Mark Schmit

The MEP National Network’s Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network: Helping Manufacturers Bridge Gaps

May 31, 2024

When a foreign company wants to manufacture goods in the U.S., it needs new domestic suppliers for just about everything. When such an initiative involves new

Sometimes It’s Not Easy Being a Small Manufacturer

February 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented big challenges for small manufacturers. That was the message of three leaders from manufacturing companies located in two

U.S. Manufacturing to the MEP National Network: Don’t Let Up!

February 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has asked much of manufacturing executives. They’ve had to make decisions about staffing and operations in the face of tremendous health

After a March (and More) of Madness, What’s Next for Manufacturers?

February 10, 2021

The six manufacturing executives participating in a Sept. 25, 2020, virtual conversation spent much of the time discussing what comes after the pandemic has

Pandemic Makes Plain Need for Manufacturing Workforce

February 4, 2021

In the Sept. 18, 2020, session of the “National Conversation with Manufacturers,” our three West Coast manufacturing leaders on the panel kept coming back to

Sometimes You Just Have To Go Fishing Says Manufacturing Executives

January 12, 2021

Sometimes you just have to go fishing. Seriously. That’s one of the messages manufacturing executives from West Coast and Mountain states passed along during a

How Daycare and Industrial Entrepreneurship Relate to Manufacturing’s Recovery

December 23, 2020

Two subjects that came up that I wasn’t expecting (but probably should have been) in a conversation with manufacturing executives were daycare and

Rethinking Business Risk After the Great Lockdown

December 16, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has made us more aware of the items we purchase on a regular basis and how they get to store shelves and to our doors. Anyone else still

COVID-19 — The Disease That Is Reshaping Manufacturing

December 9, 2020

Unless you’ve been living on private island (send invite immediately!), it’s no secret that the pandemic has changed the way manufacturers operate and run their

Midwestern Manufacturing Leaders Learning the Lessons of Testing Times

December 1, 2020

I think we’d all say that this year has been different than we thought it would be way back in January. Plans had to change; adaptations had to be made. Video