAM Programmer
- POLL: SHOP OWNERS, How many employees, years in biz, etc
- Building costs estimate for new shop ?
- RFQ Connection.....anybody?
- I am having a growth problem.
- Who's running America's Best Machine Shops ?
- The psycology of sales
- OT: what to wear for job interview
- Question for shop owners, what if ?
- ot when to say *&^%it and just hire it done.
- I think it's about time to give thanks to the guys in the shop.
- What to do with a PITA co-worker?
- Shop owners--- How do you deal with a bad week and not wanting to do anything.
- Giving job references
- Wannabe Engineers as Customers
- "Alternative to Lock out/ Tag out"
- OT How to make my resume stand out?
- Ever have a problem with Travers Tooling?
- Should employees know quote times?
- O.T. emploee question
- Wages question....
- Class A, B, C machinist?
- How much are you paying for acetylene?
- Shipping carriers and "commercial addresses"
- Owners: what do you do when your worst employee "needs" a raise?
- Do you praise people for doing a good job?
- OT- Who is using Quicken books?
- OT-Troubles with shipping/Lost Items FedEx or UPS?
- Shop rates
- Scap - theft , rampant !
- price of steel
- ? for used-to-be small shops. how did you scale up your capacity? and...
- Question for shop owners, type of work and turn around??
- Just how efficient do you think your shop is?
- OSHA question for small shops<10 employees
- Lift Trucks, OSHA, and the Titanic
- OT:Blocking internet to networked machine computers?
- Starting a shop.... ???
- Wanting to start a business-advice needed
- Survey: "What is your purpose for being in business?"
- Need to find work or go out of business
- Survey Results: For Main Reason to be in Business
- Shop facilities... power, sprinklers?
- Money Question
- Waiting For Payment
- problem at work
- Machine Shop Location
- OT- Warning for businesses from a company called IPA
- The economy and CNC shops
- A start up
- Help me pick a job tittle
- New Building
- IMTS dates?
- OT - Payroll Questions
- OT: Drug testing employees, new hires
- finding - keeping customers
- What CNC magazines do you guys read?
- The "Machinist Shortage;" Where's the median?
- OT- Suggestions on finding IT "kid" to hire ?
- What are programmer/machinist making in your part of the world?
- Work Procurement
- pros and cons of Gov't work
- How much work can I find for a VMC with 20" X-axis travel?
- Updates to manufacturing story and new building
- OT- transtion from shop floor to desk job?
- Will I be asking too much from my employee's
- Getting ISO certified. how do?
- Anyone ever been told "Not to work so fast?"
- Small One Man shops
- Am I Asking for too much from an employee?
- What do you pay your "operators?"
- What trade or regular magazines do you read?
- Why do your customers buy from you?
- Job websites??? whats the deal???
- OT- Employee Bickering
- OT Building expansion costs
- How to value a machine shop?
- How do you all handle "piddley small", high material cost orders?
- Math test for new employees
- O/T -Business advice
- Hiring Accountants
- Best prices on Raw Metal?
- limiting liability...or, liability insurance? New business
- unsolicited visits to shop from NFIB
- What would you do differently the next time?
- How do you handle material costs on expensive project?
- OT? Credit card processing for small business
- Small Shop Accounting SIMPLE!
- My Parts, Your Parts, or Both. Survey
- What is the going rate for Liability Insurance in a one man shop?
- customer won't pay
- Proposed bailout Yes/No affecting your business?
- Proposed bailout Yes/No affecting your business? Moved
- Economy and your business
- is now the time ???
- How did you start your shop ?
- Marketing Materials
- The Coolest Thing an Employee Did
- Hired on Monday, fired today
- Collection agency recommendation
- Job shops and quotes...
- How much more per/hour for third shift?
- Mobile phones at work
- Web Sites
- Benefits
- Are your customers especially slow paying ??
- Minimum concrete thickness for 19,000lbs CNC
- Company Websites . . . are they worth it?
- Lending for a new Corp. Where do I turn?
- shop wants to find a niche market
- I could really use some advise.
- What would you do?
- Question about your customer's terms and conditions
- Layoff/unpaid wages/terminated employment
- International Monetary Systems?
