Stop the CHAOS! Improve Your Training The Inevitable Trend In our previous post, we talked about the worldwide trend towards more customized and specialized products and how that trend translates into Read More
Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – Customized, Specialized Products
Customized, Specialized Products – Challenging? Yes. Doable? Definitely! THE OPPORTUNITY I think we all get it that the manufacturing we lost to foreign competition (China in particular) over the past Read More
Sustainable Success in a Fast-Changing Marketplace – Comments from a Local Manufacturer
Below is a real story with multiple timely and important messages from one of our area manufacturing leaders who has chosen to remain anonymous. One of the important messages… Yes, Read More
Innovation as a Science and System
A very good (and short – 3 pages big print) research-based article on innovation as a system. Very much supports the whole concept that is Innovation Engineering – that innovation Read More
One Page Manufacturing Technologies Guide
A rapidly evolving part of advancing your Continuous Improvement (CI) system, specific practices and initiatives is understanding the various technologies that can be applied to support solutions. This technology advancement Read More
Collaborative Robots and Lean/Continuous Improvement
I attended a collaborative robots (cobots) event yesterday that IMC cosponsored with the PA CareerLink for Columbia/Montour Counties and thought it worth a few observations within the context of lean/ Read More
Millennials, Hiring & Retention
Dear Manufacturing Leaders – Much talk about millennials these days and in particular as relates to manufacturing. Below is a link to a pretty good article about attracting and retaining Read More
Frank Demmler: It’s not your parents’ funding environment
(By Lee Stabert on May 17, 2016) FRANK DEMMLER is Vice President of Entrepreneurial Services at Innovation Works (Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southwestern PA). In his 30-year career, he has worked Read More
OSHA Finalizes New Workplace Injury Reporting Rule
(By Paul Clouser on May 11, 2016Posted in Workers’ Compensation) On May 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) finalized a recordkeeping and reporting rule that will require Read More
DOL Releases Updated FMLA Materials
(By Joe Sileo on May 18, 2016Posted in Employer Liability) The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a new Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster. Employers who Read More
