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Supplier Shop Tips

Tips for machine shops, fabrication shops, 3D printing bureaus, and manufacturers in Xometry's Partner Network.

5 Ways to Improve Your Facility Management Operations

By Team Xometry

How to Build a High-Performing Manufacturing Team

By Team Xometry

Four Ways to Increase Productivity At Your Manufacturing Facility

By Team Xometry

5 Easy Go Green Initiatives for Manufacturers

By Team Xometry

5 Ways Manufacturers Can Reduce Carbon Emissions

By Team Xometry

What is Traceability in Manufacturing?

By Catalin-Daniel Neagu

Four Best Practices for Perfect Thread Depth and Pitch

By Team Xometry

Understanding Anodizing and Chem Film Surface Finishes

By Team Xometry

How to Avoid Out of Spec Flatness due to Part Bowing in 3D Printing

By Team Xometry

Four Causes of and Solutions for Non-conforming Threads

By Team Xometry

How to Avoid an Out of Spec Angle Bend in Sheet Metal

By Team Xometry

Best Practices for Oversized Hole Diameters

By Team Xometry

Best Practices for a Perfect Bead Blast

By Team Xometry

How to Prevent Pitting Corrosion

By Team Xometry

How to Design a Mold for High-Temperature Plastics

By Team Xometry

4 Top Tips on Processing High-Temperature Materials for Injection Molding

By Team Xometry

Selecting CNC Machines for Sheet Metal Fabrication

By Team Xometry

How to Prevent Ridges, Tool Gouges, and Scratches When Machining

By Team Xometry

What is ISO 13485?

By Team Xometry

How to Avoid Poor Surface Finishes on Machined Parts

By Team Xometry

10 Tips For Selecting the Perfect CNC Machine

By Team Xometry

What are ISO 7 and ISO 8 Medical Cleanrooms?

By Team Xometry

What is Nadcap Accreditation?

By Team Xometry

Energy Saving Tips For Manufacturers

By Team Xometry

Best Practices for a High-Output 3D Printing Business

By Greg Paulsen

What is AS9100?

By Team Xometry

How to Check Thread Depths

By Team Xometry

The Benefits of Job Planning and Fixturing

By Team Xometry

Best Practices for Tool Calibration

By Team Xometry

Small Manufacturing Index Report March 2021

By Team Xometry

The Importance of Tool Calibration

By Team Xometry

Understanding Material Traceability

By Team Xometry

How to Select the Best CMM for Your Machine Shop

By Team Xometry

Branding and Marketing Tips for Small Manufacturers

By Team Xometry

Winning the High-mix, Low-volume (HMLV) Manufacturing Game

By Team Xometry

How to Use Customer Conversations to Boost Your Machining Business

By Team Xometry

The 5 Reasons Machine Shops Should Extend Credit

By Team Xometry

Common Tax Mistakes That Can Cost You Money

By Team Xometry

How Manufacturers Can Streamline the Accounts Receivable Process

By Team Xometry

5 Benefits of an Automated Accounts Receivable System

By Team Xometry

The Definitive Guide to the 10 Different Types of Thread Taps

By Team Xometry

Why Your Machine Shop Should be on LinkedIn

By Team Xometry

On-Demand Webinar: Fusion 360 + Xometry: Win More Jobs From Your Customer

By William Krueger

5 Ways to Optimize Your Machine Shop’s Website for SEO and Discoverability

By Team Xometry

Complete Guide to Fixture Plates, Tooling Plates, and Modular Fixtures

By Team Xometry

5 Ways to Make Business Seasonality Work for Your Shop

By Team Xometry

Harnessing the Power of Zero-Fee Advances

By Team Xometry

7 Tasks Every Shop Owner Should Complete Before the End of the Year

By Team Xometry

6.5 Quick Tips to Prepare for a Holiday Shutdown

By William Krueger

5 Examples of American Ingenuity in Action

By Team Xometry

6 Traits of a High-Performance Manufacturing Business

By William Krueger

Top 5 Ways to Get More Referrals for Your Machine Shop

By William Krueger

On-Demand Webinar: Increase your Machine Shop Revenue with Fusion 360 and Xometry

By William Krueger

How to Get Large Companies to Shop Small

By William Krueger

6 Tips to Improve Your Machine Shop's CapEx Budget Process

By Team Xometry

Marketing Ideas for Manufacturing: 7 Ad Tactics You Might Not Have Considered

By Team Xometry

The 4 Benefits of Highly-Trained Manufacturing Employees

By Team Xometry

Moving from SaaS to MaaS with Michael Dickson

Machining Channels We're Watching on YouTube Pt. 2

By Aaron Lichtig

A Race to Radical Partnership

By William Krueger

Machining Channels We’re Watching on YouTube

By Team Xometry

Five Tips to Drive Sales for Your Machine Shop

By Team Xometry

Top 3 Questions From Our AMA on the Xometry Advance Card

By William Krueger

5 Ways to Take Your Machine Shop's Website to the Next Level

By Team Xometry

A Supplier Guide to Making Money Off New Tech

By William Krueger

Our Story Starts With American Manufacturing

By William Krueger

Bridging the Skills Gap: Veterans in Manufacturing

By William Krueger

CNC Machining Across The Country: Dispelling Workplace Misconceptions

By William Krueger

Three Characteristics of Top-Performing Shops

By William Krueger

3 Ways the Industrial Internet of Things is About to Completely Transform Your Supply Chain

By William Krueger

Diversity or Bust: How U.S. Manufacturing Can Change its Stripes to Win its Future

By William Krueger

Introducing the Quick Buy Tool: Ordering Materials Has Never Been Faster

By William Krueger

eBook: Drill Bits Tips and Tricks

By William Krueger

Drill Bit Tips and Tricks

By William Krueger

Tackling Drill Bits Part 01: Drill Bit Breakage and Tool Life

By William Krueger

Tapping Away: Common Problems, Causes, and Corrections for Taps and Tap Sets

By William Krueger

Tapping Away Part 02: Common Problems, Causes, and Corrections for Taps and Tap Sets

By William Krueger

eBook: 10 Tips and Tricks for Improving Machine Shop Efficiency

How To Choose The Right Tap and Drill Combo

By William Krueger

Xometry Finishing Service: an Online Platform to Source Post-Processing Work

The Weird Thing About Gauge

By Greg Paulsen

Smarter Machining Episode 03: Planning for a Holiday Shutdown

By William Krueger

The Top 4 CNC Equipment Enhancements You Should Be Using in Your Shop

By Team Xometry

Smarter Machining Episode 04: The Best Machines to Buy in 2020

By William Krueger

Bar or Plate Stock? How to Choose the Right Aluminum Piece for Your Custom Project

By Greg Paulsen

Manufacturing Tools of the Trade: Machines to Buy in 2020

By William Krueger

3.5 Reasons to be a Xometry Manufacturing Partner

By William Krueger

5 Steps to Create and Maintain a Facebook Presence For Your Machine Shop

By William Krueger

The New Shop Finances Experience and Xometry Advance Card

By William Krueger

On-Demand Webinar: Demystifying the Xometry Advance Card

By William Krueger

Answering the Most Frequently Asked Questions About the Xometry Advance Card

By William Krueger

How to Ease Cash Flow Anxiety With the Xometry Advance Card

By William Krueger