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Silver Sponsor: Vigilant
Representative Name: Bryon Bailey Representative Title: Regional Sales Manager Sponsorship Level: Silver What is your favorite part about your job at Vigilant? Connecting business leaders with our team of experts so they can rest easier regarding critical issues....
Growing Successful Managers
Do you utilize your managers in a way that allows them a path to success? Many companies waste their managerial talent. It’s easy to do! Instead of using your managements’ minds creatively, they are merely used to relay orders from the top. In a healthy company, a...
A Supply Chain Lesson from the Coolest Cooler
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 to the Coolest Cooler? Do you remember the Coolest Cooler? It’s a 55...
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 Finance Officer & KeyBank Manufacturing Chair Sponsorship Level:...
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 enjoyment. The traditional colors, fragrances, and flavors of the...
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 down a few of our favorites this year. Happy shopping! Beaverton...
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 mathematical equation that allows you to set and maintain a manufacturing...
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; during breakfast OMEP shared a table with clients FEI and Premier Press...
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 the manufacturing industry. Representative Name : Chad Summers...
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 time machine. Turns out, they got a lot of things right when they...