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Manufacturing and the PA Industrial Resource Centers: Drivers of Pennsylvania’s Economy Video

by Lauri Moon

Recently, the Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs) released their 2020 annual report video, which outlines the strides our state’s manufacturing industry has made this year in terms of the number of established manufacturing companies, job creation, dollars of goods produced and the number of exported goods – all despite the onset of COVID-19. With the… Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – The Power of Systems Thinking (Part II)

by Russ Lawrence

In our previous article (read first), we talked about the value of thinking models and in particular “systems thinking”.  To support systems thinking we identified the 5 Elements of a Business System.  And we said that every business system is comprised of these same 5 elements.  Now let’s dig into systems thinking a little further…. Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – The Power of Systems Thinking

by Russ Lawrence

It’s accurate to say that effective businesspeople routinely apply “thinking models” in their work and less effective businesspeople don’t.  That’s a pretty sweeping generalization, but it holds up much of the time because thinking models consistently do two things. They promote and enable clear thinking, reason, analysis and collaboration that lead to good decision-making and… Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – Assessing Your Factory Floor Training System

by Russ Lawrence

In our recent blogs posts, we’ve discussed the challenging manufacturing environment of increasing customization and, with that trend, the need for improved job training as work continues to get more varied, complex and is always changing. The last two posts identified initial steps to building an improved job training system. Today’s is about another critical… Read More

Manufacturing Day 2020 – The Creative Enterprise

by Russ Lawrence

CALLING ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS, CREATE NEW PRODUCTS, FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THEM, CONTINUALLY LEARN, AND BE WELL-REWARDED FOR IT. That’s what the fast-evolving world of manufacturing is looking like more and more each day and… WE WANT YOU! The Manufacturing Marketplace Fueled by today’s continual demand for… Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – Building a Great Job Training System Step 2

by Russ Lawrence

In our last article, we talked about step 1 in developing an effective training system. And how critical training has become, as products become, more customized and specialized causing jobs and tasks to become more complex and to continually change. Without effective training, unwanted variation, inconsistency, errors, reduced throughputs and other wastes are inevitable. Job… Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – Building a Great Job Training System Step 1

by Russ Lawrence

In our previous two posts, we discussed the worldwide trend of increasing product customization and specialization and the many implications of that.  One being the introduction of more variation into our work processes from up-front selling and quoting through design, purchasing, manufacturing and distribution. So how do we take advantage of the desired variation of… Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – Stop the CHAOS! Improve Your Training

by Russ Lawrence

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 significant challenges (and opportunities) for manufacturers. Let’s face it. Making more customized and specialized products (that are more complex and always changing) and doing that… Read More

Two Minutes on Manufacturing Excellence – Customized, Specialized Products

by Russ Lawrence

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 couple decades was mostly commodity products that they could make much cheaper and often “good enough”. But as we’re all seeing now, the worldwide trend… Read More

Why Networked Communities are the Key to Recovery

by Lauri Moon

Written by Erica Mulberger, Executive Director, CPWDC As Memorial Day has come and gone with no parades, no baseball, and no large summer kick-off parties, one thing has remained constant: Central Pennsylvanians stayed committed to ensuring our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers would come out of this pandemic just as strong as we were going… Read More

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  • "Through the assistance of IMC, we have been able to develop a quality high temperature grout as well as a superior Oil Field Containment System, both of which have opened up new doors and possibilities into a growing industry for Polymics."

    — Dr. Tim Hsu, President, Polymics

  • "The project improved leadership capabilities of existing management, helped to build more leaders and educated employees on the basics of economics and expanded their business sense. I often recommend IMC to other manufacturers as an innovative source in solving problems and eliminating bottlenecks."

    — Randy Beiler, General Manager, Pik Rite, Inc.

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  • Glass Bottles Supplier Opportunity

    A small company in Puerto Rico is seeking domestic manufacturers to produce 12oz Flint Round Glass Bottles. Please take a ... READ MORE

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    A small company in Pennsylvania is seeking domestic manufacturers to produce jewelry, pendant, cast components for necklaces. If interested in ... READ MORE

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  • Manufacturing and the PA Industrial Resource Centers: Drivers of Pennsylvania's Economy Video

    by Lauri Moon

    Recently, the Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs) released their 2020 annual report video, which outlines the strides our state's manufacturing ... READ MORE

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