Guest Blog by Jessica Gaines, Relationship Manager; WorkWise 7 BENEFITS OF ERP SOFTWARE FOR MANUFACTURERS We could go on and on about how Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is a necessity for discrete manufacturers. Instead, here’s a list of 10 […]
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7 Benefits of ERP Software for Manufacturers
- Business Outcome: Manufacturing Matters
- February 02, 2018
- Author: Guest Blog
To sell or not to sell: That is the question
- Business Outcome: Manufacturing Matters
- February 02, 2018
- Author: Guest Blog
Guest Blog by Ann Hanna, Managing Director and Owner; Taureau Group, LLC To sell or not sell: That is the Question In today’s environment, a business owner does not have to search far to hear and read about the strong […]
Building Effective Employee Retention Programs
- November 14, 2017
- Author: Thomas O'Rourke
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 […]
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.
