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Polaris MEP Hosts Nationally Renowned Supply Chain Optimization Expert
Comprehensive program helps Rhode Island manufacturers create a competitive advantage Providence, RI – October 22, 2014 – Polaris MEP will host its Supply Chain Optimization workshop on October 30, 2014 at 315 Iron Horse Way in Providence from 8:30am-12:00pm. Supply...
Manufacturing in R.I. – Chapter 1: Doing it Better
Manufacturing has changed greatly in the past 20 years in Rhode Island. We’ve moved from a mass- production environment to a mass-customization environment and many facets of this transformation are now critical to the region’s economic vitality. Let’s take a look at...
URI Names Christian Cowan as Director of Polaris MEP
KINGSTON, R.I. – August 13, 2014 – The University of Rhode Island has named Christian Cowan the director of Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership, effective August 4. Cowan is a manufacturing executive with more than 20 years of experience managing small and...
ISO 9001:2015 Revision – Things Could Get Risky
What Rhode Island Manufacturers Need to Know About the ISO 9001:2015 Revision ISO 9001 has been the quality management standard, with almost 1 million businesses certified around the world, according to American Society for Quality. ISO has had many revisions...
Cicilline Helps Advance Bill to Support RI Manufacturers
Cicilline Helps Advance Bill to Support RI Manufacturers WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the NIST Reauthorization Act, legislation that authorizes several manufacturing support programs, including the National Institute of Standards...
Enrollment Opens for RI’s First Apprenticeship for CNC Machinists
Enrollment Opens for R.I.’s First Manufacturing Apprenticeship for CNC Machinists CNC Program Designed to Create Career Opportunity and Build More Robust Workforce Providence (R.I.) — Enrollment is now open for Rhode Island’s first registered apprenticeship program in...
RIPR interview Lean Manufacturing
Hear Scot Jones on RI Public Radio's "Bottom Line" describe introducing Lean Manufacturing to Groov-Pin with Polaris MEP
Improving Energy Use Management
With energy costs constantly rising during these tough economic times, the release of the new ISO 50001:2011 Standard for ‘Energy Management Systems’ will provide benefits for both large and small organizations. The ISO 50001:2011 Standard provides a framework for...
Steering the Ship
In my years of implementing continuous improvement strategies the single most important factor of success has been a good steering team. That is the team of leaders responsible for improving the system. Many of you may think that this is common sense but none the...
Common Challenges in Layout Planning
BY Carl Dwinnells, Polaris MEP Project Manager (retired) Companies decide to do facility changes for any number of machine reasons, from adding new equipment to incorporating a new business they’ve just purchased. If yours is one of them, sharing some of my experience...
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