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Manufacturing Innovation Blog

Katie Rapp

Katie Rapp is a writer/editor for NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership where she helps NIST MEP staff use plain language so their readers can understand what they write the first time they read it. Before that, she was a librarian at the NIST Research Library where she learned and wrote about many cool NIST history stories.

Revolutionizing American Manufacturing

February 2, 2023

A major focus of the current administration is revitalizing American manufacturing, and new technologies are changing the way things are made. Manufacturing

Infographic: Training: Responding to the Skills Gap

January 12, 2023

There aren’t enough workers to meet U.S. manufacturers’ needs. A 2021 survey by the National Association of Manufacturers found that 80% of companies say their

Video: Heroes of American Manufacturing – BrightView Technologies

December 2, 2022

A new video in the Heroes of American Manufacturing series features BrightView Technologies, a Durham, North Carolina, manufacturer. What makes BrightView a

See Yourself in Cyber

October 28, 2022

Your company is too small to be targeted for a cyberattack, right? That’s what Cincinnati Crane and Hoist (CCH) thought too. Like many small and medium-sized

Manufacturing Day Gives Manufacturers the Opportunity to Shine – And Develop Their Future Workforce

October 7, 2022

For years, U.S. manufacturers have struggled to find and keep good workers. The pandemic brought this to crisis level, and the difficult labor market has led

How Smaller Manufacturers Can Develop Risk Management Strategies for Their Supply Chains

August 11, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light a stark reality about current supply chains. As Nissan Motor Co.’s Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta points out, “The

Infographic: Reshoring and the Pandemic – Bringing Manufacturing Back to America

July 29, 2022

A new infographic, Reshoring and the Pandemic: Bringing Manufacturing Back to America, delves into various factors related to reshoring supply chains and shines

The Secret to Improving Your Leadership … Really

May 19, 2022

Why do so few leadership improvement efforts produce the results that leaders and business sponsors want? What is in the way? Through decades of experience

Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing: Real World Success Stories and Lessons Learned

January 7, 2022

For manufacturers, artificial intelligence (AI) can be a game changer. Greater efficiencies, lower costs, improved quality and reduced downtime are just some of

A ‘Forever’ Stamp and a Discovery That Changed Physics Forever

March 10, 2021

With a new “forever” stamp honoring "First Lady of Physics" Chien-Shiung Wu, we have come very close to seeing a National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Manufacturing Innovation, the blog of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), is a resource for manufacturers, industry experts and the public on key U.S. manufacturing topics. There are articles for those looking to dive into new strategies emerging in manufacturing as well as useful information on tools and opportunities for manufacturers.

The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of NIST.

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