CNC Industries is pleased to announce that it has passed it’s audit to AS9100 Rev. C.   This means that CNC Industries is fully compliant with the most recent revision to the AS9100 Quality Management Standard (QMS).

As quoted from International Standards Authority…   

“Independent Certification to AS9100 validates your company’s commitment to Quality and provides the organization with:

  •  Performance based analysis aimed towards defect prevention methods and continual improvement.

  •  Fulfilling certification requirements as approved suppliers for OEMs.

  •  Improve customer satisfaction and reduction in audits and oversight by the OEMs.

  •  Enhanced performance and cost savings from operational consistency and reduction in rework and scrap.

  •  Distinct advantage over competition.

  •  Prestigious international recognition.”

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By: Steven Deam, Sr – CNC Industries, Inc.

While reading our local Business Weekly newspaper, I ran across a syndicated article written by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet.   Douglas Holtz-Eakin is currently the president of the American Action Forum.   But it is his previous role as director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that is most meaningful to me.

He begins the article with the statement “The new health care law is a threat to the health of small business.   Its heavy dosage of mandates and penalties will be a financial burden, and the law is riddled with hidden barriers to stronger job growth.”   That is quite a statement coming from a former director of the CBO.

Having been a small business owner in the precision machining sector for the last 40 years, I have personally seen all of the ups and downs of the manufacturing industry during that time.   Even prior to the current wave of anti-business legislation it is no secret that America has been shedding manufacturing jobs at an alarming rate for the last 20 years or so.

Given the fact that America became the greatest nation in the world primarily because of manufacturing, it is amazing how tone deaf the career politicians are to cries for help from the private sector.  The help we want isn’t any sort of bailout or assistance.   We simply want government to get out of our way and let us do what we do best – grow our businesses and create jobs!   Not only are the politicians not enacting policies that will help businesses of all types expand, they continue to pass legislation that will further cripple what’s left of our manufacturing base.   Even CEO’s of major companies – who mostly supported President Obama – are now speaking out against the anti-business climate which his administration has created.

To site a few more points from the article…  “Sadly, the new health care law is an assault on small business, beginning with the 3.8% Medicare tax on net investment income – a direct tax on many business owners.”     “…the mandate will compete for scarce capital that might be used for hiring and expansion.”     “The insult to these injuries is a draconian requirement that businesses submit Form 1099 paperwork to the Internal Revenue Service for every supplier from which they purchase more than $600 of goods each year.”     Now what in the world does that requirement have to do with health care?   Even the IRS admits that it will have little use for the information, yet it will add a costly burden onto every business.

I think most business people agree that health care needed reforming.   The cost of health care has been spiraling out of control for years.    We  just don’t believe that the so-called Obama-Care is the best way to reform it.    And, we certainly don’t believe that this new health care legislation is going to bring costs down.   Instead, we believe the burden of paying for it will fall squarely on our backs!   In fact, I would be willing to wager that any and all small business stimulus will be more than offset by higher health care costs and tax increases.    So, while the politicians will tout small business stimulus as wonderful programs – as usual the overall-all net effect will be negative for small business.

At CNC Industries, we plan to continue to grow despite the never-ending hurdles placed in front of us.   We have increased employment by more than 10% in just the last few months – with no thanks to any “stimulus” programs.   Unfortunately, though, our politicians are making business growth much more challenging than it needs to be.

Many people use the current one party control of government as well as the career politicians as good examples of why we need term limits.   We must remember that every two years we have the power to impose term limits with our votes!   This fall promises to be a very anti-incumbent election.

If you are unhappy with your representatives, on November 2nd get all of your friends to join you in telling them – Your Fired!     Then, let’s hope they correctly interpret our not-so-subtle message that they work for us!

By: Steven Deam, Sr.  -   CNC Industries, Inc. Fort Wayne, Indiana

According to a recent article in the NFIB (National Federation of Small Business) “My Business” magazine, a recent Pew Research Center poll shows that when asked who they trust, 71% of respondents said small business.  That contrasts with 25% for big business, 22% for banks, and 25% for the Federal Government.

Given that small businesses account for over 70% of new job creation, it seems that rather than burden small business with even more paperwork and costs the government would be more interested in creating a business-friendly environment.   Unfortunately, at CNC Industries we have seen no indication whatsoever that the government is trying to actually help small businesses grow and, in turn, expand employment.   All indications are that the cost of doing business will continue to rise – which is precisely why businesses of all size are very reluctant to hire.

The politicians seem unable to understand that it requires a demand for our products and services along with the ability to generate a profit in order for business expansion and job creation to occur.  Possibly if more of the politicians had a business background and had actually run a small business they might be able to understand these relatively simple principles.  The threat of Cap & Trade, Card Check, and substantial tax increases – in addition to a host of new regulations and requirements recently put in place are putting a huge damper on business expansion.

At CNC Industries we are continuing to expand – despite the bloated government bureaucracy which works against us.   It would just be so nice if, for a change, our government would work with small business.   Unfortunately, I don’t see that in the cards!

