A key metric that measures a company’s delivery performance and supply chain efficiency is on-time delivery (OTD). It is a ratio (expressed as a percent) of the number of customer orders shipped by the agreed-upon date versus the total number of orders for a specific period. It is a metric that many manufacturers use to
To say the American plastics jobs market is growing is a bit of an understatement. The perfect storm to jolt the plastic injection molding industry has been brewing for a quite a while. The removal of industry regulations combined with America’s economic bounce back and industry innovations has resulted in a considerable addition to plastic
With innovative new technology and science popping up every day it is hard to decide what injection molding news is relevant or important. You don’t have to worry any longer, we have sifted through the top plastic injection molding sites and found the top Plastic Injection Molding stories and research that you
In the industry of custom plastic Injection molding, there is a vibrant discussion underway about plastic part manufacturing returning to the U. S. from overseas. Sure, labor costs in China were significantly less back in 2009, and purchasing leaders are paying much greater attention to the OVERALL cost benefits of reshoring but what are the
Learn the Plastic Injection Molding “lingo” to better communicate with engineers, project managers and mold technicians. It is our pleasure to produce the annual guide to over 200 injection molding industry terms. Download the entire ebook here. To be fair, that’s a lot of words to learn, so we asked our mold techs to select
Learn the Plastic Injection Molding “lingo” to better communicate with engineers, project managers and mold technicians. It is our pleasure to produce the annual guide to over 200 injection molding industry terms. Download the entire ebook here. To be fair, that’s a lot of words to learn, so we asked our mold techs to select 10
Part 2 of 2, in a series of industry research papers written by SRR. As we stated in Part 1 (The Fall 2014 Report), GreenLeaf, has access to Industry research that is often helpful to students, bankers, investors, manufacturers, suppliers, entrepreneurs, journalist and others that monitor the pulse of the industry. As we stated in the
At GreenLeaf, we have access to Industry research that is often helpful, to students, bankers, investors, manufacturers, suppliers, entrepreneurs, journalist and others that monitor the pulse of the industry. So, we will begin sharing research and white papers from sources across the industry. To start, we will share two Industry Snapshots from SRR that cover Fall and