by Lisa Pustelak, NWIRC Employee Development Specialist and Strategic Business Advisor
With a desperate need for workforce by many companies and industries, is your company known as a ‘go to’ for employment in your community? If not, why? How do…
by Bob Zaruta, President/CEO, NWIRC
We all have those especially good reads that we remember. Books that not only were fun and enjoyable to read, but ones that inspired, influenced, and shaped our personal and professional development. Books that were…
by Mark Schmit, NIST-MEP
In the Sept. 18, 2020, session of the “National Conversation with Manufacturers,” three West Coast manufacturing leaders on the panel kept coming back to their critical need for skilled workers.
The conversation was one in a…
A new study by Summit Consulting and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research finds that the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program generates a substantial economic and financial return. The study found…
by Andrew Peterson, NIST MEP
Manufacturing robotics is to some extent following a similar path of advances to those in machining and fixed automation systems. Though the ROI is most easily measured in efficiency and cost savings, manufacturers are looking…
A virtual Manufacturing Innovation Summit is scheduled for March 18, 2021- focused on telling the stories of Pennsylvania manufacturers who have successfully navigated challenges through innovation. The event is a collaboration of PA Industrial Resource Centers, including NWIRC and hosted…
Here’s a reprise of an article, Toyota Kata: A Lean Strategy for Keeping Up with the Pace of Change, published a couple years ago by Brian Lagas, Technical Manager at NIST MEP. A good time to revisit kata, just before…
by Bob Zaruta, President/CEO, NWIRC
Every March, manufacturers from across the country visit Capitol Hill along with representatives from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers. Their mission: to emphasize the importance of U.S. manufacturing, and the National Institute of Standards…
