Guest blog provided by Earthling Interactive. | Apr 17, 2021 | Ecommerce Let’s look at eight surprising ways that a B2B ecommerce site can create efficiencies that not only streamline your sales process but also transform your customers’ buying experience. But before […]
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8 Surprising Ways a B2B Ecommerce Site Can Improve a Manufacturer’s Performance
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- May 11, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
Whether You Build Them or Buy Them – IoT Device Security Concerns Us All
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- April 19, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
April 15, 2021 By: Barbara Cuthill The Internet of Things (IoT) offers many attractions for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) who may want to integrate IoT into their facilities and operations, or who seek to enter the IoT market with innovative […]
DoD Cybersecurity Acronym Help
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- April 06, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
By: Cory Larson CMMC, NIST 800-171, & DFARs Greetings! This is Cory Larson, and I am an Automation & Cybersecurity consultant at WMEP. I wanted to write a quick clarification on DoD Contracts, NIST 800-171, and CMMC. There is a […]
America Works – An Innovative Approach to Workforce Development
- Business Outcome: Automation
- March 11, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
March 9, 2021 By: Matt Fieldman This blog is the first in a monthly series brought to you by the new America Works initiative. As a part of the MEP National Network’s goal of supporting the growth of small and medium-sized […]
Detecting Abnormal Cyber Behavior Before a Cyberattack
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- March 05, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
March 5, 2021 By: Dr. Michael Powell The promise of advanced manufacturing technologies — also known as smart factories or Industry 4.0 — is that by networking our machines, computers, sensors and systems, we will (among other things) enable automation, improve […]
Sometimes It’s Not Easy Being a Small Manufacturer
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- February 24, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
February 23, 2021 By: Mark Schmit The COVID-19 pandemic has presented big challenges for small manufacturers. That was the message of three leaders from manufacturing companies located in two Southwestern states. Fortunately, the MEP National NetworkTM, in WMEP Manufacturing Solutions, is here […]
U.S. Manufacturing to the MEP National Network: Don’t Let Up!
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- February 19, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
February 17, 2021 By: Mark Schmit The COVID-19 pandemic has asked much of manufacturing executives. They’ve had to make decisions about staffing and operations in the face of tremendous health and economic uncertainty — and then adjust or even change decisions […]
After a March (and More) of Madness, What’s Next for Manufacturers?
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- February 17, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
February 10, 2021 By: Mark Schmit The six manufacturing executives participating in a Sept. 25, 2020, virtual conversation spent much of the time discussing what comes after the pandemic has subsided. This session of the “National Conversation with Manufacturers” was the […]
Women in Manufacturing
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- February 17, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
In today’s manufacturing world, women play a much larger role than they have in the past. Whether you are creative, analytical or process-oriented, there is a place in manufacturing for you. From leadership in the front office to machine operators […]
Mergers and Acquisitions in the COVID-19 Era
- Business Outcome: Blog III
- February 09, 2021
- Author: Guest Blog
Manufacturing companies have faced unparalleled challenges over the past year, directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in production, forced shutdowns, staggered production schedules and reduced employment levels affected the momentum the industry was regaining since 2010. Yet, deals are […]
