Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Job Creation in Central Pennsylvania
Join us to learn about how robotics can be a force multiplier for your human staff, help you recruit and retain human workers, and ultimately help you grow your business. Adding robots to your workforce is about more than reducing cycle times, saving money, or improving product quality. The robots themselves are more than just Read More
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) invite you to a webinar: “How Standards Help SMEs to Innovate, Compete, and Grow” on Tuesday, December 13, from 9:00-11:30 a.m. EST. The global marketplace is built on international standards. Learn about available resources and gain a deeper understanding of Read More
Digitalization has opened a new world of opportunity for traditional operational technologies. However, along with those opportunities come risks with the ever-evolving threat landscape. The modern threat landscape is complex and vast, with over 9 billion permutations if you look the techniques, tactics, and playbooks (TTP). Therefore, it is absolutely critical that companies maintain line of Read More
Not all OSHA investigations should be treated identically. There are many factors that need to be considered in implementing a strategy when OSHA comes knocking. These factors might include whether an injury or fatality triggered the audit, the company's prior citation history, whether the business has multiple facilities and related considerations. Likewise, resolving OSHA citations Read More
Employee engagement is an essential concept for today's companies to be successful, as engaged employees feel linked to the organizational goals, vision and mission. As safety professionals wrestle with the concept of transforming safety cultures and improving safety environments, research significantly supports the ideal of transformational leadership within the safety profession. Transformational leaders continue to Read More
The new CHIPS and Science Act is expected to spur multi-million-dollar construction projects not only in chip fabrication location but also in ancillary domestic areas like supplier facilities, technology hubs and supported community infrastructure improvements. With the promise of all this new development comes requirements for enhanced environmental due diligence. This explanatory webinar will cover: Read More
Poor training causes problems! Many companies struggle with training that is inconsistent or ineffective. This results in slower production times, increased scrap, lower quality, even decreased employee retention. Luckily, Training Within Industry (TWI) Job Instruction (JI) is back! TWI JI originated in the U.S. in the 1940s to support the WW2 effort by boosting manufacturing Read More
Digitalization has opened a new world of opportunity for traditional operational technologies. However, along with those opportunities come risks with the ever-evolving threat landscape. The modern threat landscape is complex and vast, with over 9 billion permutations if you look the techniques, tactics, and playbooks (TTP). Therefore, it is absolutely critical that companies maintain line of Read More
Why are some organizations able to innovate over and over again while others remain stagnant? The organizations that are able to consistently innovate, understand that creativity and innovation are not accidental - they are intentional. Design thinking is a human-centered creative process, which brings you to solutions of real, unmet needs in the world. What Read More
This webinar will provide background information on ISO 50001 and the Department of Energy’s 50001 Ready Navigator program. It will focus on how to blend energy practices into your existing sustainability programs and provide information on PennTAP's second no-cost 50001 Ready Cohort, taking place this spring. Register Additional Information: Managing production, quality, and environmental Read More
Imports into the U.S. continue to grow, even with the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic and other factors more companies are sourcing goods and material from overseas markets. Much of this “offshoring” is with Asia, due to the increasing costs of transportation, shortage of air and ocean cargo space and increased tariffs on goods Read More
Safety leaders receive a myriad of technical training for their roles, but two crucial components of leadership—how to make confident decisions and how to lead people through a crisis—are often overlooked. Eric McNulty, Associate Director and Program Faculty at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) at Harvard University, is a published business author, professor, speaker, and expert Read More
