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Jessica Ingle: Continually Improving

This blog is part of a series for Women’s History Month to highlight women who are making an impact on the manufacturing industry. Jessica Ingle is like a lot of women who are juggling work, family and life. And she’s managed to excel at it all, including her 18 years of climbing the career ladder at Impact Washington, the Washington state MEP Center and part of the MEP National NetworkTM. Her first real job was at Impact Washington, and her passion for its work continues to grow. Ingle’s journey began as an administrative assistant, and today she’s a key leader in the organization as deputy

Cydney Severio: From Stitcher to CEO

This blog is part of a series for Women’s History Month to highlight women who are making an impact on the manufacturing industry. CEO Cydney Severio has done it all during her years at Electro Medical Equipment Company, Inc. (EME), a client of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana. The veteran-owned medical textile manufacturer started as an EKG machine distributor in 1960. The current owners purchased EME in 1984. Cydney was hired as the billing and credit manager 33 years ago when the company had five full-time employees and a few part timers. Home sewing machine comes in

What Indiana Can Teach the Nation About Workforce Development

I’m ashamed to say that I’ve only been to Indiana once – for a fun weekend in Indianapolis. I will say that their Children’s Museum is truly world-class, and it was great going duckpin bowling for the first time. Though I haven’t taken full advantage of Indiana as a tourist destination (yet!), as a workforce development professional, I can’t help but notice what is happening in the state. The cutting-edge partnerships, programs and collaborations have resulted in Indiana leading the nation in developing new and better manufacturing workers. Manufacturing is Indiana’s largest industry sector

Bert Eades Joins GENEDGE as Business Services Director for Operations Support.

Bert Eades, Longtime Manufacturing Management Pro, Joins GENEDGE Alliance We’re excited to welcome such an experienced professional to GENEDGE Alliance. Bert brings a deep understanding of manufacturing operations to our expert team of business services directors” — Tony Cerilli, Vice President of Operations for GENEDGE Alliance. MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES,…

GENEDGE Alliance Roadshow Hampton

Are you a small Virginia-based company looking for opportunities to grow your business? Did you know Virginia has both free and discounted resources available for manufacturing companies like yours wanting to operate more efficiently or connect with customers and suppliers? We invite you to come out and learn more about…

Sarah Dvorak: Manufacturing is for Anyone Who Wants to Solve Problems and Serve Customers

This blog is part of a series for Women’s History Month to highlight women who are making an impact on the manufacturing industry. Sarah Dvorak didn’t originally plan on a career in manufacturing, but her first career was not a good fit. Luckily, the opportunity to be part of a volunteer focus team brainstorming ways to reduce scrap and rework at a manufacturing plant led her in a new direction, and she’s been in manufacturing ever since. Dvorak is currently the Director of Assembly and Test at Danfoss Power Solutions, a global manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and motors located in Ames, Iowa

The One Workforce Attraction and Retention Strategy You Probably Haven’t Considered

Here at America Works, we’re all about workforce innovation. We know that the existing workforce development system isn’t working as efficiently as it could, so companies need to try every strategy in the book to retain their workers (rather than expect to replace departing workers with new ones). To accomplish this, I’ve written about becoming an employer of choice, the importance of focusing on the employee experience, and how employers need to stop pushing the “easy button” on their workforce efforts. I thought that after eight years working at the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network

Bernadine Hawes: My Manufacturing Story

This blog is part of a series for Black History Month to celebrate and share the stories of Black American manufacturing leaders. I didn’t start out even remotely as part of the manufacturing ecosystem. I started my career at the nation’s first urban research park, the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was trying to complete my doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. I finished all my coursework but had not completed my Ph.D. dissertation. In hindsight, that wasn’t the failure many seemed to think. Going to work at the Science Center led to the kind of career