Lean Tip - Using the 4 M's to Start Standardizing! In this Lean Tip video, Project Manager Nathan Bonds highlights how standardization can help your company be more predictable and productive. He’ll even show you how standardization is already improving your life,...
3D Scanning - 2 Smart Industrial Applications By integrating 3D scanning into your quality reporting/measurement or taking advantage of the technology to reverse engineer a part, you can speed up your workflow, improve quality and improve customer satisfaction. 3D...
Polaris MEP Workforce Coordinator Aarin Clemons was the featured guest on the "Manufacturing Monday Motivation" LinkedIn podcast, June 13, 2022. The series of live video interviews is hosted by B2Btail's Curt Anderson and Exit Your Way's Damon Pistulka. Curt described...
Finding Funding for Growth & Transformation Webinar Recording Do your priorities for 2022 or beyond include investing in new technology, equipment, automation, and/or upgrades to property or facilities? If so, you’ve got company -- nearly 50% of Rhode Island...
"That's my brother!" The shout from the back of the CCRI auditorium had the audience laughing as Fast Track to CNC Manufacturing honoree Alex Shaw crossed the stage. Family pride was the order of the day on May 13th. The ceremony celebrated those who recently...
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee announced in a news conference that the state is launching a program to help women inmates transition from prison and into good-paying, skilled jobs in manufacturing. The Cranston Patch reported that the RI Department of Corrections is...
3D Scanning to Facility Layout with Functional 3D 3D scanning used to be something for science fiction. However, the technology is quite real and available and offers very real benefits to small and medium-sized manufacturers. Polaris MEP has teamed up with 3D...
Strategies and Funding to Develop and Retain Employees in a Tight Labor Market Manufacturers are currently challenged by a labor shortage (too few skilled candidates coming into the pipeline), the COVID pandemic's impact on employees and an aging workforce. All of...
The MEP National Network has published a new, data-filled reshoring infographic with insights related to past reliance on foreign sources and the potential for bringing more manufacturing back to the U.S. The publication notes the top industries reshoring back to...