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Manufacturing Leaders

Manufacturing Leaders

When a program’s purpose is to help manufacturers improve their performance in the global market, it pays to be on the lookout for solutions to problems as they pop up. The latest solution is executive coaching and team building services from the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP). “About four years ago, we were developing the […]

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NuGen Systems wins a check for $5000 at the Innovation Test Track competition for innovation in automotive technologies.

NuGen Systems Wins with Safety and Sustainability

NuGen Systems, a manufacturer of rechargeable battery-based solutions, was started in 2016 by co-founder and CEO, Venus Desai, with the goal of designing a safer, more powerful lithium-ion battery solution (using lithium iron phosphate chemistry), to replace the lead acid batteries commonly used in  industrial applications. Finding it difficult to break into well-established markets as […]

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CMMC Q&A: Cybersecurity Requirements for DoD Contractors

CMMC Q&A: Cybersecurity Requirements for DoD Contractors

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a framework of various cybersecurity standards and best practices to safeguard sensitive national security information from increasingly frequent and complex attacks. CMMC 2.0 compliance is a requirement for all government contractors working with the Department of Defense (DoD). In 2015, the DoD released the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement […]

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Three Lean Office Exercises for Improving Front-office Processes

Recently, the GaMEP marketing and operations team participated in a lean office exercise to map out our data entry, event registration, and email marketing processes to find ways to reduce inefficiencies, integrate software systems, and improve our client experience. Are you interested in how lean tools could help your company’s front office systems? Below are […]

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Reshoring Your Supply Chain: Starting Points for Small to Mid-Size Manufacturers

“Reshoring”, also known as onshoring, has never been a hotter buzzword, leaving many to ask what is reshoring and what could it mean for your business? The definition of reshoring is “the practice of bringing manufacturing and services back to the U.S. from overseas”1 Reshoring as a supply chain initiative has been around for over […]

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Food Safety Auditing News

October 2022 Get Ready for BRCGS Issue 9 Changes Certification audits against Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards (BRCGS)’s new standard will start on February 1, 2023. These changes were derived from the most common non-conformities for Issue 8. In fact, these eight clauses counted for 30% of all non-conformances over the past few years: 11.1 […]

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Driving Advanced Manufacturing in Georgia

Advanced manufacturing in Georgia is a huge deal – the sector is responsible for 10 percent of state gross domestic product (totaling nearly $62 billion in 2019), 92 percent of exports, and employs more than 380,000 people. The sector’s importance is no accident. It’s the result of — according to the Georgia Department of Economic […]

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Empty shelves at a grocery store during the baby formula shortage of 2022.

Why Is There a Shortage of Baby Formula?

By now, everyone’s heard about the shortage of baby formula in the United States. It stems from the fact that over 90% of U.S. infant formula is made by only 4 companies: Abbot, Mead Johnson, Nestle, and Perrigo. But, how did this happen? There are three, primary causative factors: There has been a lot of consolidation across the […]

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Creative Solutions to the Labor Shortage Problem

The near-universal issue facing companies across Georgia right now is a shortage of people – finding and keeping good employees is a headache for companies large and small in just about every industry. The reasons are complex, involving a mix of demographics, pandemic-related changes in behavior, early retirements, and government policy, which means there is […]

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Are Virtual Food Safety Audits as Effective as Onsite Audits?

The food manufacturing industry utilizes governmental and third-party food safety audits to ensure the quality of the products being produced and the safety of consumers. However, over the past few years, as manufacturing companies have limited the number of guests in their facilities, many have wrestled with the question of how to conduct a food […]

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Hear Me Out: Creating and Maintaining a Safe Place to Work

  This is a guest post from our partner, the Georgia Tech Safety, Health, Environmental Services (SHES) program. Every year approximately 30 million workers experience hazardous noise exposure on the job. Over 9 million are at risk for severe hearing loss from occupational exposure to noise, which remains a persistent cause of employee illness in […]

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Get Your Strategic Plan Off the Shelf: Plan Deployment and Management

Strategic Planning is a powerful tool that can help companies define and meet both their short- and long-term goals. However, when we talk to companies about strategic planning, too often we hear, “We tried that, and it didn’t work.” Many companies develop a plan, only to see it collect dust on a shelf or in […]

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Food Safety Regulatory Updates

January 2023 New Georgia Food Truck Regulations Did you know that the Georgia Department of Public Health recently created new regulations for food trucks operating in Georgia? House Bill 1443, which allows food trucks to sell food anywhere in the state under a single permit, was passed in March of last year, but went into effect January 1, […]

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Student (Faith Allem) holds her Manufacturing Leadership Certificate from Georgia Tech.

