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			<span class="post-date">May 28</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/914-sukanya-acharya">Sukanya Acharya</a>				in <a href="/blog/categories/technology">Technology</a>			</span>
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	<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">There are two general ways to navigate information to make a manufacturing decision. First is to use intuition, experience, and rules of thumb which helps us to take correct decisions. Second is a methodical approach which is based on analysis and objective information.&nbsp; Bill Frahm (President 4M Partners LLC), writes in this article link about how metal-formers make many of their forming and die-engineering decisions based on the results of finite element analysis (FEA) simulations. Read more at:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><a href="http://www.thefabricator.com/article/shopmanagement/decision-making-in-metal-forming" target="_blank">http://www.thefabricator.com/article/shopmanagement/decision-making-in-metal-forming</a>&nbsp;</span></p></div>

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