This week is an opportunity for leaders at every level to pause, reflect, and re-imagine how we guide our teams toward quality in a modern, fast-moving manufacturing world. Quality isn’t just built on the shop floor — it’s shaped by the expectations, behaviors, and vision set by leadership. When leaders think differently, teams gain the confidence and clarity to do the same. Thinking differently as leaders means: Challenging our long-held assumptions about, “how it’s always b

Tariffs have made things interesting lately — and not in the easy kind of way. At ABACORP, we’re not sitting still. We are working hard to offset that extra weight by being smart and strategic —cutting a few costs, changing up some suppliers, and yes…pushing through a few price hikes where we have to. It is all about staying balanced. We are focused on keeping quality high, lead times strong, and our customers confident that they are getting the best we can deliver — no ma

In the ever-evolving world of manufacturing, efficiency is not just a buzzword; it's the lifeblood that fuels smooth operations and robust profit margins. This is particularly true in machine shop manufacturing businesses, where every moment of downtime and every inefficiency can have substantial consequences. Over the past seven years, ABACORP has boosted its machine efficiency based on performance from 50% to nearly 80% on a consistent basis with a goal in mind of 90% by en