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What Does IIoT Mean for Small Manufacturers?

What Does IIoT Mean for Small Manufacturers?

By Polaris MEP Partner Jason Bittner, Triple Helix The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is talked about as more of a reality today than ever before. Smart factories built by Ericsson, Schneider Electric, and other technology providers have provided concrete...

What is ‘Design for Manufacturing’?

What is ‘Design for Manufacturing’?

UPDATED August 26, 2020 By Polaris MEP Partner Josh Chernin, Business Improvement Group During the economic stress caused by the pandemic, manufacturers must work harder to anticipate and reduce costs and supply risks BEFORE those elements are locked into a final...

EE = EBITDA

EE = EBITDA

Transforming Human Capital into Financial Capital. Guest post by Polaris MEP Partner and award-winning author, Jeff Deckman. EE = EBITDA is an obscure but interesting formula that, once I came to understand it, I realized uncovers an exciting new source of increased...

Polaris MEP Helps Global Glass Power Innovator Stay On Top

Polaris MEP Helps Global Glass Power Innovator Stay On Top

Company Profile Antaya Technologies Corporation was founded in 1987 when the company introduced materials and processes to control the manufacture and application of on-glass electrical connections. Since that time, the company has expanded to become a leading global...

LinkedIn – You Get What You Give

LinkedIn – You Get What You Give

By Luann Edwards, Global Social Media Consultant and Founder, Socially Professional Not seeing much value in LinkedIn for your manufacturing organization? It could be that you’re not putting enough into LinkedIn. Social media platforms empower the user, meaning that...

LEAN Finisher Creates Gold Plated Cultural Change

LEAN Finisher Creates Gold Plated Cultural Change

Success Story – Tanury Industries Tanury Industries was founded in 1946 as a high volume plating company located in Lincoln, RI. Tanury has grown to become the leading finisher for the jewelry industry by emphasizing specification plating, quality, waste management...

First Card Company is now First Card Packaging

First Card Company is now First Card Packaging

New vision, more services and products, same commitment East Providence, Rhode Island – September 6, 2017 – First Card Company, a family owned and operated packaging manufacturer located in East Providence, Rhode Island, announced today that it will now serve its...

Rhode Island Manufacturing Leader Named to NIST MEP Advisory Board

Rhode Island Manufacturing Leader Named to NIST MEP Advisory Board

Hope Global’s Leslie Taito Joins National Team Providing Guidance to Help Small Manufacturers PROVIDENCE, RI – Leslie Taito, Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations for Hope Global in Cumberland, RI, has been named to the National Institute of Standards and...

Lean Training Enables Fiberglass Fabricators to Eliminate Waste

Lean Training Enables Fiberglass Fabricators to Eliminate Waste

Company Profile Founded in 1954, Fiberglass Fabricators, Inc. (FFI) has served the water and wastewater industries with thousands of product installations in a wide array of applications. Specializing in weirs, baffles, troughs, launder and tank covers as well as...