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S GEAR CUTTING TOOLS How Do Respondents Describe Their Manufacturing Operations and <strong>Technology</strong>? 1% It’s Amazing We Still Have Customers 21% World-Class, 21st Century 6% Facilities and Equipment Beginning to Show Their Age 27% Good, But Room for Improvement 45% Competitive With Most in Our Industry 6 0 Y E A R S O F T O P T E C H N O L O G Y U S D i s t r i b u t o r HANIK CORPORATION PHONE 630-595-7333 FAX 630-595-7343 w w w . h a n i k c o r p . c o m email: hanikcorp@aol.com ph: 011-41-32-344-0400 • fax: 011-41-32-344-0404 • www.schnyder.com • mail@schnyder.com Rising Cost of Ranked as #1 Concern in the USA Difficulty in Finding Healthcare Skilled Labor 27% 35% Increased Foreign Competitio n 23% E N G I N E E R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y Rising Cost of Materials 20% 4% Rising Energy Costs * % equals more than 100% because some respondents chose more than one option as their #1. Experts in CNC controlled tooth by tooth submerged process gear hardening. We specialize in precision induction hardening of all power transmission components. Registered “YOUR FIRST to TS16949:2002 CHOICE” For Outsourcing standards. From Prototypes Your <strong>Gear</strong> to High Volume Manufacturing Production Magnum Visit our website Induction for more info Inc. 14 Ash Drive www.first-gear.com • Smiths Creek, MI 48074 Ph: 810.364.5270 ISO 9001 : 2000 • Fax: CERTIFIED 810.364.4114 Email: 7606 tom@magnuminduction.com Freedom Way • Fort Wayne, IN 46818 Tel: (260) 490-3238 • Fax: (260) 490-4093 magnuminduction.com www.first-gear.com Ranked as #1 Concern Outside USA Rising Cost of Materials Increased Foreign Competition Difficulity in Finding Skilled Labor Rising Energy Cost 12% 20% 6% Rising Cost of Healthcare 37% 41% * % equals more than 100% because some respondents chose more than one option as their #1. 2 4 N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 6 • G E A R T E C H N O L O G Y • w w w . g e a r t e c h n o l o g y . c o m • w w w . p o w e r t r a n s m i s s i o n . c o m
What Other Factors are Presenting Significant Challenges to Your Business? What are Your Company’s Most Significant Manufacturing/ Engineering Challenges for 2007? “Although we have experienced a nice increase in sales in the last 18 months, there is still a fear that the industry could go into a downturn again…The fun of what would be coming in the door next is being replaced by the dread of ‘How can we meet these ridiculous deliveries on parts we quoted months ago and now are suddenly HOT because the customer waited so long to order.’” —a manufacturing production worker at a Michigan job shop “Coping with changing demands on products. Reducing stock levels with a view to becoming leaner.” —design engineer at a U.K. manufacturer of gear drives “Failure of society/industry to shake negative perceptions about machining as a career, thus difficulty in finding and hiring excellent, intelligent help.” —corporate executive at a small U.S. manufacturer of automotive powertrain products “Increased competition, but domestic.” —a manufacturing engineer at a major U.S. automotive transmission plant “Keeping up with rapid growth and demand.” —a quality control worker at a U.S. manufacturer of mining equipment “Meeting the ever-increasing demands for quicker deliveries and reducing lead times, coupled with price reduction requests. Many customers’ expectations have gone beyond being unreasonable.” —corporate executive at a mid-sized Illinois job shop “More and more companies which were not gear producers 10 years ago are now getting into the gear business.” —employee at a mid-sized Michigan job shop “Not just the cost of gear steel, but availability; getting forgings into the plant.” —production worker at a large U.S. manufacturer of industrial gearboxes “Suppliers being able to meet our scheduled ramp-up and our quality requirements.” —manufacturing engineer at a major U.S. automotive transmission plant “Find people with enough skill on gears.” —manufacturing engineer at a small California job shop “Bringing the best manufacturing practice to produce world-class gear products. Implementing six sigma and TQM culture into the organization.” —corporate executive at a small Indian job shop serving the construction market “Cost reduction to compete with foreign products.” —production worker at a small U.S. manufacturer of motion control products “Creating good scheduling for production, to create better on-time delivery.” —production worker at a large U.S. job shop serving the aerospace industries “Design and prototype products in a shorter time period with the same resources.” —design engineer at a major U.S. manufacturer of construction/off-highway equipment “Expansion: double production capacity without losing focus on cost optimization.” —corporate executive at a major European manufacturer of industrial gearboxes “Finding and retaining skilled labor.” —corporate executive at a mid-sized New York job shop “Increasing the production by at least 10% while reducing the manpower by 2-5%.” —manufacturing engineer at a major Indian automobile manufacturer “Keeping production costs low and keeping our competitive edge against foreign competition.” —marketing & sales worker at a mid-sized job shop in Malaysia “To reduce price without affecting quality and delivery.” —quality control worker at a major U.S. aerospace job shop w w w . p o w e r t r a n s m i s s i o n . c o m • w w w . g e a r t e c h n o l o g y . c o m • G E A R T E C H N O L O G Y • N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 6 2 5
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