by The Next Step | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog
After several years of manufacturing mining-industry products in Wisconsin – using Schaffer-fabricated components – an OEM customer moved its operations to another state. The heavy fabrication and assembly work, however, has remained here with Schaffer Manufacturing...
by The Next Step | Mar 23, 2015 | Announcements
Heavy steel and sheet metal fabricator Schaffer Manufacturing is accepting applications for the 2015 Schaffer Manufacturing Industrial Arts Scholarship. Two $1500 scholarships are available to local-area high school students pursuing a two-year technical degree in any...
by The Next Step | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog
When you consider the entire supply chain roadmap involved in taking a manufactured product from development to delivery, materials and production labor easily represent the vast majority of the total cost. That fact explains the understandable objective of original...
by The Next Step | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog
In custom metal fabrication, every movement on the shop floor is an opportunity to enhance lean manufacturing – by removing waste – in order to help customers take cost and time out of their supply chains. When the objective is production efficiency, every motion...
by The Next Step | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog
“They were slow to respond to inquiries, took months to return bids, and were largely unwilling to make investments to manufacture the parts he needed.” That observation from a Fortune magazine article on the “reshoring” trend – and its positive impact on U.S....
