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Know Your Würth: CEO AJ Strandquist on How Würth Additive Can Change 3D Printing

Fastener News Desk

That line going down has the potential to make the supplier’s customers stop production, too, because otherwise, they’d have to deviate from their bill of materials, deviating from their design, and, at that point, they become liable. “AM AM shouldn’t necessarily be the number one production method. We don’t want to be a commodity.’ “My

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Create the Shop Floor You Always Wanted with ERP

Fabricating & Metal Work

Imagine using a CAD/CAM integration to automatically update bills of materials and job orders from CAD files rather than transferring the data manually. Think of the time and cost savings from using nesting software to make the most efficient cuts on a piece of metal.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

The fabricator can integrate data from a CAD system into the ERP with the rest of the production process, such as scheduling and bill of materials. To be successful, companies must have infrastructure in place, some of the sourcing for materials, and labor located here in the United States, Latona said.