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Polaris MEP Adds Specialists to Meet Rhode Island Manufacturing Workforce Challenges
Providence, RI – September 7, 2021 – As more Rhode Island manufacturers report struggles to find and recruit workers, Polaris MEP is staffing up to help them meet the challenge. Aarin B. Clemons joins the team as Workforce Coordinator while Andrea (Annie) Unger steps...
Manufacturing Pain Points
When I meet with Rhode Island companies, one of the questions I ask is: “What are your biggest pain points right now?” Inevitably the top two manufacturing pain points are workforce and supply chain. (I asked that question of Kevin Fuoroli of Herrick & White, seen...
An Additive Manufacturing Guide for RI Manufacturers (Part 2)
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...
Is Additive Manufacturing Right for You? A Go-To Guide (Part 1)
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...
Day by Day by Manufacturing Day
Manufacturing is dead last among career choices for Americans between ages 18 and 24. That's what a report from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute shows. Is it any wonder that despite US manufacturing activity hitting a 37-year high this past spring, half a...
Providence Business News: Editor’s Choice: Building relationships with local business professionals
The Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce will hold a Networking Pop Up event with the Emerging Leaders Council and the Women’s Business Council. The ELC is an inclusive team of professionals whose mission is to engage and develop the next generation of business...
Providence Business News: Polaris MEP to offer Training Within Industry program.
Polaris MEP will host a weeklong program designed to help manufacturing supervisors strengthen relationships and reduce turnover using the Training Within Industry methodology. The week of interactive, online classes promises the collaboration needed for continuous...
Food & Beverage Manufacturing – A New NIST Infographic
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...
Newfound Freedoms
Rhode Island hit a remarkable pandemic milestone that flew under the radar: On June 21, there were zero new hospital admissions for COVID-19. As Dan McGowan noted in a recent Boston Globe "Rhode Map," that’s the first time that has happened since March 14, 2020. At...
7 Shipping and Receiving Challenges (and 1 Proven Solution)
There are a number of common challenges in the Shipping and Receiving areas of a manufacturing company. Often there is not a lot of focus by manufacturers to improve those areas, which are actually critical to the companies’ operations and to high level customer...
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