Join Global Midwest Alliance at TMA headquarters in Park Ridge, IL on April 24 for its annual manufacturing industry program, sponsored by WMEP, AMT, TMA, The Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing and Cendrowski Corporate Advisors. The program includes a three-part discussion […]
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Advanced Manufacturing: What Is It and How Will It Affect My Business?
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- March 18, 2014
- Author: WMEP
Manufacturing Matters! 2014 keynote speaker Meeusen sees challenges for manufacturers
- Business Outcome: Growth
- March 13, 2014
- Author: WMEP
By Rich Rovito Rich Meeusen isn’t one to sugarcoat an issue. The chairman, president and chief executive officer of Brown Deer-based Badger Meter Inc. and the driving force behind an effort to transform the region into a global water technology […]
Wiora named new director of consulting services for the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- Business Outcome: Growth
- February 11, 2014
- Author: WMEP
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership has appointed Tim Wiora as director of consulting services. Wiora most recently worked as a senior administrative program specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He replaces Ed Svojse, who left the organization late last year […]
Breathing life back into American manufacturing
- Business Outcome: Winning Culture
- February 11, 2014
- Author: WMEP
By Rich Rovito The way Scott Paul sees it, 2014 needs to be a year of action for the manufacturing sector. Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established in 2007 by some of the country’s […]
Skills Gap: Is It Real?
- Business Outcome: Winning Culture
- February 11, 2014
- Author: WMEP
By Rich Rovito It’s a topic that just won’t go away. Manufacturers continue to voice concern about a skills gap that they claim has been plaguing the industrial sector for years. Companies are quick to blame the perceived gap as […]
Lean Six Sigma – It’s more than a process, it’s a competitive advantage
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- January 08, 2014
- Author: WMEP
by Gaurav Gandhi, WMEP Senior Manufacturing Specialist & Practice Leader Over the past few years, a number of Wisconsin manufacturers have told me that they are struggling to meet the demands of their major customers. During the recession, a lot […]
How manufacturers can effectively use marketing to grow their business
- Business Outcome: Growth
- January 08, 2014
- Author: WMEP
Janet Ady of Ady Voltedge shared her insights at a recent WMEP Lunch & Learn by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter Whether targeting consumers or other businesses, manufacturers need an effective marketing plan. “You want to understand all you can […]
Expanding Sustainable Manufacturing Practices in Wisconsin
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- December 30, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Mac McDermid, WMEP Manufacturing Specialist The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership has teamed up with a new partner, Milwaukee Sustainability Roundtable, in its continuing pursuit of tools and resources to make companies sustainable and profitable. A roundtable of large businesses […]
Milwaukee Region chosen for Global Cities Initiative’s new Exchange Network
- Business Outcome: Growth
- December 19, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter Manufacturers expected to benefit from Initiative “With Milwaukee’s large manufacturing base, this points to enormous opportunities to expand and strengthen exporting by the region’s manufacturers, especially small- and mid-sized firms that are either new […]
Heated debate on skills gap expected at Manufacturing Matters!
- Business Outcome: Winning Culture
- December 10, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Debra Oakes, WMEP director of marketing The Skills Gap: Is it real or isn’t it? That’s the question that continues to arise around the hot topic of a perceived employee skills gap for manufacturers. Although scores of companies claim […]
