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Taking a Seat at the Periodic Table

February 7, 2017

In case you haven’t already heard, if you wanted to give your loved one that special, once-in-a-lifetime gift by naming one of the elements in row 7 of the

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

February 3, 2017

Every January, I take some time to look at what our MEP clients are saying about the future and the challenges they face. It’s usually part of my New Year’s

Cascading Goals for Better Outcomes

February 2, 2017

Most organizations have goals. And people who work there have goals, too. But the magic, experts say, is when organizational goals align with department goals

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Mooning Over Measurement

January 31, 2017

I’ve worked with many valuable materials in my career. Precious metals like gold and platinum, rare engineered nanomaterials, and fragile gemstones nearly as

The Impact of the Baldrige Award … 15+ Years Later

January 31, 2017

Earlier this month, 2001 Baldrige Award-winning University of Wisconsin–Stout hosted a lively campus engagement session. (See for yourself via this video of the

From public preview to public draft: SP 800-63 is open for comment!

January 30, 2017

Last summer’s efforts on draft SP 800-63-3: Digital Identity Guidelines paved the way for a lot of positive changes – thanks to all who provided feedback. Today

Strengths, Uniqueness and Synergies Across the Southeast

January 27, 2017

MEP’s mission is to enhance the productivity and technological performance of U.S. Manufacturing. We are built on a nationwide system of centers located

One Data Breach Each Day in 2016—Another Reason Experts Say Focus on Cyber Risk Now

January 26, 2017

The year 2016 averaged one health care data breach per day, affecting more than 27 million patient records, according to Protenus, Inc., which recently

All Organizations Are Imperfect in Their Own Way

January 24, 2017

Even the best organizations are imperfect. High-performing organizations strive for six sigma performance, but that is striving for 3.4 defects per million

Spotlight on a Baldrige Examiner: Bill Craddock

January 19, 2017

While the annual online application for the 2017 Board of Examiners has now closed, we are always looking for ways to celebrate Baldrige Examiners

Don’t Let Your Business Be Digitally Kidnapped

January 19, 2017

I don’t normally watch horror movies, but there is a correlation between the movie “Saw” and ransomware, in particular a variant called JIGSAW. This is pretty

Building Employee Trust: Tips Validated by the Baldrige Excellence Framework

January 17, 2017

In an online Harvard Business Review article this month, Sue Bingham, an expert on creating high-performing workplaces, addresses a growing concern among

Developing the APTitude to Design New Materials, Atom-by-Atom

January 12, 2017

Cars, buildings, computer chips, you and me and the air we breathe, everything is made of atoms. We learn this in elementary school, because, well, it’s an

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Ten Blogs about Workforce Engagement (and the Baldrige Excellence Framework)

January 10, 2017

Valuing people is one of the 11 core concepts and values of the Baldrige Excellence Framework (including the Criteria for Performance Excellence). What’s more,

Utah’s Manufacturing: Sharing Successes and Growth

January 9, 2017

Recently I accompanied our Director Carroll Thomas to the University of Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s (UUMEP) open house announcing a new MEP

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What America Still Needs (Part 2)

January 5, 2017

In my last blog, I talked about the role of the Baldrige Excellence Framework and Criteria for Performance Excellence in enabling organizations of all kinds to

Making Privacy Concrete (Three Words Not Usually Found Together)

January 4, 2017

Most in the IT space won’t know this, but NIST has one of the world’s best concrete engineering programs. Maybe we just have concrete on the mind since a couple

2016 Year in Review: (TIG-ing stock of) Innovation in the Identity Ecosystem

December 30, 2016

When you think about 2016, the first thing that comes to mind is innovation in the identity ecosystem. That can’t just be us, right? While there has been a host

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Busting Myths about the Metric System

October 6, 2020

This year will be the 45th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, which was signed on December 23, 1975, by President Gerald R. Ford. Normally, we celebrate

What America Still Needs

December 20, 2016

Last week, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program released the 2017–2018 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit version). This booklet includes

Deck the Halls with Made in America

December 20, 2016

I recently ran across a gift giving guide from the Alliance for American Manufacturing that provided a state-by-state listing of U.S. manufactured products

Ideas Whose Time Has Come (and Gone), v. 2017

December 20, 2016

A catchphrase from a popular reality show goes: “One day you're in. And the next day, you're out.” For the purposes of the show, the host is referencing fashion

Spotlight on a Baldrige Examiner: Chris Mitchell

December 15, 2016

While the annual online application for the 2017 Board of Examiners is open (until January 9, 6 p.m., ET), we are featuring another interview this week of a

Where to Find Happy Employees

December 13, 2016

The 30th annual QP Salary Survey, which appears in the December 2016 issue of ASQ's Quality Progress, contains evidence that “an organization that pays

Way to Grow! Startups and Small Manufacturer Success Stories

December 12, 2016

What might inspire you to take the plunge and start a new manufacturing company? Perhaps the opportunity to play a key role in innovation and new product

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