2008 Machine Shop Workshop

June 20th, 2008

November 12-14, 2008
The Doubletree Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook

For questions, contact Lauren Carroll
(216) 931-9714; email: lauren.carroll@penton.com

Download 2008 Brochure
The 2008 Machine Shop Workshop is an intensive 2-day event featuring peer presentations, best-practices and an emphasis on solving your real-world problems.

Presentations by industry experts and your peers, including previous winners of American Machinist’s “Best Machine Shops” award.

Interactive roundtable discussions give you the chance to solve real-world, real-time business issues.

Experience it!
Join other owners and top managers from U.S. machine shops to explore strategies and tactics to improve your business.
Customize your experience to focus on what’s most relevant to you, from shop operations to training and recruiting to customer satisfaction to finance.
Hear from the best of the best in your peer group to solve problems and get new ideas.
Celebrate the performance of the industry’s elite at the 10 Best Machine Shops banquet.
Participate in interactive roundtable discussions on the most challenging areas of running a machine shop.
Network with your peers and meet potential business partners.

What you get!

• 2 Complimentary buffet breakfasts, a lunch and dinner!
• Register now and Save $100.
• Receive a free copy of Benchmarks for Machine Shops,
  a $59.95 value.
• PLUS…a chance to win an IPOD Touch,
  Courtesy of MFG.com

2008 Benchmarks for Machine Shops

June 20th, 2008

How does your shop compare to the competition?
American Machinist’s Benchmarks for Machine Shops is the only set of operating metrics specifically for machine shops.
It can show you how you’re doing compared to other shops like yours – where you excel and where you most need to improve.

The 2008 American Machinist Benchmarking Survey is intended to identify the strategies, tactics, and performance measures that work best at machine shops across the country. The survey is the basis for developing a list of finalists for the American Machinist Best Machine Shops awards program.
The Data Report presents the overall findings from the survey as well as major cross-tabulations of the data:

• By relation to customers
  - Captive shop, contract shop, or job shop
• By employment level
  - 1-20, 21-50, and more than 50 employees
• By benchmark set
  -Benchmark shops, defined by the top 20% of shops in the database, as ranked by American Machinist, vs other shops.

Purchase price: $59.95