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Peoria, IL
Joined October 2011
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What if you could gain better insight into your #customerexperience, visibility in to your #supplychain, and leverage #machinelearning and #AI into your overall business proceess? Watch the recorded #ERP webinar to learn how! sforce.co/30AFf1V
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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." ~ Albert Einstein Focus on the lessons along the way instead of dwelling on what went wrong. #MondayMotivation #PerformanceExcellence #Productivity
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"Perhaps the shortage of available workers is forcing #manufacturers to optimize the existing #workforce and turn to technology to stretch resources." bit.ly/2X4jQMD #workforceWednesday #ContinuousImprovements #ILmfg
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"As long as you're focused on understanding your customer like you did on day one, the answers on how to stay competitive will naturally follow." Here are 3 trends that will help maintain or improve #customerengagement. bit.ly/2TQ3biz #CompetitiveFutures
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Perfection is impossible, but you can reach for the next best, most efficient process for your business. #Mondaymotivation #ContinuousImprovement #CompetitiveFutures
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A look at the similarities and differences between #ISO9001:2015 and the #Baldrige Criteria. Read the analysis and download the Baldrige Excellence Builder to start your journey to excellence: bit.ly/2N5xY4k #CompetitiveFutures #PerformanceExcellence
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Preparation is a critical component of success. As you prepare for 2019, here are 5 emerging trends that will affect #discretemanufacturing. bit.ly/2rAfUW3 #MfgTrends #IllinoisMfg #CompetitiveFutures
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Becoming #lean goes beyond a set of tools, it is also an attitude that begins with your culture. A lean company culture is created when the principles and benefits of lean are understood by everyone involved in the #manufacturing process. Read more: bit.ly/2PAlP75
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Registration is open for the Foundation's quarterly webinar on December 20, 2018. Special guests @pgrizzell and @Baldrige_Jamie will discuss the Baldrige Connect program. Click this link to find out more and to register for this exciting webinar: ow.ly/lwc930mRIwL
Congrats to 2018 Baldrige National Quality Award Winner @IPMCinc from #Illinois. @SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth @RepBillFoster , you may read more about them and the other winners here: ow.ly/iiKM30mQGFT . Check your mail for an invite to the April 7 ceremony.
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Thank you, @BaldrigeFdn! We are more than proud of this accomplishment and honored to have been named a 2018 Baldrige National Quality Award Winner!
Congrats to 2018 Baldrige National Quality Award Winner @IPMCinc from #Illinois. @SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth @RepBillFoster , you may read more about them and the other winners here: ow.ly/iiKM30mQGFT . Check your mail for an invite to the April 7 ceremony.
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The #manufacturing industry in IL is worth $101 billion, with over 13,000 mfg companies employing 571,800 workers. It is still a relevant sector and crucial to our economy. Great feature in the @Suntimes on #IllinoisMfg bit.ly/2RAteVY #CompetitiveFutures #MadeInIllinois
Our technical specialist reflects on the 10 most common pitfalls in problem solving and shares a nugget of wisdom on how to approach problem solving: bit.ly/2Sba5tt #ProblemSolving #CompetitiveFutures #JustAskIMEC
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The workforce challenge manufacturers are faced with goes beyond the skills gap. There is a also a strategic gap to be filled; here are 5 actions you can take now to close that gap and build a strong workforce. bit.ly/2SUhs9J #WorkforceWednesday #CompetitiveFutures
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Manufacturers added 32,000 jobs in October. Manufacturers continue to grow and hire despite facing challenges. wapo.st/2P5rUNC
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It takes many hands to make a conference successful! Thank you to our friends @Baldrigeprogram @BaldrigeFdn @PENsites @SWExcellence @TNCPE @ILPEx @RMPEx @TPEtoday @NHBaldrige @CalExcellence
MEP introduced its Lean 101 program in the late 1990s. Since then, MEP Centers have trained thousands of #manufacturers in #lean best practices. Read more about MEP's proven lean and quality management programs. #MEP30th nist.gov/mep/improve#lean
#Hackers can exploit any employee to gain access to sensitive data. Check this for some hints on how to ramp up your employees' #cybersecurity awareness, and be sure to check out the #NIST #Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder for a holistic solution. ow.ly/kFdQ30mq2nd
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A new survey finds that a significant shortcoming in #cybersecurity readiness is inadequate organizational culture. ow.ly/yL2V30mne1t That's why the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder #BCEB is such an important tool for #Cyber readiness: it is a holistic approach.
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How does a private label #foodmanufacturer achieve thousands in cost saving and improve absenteeism and turnover rates? By implementing the #TrainingWithinIndustries module of Job Relations! Read the @GilsterMaryLee story here: bit.ly/2Qoas2Y #JustAskIMEC #FridayFeature
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