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Monthly forum helps CFOs to get their money’s worth
Monthly forum helps CFOs to get their money’s worth By JENNIFER TROXELL WOODWARD, January 9, 2017 at 8:00 AM The Chief Financial Officer Forum, created by Manufacturers Resource Center last May, is intent on helping eastern Pennsylvania businesses save an...
Looking to improve efficiency and bottom line? Manufacturers show how
By Brian Pedersen, January 19, 2017 at 10:27 AM Manufacturers can boost production, eliminate waste and save money by following a scientific problem-solving technique created by Motorola. Leaders at three Lehigh Valley businesses shared details of the projects they...
Berks County Launches Student Manufacturing Video Contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2016 Contact: kim@sahlcomm.com 484-554-5582 Berks County Launches their First Year with the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” Program Berks County, PA – October 18, 2016 – The Berks County...
MRC Launches 4th “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Contest
Manufacturers Resource Center Kicks off Manufacturing Day, Launches Inside Manufacturing and Kicks off Fourth Year of “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” MRC Continues Movement to Generate Excitement Over Manufacturing Careers Program Expands Across the State...
21 Graduate from Leadership Program
21 Graduate from Manufacturing Leadership Program By Brian Pedersen, June 10, 2016 at 10:15 AM CONTRIBUTED/Manufacturers Resource Center marked the 10th anniversary of its Manufacturing Leadership Institute on Thursday night with a ceremony that recognized 21...
What’s So Cool About Manufacturing at Piramal
Article courtesy of LVB.Com Off The Clock: Manufacturer hosts students from Northampton Middle School Piramal Critical Care of Hanover Township, Northampton County, a manufacturer of liquid anesthesia, hosted eighth-grade students and teachers from Northampton Middle...
Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative Update – Enrollments Up!
Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative Update - Enrollments Up! Visit www.dreamitdoitpa.com and the Dream It Do It PA Facebook Page for videos, photos and complete details and the "What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" Student Video Contest. Winners will be announced on...
2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index
United States expected to lead as the top manufacturing nation by 2020 according to a Deloitte report on December 4, 2015, 08:59 am MST WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --The United States is expected to become the most competitive manufacturing nation over the...
Interest in Reshoring Stays Strong
U.S. Is Now the Preferred Location for New Factory Capacity to Serve U.S. Market as Interest in Reshoring Stays Strong In Sharp Reversal From Just Two Years Ago, Almost a Third of U.S. Executives at Large Manufacturers Say They Plan to Add U.S. Production Over the...
Dream It. Do It. PA Kicks off Year 3 of Student Video Contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2015 Contact: Jade Cortez Jade@sahlcomm.com 484-332-8908 Dream It. Do It. PA Kicks Off Year Three of ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?’ MRC Continues Movement to...
Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales April 2015
June 11, 2015 U.S. Census Bureau News Sales. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for April, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated...
Is Apple Creating “The Ultimate Car” Supply Chain?
By Dawn Chmielewski June 2, 2015 Supply Chain 24/7 Speaking at the Code Conference, Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car - "The car is the ultimate mobile device." They call him Tim Cook’s Tim Cook....
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