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Manufacturing Innovation Blog

Guess Again

September 27, 2013

Stacey Wagner

How many times during the day do you guess? You probably do it more than you think. I’ll bet you guess when it’s time to leave for work in the morning, or you

Minecraft and Manufacturing Day

September 24, 2013

Mellissa Ayala

If you have or regularly spend time with any kids over the age of five, then you have undoubtedly heard of the game Minecraft. I have watched games progress in

Lunar Manufacturing In The 21st Century

September 18, 2013

Stacey Wagner

England, in the 1760s, was the birthplace of the western world’s Industrial Revolution, initiated by a group of men who made “manufacturing” the purview of the

How People Make Things

September 10, 2013

Andy Capel

Guest post by Andy Capel, Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up. It is so easy to get in a rut in our everyday life and become

Breaking Badly

September 4, 2013

Stacey Wagner

In March 2013, a Manufacturing Leadership Council survey was conducted by Frost & Sullivan with 226 manufacturers.[1] The survey’s intent was to understand

Why We Have No Reason to Gripe

August 27, 2013

Stacey Wagner

A recent survey by Harris Interactive © on behalf of CareerBuilder describes the hardest-to-fill American jobs, basing their findings on the inability of

Foods’ Future

August 21, 2013

Tab Wilkins

What do a McDonalds French fry supplier (J.R. Simplot Company), Starbucks Coffee, and Béquet Caramels have in common? Two things it turns out. First, they’re

The Big M

August 15, 2013

Stacey Wagner

When discussing employment in The Big M, parents, teachers and mentors often take great care to ensure that the child/student/mentee understands the rigors of a

A Visit to the Movies, American Made

August 9, 2013

Ben Vickery

I want to let you know about a movie that I decided to see the other day. I drove to nearby Baltimore’s historic Charles Theatre to see American Made Movie

Unlocking Manufacturing’s Potential

August 8, 2013

Dileep Thatte

Recently I had the opportunity to attend an interesting presentation and event, Today’s Manufacturing: Unlocking the Unlimited Potential, organized by the U.S

Modeling and Simulation Spurs a “New Age of U.S. Manufacturing”

August 5, 2013

Rich Markham

Guest post by Rich Markham, Polymer Ohio (part of Ohio MEP, a NIST MEP affiliate) American manufacturing is at a noteworthy and exciting convergence of three

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Manufacturing Innovation, the blog of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), is a resource for manufacturers, industry experts and the public on key U.S. manufacturing topics. There are articles for those looking to dive into new strategies emerging in manufacturing as well as useful information on tools and opportunities for manufacturers.

The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of NIST.

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