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Manufacturing Innovation Blog

Manufacturing Views from the Summit

May 31, 2017

Carroll Thomas

Manufacturing is changing at an extraordinary pace and in unbelievable ways. Recently, the MEP program hosted the 2017 National Summit to provide training

Four More Marketing Action Items for Manufacturers

May 23, 2017

Kari Reidy

Are you frustrated with the number of leads in your pipeline? Are you unsatisfied with the lack of brand awareness for your organization? If you answered “yes”

7 Tips to Reduce Energy Costs

May 17, 2017

Brian Lagas

Energy costs can be significant expenses for manufacturers of all shapes and sizes. Your processes may require vast amounts of energy to keep production moving

Making “The Technology” for Exoskeletons a Reality

April 21, 2017

Bill Billotte

This article originally appeared on the NIST Taking Measure blog . Guest blog post by Bill Billotte. I grew up in a small farming community in southern Georgia

Cybersecurity: Protecting Manufacturing Technology and Innovation

April 14, 2017

Pat Toth

Recently a segment on my favorite morning news program stopped me in my tracks. The young and attractive hosts (why are they always so young and attractive?)

Supply Chain Foundations

April 5, 2017

Carroll Thomas

Consider this: 100 percent of domestic manufacturers in the United States procure some combination of materials, components, sub-assemblies, and/or assemblies

Cybersecurity Requirements Raising the Stakes for Manufacturers

March 28, 2017

Elliot Forsyth

Guest blog post by Elliot Forsyth, Vice President of Business Operations at the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (The Center). Cybersecurity is

Collaborative Robotics Enabling Manufacturing Workforce and Productivity Growth

March 22, 2017

Jeremy Marvel

Guest blog post by Jeremy Marvel, research scientist and project leader at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In early 2016, the

Tier One Corporate Trends

March 6, 2017

Tab Wilkins

Recently, I read the annual PriceCoopersWaterhouse CEO survey of leading multinational companies. It includes two short videos with manufacturing CEOs offering

INFOGRAPHIC: Facts About Manufacturing

February 24, 2017

Zara Brunner

Every day manufacturing touches some aspect of our lives. Whether it’s contributing $2.2 trillion to the U.S. economy, providing 12.3 million jobs across the

Virtual Vertical Integration: Innovation through Supplier Partnerships

February 17, 2017

Beth Colbert

“vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company…” 1 The industrial revolution created giant

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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.

If you have any questions about our blog, please contact us at mfg [at] nist.gov (mfg[at]nist[dot]gov).