July 30, 2020 By: Nicole Ausherman Women make up about 29 percent of the manufacturing workforce despite filling 47 percent of the positions in the overall workforce, according to the Manufacturing Institute. While there have been periods of growth and decline, the dynamic […]
Category Archives: Technology
How Automation and AI May Help Level the Playing Field for Women in Manufacturing
- Post Category Automation
- July 31, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
Sustainability
- Post Category Human Capital
- April 09, 2020
- Author: Benny Syverson
WMEP has been helping manufacturers with resource efficiency, productivity and making sustainability profitable for businesses. Now, together with WSBC, our suite of sustainability services supports both manufacturers and non-manufacturers to advance sustainability programs, increase efficiency and get credentials needed to […]
Advanced Robotics Case Study: Supply Chain Insourcing Using Cobots
- Post Category Automation
- March 16, 2020
- Author: Benny Syverson
A case study featuring Boyce Technologies. For more information on how your company can benefit from automation, contact Jim Sullivan. Get to know Jim Sullivan, Director of Business Development “The mission and the talent at the WMEP are at the […]
Operation Tech Transfer
- Post Category Automation
- March 10, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
March 10, 2020 By: Brian A. Weiss The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a world-class research organization. We have phenomenal scientists and engineers with impeccable research credentials. Our researchers are experts in a range of fields including artificial […]
Industry’s Problem Solving Partner
- Post Category Blog III
- February 06, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
Guest Blog Author: Sheku Kamara, MSOE dean of applied research February 6th, 2020 The Applied Technology Center™ (ATC) at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is industry’s problem solving partner. The ATC provides solutions for real-time industry challenges through several centers of […]
Automation & Technology
- Post Category Automation
- January 31, 2020
- Author: Benny Syverson
WMEP’s Automation Services help manufacturers understand where to invest in automation for the maximum business impact. The potential benefits of implementing automation can help manufacturers: Become more competitive Increase productivity Increase quality performance Increase Profits & Growth Increase the value […]
NIST Releases Version 1.0 of Privacy Framework
- Post Category Cyber Security
- January 27, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
Tool will help optimize beneficial uses of data while protecting individual privacy. January 16, 2020 Our data-driven society has a tricky balancing act to perform: building innovative products and services that use personal data while still protecting people’s privacy. To […]
NIST Publishes 2018 Department of Commerce Laboratories Technology Transfer Report
- Post Category Growth
- January 07, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
December 31, 2019 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) 2018 Annual Report on Technology Transfer. The report describes the outcomes of transfer efforts from DOC’s three research laboratories — NIST, the […]
A New Playbook for Interference
- Post Category Technology
- December 19, 2019
- Author: Guest Blog
NIST scientists correlate photon pairs of different colors generated in separate buildings. December 17, 2019 Particles can sometimes act like waves, and photons (particles of light) are no exception. Just as waves create an interference pattern, like ripples on a […]
NIST Releases Data to Help Measure Accuracy of Biometric Identification
- Post Category Technology
- December 16, 2019
- Author: Guest Blog
December 12, 2019 New biometric research data — ranging from fingerprints to facial photographs and iris scans — is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Stripped of identifying information and created expressly for research purposes, […]
