Small businesses face numerous threats to their businesses in the world today. Cyber criminals are continuing to come up with ways to compromise small businesses’ information. Find out the top 5 biggest cybersecurity threats to small businesses that you should look out for. We’re excited to co-sponsor this webinar with Core Business Solutions. Register

Penn State University offers many opportunities for collaboration with the business community for funding opportunities. This webinar will highlight those opportunities, presenting the first steps for businesses who are seeking out funding for innovative products to engage with the university. Opportunities we will discuss include: SBIR/STTR Manufacturing PA Innovation program Ben Franklin Technology Partners PennTAP Read More

Every business, no matter the size, reaches a point where it becomes difficult to tell how to scale up from its current state. Sometimes it’s easier to grow outward than upward. This process is called market diversification.  However, companies shouldn’t wait until their growth is stalled to diversify. In today’s uncertain economic conditions, it is Read More

The biggest, best-resourced manufacturers in America still struggle to make the Industrial Internet of Things and other technologies work for them. Manufacturers in industrials, luxury goods, medical devices, and others embraced the tools available to build factories of the future, where leaders can make real-time data-driven decisions, adapt to everchanging disruptions, minimize waste, empower and Read More

The biggest fear when it comes to workplace health and safety is that something will get missed…and then that “something” becomes a serious compliance issue, fine, or worse: an accident. If this is your situation – if you find yourself responsible or partly responsible for the health and safety of your people but are worried Read More

Learn about tax rates, tax recovery and the compliance requirements you need to understand to succeed in this market. Exporting to Canada is an obvious choice for companies looking to grow their international sales in a lower-risk market (it’s one of the top export destinations for U.S. companies). But there are challenges to be aware Read More

Join us for an overview of SLA and SLS 3D Printing. We will give an overview of both forms of 3D Printing, explain what SLS and SLA are each best for, and discuss what use cases make sense to utilize each technology. Alex Pestana, Sales Engineer at Formlabs, will lead the conversation and walk through Read More

Over the last decade, a number of organizations have been rocked by unforeseen supply chain disruptions and vulnerabilities. A break in the chain can occur from anywhere: it could be a human right violation in the sourcing location, poor workplace safety policies and unethical procurement practices, or incidents involving injuries or damage to property. The Read More

The DoD is currently planning to start adding formal CMMC 2.0 certification requirements into contracts starting in 2023. With all of the starts-and-stops we’ve seen relating to the rollout of CMMC, it’s hard to know what to focus on in the interim. SPRS self-assessments and scores should already be complete, but what’s next? In this Read More

Automation technologies have progressed to the point where the majority of manufacturing businesses have multiple processes that are ready for robotic automation. But with so many business challenges driving automation, and so many different components, tools, and robot models contributing to automated systems, how can businesses prioritize what processes to automate first? Join Alex Thesken, Marketing Technologist Read More

With national unemployment rates at all-time lows, businesses are having to dedicate lots of resources toward hiring. That problem only grows larger in the manufacturing industry, where a high percentage of workers require specialized skills to perform their jobs. And as the pool of eligible jobseekers shrinks over the next decade, these staffing issues will Read More

If you’re like most manufacturers, the pandemic forced you to adapt your business operations and respond to constantly changing circumstances. Now it’s time to take a similar approach to hiring, engaging and developing your employees. In this presentation, we will examine causes of high turnover and low employee engagement. We’ll explore ways you can cast Read More

Ensuring employee safety and maintaining cost-effective production are always priorities for any manufacturing industry. The requirements for safeguarding of machinery are constantly evolving, especially with the increasing use of automation. This evolution has allowed the development of numerous protective devices to be integrated into systems such that they actually assist in the productivity and are Read More

Are you a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor or sub-contractor in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB)? Are you currently required to enter Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) scores in Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE)? Do you think you may have to enter these scores at some point? Do you access or generate Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)? If Read More

Export control laws are a complex set of federal regulations designed to protect national security, prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, further foreign policy, and maintain U.S. economic competitiveness. Unfortunately, the complexity of these export compliance regulations makes them difficult for manufacturers of all sizes to understand and follow. And the risk of Read More

Is there a right way to present machine safety? Safety training often gets the bad reputation of being dull, making the process ineffectual. Learn effective ways to avoid the boredom and integrate training into your machine safety mindset. Review of training methodologies Tips on making training more effective Preferred methodologies for OSHA topics Register Speakers Read More

Challenges facing EHS leaders abound, including: Cultivating a positive culture of safety across the organization Working with executive leadership to secure investment in safety initiatives Adapting to new and evolving changes as the world becomes more complex. What are some best practices to ensure you can overcome these challenges to make safe practices a reality? Read More

Improving an organization’s safety culture requires reestablishing a working bond between safety and production goals. It is easy to talk about safety and say what needs to get done on paper, but there is a real demand for production numbers that often seem to surpass safety and machine maintenance. Those who become complacent in their Read More