OSH Cut is different, but is it disruptive to the sheet metal manufacturing industry?
Last February I boarded an airplane and left Utah in the middle of a snowstorm. Four hours later, we touched down in clear, warm weather in Tampa, Fla. The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA) held its annual meeting in Clearwater, at a hotel right on the white sand beach.
Regrettably, I didn’t set foot on the beaches. Instead, I met a lot of great people and had many interesting conversations throughout the week and into the evenings. One conversation in particular galvanized a lot of thought. Just before the conference ended, I sat down with Tim Heston and Dan Davis for an interview with The Fabricator Podcast. Among other things, they asked whether what we are doing at OSH Cut (my fabrication company) is “disruptive.” I told them no, but I’ve thought a lot about it since then. Could our software technology disrupt sheet metal manufacturing?