Goodbyes tend to be bittersweet for me and this is certainly no exception. I recently announced that I was leaving OMEP to pursue the next chapter in my career. Your response and support have meant the world to me and my colleagues at OMEP. From day one Oregon...
“Results-driven.” This is how you might have described a boss that I once had. I was a fairly new manager at the time and had just been promoted to run a department that was struggling with both delivery and quality. My boss was definitely results-driven, which on...
THIS IS A GUEST BLOG POST BY MATT FIELDMAN OF AMERICA WORKS, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON THE NIST MANUFACTURING MATTERS BLOG Some are calling it, “The Great Resignation.” Others are calling it “The Great Reshuffle.” After spending the past year as Executive Director...
From my early days working in a precision sheet metal shop and through my career as a lean consultant, I frequently have found it challenging to convince finance teams to allocate funds for continuous improvement projects. They understandably want to see, if not an...
It is common for manufacturers to reconsider their use of space for a number of reasons, including an expiring lease, outgrowing the existing space due to new products or increased sales, the addition of new technology / equipment, or the need to consolidate to a...