As I travel and work on various boards I am exposed to organizations in different stages of development. In manufacturing, an important stage is to become ISO 9001 registered and the east coast steel fabrication company that I work with wanted to achieve this registration. Since I have over a decade of experience in this […]
Manufacturers need to work collaboratively together to advance the causes and politics that are mutually beneficial. It is through our numbers that we can have the greatest effect and we have significant numbers to discuss. In Riverside County we have thousands of manufacturers, yet it is not readily apparent. Manufacturers work around the clock employing […]
As manufacturers we are in a daily dance surrounding intellectual property (IP). The typical dance partners include our own IP, utilizing the IP of others or working around the IP of a competitor. The three main areas of IP that we need to be concerned with are Trademarks, Utility Patents and Design Patents. All of […]
There has been a lot of press about the increases in exporting here in the United States. With 95% of the world population living outside the USA, it is no wonder that we are all looking at markets outside the country. Approximately 74% of the global commerce occurs outside the United States and with our […]
There has been rapid growth in manufacturing around the country. This development is helping to create the recovery along with a stabilization of the overall economic model. It was not accidental that this happened, and it has created a rich employment opportunity. Yet we see in the news that there is a huge skills gap […]
Several years ago, I was a presenter at The Army Science Conference. It is a great experience to be invited to these conferences and the subjects range from medical technology to energetic materials (Explosives). It was at this conference and between my responsibilities that I enjoyed a lecture on Disruptive Technology. This one lecture changed […]
Innovation may be the most overused word in business today. However, the term never goes out of style and it is driving manufacturing today, faster than ever. In my travels and experiences visiting manufacturers around the world, it is obvious that the USA is a leader in innovation. There are many reasons why we perform […]
