Business Edge


This monthly management-focused e-newsletter provides C-suite executives working in metal forming and fabricating companies with the inside information they need to do their jobs better—to give them an edge on the competition. Included in every issue:

  • Executive Insights—Q&A sessions with metal forming company executives.
  • Love Letters to Manufacturers—Manufacturing consultant and strategist Laurie Harbour, from Harbour Results Inc., anchors this monthly column.
  • Links to numerous blog posts and other online content of interest and value to metal forming and fabricating executives.

Optimize Your Product-Launch Press

More Perspective: Upcoming UAW-Big Three Contract Negotiations

Starting Up a Die-Protection Program—Five Steps to Preventing Damage to Tooling and Press

Macroeconomic Weakness is Coming: Checking in on Consumers and Businesses

What are Your Inventory Levels Telling You?

What Does a Tool and Die Maker Do?

Robots in the Pressroom Featured During MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor

MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor: Pressroom Automation, April 25

Business-Assessment Basics for Gauging Company Flexibility

Automotive Forecast: A Little Cloudy with Clearer Skies Ahead

Industry Leaders Share their Outlooks During FABTECH

Managing Pricing During Supply-Chain Uncertainty

Unfilled Jobs—HR’s Fault, or Operations? Check your Culture!

Need Help Quantifying How Injuries and Illness Affect the Bottom Line?

Reliance on Process, not People, for Safety and Quality

Metal Formers Facing Industry Challenges Head On

A Framework to Address Workforce Challenges: Engage, Involve, Evolve

10 Reasons to Implement Near-Miss Reporting

Executive Interview: Ernst Metal Implements 16-Tier Skills-Based Compensation Plan

Winning in Times of Big Change

The Stock Market in Early 2022: Time to Switch from Offense to Defense

Tariff Rate Quotas Kicked Off on Jan. 1

Infrastructure Bill’s EV Charger Funding a Good Start, But More Needed

Target on Safety: The Basics of Hazard Communication

Reshoring Poised to Surge 38 Percent to Record High

ANSI B11.20: Applications for Press Slide/Die Areas

Avoid Workplace Hazards with Slip, Trip and Fall Controls

Lockout-Tagout Procedure: Everything You Need to Know

Pandemic-Fueled Labor Shortages Intensify Talent Crisis

Fractured Supply Chains Drive Steel Prices Skyward

Managing by Measuring Productivity Data

Cultivating Front-Line Leaders—Your Linchpins to Innovation and Transformation

Do You Know the Difference Between Customer Service and Customer Relations?

MetalForming Executive Insights: Executive Points Out Need for Heavy Sales/Management Involvement

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