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Supporting Digital Transformation with Legacy Components

July 20, 2021

Michael Pease

“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” – Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner Research Digital

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How Smaller Manufacturers Can Take Advantage of Additive Manufacturing

July 13, 2021

Dave Pierson

“I’ve heard additive manufacturing is key to driving innovation in our industry, but how does it really deliver value?” “We’ve looked at some additive

Engineer And Apprentice Discussing Job Sheet In Factory

Workplace Development is the New Workforce Development

June 30, 2021

Matt Fieldman

This blog is the fourth in a monthly series brought to you by the America Works initiative. As a part of the MEP National Network’s goal of supporting the

Commonly Misused Terms in Cybersecurity

June 25, 2021

Celia Paulsen

Words are hard. English is hard. How we manage to communicate anything is nigh a miracle. Sometimes I wish I was Oscar Wilde or Mark Twain or any of the other

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Digital Supply Chain Assessment Sets Stage for Optimizing Performance

June 10, 2021

Doug Devereaux

The premise for the NIST MEP Digital Supply Chain Network project is familiar to MEP Centers — many small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) are often not

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Maintaining Your Online Privacy

May 28, 2021

Marcus Steele

It might not be the most important subject on your mind when running your business, but online privacy is becoming increasingly important as we move closer to a

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Introducing the MEP Workforce Database

May 26, 2021

Matt Fieldman

This blog is the third 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

Data Breach Notification Laws: How to Manufacture a Confident Response

May 24, 2021

Robert Barnes

With the number of reported data breaches steadily increasing every year, they are in the news so frequently that it’s hard to keep them all straight. In 2017

Aerospace and Defense Manufacturer Realizes $450,000 In New Sales Due to Increased Capacity

May 21, 2021

Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership

GrovTec US, Inc. is a contract manufacturer of aerospace and defense parts that has a large footprint in retail firearms accessories. Based in Wood Village

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Walsh Door & Security Receives Inventory Management Support

May 13, 2021

Iowa Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)

Walsh Door & Security, founded in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1930, is the Midwest’s leading provider of premium commercial door, frame, hardware and electronic

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Iron University

April 30, 2021

Enterprise Minnesota

Alliant Castings, based in Winona, Minnesota, is a foundry manufacturing abrasion and impact resistant castings for a variety of heavy-duty industries including

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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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