The Competitive Edges
  The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership                                        October 2012 
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GenMet Creates a Culture of Success
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GenMet Corp., a Mequon custom metal fabricator, first turned to the WMEP nearly a decade ago to allow it to better compete in an increasingly global environment. "Manufacturing became globally competitive," GenMet President Mary Isbister said. "We had to figure out how to transition ourselves into that global economy and how to compete.

Upcoming Events
Greetings!

Tomorrow is Manufacturing Day across the country,  and many Wisconsin firms are participating - click here and select "Wisconsin" to see what's happening statewide!

October is Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin, and there will be open houses and other events across the state.  If you're having an event in October, click here to have it included on www.wimanufacturingmonth.org

Buckley Brinkman, Secretary Reggie Newson and other dignitaries kicked off Manufacturing Month at Super Steel on Monday - read about it here!
Manufacturing Matters! & MOTY on Feb. 28, 2013
Feb 28 Manufacturing Matters!, the signature event of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, will be held Feb. 28, 2013 at a new location - the Hyatt Regency in downtown Milwaukee.

For the first time, the day-long event will be held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year (MOTY) awards banquet, which will take place that night at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. The MOTY program recognizes companies in a variety of categories for manufacturing excellence. It is sponsored by Baker Tilly, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Michael Best and Friedrich.  

WANTED: Manufacturing Champion


champion When U.S. Senators Herb Kohl and Olympia Snowe leave the U.S. Senate in January, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program will lose two of its strongest advocates.  Kohl and Snowe understand the importance of manufacturing to America's economic health and, since 1994, have championed the MEP program and its work with small and medium manufacturers.   

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Advanced Talent Management
blog post by Mary Isbister, president of GenMet
Mary Isbister
Mary Isbister

Motivated, highly engaged, passionate talent holds your best opportunity for innovation and is the key to sustainable business success.  This type of talent is hard to come by and hard to keep if your organization does not have a culture that recognizes how to keep the current and next generation of employees challenged and engaged.

 

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