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...
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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...
Do You Have An Exit Strategy?
Dave Looper, OMEP’s Business Transition Planning Specialist, guides manufacturing executives through the transition process. His September Transition Planning Breakfast is sold out, but you can...
The Most Powerful Leadership Tool: Positive Reinforcement
Top performance requires more than hiring good people. It requires a leadership team that believes in helping their employees to be successful in performing their job. Performance feedback and...
No Mystery; No Maintenance; No Magic- The story of “Jack”
Have you ever observed a company that works hard at improving productivity, identifying and removing waste from their processes, improving flow, only to have minimal improvement? It’s...
Water Usage in food processing
Linda Wechsler, author of this post, is a Food Processing Industry Consultant at Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP). Linda collaborates with food industry experts, professional...
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...
Reduce Handling Time with Shop Floor Layout Changes
A few months ago OMEP had the opportunity to work with a local fabrication shop that specialized in sheet metal forming and welding. The shop was a “job shop” with random customer orders coming in...
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