An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a robust software platform for managing day-to-day business activities such as accounting, procurement, project management, risk management, and...
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Build a Strong Manufacturing Workforce: Six Things We Can Help You Do Today
Labor shortage? Workforce crisis? Call it what you will —manufacturers like you are struggling to find and retain workers. Since the beginning of the pandemic, older workers have left the workforce,...
LEVERAGING DEFENSE & SECURITY MARKETS
Announcing a 12-month initiative funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, in partnership with Business Oregon and Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition (PNDC), to develop new markets...
Manufacturing Matters Oregon – Season 3 of the Podcast
OMEP is pleased to announce the third season of our new collaborative podcast, Manufacturing Matters Oregon. We've been hard at work making exciting changes to the podcast, and are pleased to...
Meet the Enhanced Technology Team
Are you trying to design a new product? Would you like to re-design an existing product to use modern technology? Do you want to find an application for a unique material you’ve developed? Do you...
Ten Important Considerations You Don’t Want to Miss In Your Manufacturing Facility Layout
It is common for manufacturers to reconsider their use of space for a number of reasons, including an expiring lease, outgrowing the existing space due to new products or increased sales, the...
Adopting New Technology: A story of Starting Small and Iterating on What has Already Been Done
What’s going on here? We have an image of a middle-class guy in the early 1950’s pushing his flying car into a mid-century ranch bungalow. At the time this was published Popular Mechanics was the...
If You Connect It, Protect It!
Meet Humphrey Humphrey is a gray squirrel that a friend of mine rescued as an abandoned baby squirrel. For weeks, my friend and his family nursed the young creature by hand. While Humphrey was...
Pre-Purchase Guide to Equipment for Manufacturers
A survey from 2014 found that small and medium-sized manufacturers do not like to compromise on quality when it comes to communications devices, vehicles or tea (yes tea – the survey respondents...
How Vulnerable Are You To a Cyber Attack? A Self-Assessment Tool for Manufacturers
This post was originally featured on the Manufacturing Innovation Blog and was authored by Pat Toth It’s important for everyone — manufacturers and others — to recognize the threat of cyber attacks...