The Future is Forming

"The Future is Forming," presented by Engineering Quality Solutions, discusses sheet steel/aluminum and how they are used. EQS helps steel, aluminum and manufacturing companies make the most cost-effective use of the sheet metal specified and supplied for each application. EQS offers forming limit diagram (FLD) and circle grid/ thinning strain analysis, tooling buyoff assistance, steelmaking and formability training, holistic cost reduction, steel cargo damage claim analysis and problem arbitration resolution.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Advanced High Strength Steel Forming and Joining Guidelines

The International Iron & Steel Institute just released Version 3 of the AHSS Application Guidelines. This 131 page document covers the formability and joining issues that you might encounter when processing these grades, and ways to address them.

If you need help digesting the plethora of information, that's what we do at Engineering Quality Solutions.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

'Low-Cost' Economies Not So Cheap

This is the title of an article that appears today on IndustryWeek.com.

Once a full account is taken of unit labor costs output per worker across economies, the advantage is narrowed:
Mexico: No competitive advantage if productivity is factored in. Mexico's total wage costs were 11% of the average U.S. level in 2002. But because Mexican workers produce 10 times less than Americans per hour, the unit labor costs came out nearly the same.

Poland: Competitive disadvantage: industrial workers earn about 13% of the average U.S. salary but their unit labor costs come out much higher at 73%.

India and China: Competitive advantage: Total wage cost at less than 3% of the level paid to U.S. workers in manufacturing. Even with lower worker productivity factored in, unit labor costs in India and China are on average 80% lower than those in the United States.

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