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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 […]
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Apr 04, 2018
Smart Manufacturing Through a Lean Transformation
Written by Tab Wilkins of NIST MEP As a small and medium-sized manufacturer (SMM), can you reasonably begin to adopt smart technologies through a lean transformation approach as part of your continuous improvement journey? Smart manufacturing, in simple terms, is […]
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Apr 02, 2018
Small Manufacturers Make a Big Difference
Written by Zara Brunner of NIST MEP How do we reach the next generation, change their perceptions about manufacturing, and let them know about available career opportunities? Manufacturing Day and other initiatives are critical. Equally so is the time those […]
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Feb 19, 2018
Southeast Region: How Do I Love Thee, Let Us Count the Ways
Written by Jose Colucci, Andrew Nobleman, and Gloria Solomon of NIST MEP The MEP National Network’s Southeast region comprises seven coastal states (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana), inland Tennessee, and the beautiful island of Puerto […]
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Feb 07, 2018
Fueling Growth and Advancing U.S. Manufacturing through Tangible Results
Written by NIST MEP Director, Carroll Thomas As the former owner of a small manufacturing company, I know how important the manufacturing industry is to the local and national economy. Manufacturing is the backbone of the United States. It created […]
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Feb 01, 2018
The Geography of Manufacturing: The Case of MEP and Rural Manufacturers
By Nico Thomas and Steve Campbell of NIST MEP There’s an apocryphal conversation between Hemingway and Fitzgerald where Hemingway observes that the difference between the rich and others is that they have more money. The accurate account is that Hemingway […]
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Dec 06, 2017
Five Steps to Being a “Smarter” Manufacturer
By Tab Wilkins of NIST MEP There’s no question the digital manufacturing revolution is racing at us. As a small or medium-sized manufacturer, how close are you to already being “smart”? Here are five steps in the journey to becoming […]
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Aug 24, 2017
A Guide to Hiring Veterans to Fill the Manufacturing Skills Gap
By Mary Ann Pacelli of NIST MEP On the surface, the manufacturing industry’s “good news, bad news” scenario appears to lean toward the good. The 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index projects the U.S. will be the most competitive manufacturing economy in the […]
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Aug 14, 2017
Blogging for Manufacturers: 5 Reasons You Need a Company Blog
By Nicole Ausherman of NIST MEP Blogging might be an important marketing strategy for other industries, but for manufacturers, it’s not that relevant… right? Wrong. Every industry should be blogging, even – or especially –ones not always considered glamorous like manufacturing. […]
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Jul 19, 2017
Hoorah for Made in America Week!
By Carroll Thomas of NIST MEP GE recently released a great TV commercial to jumpstart an effort to employ 20,000 women in STEM roles by 2020 that asks, “What if we treated female scientists the way we treated famous actors, […]