By Steven R Deam – CNC Industries, Inc. Fort Wayne, Indiana

CNC Industries Completes AS9100 Rev C Certification

Fort Wayne, IN 8/12/2010

For Immediate Release

Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010

Contact: Steven R Deam

CNC Industries

Fort Wayne, IN

260.490.5700

Email: stevendeam@cncind.com

Fort Wayne, IN—CNC Industries is pleased to announce that they have successfully completed their AS9100 registration effective on July 31, 2010. CNC Industries had previously been certified to the ISO9001:2008 standard – the AS9100 certification is recognized as including all aspects of the ISO 9001 certification as well. SGS served as the registrar and auditor for CNC Industries.

CNC Industries, established in 1995, specializes in precision machining, milling, turning, and assembly of custom parts for the aerospace and defense industries. The company uses the latest machinery as well as custom written ERP software to facilitate high levels of quality demanded by their customers. CNC Industries has a 35,000 square foot facility on the north side of Fort Wayne, IN.

AS9100 certification is an international standard for quality and management systems for the Aircraft, Space and Defense Industries. CNC Industries’ Vice President of operations, Dustin Kimbrell, has said “The implementation of AS9100 standards throughout the company has helped to make us a successful supplier to many aircraft and defense contractors. We are better able to serve our customers needs and expectations through our internal processes and systems at this point than we have ever been. We have become the premier supplier for many of our customers, and the AS9100 certification is another indication of our commitment to always uphold a superior level of quality throughout our production processes.”

By becoming AS9100 certified CNC Industries joins a small group of companies that demonstrate their superior quality management systems. In Fort Wayne, only 7 companies are AS9100 certified – of which only 3 of these companies are local businesses. CNC Industries is the only precision machine shop in Fort Wayne to become AS9100 certified. In all of Indiana only slightly over 100 companies have managed to become certified to the full AS9100 level.

CNC Industries attributes much of its success in obtaining the AS9100 certification to its’ internal ERP system called Job Manager. Steven Deam Jr, the IT Administrator at CNC comments, “The ability to adapt our software systems to the higher standards of AS9100 regulations has allowed us to adjust our processes to the increased demands placed upon us by increasingly complex parts and orders. Our customers expect high levels of quality and service. With Job Manager we are able to meet their stringent quality and service requirements while additionally offering them better overall pricing”.

For more information regarding CNC Industries Inc., please refer to the company web site: http://www.cncind.com or call 260.490.5700.

For additional information about SGS visit http://www.us.sgs.com.

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CNC Industries is a Fort Wayne, Indiana based Job-Shop specializing in precision CNC machining, fabrication and assembly of application-critical and custom machined parts for the Aerospace, Defense, Medical, Industrial and Transportation  markets.   The company presently employees approximately 55 people.

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We will be issuing a press release about this early next week, but we are now fully certified to AS9100 B.  The official certificate and press kit came in the mail today, and we were placed in the OASIS online database of certified suppliers earlier in the week.  Overall the auditing to certification process was relatively painless, for a four day audit at least.

We have researched the AS9100 certification statistics a little bit:

In Fort Wayne there are only 8 AS9100 certified companies, including CNC Industries.  CNC Industries is the only precision machine shop in Fort Wayne to receive an AS9100 certification.  Likewise we are the only custom machine shop certified in Fort Wayne as well.

In Indiana there are now 112 companies certified to AS9100.  The vast majority are service or assembly houses.  We have not looked at all of the certifications, but our estimation is that we are one of only 10 or so machine shops to be certified to AS9100.

In the United States there are 5725 total companies certified.  assuming the same approximate ratio of machine shops, I would assume that we are one of 575 machine shops in the country with the AS9100 certification.  This puts us in a very elite class of machine shops, one that we are proud to be a member of.

The full press release will be issued early next week.

July 16th was the final day of our Stage 2 AS9100 audit!  It has been a lengthy, stressful time to move from ISO 9001 to AS 9100.  We have done extremely well in our audit process, and only have a pair of very minor findings to be 100%.  Both corrective actions are completed and we are waiting on getting a little bit of paperwork done, and then final review from the audit board at SGS and we will be officially certified as an AS9100 company.

At CNC Industries we look at this as another way to add confidence to our customers – who are extremely quality conscious.  As I have talked about on this blog aerospace machining is a difficult industry to be in.  The price, quality, and delivery requirements put on aerospace suppliers are all extreme and the management of the business must be able to handle the many pressures and unforeseen issues that will arise.

Here at CNC Industries, we feel that we have all of the tools necessary to provide the best of the ‘three-legged stool’ to our customers – best price, on-time delivery, and quality.  We look forward to issuing a formal press release as soon as the paperwork is complete on the audit.

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CNC Industries is a Fort Wayne, Indiana based machine shop specializing in precision CNC machining, fabrication and assembly of application-critical and custom machined parts for the Aerospace, Defense, Medical, Industrial and Transportation  markets.   The company presently employs approximately 55 people.

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