Celebration is in the air! We had the pleasure of kicking off the holiday season at the Portland Business Journal’s Oregon Manufacturing Awards. 2015's awards were held on Thursday, October 30th;...
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Sponsor Highlight: AKT
We are featuring our sponsors in a series of posts. You can learn more about each exciting organization below. We are thankful for our partnership with AKT Advisors and their strong understanding of...
21 Hundred Gigawatts of Innovation!
Don your 80s puffer vest, pull out your moon boots and fire up your DeLorean, folks. Today, October 21, 2015 is the date Marty and Doc (of the Back To The Future trilogy) travel to in their DeLorean...
Lean Foundations: An Interview with States Industries
October 7, 2015 by Jasmine Agnor Recently I had the chance to connect with two students who attended OMEP’s four-part Lean Fundamentals course, led by Kristi Smith and Gary Conner. Students Dani and...
Manufacturing Day 2015, Recap
Manufacturing Day 2015 was a great success, not just for Oregon, but nation wide. We're still waiting for the final numbers, but we know that at least 80 companies participated in events across...
Manufacturing Day 2015: The Largest Event Yet
September 28, 2015 by Jasmine Agnor In three days the world will celebrate National Manufacturing Day. October 2, 2015 promises to be the largest manufacturing day ever, by a wide margin! What...
Oregon Manufacturing Day!
October 3, 2014, or the first Friday in October, marks the third annual National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day). Three years ago this holiday was designed to expand knowledge about and improve public...
Perspectives on Operational Excellence
On June 26th a group of manufacturers gathered to engage in a highly interactive discussion on Operational Excellence. OMEP consultants Paola Castaldo and John Valachovic led this fast-faced...
Portland Made: New American Makers of the New Manufacturing Renaissance
The post below was originally on ADXPortland.com. Kelley Roy will be releasing a new book entitled Portland Made: New American Makers of the New Manufacturing Renaissance in Fall of 2015. Read on...
The Road to A Competitive Manufacturing Workforce
Last Thursday over 100 manufacturers from SW Washington and Portland Metro area gathered to discuss the importance of strengthening our manufacturing workforce. Flanked by workforce partners in...