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CMMC for CNC and job shops: drawings, programs, machines, platers, and primes.
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CMMC for a machine shop: from the Microsoft 365 inbox to the CNC mill
Follow one controlled drawing through a machine shop, from the email it arrives in to the chips on the floor. What's in scope at each stop, what to change, and what it costs to get wrong.
Kyle Fahey - Machine shops
What does CMMC really cost a small machine shop, and is defense work still worth it?
The Pentagon's CMMC cost estimates leave out the part that costs money. Here's what a 5 to 50 person shop actually pays, where it goes, how to shrink it, and an honest rule for deciding whether to stay.
Kyle Fahey - Machine shops
Swiss Automation paid $421,234 over drawing security. What does that mean for your shop?
What analysts called the first cyber False Claims Act settlement below the prime tier started with the shop's own quality manager. What DOJ alleged, how it connects to your SPRS score, and what to do if the number you posted is wrong.
Andrew Erne - Machine shops
Is this drawing CUI? How a machine shop reads the title block
Most shops can answer the CUI question in under a minute by reading four places on the print. Here is where to look, what each mark means, and what to do when the print says too much or too little.
Andrew Erne - Machine shops
A controlled drawing just landed in our quote inbox. Now what?
One RFQ with a controlled drawing puts a mailbox, a laptop, and a phone in scope before anyone has quoted a dollar. Here is how a shop quotes defense work without dragging the whole office in, and what to do with drawings nobody should have sent.
Kyle Fahey - Machine shops
How do you get programs to a Windows XP CNC control under CMMC?
Your controls run XP, Windows 7 or DOS, and programs still have to reach them. Pick one transfer method, keep the machines, time-box the builder's remote access, and write the controller up the way the rule allows.
Kyle Fahey - Machine shops
Can machinists share one login on the shop floor PC under CMMC?
Machinists won't type a password at the kiosk, and management agrees. A shared login still fails the requirement. Here are the fast sign-in options that pass, and the floor rules for phones, travelers and visitors.
Andrew Erne - Machine shops
Does a machine shop need GCC High? How to decide on Microsoft 365
CMMC doesn't require GCC High. Count the people who open prints, then pick one of four routes. A decision rule, real prices, and the questions to ask a reseller.
Andrew Erne - Machine shops
Can your ERP and CAM software hold a controlled drawing?
"CMMC-ready" and "GovCloud" don't answer the question. What each shop-software vendor actually claims, where each type of software lands, and six questions to send any vendor.
Kyle Fahey
