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Comment on Machinery’s Handbook-29th Edition of the Machinist’s Bible by speakingofprecision

speakingofprecision — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:55 +0000

Readers, Dan Murphy is one person whose advice is the genuine article and always worth taking. His advice to members on the PMPA list serves is considered to be the Gold Standard.
Dan, I’ll be ordering that CD version.

Comment on Machinery’s Handbook-29th Edition of the Machinist’s Bible by Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:31:08 +0000

Miles,

Get the electronic version. You can enter a term into the search function of Adobe Reader and it will return every instance of that term in the entire book. For that alone it’s worth going digital. Plus if you have a laptop you travel with, then your handbook is always with you.

You can also make the print as large as you need. I can only imagine how huge the large print printed version is size wise.

On the other hand, I do like a good old fashion printed book that I can peruse through when I have some idle time. It’s too bad they don’t throw in the CD when you buy the print version.

Comment on Machinery’s Handbook-29th Edition of the Machinist’s Bible by Dick Reiling

Dick Reiling — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:36:47 +0000

I have the 16th edition Machinery’s Handbook from 1959 that I paid $8 for back then. Retired now and would consider passing it on to anyone interested.

Comment on About That Unemployment Rate… by AMTech

AMTech — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:50 +0000

To truly see the relation of these figures we will need to have the U6 numbers for at least the past decade.

Comment on Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer? by speakingofprecision

speakingofprecision — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:59:41 +0000

Thanks Robin. You know who the people are that I am thinking about. They are “moving targets.” Not confined to one spot…

Comment on Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer? by Robin Rutschilling

Robin Rutschilling — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:02:40 +0000

Plant Manager/Profitability Engineer I believe the title could be Plant Engineer or Profitability Manager….the responsibilities are still the same: With the mindset of Lean/Continuous Improvements the role is to get the maximum production/profit out of your staff and equipment. A leader needs to blend in new/existing equipment, current staff, new hires while constantly balancing the demands of our customers. They must be able to wear many hats and have a vision that corresponds with the goals of the company.

Comment on Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer? by speakingofprecision

speakingofprecision — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:17:32 +0000

That’s exactly right Scott. Thanks for sharing your point of view.

Comment on Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer? by speakingofprecision

speakingofprecision — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:16:47 +0000

Thanks for the great comment Alfredo. There is no doubt about the value of the contributions of our people.

Comment on Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer? by scott britvec

scott britvec — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:41:47 +0000

one in the same as far as I am concerned.
A plant manager that is not making constant improvements should not be a plant manager.

Comment on Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer? by Alfredo Jimenez

Alfredo Jimenez — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:45:35 +0000

Nice description for the ones that are the invaluable human fixed assets, they even may be the root cause of turning a company profitable, Process Engineers are the main contributors for profit generation, a Company may achieve as much profit as the amount of leadership and knowledge that their Engineering Team is managing to kill the waste, I mean every single Team member, help to achieve the Company Global Goals, but Process Eng still being responsible to Improve cycle times, reduce Long Lead Times, Increase OEE and Keep people working safely. That is also my point of view