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Manufacturers are constantly balancing rising costs with tighter budgets, making cost management more crucial than ever. This also means they frequently face the challenge of finding innovative and effective ways to optimize their project investments while maintaining high standards of quality and performance in their products. As a premier construction and agriculture equipment manufacturing company, we’ve collaborated closely with our global OEM customers to manage their project costs. Here are five of our top recommendations for cost-conscious manufacturers seeking fresh ideas on getting the best results from their production budget.

As a company with long roots in metalworking, we understand the importance of change to ensure long-term stability and success. However, we believe that change doesn't come in spurts or when a new piece of technology is introduced. Change needs to be rooted in a continuous improvement strategy to help transformations go smoothly and ensure customers reap the benefits of the changes.

Modern manufacturers expect nothing less than the highest-quality parts and components from their precision machine suppliers. With the tech-based metalworking capabilities available today, there’s simply no reason to expect anything less. At AC Fabrication & Assembly Solutions, one of the world’s most trusted off-road construction and agriculture equipment manufacturing companies, we use advanced techniques throughout the manufacturing process, including finishing, during which skiving and roller burnishing come to the fore.

Off-road vehicles for agricultural, construction, mining, and other applications work under extreme industrial conditions. Their durability requires solid, reliable fabrication using the right materials for its various parts and components.  With all the different metals and specialty alloys available for fabrication, off-road equipment manufacturers might not be sure which materials are best to use in each component.

Manufacturing companies usually face two process choices when creating their precision-machined parts and components: casting or fabrication. Making the right choice will drive the success of your project, so it’s critical to investigate the benefits and limitations of each during the design phase. This month’s blog discusses the differences between the two processes and provides examples of where each might be most effective.

Supply chains in manufacturing are multi-faceted and sometimes quite complex. Their success lies in the skillful navigation of collaboration between manufacturers and their suppliers and customers.  In the metalworking industry, suppliers and customers sit on opposite ends of the supply chain spectrum, with fabrication and assembly solution providers in the middle. This leaves the fabrication providers with two partnerships to manage, while the other two entities rarely co-mingle.

At AC Fabrication & Assembly Solutions, we’ve instilled a culture of workplace safety to help protect our teams and site visitors from mishaps in our offices and on the production floor.  Whether people in our space are operating heavy equipment, working with hazardous substances, or simply walking across the office, we’ve optimized safety by implementing several procedures, policies, and protocols that apply to everyone within the facility. 

When people think of metalworking, many typical images come to mind: men using hammers to strike at steel blocks, iron being smelted into steel, and large trucks transporting raw goods from mines to production facilities. While these images aren’t wholly inaccurate, they don’t represent the true picture of the modern metalworking facility. Our workforce is more diverse than ever.

Metalworking has long been associated with new technology that helps keep our industry moving forward and in lockstep with consumer demand. Innovations such as CNC machining and waterjet cutting tools have revolutionized productivity on the production floor, but the introduction of robotics is transforming metal fabrication like nothing before it.

AC Fabrication and Assembly Solutions launched earlier this year as a joint venture between two world-class metalworking giants: Arrow Off-Road and The CTD Group. Unlike many joint ventures motivated by financial reasons, AC Fabrication was created as a strategic move to open up new opportunities for our customers to get their off-road parts and equipment faster.