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FAQ: New Oregon Employment Laws
This year Oregon enacted multiple new employment laws that will affect Oregon manufacturers, including overtime pay regulations and pay equity. To help employers sort through the new laws, Vigilant employment attorneys recently hosted a webinar to discuss the 2017...
Manufacturing Day 2017!
October 6, 2017, marks the seventh annual National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day). In 2011 this national holiday was designed to expand knowledge about and improve public perception of manufacturing careers and manufacturing’s value to the U.S. economy. To celebrate,...
New Business for Oregon Manufacturers – Global Exports
Foreign Markets Represent a Huge Potential for Oregon’s Products Did you know that Oregon’s total exports grew by 8.3% just in the last year, to $21.7 billion? The growth came largely from countries in the Asia Pacific. For example, Oregon’s exports to China grew by...
How to Protect Your Information from Being Misused After the Equifax Breach
On September 7, 2017, Equifax reported a data breach that occurred between mid-May and July. In terms of pure numbers—it reportedly affects 143 million consumers—this isn’t the largest data breach; however, due to the data content that was lost, it’s being reported as...
Examining the Growth of Manufacturing Establishments in the Pacific Northwest
In three of the last four years, the number of national manufacturing establishments grew according to the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns, which may be a surprising but welcomed trend. As NIST MEP regional managers, we examined this trend as it related to...
Essential Leadership Behaviors To Nurture a Healthy Manufacturing Workplace
Communication challenges, differences in perspective, and variations of approach to achieve tasks is inevitable and natural. After all, we’re human and with humanity comes diversity and uniqueness. It’s a great thing when our uniqueness brings breadth and depth of...
Supply Chain Management
This is a guest blog post by OMEP sponsors Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt. Sometimes it helps to simplify a complicated concept by looking at it through the eyes of a child. The other day as I was thinking about this article, I jokingly asked my six-year-old son what he...
What is Grow 3 Degrees?
In a rebranding effort, High Desert Enterprise Consortium (HiDEC) has been transformed to Grow 3o. Since 2007, Grow3Degrees (formerly HiDEC) has strived to connect those who are passionate about economic development and continuous improvement in Central Oregon....
2017 Portland State of Urban Manufacturing Survey
This important survey will help Portland State University to understand the challenges and opportunities confronting manufacturers in Portland, from small-scale entrepreneurs and makers to global-scale enterprises. The results of this survey will enable local...
Cybersecurity concerns and how to better safeguard data
In a recent KeyBank cybersecurity survey, theft of client data ranked as the greatest concern for middle market business owners and executives. For good reason. According to CSO Magazine, cyberattacks set a record in 2016, and the threat environment is going to be...