You post ads, place “We’re Hiring” signs outside your building, offer sign-on bonuses and spend time interviewing, all in the name of hiring employees. Then they join your company and what happens? They leave within the first 30 days or […]
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What is the true value of your business?
- Business Outcome: Growth
- October 18, 2017
- Author: WMEP
A primary role of a top-level manufacturing executive is to protect the value of their enterprise. By: George Bureau Businesses are typically valued with a multiplier of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, commonly known as EBITDA. The […]
High percentage of women manufacturers at Industrial Controls Corp. is a result of finding the best-qualified candidates
- Business Outcome: Winning Culture
- July 19, 2017
- Author: Rich Rovito, Industry Reporter, WMEP
Rachel Yehle worked for three years as an intern at Industrial Controls Corp. while she earned an engineering degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She interviewed for several jobs, at the urging of Industrial Controls president and Chief Executive Officer […]
Strategic Workforce Planning Program a Critical First Step of Workforce Optimization
- Business Outcome: Leadership
- July 17, 2017
- Author: Thomas O'Rourke
By Thomas E. O’Rourke The long-running struggle of manufacturers to find and retain employees to fill open jobs has been well documented and a topic of seemingly unending discussion and debate. Is there a true skills gap? Is the issue […]
BEWARE: Allergens Major Source of Food Product Recalls
- Business Outcome: Certification and Compliance
- June 13, 2017
- Author: Peg Dorn
Allergens create a variety of challenges and can be very costly for food manufacturers when not properly controlled. Although food recalls tied to illness outbreaks tend to garner the most attention, undeclared allergens in food are a leading cause of product recalls. Over a […]
“Game Changer – Zero Waste and Box Re-Use”
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- May 15, 2017
- Author: Guest Blog
by Lisa Geason-Bauer Many U.S. based corporations along with their global counterparts over the last five to seven years have put programs in place to reduce waste and increase re-use of materials while striving to meet rigorous zero waste business […]
Meeting the Challenges of the Food Safety Modernization Act
- April 07, 2017
- Author: Peg Dorn
Intensified regulations and a greater focus on preventing contamination has created challenges for Wisconsin food and beverage manufacturers.
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership is here to help.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act, the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years, was signed into law by then-President Obama in January 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to outright preventing it.
The law provides the FDA with new enforcement power designed to achieve higher rates of compliance with prevention- and risk-based food safety standards and to better respond to and contain problems when they do occur.
2017 Wisconsin Innovation Awards
- March 27, 2017
- Author: Guest Blog
Manufacturers in the Spotlight: An Innovative Opportunity We know that manufacturers around Wisconsin are solving problems and innovating every day. Now we have the opportunity to highlight that work to an even bigger audience at the Wisconsin Innovation Awards. […]
Manufacturing Matters! 2017 Draws Enthusiastic Crowd
- March 10, 2017
- Author: Rich Rovito, Industry Reporter, WMEP
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s annual Manufacturing Matters! conference attracted a capacity crowd of about 450 people to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Milwaukee on Feb. 23. Michael Stull, Senior Vice President of Manpower North America, delivered a captivating […]
