MassMEP Next Generation Manufacturer News

In This Issue…
Insights into what’s happening in manufacturing in Massachusetts. Best practices, success stories, and trends from manufacturing organizations that are growing and improving the economy. Share with us what you’d like to hear about in these issues.
– Kristy Grignon, Editor, [email protected] or 508-831-7020.

What’s Trending in Manufacturing?

• Cooperative R&D for MEP Center Clients

• MEP Impact Report

Manufacturing Metrics

• State of the Global Workforce

• Calculating the True Cost of COVID-19 Across Manufacturing

Video of the Month

• Manufacturers Discuss Opportunities in Aerospace and Defense

MassMEP Manufacturing Podcast

• MassMEP on the Loose for Summer Events

Crisis Management Strategies

• Global Shortages Reveal Failings of JIT

• Impact of New White House Plan to Address Supply Chain Crisis

• The Challenge of Rebuilding U.S. Domestic Supply Chains

Growth Manufacturers Case Study

• How Waters Corp Kept Employees Working and COVID-19 Out

Innovative Growth Solutions

• Manufacturing Execution Systems: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

• Winning with AI

Workforce Strategies

• To Build Back Better, We Must Connect Young People to Jobs and Education

• Employee Morale Hurt by Return to Workplace Indecision

Cybersecurity

• Protecting Industrial Control Assets from Cyber Threats

• Cybersecurity: Strategies for IT/OT Convergence

Industry News

• Massachusetts to Invest $2.5B in Infrastructure Following Pandemic

• Senate Approves $10B for Regional Technology Hubs

• FedEx Blazes Trail of Mobile Robotics

• Redemption Rock Brewing is Official Craft Brew for POW! WOW! Worcester

• Merrow Manufacturing on the Cutting Edge

• Biden’s Gift to Putin Made in Massachusetts

• Speeding Up Clinical Trials by Making Drug Production Local

Job Opportunities

• Northeast Massachusetts Director, FORGE, Lowell, MA – View job

• Shipping Receiving Coordinator, FLEXcon, Spencer, MA – View job

• Manufacturing Supervisor Weekend Days, FLEXcon, Spencer, MA – View job

• Director of Product Management, FLEXcon, Spencer, MA – View job

• Community Engagement and Marketing Manager, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Westborough, MA – View job

MassMEP Programs

For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Events Calendar.

• Industrial Data Platform with MachineMetrics, virtual – July 1, 2023

• Are These Buzz Words or Real Problems: Supply Chain & Reshoring, virtual – July 13, 2023

• Technology Demo: Machine Tool Probing for Industry 4.0, virtual – July 13, 2023

• New Express Grant Opportunities in Marketing and Lead Generation, virtual – July 15, 2023

• Technology Demo: Using AI to Crosstrain and Upskill, virtual – July 20, 2023

• Technology Demo: Augmented Reality, virtual – July 27, 2023

• Lean Six Sigma: White Belt Certification, virtual – August 25, 2023

• Lean Six Sigma: White Belt Certification, virtual – August 26, 2023

Partner Events

• CCAT, Fulfilling Your Workforce Needs in a Challenging Post-Pandemic Job Market, virtual – July 1, 2023

• AIM, Creating an Inclusive Work Environment, virtual – July 28, 2023

• Bioprocessing Summit, Boston, MA – August 16-19, 2021

• Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing & Commercialization, Boston, MA – September 20-30, 2021

• BIOMEDevice, Boston, MA – September 21-22, 2021

• Design-2-Part Show, Marlborough, MA – September 29-30, 2021

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