Words from Ron Hollis

Last week we released the 5th video production of Johnny Quickparts (QuickFlix).  Quickparts is dedicated to continuously improving (and really doing it) as well as trying new things to see what works.  Creating a character and a video production in our industry is definitely in the category of doing new things.

It has been a [...]

I recently read a good article written by Jack Lander in the Inventors Magazine on how many cavities to consider when buying your tooling.  While I don’t know Jack, I think he did a good job of making a complicated challenge for many new inventors into a simple assessment.  You can find the article here [...]

Quickparts has proudly been responsible for doing many 1st in our industry. We invented online instant quoting, changed the way a customer expects to be treated, and optimized the business model that is a win for the customer, manufacturer and the shareholders.

Part of our culture is to always be changing and pushing the leading [...]

Here is the latest published blog in PDD…..
http://www.pddnet.com/column-dr-ron-hollis-10-years-ago-a-paradigm-shift-began-020510/
I guess this makes this a blog within a blog?
Ron

Quickparts is a proud supporter of NASA and the US-lead exploration of space. Being a leader in providing low volume custom parts for product development can provide some very interesting experiences.
We are very proud to have been able to support the development of the Robonaut 2. This is a very cool robot that is being [...]

Quickparts.com (www.quickparts.com) has launched a new video series starring Johnny Quickparts. He will be sharing his adventures in product development. Johnny is the star engineer in Better Be Running! Tools to Drive Design Success, an “almost” best selling book on product development and manufacturing.
A video series with a common character is a very unique approach [...]

I love Amazon! I have always been a loyal customer to Amazon and their products. I bought one of the first Kindles upon release years ago. While it did not adequately serve my needs, I was anxious for the future generations.
So, here comes the Kindle DX. It is bigger, faster and better. I bought and [...]

While I am not a huge Thomas Friedman fan, in his book, The World is Flat, he did expose for public discussion the changes that have occurred in our world.   With the advent of instant communication, the world is much smaller and much flatter than any time in history.
I recently ran across the following quote [...]

This week marks the 10 year anniversary of a major paradigm shift in the manufacturing world. January 3, 2000 was the first business day when a designer could sit at his desk, go to to a website, upload his design data for his custom parts and get a quote INSTANTLY and then buy his parts [...]

Interesting patent APPLICATION recently published by Objet…
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=Aa_HAAAAEBAJ
As the original RP patents begin to expire, it will be very interesting what new patents can take their place and how it affects the industry.  Possibly, if the major IP constraints were removed, then the market could finally break-out of this technical malaise and begin innovating again.