The Back to Work RI initiative helps place unemployed and underemployed RHode Islanders in jobs, including Manufacturing jobs. Polaris MEP is the Department of Labor & Training intermediary for the manufacturing sector and manages the Machine & Marine program....
By Erin Read Polaris MEP, which stands for Manufacturing Extension Partnership, has launched a “2-Q Poll” survey series to solicit feedback from the manufacturing industry in Rhode Island via two questions on timely topic each month. This month's poll shows how Rhode...
Did you know that in 2021, 30% of organizations hit by cyber attacks were in the manufacturing sector? Current manufacturing trends mean cybersecurity breaches are becoming more common and more costly. Could you recover from an attack that prevents you from filling...
Do not let your Rhode Island manufacturing company be defeated by wastes! In a new “Lean Tip of the Week” video, Polaris MEP Project Manager Nathan Bonds links the concept of manufacturing waste elimination to Sun Tzu’s “Art of War.” In order to win the battle for...
Polaris MEP has introduced a new survey designed to check the pulse of the Rhode Island manufacturing community. Each month we ask our industry two short questions on a timely topic. In January, the very first "2-Q Poll" for Rhode Island manufacturers focused on...
American manufacturing and the MEP National Network™ were topics during a Senate panel last week considering consider the presidential nomination of Gina Raimondo to be Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, Rhode Island...
On January 25, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to strengthen Buy American provisions. The EO establishes a priority at the highest levels to use federal purchasing power to support American manufacturers of all types and sizes, across the country....