Roger Jensen, OMEP's supply chain expert, shares his thoughts on the coolest cooler. If you’d like help to identify, assess, quantify and mitigate your supply chain risks, contact us. What happened...
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Key Bank, OMEP Platinum Sponsor
This post is part of OMEP's Interview with our Sponsors Series. We love our sponsors, and we know you will too! Representative Name: Beau Conway Representative Title: Sr. Vice President, Equipment...
Oregon Agriculture Adds Taste and Color to the Holidays
From Christmas trees to candy canes, Oregon agriculture plays a big holiday role This story was originally published in the Oregon Department of Agriculture website. We've listed it here for your...
Made In Oregon Gift Guide
OMEP is back with our annual gift guide. Look no further for unique, quality products made in your own backyard. We could have listed thousands more Oregon companies in this blog, but we’ve narrowed...
PQR Analysis
Identifying a common measurement A major concern for most job shops has been to identify a common unit of measure that everyone can understand and that allows the application of “Takt Time” (a...
Oregon Manufacturing Award Winners
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;...
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...
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