by wicmpadmin | Apr 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recent study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute found the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program generates a substantial economic and financial return of nearly 9:1 for the $130 million...
by wicmpadmin | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mary Isbister, President of GenMet, a custom metal fabricating company located in Mequon, Wisconsin has been named to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) Advisory Board (www.nist.gov/mep). The NIST MEP...
by wicmpadmin | Apr 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
I feel a bit guilty about telling you to turn down the volume in your life while the radio is blaring in the background as I write this blog… Noise keeps building in our lives. This is especially true in manufacturing. Concern about economic conditions generate noise:...
by wicmpadmin | Mar 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Wake up everybody no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking time for thinking ahead The world has changed so very much From what it used to be There is so much hatred war and poverty Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes November 1975 I’ve been thinking a lot...
by wicmpadmin | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m not a car guy. My Explorer will pass 100,000 miles sometime in the next few weeks and I’m happy because it gets me there. Somewhere along the way, I lost the car gene. God has a peculiar sense of humor because I fell in love with a woman who could define the car...
by wicmpadmin | Dec 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
“We’ve never seen this before!” Oh, but yes we have. Presidential election time is always uncertain and the business reaction is usually the same. I am not minimizing possible Trump policy changes and their effects on social issues or international relations. Instead,...
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