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Jun 25, 2018
50 Shades of Productivity Performance
Written by Ken Voytek, Manager of the Manufacturing Research and Program Evaluation group and the Chief Economist with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) In some earlier posts, I wrote about the variation […]
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Jun 11, 2018
Want to Make Your Facility Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!
From the NIST blog: It’s been called the “smart factory” and even given the lofty moniker of “the fourth industrial revolution.” The manufacturing operation of the just-around-the-corner future will be one in which networked systems monitor and direct processes, machines […]
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Jun 08, 2018
NIST Awards Emergency Funding to Help Manufacturers with Hurricane Relief Efforts
Written by Gary Thompson, regional manager at NIST MEP for the southwest region. Carroll Thomas, director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), knows something about the effect of disasters on small businesses. “When I […]
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May 30, 2018
All Around the Kitchen: Tales of a Kitchen Remodel Sourced in the U.S.
Written by Ken Voytek, Manager of the Manufacturing Research and Program Evaluation group and the Chief Economist with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Without manufacturing, the room where you make dinner would […]