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Editorial: A way forward for state companies, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Manufacturing and related industries are still a huge piece of Wisconsin’s economy - nearly half by some estimates.
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The state should boost funding for the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which preaches the gospel of lean manufacturing. Statewide, companies helped by the partnership reported $233 million in improvements during fiscal 2006. The non-profit group offers low-cost consulting to small- to mid-sized companies and receives both state and federal funding.
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It’s a sign that Wisconsin manufacturers can play a major role in the state for years to come. And lean manufacturing is a key to that.
Wisconsin continues to succeed as an example of manufacturing success. And I think shows an example of how the public sector can work with the private sector for economic benefit. Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership wins $3 million NIST grant. Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership web site. In the Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog we post about the potential economic benefits possible from universities - this is another area where Wisconsin does well.
Related: Commentary to the Milwaukee Journal - Manufacturing and the Economy - Some Positive Lean Tales
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January 23rd, 2007 at 7:22 pm
[...] Loderstedt says NJMEP helped companies develop 338 projects last year. Of these, 160, or 47 percent, focused on applying the principles of lean manufacturing. That was up from about 25 percent in 2003 [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I am much more interested in lean stories where waste is reduced and employment increases than where employment is decreased. The idea is to reduce waste, increase value to customers and grow…
June 6th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
[...] Luminer Converting has been assisted in its Lean venture by the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program; similar operations exist in almost all US states. “Through them we received a grant which paid for 90 percent of the consultancy fees we incurred,” Spina notes. [...]
November 11th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
The USA continues to be by far the largest manufacturing in the world. And one important reason is the contributions provided by science and engineering (fed by strong science and engineering schools)…
July 19th, 2008 at 8:46 am
“The closing of an old-fashioned assembly-line, low-wage factory always makes headlines, contributing to the image of the industry as one with a bleak future, Taito noted, while advanced manufacturers who steadily grow and add three or four jobs a year win no notice…”