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Five Manufacturing Observations From Montana

April 3, 2014

When people think of Montana, they likely think of hunting, fishing or skiing under the ever present Big Sky. I had the chance to recently present on

depiction of I-SS Model for Aligned, Efficient, and Effective Operations

Tight Education Funding, Growing Student Needs: Where Baldrige Is Essential

April 2, 2014

When Iredell-Statesville Schools (I-SS) earned a Baldrige Award in 2008, its dramatic turnaround story (featured in Baldrige 20/20 , pp. 68-72) demonstrated

Why Business Loans Get Rejected

March 25, 2014

Access to capital, especially access by small privately held companies, is a component of growth. According to an article in Forbes magazine, citing data

collage of photos from Jenks Public Schools

Value of the Organizational Profile to an Ever-Changing Organization

March 25, 2014

The student demographic profile of Jenks Public Schools has significantly changed since the Oklahoma district became a Baldrige Award winner in 2005. The pace

How Understanding Customers Can Strengthen Your Supply Chain

March 18, 2014

This article was originally posted on the PNC Business Insights e-news section. Guest blog post by David Boulay , Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center. I

Preparing Students for Future Jobs: Update from a 2010 Baldrige Award Winner

March 13, 2014

When Montgomery County Public Schools earned a Baldrige Award four years ago, it became the largest and most culturally diverse school district in the

REMINDER: 8th IDESG Plenary Meeting in Silicon Valley, April 1-3

We cordially invite you to join us at the 8th in-person plenary meeting of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG), hosted by Symantec at their

Growing Clusters, One Manufacturer at a time

March 11, 2014

The cluster in East Tennessee entitled AMP!, has been hard at work connecting companies with resources made available through the AMJIAC funding. What is AMJIAC

Saying “I Do” To Your Workforce

March 6, 2014

As a workforce professional, I have finally overloaded on the term “skills gap”. I subscribe to a content aggregator, so that might be part of the problem, but

Richland College students interact with an instructor.

Measuring Performance: Best Practices of a 2005 Baldrige Award Winner

March 6, 2014

In 2005, Richland College of Dallas, Texas, attained the distinction of being the first community college in the country to be named a Baldrige Award winner

Reflections – Part 2

February 27, 2014

"Technological innovation is the successful implementation (in commerce or management) of a technical idea new to the institution creating it." —Lewis M

“Manufacturing” Our Recreational Passions

February 25, 2014

My backcountry skiing passion depends upon over 30 manufactured products for fun and safety. This small (perhaps a half million participants annually in the U.S

Putting the Fed in Federation (Part 3): A New Way to Buy Identity Services

Co-authored by: Jeremy Grant, Senior Executive Advisor, Identity Management, NIST; Dave McClure, Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services and

Join Us NEXT WEEK at RSA to Discuss How Privacy Enhancing Technologies Can Secure Identity Online

Join the National Program Office’s Senior Privacy Policy Advisor Naomi Lefkovitz at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, February 26, from 8AM-9AM

A Robot In Time Saves

February 20, 2014

Has robotics as a technology reached maturity and affordability for smaller manufacturers – it seems yes and no. Years ago future trends in manufacturing

Insights from an Innovator of Customer-Focused Excellence

February 18, 2014

We could all learn a lot from Dr. John Timmerman, senior strategist of customer experience and innovation at Gallup. In his former work as corporate vice

Technology Transfer and the XXII Olympic Winter Games

February 18, 2014

The last time the gold medal at the Olympic Games was made out of solid gold was 1912. The bronze medals at this year’s Winter Olympic Games are estimated to be

Limber “Old” Corporations Build New Bridges

February 14, 2014

The quintessential venture capital (VC) paradigm has been to grow a business from a technology that incubated for a couple of decades in federal, university and

What's Boosting Government Performance in Tennessee

February 11, 2014

Next week in Tennessee, one city, two government agencies, and 11 units of a third agency will be among the organizations receiving state-level Baldrige

The ‘Unfabricated’ Impacts of the Fabricated Metal Sector

February 11, 2014

Caution: Although the following narrative is about the fabricated metal product manufacturing sector, the story and the statistics themselves have not been

NSTIC.GOV Gets a Makeover

After three years of work on multiple fronts implementing the NSTIC, we are pleased to announce a new look and feel for our website, www.nstic.gov. With three

Three Key Manufacturing Trends in a Pivotal Year

February 6, 2014

The champagne’s been corked. The ball dropped and 2013 is behind us. As we move into a new year, it’s a good time to take stock of last year and look on the

Boiling the Ocean: How a Manufacturer Leveraged the Criteria to Improve its Supply Chain

February 6, 2014

How to Boil the Ocean In 2012, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) participated in the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. As part of the program

Atlanta IDESG Plenary Recap: Pilots, Progress, and the Value of Trustmarks

In just 18 months, the IDESG has come a long way from its chaotic first meeting in Chicago. The phrase of the week for over 200 total in-person and virtual

Smart Bolt

January 29, 2014

Waiting for me in my inbox this morning was an e-mail from a long-time friend who works in the financial industry (that fact is sort of important later). The

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