A Professional’s Journey through Manufacturing and Safety Training

Creating a Culture of Success – Committing to Quality and Safety Education Faith Allem, quality and safety compliance leader at Hitachi T&D Solutions, Inc. in Suwanee, Georgia, has been taking training classes at Georgia Tech for 20 years. She started her journey in quality and ISO auditing, working at Georgia Power in quality management. She then went […]

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How to Write an Effective Strategic Plan

How to Write an Effective Strategic Plan

Despite our best intentions, strategic planning often gets postponed due to the urgency of daily tasks. In addition, the ambiguous nature and magnitude of strategic planning can lead to not knowing where to start the process. This can result in a plan that is poorly developed, not actionable, or even non-existent. In contrast, a well-developed […]

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How Food Supply Issues May Affect Your Thanksgiving Table

GaMEP Food Industry Project Manager, Wendy White, discusses how food manufacturers have had to pivot to beat supply chain challenges & meet Thanksgiving demand. Learn More About GaMEP Food Industry Training and Services. This month, many are marking their calendars and planning to gather around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends. But with supply […]

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Cybersecurity Horror Stories from the GaMEP

Cybersecurity Horror Stories from the GaMEP

Since its inception in October of 2004, Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a reminder of the importance of cybersecurity, providing individuals and organizations with the information and tools they need to be safer and more secure online. However, even as the cybersecurity industry continues to grow at a rapid rate each year, many organizations – […]

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Apprenticeship Programs: Creating a Pathway to Success

Apprenticeship Programs: Creating a Pathway to Success

Bringing together businesses and the community to solve workforce needs creates an innovative pathway that can prepare students for jobs in local manufacturing industries. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted apprenticeships and work-based programs across the state causing numbers to drop and now the companies, school systems, and communities are working hard to rebuild the demand for […]

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Four Steps for Driving Down Product Costs

Four Steps for Driving Down Product Costs

It is likely that your firm has a number of “cost reduction” projects active at any given time. In most cases, these projects are created as opportunities arise. They enter the development process harmlessly and require relatively little resources or capital investment compared to larger programs. If your company is like many others, these projects […]

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Creating a Better Place to Work in a Post-Pandemic World

Creating a Better Place to Work in a Post-Pandemic World

As the world begins to recover and return to a “new” normal, people are reassessing what is important and valuable to them. They now have different opportunities and more career choices to consider, with the U.S. Department of Labor reporting a record 9.3 million job openings as of the latest tally.* Additionally, according to a […]

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Five Tips for Effectively Managing Change at Your Manufacturing Plant

Five Tips for Effectively Managing Change at Your Manufacturing Plant

Whether it’s the ongoing advancement in technology, the ever-evolving world of data, a company reorganization, or other unexpected curveballs (such as a global pandemic), manufacturers are constantly faced with change and the challenge to adapt. But just as change is a part of any manufacturing business, so is resistance to change – especially change that […]

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Your Workplace Safety Process – Summer Check-in

Your Workplace Safety Process – Summer Check-in

  This June is the 25th Anniversary of National Safety Month, a National Safety Council (NSC) program.  It’s a time to focus on keeping ourselves and others safe from home to work and back again, each and every day. In 2019, the United States saw the highest numbers of workplace deaths since 2007 – over […]

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Five Tips for Building an Effective Energy Behavior Change Campaign

Five Tips for Building an Effective Energy Behavior Change Campaign

When we talk about energy, the focus is usually on technology and technical solutions. However, energy behavior is gaining more attention as a “hot topic” in energy innovation. Until recently, in my experience as an ISO 50001 auditor of energy management systems, I found that in many organizations consideration of the role of energy behavior […]

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The Do’s And Don’ts of Preparing A New Facility For The First Audit

The Do’s And Don’ts of Preparing A New Facility For The First Audit

Starting a new facility is an enormous undertaking.  There are thousands of things that must be accomplished, from hiring and training new staff to ordering and installing equipment.  This scenario is a perfect example of “Too much to do and not enough time to do it!”.  There’s always significant pressure to get up and running […]

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Spotlight – On the GaMEP Team

Kelley Hundt I’m too competitive to let anyone tell me I can’t do something! That’s been the mindset of our East Metro Region Manager, Kelley Hundt since she was one of two women in her electrical engineering cohort at Georgia Tech 30 years ago. She said, “at the time, engineering was a male-dominated major but […]

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Tips for implementing technology solutions to help offset productivity issues

Tips for Implementing Technology Solutions to Help Offset Productivity Issues

Change is hard. If this pandemic year has taught us anything, it’s how to adapt and adjust our way of thinking and doing business. The same goes for technology. It is always changing. Whether it is the latest upgrade for your smart device or the newest gadget to simplify your life, technology touches every facet […]

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How to Avoid the 10 Biggest Quality Mistakes

How to Avoid the 10 Biggest Quality Mistakes

Learning from other people’s mistakes is one of the most effective ways to improve. There are plenty of mistakes out there to learn from, but the trick is to recognize them and understand what to do instead. Let’s examine the 10 most common quality mistakes and see how they can be corrected. 1. Limiting quality […]

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Own the Skills Gap: Workforce Readiness Starts with You

Own the Skills Gap: Workforce Readiness Starts with You

Hiring and retaining talent is a continuous concern and investment for every manufacturer, large or small, rural or multinational. It is hard to find and keep people with the right skills. It’s also expensive. According to The Society for Human Resource Management, in 2016 it cost over $4,000 and took 40 days to complete each new […]

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Leaders: Are they Built or Born?

Leaders: Are they Built or Born?

