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https://www.the-center.org/Blog/April-2013/Increase-Customers-by-Obtaining-Quality-Certificat
Last modified - June 07, 2019

Recently our Federal Sponsor, NIST MEP, posted an article called Challenging Times . In it, Ken Voytek shared some data gleaned from clients surveyed across the MEP network. As part of the survey and to help inform MEP new products and services, clients are asked to ident...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/January-2013/Challenges-for-Michigan-s-Manufacturers
Last modified - June 07, 2019

  If you are interested in optimizing your organization’s capabilities and efficiencies to produce the best quality output possible at the lowest cost, it’s time to adopt Six Sigma methodology. Six Sigma is a measurement-based strategy for process improvement ...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/November-2016/Implementing-Lean-Six-Sigma
Last modified - April 25, 2019

BY: BEN WOOD Much has changed in the last few weeks. Things we used to take for granted, like going to the grocery store, eating at a restaurant or getting a haircut, are now unrecognizable or even impossible. Evidence of how quickly things change is all around us, and i...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/April-2020/Lead-the-Way-You-Want-to-Be-Led
Last modified - April 09, 2020

BY: KATRINA GLOWZINSKI With engagement and recruitment being some of the largest challenges faced by today’s manufacturers, the importance of workplace culture cannot be understated. At the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (The Center), we understand the value of...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/November-2020-(1)/How-to-Cultivate-Your-Company-Culture
Last modified - November 12, 2020

In last week’s Industry 4.0 Foundations blog, we explored how Additive Manufacturing can help manufacturers solve challenges related to prototyping, equipment repair and more. In a similar way, manufacturers can more easily improve parts and processes with the help of Si...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/March-2021/Industry-4-0-Foundations-Simulation
Last modified - March 12, 2021

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/April-2020
Last modified - April 02, 2020

From November 6th-10th, manufacturers globally recognized World Quality Week and celebrated the role of quality management professionals in establishing systems and best practices that move our industry forward; many companies continue this recognition throughout the enti...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/November-2023/Recognizing-the-Vital-Role-of-Quality-Management-D
Last modified - July 22, 2024

Electronics, chemicals, metal, food... scrap happens in all industries and to some extent, it’s unavoidable. In most production processes, there will always be some amount of unusable product such as subpar raw material, product that was destroyed or damaged during the ...

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/December-2015/Scrap-Happens!-The-Importance-of-Minimizing-and-Re
Last modified - April 26, 2019

https://www.the-center.org/Blog/April-2018
Last modified - February 23, 2019