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After a March (and More) of Madness, What’s Next for Manufacturers?
By Mark Schmit, Partnerships Manager, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) 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 companies in the United...
Lean Manufacturing Tip Video – Restoring Balance in Manufacturing Processes
Anything that is out of balance will break or cause something else to break. In this “Lean Tip of The Week” video, Polaris MEP lean manufacturing expert Nathan Bonds highlights the importance of bringing into balance a process and the relationships within a process....
February 2-Q Poll – Rhode Island Manufacturers On Government Contracting
President Biden has signed several Executive Orders to strengthen Buy American provisions and American Manufacturing. This included elements which would require active use of the MEP National Network by federal agencies. As the Rhode Island center for the MEP National...
Lean Manufacturing Tip Video – The Components of War … er Work?
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...
January 2-Q Poll – Workforce Changes Anticipated by Rhode Island Manufacturers
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...
Raimondo, Duckworth Discuss MEP National Network During Senate Commerce Committee Hearing
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...
Buy American Executive Order Signed
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....
How Daycare and Industrial Entrepreneurship Relate to Manufacturing’s Recovery
By Mark Schmit, Partnerships Manager, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Polaris MEP is the Rhode Island Center for the MEP National NetworkTM, which is here to help U.S. manufacturers through these unprecedented times. Our mission is to strengthen and...
Mentoring in Manufacturing – Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
January 17, 2021 was International Mentoring Day. Every member of the Polaris MEP team has benefitted from working with mentors over the years. And, we see the enormous difference mentorship makes in the Rhode Island manufacturing community. Polaris MEP feels...
Rethinking Business Risk After the Great Lockdown
By Mark Schmit, Partnerships Manager, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Polaris MEP is the Rhode Island Center for the MEP National NetworkTM, which is here to help U.S. manufacturers through these unprecedented times. Our mission is to strengthen and...
ISO 9001 – A Key to Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Companies? (Part 2)
By MEP National Network Partner Andy Nichols, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center A few weeks ago, we posted a blog dissecting the various requirements of ISO 9001:2015 related to the “control of documented information” and addressed how cyberattacks can affect...
Providence Business News: Five Questions with Phil Ward
By Erin Read "There are resources out there to help maintain worker safety and manufacturing productivity despite COVID-19 cases. For manufacturers who haven’t reached out for a Polaris MEP COVID Facilities Assessment yet, the coming of cold weather may be just the...
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