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By Marie Mansheim, Senior Consultant, WMEP Manufacturing Solutions Strategic Planning. Rarely were there two words viewed with more reluctance, dread, and disappointment. The process of strategic planning is often considered too time consuming for manufacturers,...
By Dave Pierson, Senior Design Engineer for MAGNET Like Polaris MEP, MAGNET is a center in the MEP National NetworkTM, whose mission it is to strengthen and empower small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in the United States. “I’ve heard additive...
By Polaris MEP National Network Partner Celia Paulsen October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the overarching theme for this year is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.” To help Rhode Island manufacturers #BeCyberSmart about cybersecurity, we'll be sharing posts from...
By Dileep Thatte, co-lead of NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network Food Initiative Polaris MEP is the Rhode Island Center for the MEP National NetworkTM, whose mission it is to strengthen and empower small and medium-sized manufacturing...
By Gregg Profozich, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) Click here to read part 1 of this blog series, a "go-to" additive manufacturing guide. In our last post we explored Additive Manufacturing, also...
By Gregg Profozich, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) Looking for an additive manufacturing guide that can tell you if this technology is right for your Rhode Island manufacturing business? In this...
By Matt Fieldman, Executive Director of America Works, a NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network Initiative Polaris MEP is the Rhode Island Center for the MEP National NetworkTM, whose mission it is to strengthen and empower small and...
Rhode Island boasts more than 650 food manufacturers and more than 40 registered for beverage manufacturing. The food and beverage industry is the third largest contributor to the overall U.S. manufacturing gross domestic product. Total U.S. employment in the industry...
From NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Do you have a "made in Rhode Island" product that deserves a national audience? The application process for Walmart's eighth annual open call for products made, grown or assembled in the United States is open now...