Cycle Starting a New Career: July 2017 Digital Edition

The latest issue of Modern Machine Shop covers topics such as skills training and community, lean for job shops and upgrading toolholding.

What if you could find a way to hire pre-screened, skilled employees while helping your local community? July’s cover story explores this topic as it describes a poverty-fighting nonprofit, the Jane Addams Resource Corp. (JARC), that serves regional manufacturers as both a pipeline of fresh recruits and an incubator of existing talent. In the end, JARC provides a simulated work environment, project-based instruction, the use of industry credentials, training by industry professionals, and sensitivity toward the need for bundled services and bridge programming.

Also in this issue of Modern Machine Shop:

Sustainably streamlining production of a varied mix of low-volume work depends not only on a strategy tailored for job shops, but also on human drive and enthusiasm.

A Tier-One automotive supplier measures the tool life and cycle time advantages of shrink-fit tooling.

Our digital edition lets you flip through or download the entire magazine for viewing on your devices. Besides the articles mentioned above, you’ll find case studies, industry news, upcoming events and more.