New technologies and new competitors are changing markets faster than ever before. Whether your company is in a B2B or B2C environment, it is critical that you have a product strategy, high level...
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The Future of Supply Chains 2016
On Thursday May 5th, I attend the Critical Materials Conference in Hillsboro, and while focused narrowly on materials and supply chains semiconductor manufacturing, I found that many topics were...
Are You Capturing The Power of LinkedIn?
According to a report from the Content Marketing Institute, 89% of manufacturers nationwide who have a marketing staff person are using LinkedIn as part of their marketing strategy, yet only 54% say...
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....
The Importance of Developing Your Employees
In today's economy, if your business isn't learning, then you're going to fall behind. Your employees...
Small Businesses Get Technical Assistance from National Labs
Small Business Vouchers Pilot from the Dept. of Energy As part of OMEP’s Innovation Partnerships initiative, we want to let you know about great opportunities to partner with world class resources....
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...
Supply Chain Lessons from the Taiwan Earthquake
Earthquake in Taiwan impacts United States Manufacturers On February 6th, southern Taiwan experienced a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, killing 117 people, almost all in the collapsed 17-storey Weiguan...
Talent Engine Secrets
How to recruit and retain the best of the best employees On Monday, Kinesis CEO Shawn Busse spoke at the Oregon Manufacturers' Summit about talent, recruitment, and the importance of marketing when...
SBA Loans Can Help Boost Small Business
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are more than 23 million small businesses in America, employing about half of the nation’s private workforce. As the government agency...
OMEP Recommends
To jumpstart your continuous learning initiatives, we are creating a curated list of our recommended materials. You will find these listed on our blog page, and we will add to this list in every newsletter.
Here are three recommendations to kick this off!
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