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Lean and Industry 4.0 Webinar

64% of Food and Beverage manufacturers are facing challenges with cost reduction. Leveraging Lean and Industry 4.0, manufacturers, including Food and Beverage manufacturers in Virginia have seen gains: 30% increase in labor productivity, 30% reduction in energy cost, 60% decrease in cycle time, and many more. We invite you to join…

Back to Basics: Simple Questions for Assessing Industrial Artificial Intelligence Applications

This blog is the first in a four-part series on the beginner’s guide to Industrial Artificial Intelligence applications. Welcome knowledge seeker! Do you feel dazzled and awed by the great potential of Artificial Intelligence aka AI? Perhaps hesitant or lost when words like ‘convolution,’ ‘deep learning,’ or ‘autoencoder’ are thrown around? Well, fear not, friend, for you have come to just the right place! You don’t need to be a computer wizard or a super genius to understand how using AI can impact your system and, more importantly, if using it is worth the investment. This is a multi-part

From the Garden State to the Magnolia State: Mississippi Polymer Institute Provides Solutions to Technology Challenges

As a manufacturer, you sometimes face technical challenges beyond the scope of your in-house expertise or experience. It is important to focus on finding the right partners and advisors to help you navigate these obstacles and remain competitive. The Mississippi Polymer Institute ( MPI ), based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is one of those resources. MPI is a regional office of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MMA-MEP, Mississippi MEP), which is part of the MEP National Network TM. MPI is a non-profit industrial outreach organization housed at the

Franklin County Economic Development Workshop

Are you looking for innovative ways to grow and empower your workforce? Join us for a FREE workshop hosted by Franklin County Economic Development and the Franklin Center, designed to help businesses like yours access powerful training and workforce development resources. Date: December 9, 2024 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00…

How Automation is Solving Labor Shortages in Small-Scale Food Manufacturing 

The small-scale food manufacturing industry is struggling to retain its workers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 750,000 manufacturing jobs remain unfilled despite low unemployment rates. The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte predict that by 2030, 2.1 million manufacturing jobs will go unfilled due to a lack of…