By Jerry Thiltgen, Senior Manufacturing Specialist, WMEP What’s old is new when it comes to fortifying the basic concepts of lean manufacturing. Training Within Industry (TWI), which was developed to support industrial firms for the United States war effort during World […]
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Supervisory skill development + Shop floor involvement = Dramatic performance improvement and Lean sustainability
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- July 30, 2013
- Author: WMEP
Sustainability is good business
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- July 09, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Mark McDermid, WMEP Manufacturing Specialist Most companies pursuing sustainability have a common attribute. When they hear sustainability, they think about the expense. The good news is that if your operation incorporates the principles of continuous improvement, has performance metrics […]
Fraud can be a real problem for manufacturers
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- July 08, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter Fraud can be a real problem for manufacturers. They can be susceptible to internal and external fraud schemes, ranging from inventory fraud and black market diversion of product to kickbacks, falsified invoices, fictitious vendors […]
What you don’t know CAN hurt your business
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- July 08, 2013
- Author: WMEP
Why knowing and following trends is essential to running your business By Debra Oakes, WMEP Director of Marketing The recent Wisconsin Economic Future Study cites innovation as an area of critical importance for Wisconsin manufacturers, since innovation translates into strong, sustainable […]
Study finds companies disappointed with innovation ROI
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- June 11, 2013
- Author: WMEP
Conservative strategy on innovation can be perilous by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter Many companies are becoming increasingly frustrated with the returns they are deriving from investments in innovation and are scaling back their expectations while limiting the scope of […]
State offers variety of resources to boost manufacturers’ growth
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- June 11, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership is hosting special Lunch & Learn programs on June 18 in Madison, June 19 in Pewaukee (session full) and June 20 in Oshkosh, that will highlight how the Wisconsin Economic […]
Affordable Care Act generating lots of questions, concerns
- Business Outcome: Certification and Compliance
- June 11, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as the ACA, has been law for more than three years now, but significant questions remain for manufacturers of all sizes as provisions of the act […]
Collaboration key to innovation
- Business Outcome: Growth
- June 11, 2013
- Author: WMEP
by Rich Rovito, WMEP Industry Reporter A lack of collaboration can limit a company’s ability to innovate, according to Sarah Miller Caldicott, an innovation process expert and author of a new book on the topic. “Collaboration is the gateway to […]
The ACA – what manufacturers need to know
- Business Outcome: Certification and Compliance
- May 28, 2013
- Author: WMEP
By Mike Gotzler and Jane Clark of QTI As we informed WMEP guests at our first Lunch & Learns in September, many of the details of the Affordable Care Act were not provided when the Act was passed in 2010. […]
Back to the Basics – Better than Ever!
- Business Outcome: Growth
- May 08, 2013
- Author: WMEP
By Jerry Thiltgen, Senior Manufacturing Specialist, WMEP What’s old is new when it comes to fortifying the basic concepts of lean manufacturing. Training Within Industry (TWI), which was developed to support industrial firms for the United States war effort during World […]
