by itadmin | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog
There is a saying here at Schaffer Manufacturing that metal fabrication should not be a “black box” operation. In other words, you don’t simply feed in the print and out comes the part. If a supplier is brought on as a fabrication specialist, an OEM deserves...
by itadmin | 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 itadmin | 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 itadmin | 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 itadmin | 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...
