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Manufacturing Innovation Blog

Five Manufacturing Observations From Montana

April 3, 2014

Tab Wilkins

When people think of Montana, they likely think of hunting, fishing or skiing under the ever present Big Sky. I had the chance to recently present on

Why Business Loans Get Rejected

March 25, 2014

Doug Devereaux

Access to capital, especially access by small privately held companies, is a component of growth. According to an article in Forbes magazine, citing data

How Understanding Customers Can Strengthen Your Supply Chain

March 18, 2014

David Boulay

This article was originally posted on the PNC Business Insights e-news section. Guest blog post by David Boulay , Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center. I

Growing Clusters, One Manufacturer at a time

March 11, 2014

Heidi Sheppard

The cluster in East Tennessee entitled AMP!, has been hard at work connecting companies with resources made available through the AMJIAC funding. What is AMJIAC

Saying “I Do” To Your Workforce

March 6, 2014

Stacey Wagner

As a workforce professional, I have finally overloaded on the term “skills gap”. I subscribe to a content aggregator, so that might be part of the problem, but

Reflections – Part 2

February 27, 2014

Dave Cranmer

"Technological innovation is the successful implementation (in commerce or management) of a technical idea new to the institution creating it." —Lewis M

“Manufacturing” Our Recreational Passions

February 25, 2014

Tab Wilkins

My backcountry skiing passion depends upon over 30 manufactured products for fun and safety. This small (perhaps a half million participants annually in the U.S

A Robot In Time Saves

February 20, 2014

Tab Wilkins

Has robotics as a technology reached maturity and affordability for smaller manufacturers – it seems yes and no. Years ago future trends in manufacturing

Technology Transfer and the XXII Olympic Winter Games

February 18, 2014

Mark Schmit

The last time the gold medal at the Olympic Games was made out of solid gold was 1912. The bronze medals at this year’s Winter Olympic Games are estimated to be

Limber “Old” Corporations Build New Bridges

February 14, 2014

Clara Asmail

The quintessential venture capital (VC) paradigm has been to grow a business from a technology that incubated for a couple of decades in federal, university and

The ‘Unfabricated’ Impacts of the Fabricated Metal Sector

February 11, 2014

James Kiawu

Caution: Although the following narrative is about the fabricated metal product manufacturing sector, the story and the statistics themselves have not been

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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.

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