Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Job Creation in Central Pennsylvania
The opioid crisis has escalated dramatically in the past decade across the country, and those affected may also be your employees. At the same time, the marijuana legalization movement has grown, and a number of states now not only permit medical marijuana but also recreational marijuana. With the potential for more employees to be under Read More
Has your business productivity stalled due to economic conditions, pressuring you with questions about how to drive additional value? Are you struggling to access and analyze your production data to drive valuable insights for competition in the modern manufacturing environment? Manufacturers have been dealing with heavy margin pressures and constantly looking at ways to reduce Read More
With the advances in safety technology and industry knowledge, why are there recordable incidents resulting from machine guarding issues? Join us for this informative webinar in which we discuss some of the common challenges and issues with machine safety and safeguarding. Understanding some of the gaps will help develop a more effective machine guarding program, Read More
How to compete against the competition, which might have a lower price, without giving up on your price. At this session, we will dive into the aspects of: What it really means to sell value– whose definition of value really matters? Not yours! Unless we can have our prospects define what value means to them, Read More
The SPEED OF CHANGE keeps increasing in EVERYTHING. Including... · Customer Requirements · Technology · Communications · Competitive Marketplace · Knowledge/Know-How · Materials · Supply Chains (Reshoring) · People (Turnover) · Methods/How-To’s The time is NOW for manufacturers to get better at INNOVATION Read More
The Sequential Consequences of China Ripple Effects from Coronavirus IMC sister-center Catalyst Connection is hosting this webinar that will explore the ramifications of the COVID-19 virus, starting with the initial impact at the center of the virus in China, then in terms of the short-term effects on business and finally the long-term impact on trade Read More
Physical assets are capital intensive and for many organizations are considered to be the life blood of their business. No enterprise can expect to achieve peak performance unless these assets reliably perform at optimal levels. To achieve operational excellence your overall Asset Performance Management (APM) strategy needs to be proactive and effective. Many asset-intensive organizations Read More
Safety and human resources professionals appreciate the value of ergonomics. They understand that ergonomics improves employee well-being and leads to reductions in causal absenteeism, recordable injuries, lost-time cases, and workers’ compensation costs, among others. However, other business stakeholders, such as plant leadership, quality, operations, manufacturing, boards of directors, and investors often overlook and underappreciate that Read More
How can your organization approach additive manufacturing (AM) in the best way possible? The simplest answer is to embrace AM as a massive opportunity for growth instead of a challenge that needs to be addressed. After all, the goal of any AM initiative shouldn’t be to “catch up” to competitors that may already be using Read More
When a crisis hits, whether it’s a global event (like a pandemic, war, or raw material shortage) or vendor-specific (like a fire, flood, or even a family emergency), a disruption to your supply chain can be catastrophic to your business. The better prepared you are, and the better you understand your supply chain, the better Read More
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is in flux. Manufacturers face a wave of ever-shifting demand and the need for ever-shorter lead times, plus an unprecedented array of new disruptive technologies to evaluate and implement. Successfully navigating these complex challenges can mean pulling ahead of the industry; failure can mean losing out to nimble competitors. Read More
