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Digital Thread

Cat-Wood had upgraded their ERP system and wanted to incorporate machine data collection to be able to improve their estimating methodology. They wanted to ensure data accuracy on the time needed for each job to clarify pricing and understand the profit for each part manufactured. The ability to track this data would improve future quoting, increase profitability, and maximize equipment efficiency so they can be a good supplier for the Department of Defense (DoD).

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July 11, 2024

The Power of Internships

Yaskawa Motoman desired to build an internship program that would support their workforce needs and create a long-term pipeline of students who can fill open positions within the company. They also wanted to connect with more schools and expose more high school students to a variety of careers in manufacturing.

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May 23, 2024

Breaking Down Silos

Lochard was experiencing an influx of jobs that
was double what they were used to handling. As a result, they began to struggle with on-time delivery, customer dissatisfaction, low team morale, increased operational costs, and a decrease in the quality of products.

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May 23, 2024

Triangle Precision Automation and Certification

leverage automation to improve efficiency and provide more capabilities to new and existing clients in the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain. They also needed to renew their AS9100 and ITAR certifications. The certifications are critical to their business

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March 13, 2024

Boosting Efficiency and Capacity

Budde’s aerospace customer requested that they take on more work. To stay competitive and take on the additional work to support their defense clients, Budde needed to increase their machine capacity and improve the required first article reporting. Budde needed help refining their inspection docu

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March 5, 2024

Improving Changeover

Ever-Roll asked FastLane to help reduce changeover times from part to part. Each employee had their own way of doing things. They did not have a standard way to gather the tools and tooling for each part or a way to make the necessary machine adjustments required to perform the setup for each job.

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July 11, 2023

Product Design

Superior Aluminum wanted to improve the screw cover design for the top and bottom rail of their square post products. The existing design required a tedious assembly process and did not allow for field modification. Superior wanted to

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June 22, 2023

Surviving COVID Shutdown

Surviving the COVID Shutdown Scenic Solutions Company Profile: Scenic Solutions, LLC, located in West Carrollton, Ohio, provides services for the entertainment industry and other entities

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July 22, 2022

Ohio MEP Internship Program

Leveraging Ohio MEP Internship Program Sweet Manufacturing Company Company Profile: Sweet Manufacturing Company is a premier global producer of bulk material handling equipment, including bucket

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July 20, 2022

Talent Pipeline

Building Talent Pipeline Shaffer Linxis Group Company Profile: Shaffer Linxis Group offers horizontal mixers in the baking industry with a proprietary open frame mixer design

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July 20, 2022

Gear Inspection Automation

Gear Inspection Automation Slone Gear International, Inc. Company Profile:Slone Gear International, Inc. based in Tipp City, Ohio, develops and distributes gear metrology products, both standard

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June 28, 2022

Value Stream Mapping Shaffer

Value Stream Mapping Shaffer Manufacturing Corp Company Profile:Located in Urbana, Ohio, Shaffer Manufacturing Corp is a part of the Linxis Group. Shaffer is leading the

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June 28, 2022
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