- Sites like MFG.com, are they worth it?
- Who owns the material drop?
- Shop lighting, what do you guys want?
- Descriptive Titles in new threads... Please..
- Semi OT: Quickbooks education
- Mailing for business. What works for you.
- Quoting material for jobs
- Bout at my wits end finding new business
- Shop Alarm System
- Royalties on trademarked symbols
- would you lower your quoted price in this case?
- What brand of end mills does your shop use?
- FDIC payment of insured funds
- Stupidest thing an employee ever said
- Calculating Machine Cycle Times
- Hiring previous shop owner ????
- need advice on giving a job reference
- what industries are recession proof?
- Looking for Machine Shop Insurance - need advice
- Finally got paid for the job
- Starting from Ground up.
- When to buy a new spindle?
- Capital investment decision
- Good news, at last ROI.
- Anyone use efax? or other web based fax service?
- how to decide about outsourcing?
- Decent web site costs?
- Quicken or Quick Books?
- Work Load Forecast
- Starting a machine shop business... regulations
- Material mark up
- Are you still getting paid for your chips?
- How about a Deadbeat Customer List?
- How do you think about "click to make"?
- Government work
- Help me understand.
- need some idea of price
- dedicated process policy
- New Rookie in Town!
- Can a building still burn down with a sprinkler system ?
- Finance/lease or pay a machine cash?
- Not using computers to our advantage
- Are you feeling the economic meltdown???
- Christmas bonus
- How is the Clean Air Act affecting your productivity
- Machine shop lawsuit and insurance issues
- How do you approach a large Co. to offer Services?
- Who'd be a shop owner?
- How big is your shop?
- Poll: Number of CNC Machines
- Making a living with manual machines
- Holidays coming soon, what do you get for customers?
- New Startup Paperwork/job, materials tracking
- WOT: Any MBA business consultants here?
- Business Taxes / Depreciations
- Workflow and shop layout
- Shop Rates
- MSDS Question.
- Is ISO or TS holding you back
- Starting up and need advice
- Year End Machine Deduction
- Thomas.net Websites?
- Past Due Accounts / Charging Interest
- Copyright a design for protection???
- Way to find large local Corps. to work for
- Looking for coolant tank cleaning companies
- Reverse web searches - maybe google
- Is anyone buying machines today?
- debt and your business
- Purchase Order fine print....what does YOURS say?
- Somewhat OT: Self Employment - A blessing or a curse??
- IPA...scammers at it again
- Equpment lease questions
- Workload?
- AS9100 Certification
- The coming Government money. How do I get it?
- work from home or rent space
- Q on tagging/labeling parts ,etc in the shop
- Machinery leasing companies must be getting desperate
- Is anyone using Microsoft Dynamics AX in thier small shop?
- The low quoters
- MS access data base for mfg and quality control
- Self employment a different way
- Sales rep agreements and experiences?
- Offering CNC programming services worth it?
- anyone use mfg.com?
- background check
- Self Employment - A blessing or curse - part II
- What Ecom shopping cart application are you using for your website?
- Debt Collection Procedure
- Health Insurance
- Looking for a shoe to the Head.
- Direct Mail Advertising - What Promotional Gifts Do You Like?
- Minimal or less work load? How about getting LEAN?
- Packaging products. Economical ways
- scrap rate?
- How long to wait before starting "rush jobs"
- How to determine employee worth?
- Managing Work Load
- Building height vs heating cost
- Any one ever demand to know your customer before they can start a job?
- stimulus money
- Who here markets their web page in some fashion?
- What’s the best way to sell a shop?
- ethics question
- Visitors to your shop ?
- How long do you give your customers to pay you?
- Lost Parts
- Location of shops
- OT: Keeping customers informed
- production machining
- Something that really bothers me- A proper Handshake!
- Should I pay for all this repair time?
- Shop Software
- small shops hourly rate
- presenting quotes
- Customer back charges for lost time on machine
- confirming customer recieved invoice?
- Chip Storage and Removal
- How to quote
- General Liability Insurance....is this covered ???
- Reordered just became easier