Guest blog post by Marcia Buser and Tristan Buser-Molatore In our last blog post, we reported on the new aerospace quality requirements for preventing counterfeit product as presented at the...
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ISO 9001:2015 and Risk-based Thinking (RBT)
Nearly one year into the three-year transition period, we’ve been hearing a lot of conversation about the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) 2015 revised version of standard 9001 on...
Preventing Counterfeit Products in the Aerospace Supply Chain
The new revision of AS9100 / 9110 /8120 clause 8.1.4 Counterfeit Part Prevention states “the organization shall plan, implement and control a process appropriate to the product that prevents the use...
Skills Shortage? What Skills Shortage?
The Skills Shortage Solution to Date: Panic! There has been much publicity and alarm surrounding the impending shortage of skills in manufacturing. Evidence of the skills shortage has been raised...
Rain or Shine: Forecasting the Future for Manufacturing Businesses
Forecasting the Future for Manufacturing Businesses Plans are nothing; planning is everything. - Dwight D. Eisenhower According to the Washington Post in 2015, weather forecasters “correctly...
How the Process of Change Can Bring Manufacturers Growth
Results matter Just ask any olympic athlete about the importance of results .025 seconds can mean the difference between a bronze medal or none at all. What do you do as a business when you're not...
How Manufacturers Can Build Profitable Networks on LinkedIn
Last quarter I discussed the value of LinkedIn as a marketing tool for manufacturing companies. This tool is regularly underutilized by manufacturers. Today I’d like to take a deeper dive into...
How To Build Team-Driven Structured On the Job Training
Last month I talked about the importance of developing your employees. Yet it can be difficult to develop training that sticks for many reasons. In part because training calls upon manufacturers to...
AKT Announces Student Scholarship to Young Entrepreneurs Business Week
If you are a manufacturer who employs parents of teenagers, don’t miss the opportunity to have them attend Young Entrepreneurs Business Week (YEBW) —a program that builds future business leaders....
Cascade Alchemy Success Story
OMEP/Kelly Walker Collaboration Helps Bend, Oregon Distillery Grow 350% OMEP recently worked with Cascade Alchemy, in collaboration with Kelly walker Marketing. Take a look at their guest blog post...
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