Colin Wilson A senior consultant with WMEP Manufacturing Solutions, Colin helped develop the organization’s Automation Advisor services to help Wisconsin manufacturers create strategies for industrial automation. Where he can help: While manufacturers of all sizes can benefit from implementing automation […]
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Featured WMEP Manufacturing Solutions Staff Member: Colin Wilson
- Business Outcome: Automation
- June 05, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
NASA/JPL announces selection of Wisconsin Manufacturer iButtonLink to manufacture ventilator for COVID-19 patients
- Business Outcome: Certification and Compliance
- June 01, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
Friday, May 29th, 2020. NASA announced their selection of manufacturers for a new ventilator, including iButtonLink in Whitewater, WI. WMEP’s Andrew Porter and Peg Dorn are working with them to implement requirements for Medical Device manufacturers. After receiving more than […]
The MEP National Network Shows Substantial Economic Return
- Business Outcome: Case Studies III
- May 18, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
A recent study by Summit Consulting and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research found the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program generated a substantial economic and financial return of nearly 13.4:1 for […]
SBA releases instructions to calculate PPP loan forgiveness
- May 18, 2020
- Author: Guest Blog
The SBA released a worksheet detailing how to calculate the amount of a Paycheck Protection Program loan that can be forgiven. Download the document here.
Driving Business Success Through Data, Analytics and Business Intelligence
- Business Outcome: Growth
- February 04, 2020
- Author: Rich Rovito, Industry Reporter, WMEP
By Rich Rovito Today, manufacturers have unprecedented availability of data due to the growing use of computerized equipment, shop-floor control software and business systems. This offers manufacturers significant opportunities to make intelligent, data-driven decisions for gaining competitive advantages. “Yet, most […]
Transformational Productivity Initiative Assessments – Value & Insights Gained
- Business Outcome: Growth
- February 04, 2020
- Author: Rich Rovito, Industry Reporter, WMEP
By Rich Rovito The Transformational Productivity Initiative is designed to help manufacturers systematically address lagging productivity, a declining workforce,adoption of automation, and digital technology. A key first step in the TPI journey is the initial assessment, which helps organizations create […]
Key Note Speaker for Manufacturing Matters! 20/20: Steve Brown, ‘The Bald Futurist’
- February 04, 2020
- Author: Rich Rovito, Industry Reporter, WMEP
Cutting-edge technological advances, from using augmented reality to train factory floor workers to leveraging blockchain technology to enhance products throughout their lifecycle, are set to alter the course of manufacturing. “Technology will reshape every business on the planet, including manufacturing, […]
NIST Releases Version 1.0 of Privacy Framework
- Business Outcome: 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
- Business Outcome: 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
- Business Outcome: 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 […]