Have you heard someone say, “He or she is a born leader”? I don’t believe leadership is a quality that one is born with but rather a learned and practiced skill that develops over time. John Maxwell, in his book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, supports my beliefs and says “Leadership develops daily, not […]

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Growing Your Business Through Technology

Key Ingredients to Growing Your Business through Technology

Manufacturers, like other organizations are constantly being faced with the challenge of developing a growth strategy. When developing this strategy, it’s important to consider technology options. Two ways technology implementation can be successful are: 1. Bringing new technology into your company to increase your offerings to your current customer-base (they already know and trust you) […]

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How Will Combining Safety and Lean and Process Improvement Efforts Increase Productivity?

How Will Combining Safety and Lean in Process Improvement Efforts Increase Productivity?

The practices of safety management and Lean production have for many years been implemented separately in most industrial plants. The complexities of regulatory compliance have in large part dictated that separate specialists be dedicated to each area. Over time, in fact, these two essential functions have diverged to the point of being adversaries in many […]

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6S: Getting Standardize Right

6S: Getting Standardize Right

Whether a project involves cleaning out a storeroom or organizing an office or work space, the 6S process of Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Safety, Standardize, and Sustain is typically the same. The initial effort of sorting, cleaning, and organizing yields the greatest visible results, as well as the satisfaction of seeing improvements. After the […]

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Best Practices Guide to Virtual Communication

Best Practices Guide to Virtual Communication

During the Spring of 2020, the pandemic caused almost all in-person meetings and classes to transition to a virtual format.  These sessions have become imperative to maintaining our country’s infrastructure and ensuring business continuity.  During this time, we’ve learned that a virtual, remote setting can be a poor substitute for in-person interactions.  Many facets of […]

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Shift Schedule Considerations

Shift Schedule Considerations

There is little academic research as to the advantage or disadvantages of a 4-day; 10-hour (4/10) shift versus a 5-day; 8-hour (5/8) shift. When determining the best shift schedule for your operation, there are multiple things that you should consider. These include things such as employee desire, customer demand, efficiencies, and safety. Key Considerations Employee […]

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Ga Manufacturers have a story to tell

Georgia Manufacturers Have a Story to Tell – GaMEP Client Survey

During the next month, the Georgia Manufacturing Quarterly Survey will be delivered to companies across the state. This survey is a key benchmark that provides us with critical information on Georgia manufacturers’ problems, needs, and business performance. Through a third-party administered survey, we ask our clients to answer questions that will help evaluate the quality […]

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6 Tips for Keeping Your Manufacturing Plant Cool During the Summer

6 Tips for Keeping Your Manufacturing Plant Cool During the Summer

As temperatures increase in the summer months, so do the risks that are associated with a lack of proper cooling solutions at your manufacturing plant. Keeping the factory floor cool during the hottest part of the year is vital to providing your employees with a safe and comfortable work environment, and can also prevent equipment […]

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Georgia Manufacturers have a story to tell

Two Georgia Manufacturers Partner to Produce Face Shields for COVID-19 First Responders

Less than 100 miles of interstate and back-roads in Georgia separates one of the largest car manufacturers from an OEM manufacturing supplier. Eight weeks ago, these two manufacturers had never been in contact, let alone imagined they would connect over a product that neither were producing at the time. Fast forward to May of 2020, […]

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Wendy White Discusses the Importance of Effective Environmental Monitoring Programs to Combat Contamination

Wendy White Discusses the Importance of Effective Environmental Monitoring Programs to Combat Food Contamination

Wendy White, food safety expert and GaMEP project manager, discusses major pathogenic contamination issues that can surface when food manufacturing plants remain too complacent in their typical sanitation routines and neglect to seek out effective solutions that can identify the root cause of the problem. Best practices and strategies for contamination prevention that White mentions […]

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Steps to Take When an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

Steps to Take When an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

Over the past month, you have most likely come up with more questions than answers, you’ve accumulated more worries than you’ve ever had before, and are trying to keep yourself and your team afloat, like so many others across the world. In addition, you’ve probably used phrases that you’d never thought you’d have to say […]

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Woman-Owned Manufacturer in Americus, Georgia, Sews New Path and Produces Face Masks for Area Hospitals

Woman-Owned Manufacturer in Americus, Georgia, Sews New Path and Produces Face Masks for Area Hospitals

In 2015, Elena Carné, moved to Americus, a small town in South Georgia, with her three daughters. Her idea was two-fold: Be in a slower-paced environment where she could focus on her family and launch an athletic apparel company. Today, the already successful company, T31 (formerly Tepuy Activewear), a small, minority- and woman-owned manufacturer, has […]

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7 Tips for Sustaining Your Manufacturing Company During COVID-19

During unprecedented times in which your company is facing monumental challenges and uncertainty, it is more imperative than ever to be proactive and follow best practices to ensure business continuity. But as pressure mounts and the stress of the current COVID-19 situation continues to grow, the best path to sustaining your company may not be […]

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Jeff and Craig Moore of Old 4th Distillery

GaMEP Connects Atlanta-based Distillery With Resources to Provide Critical Materials to First Responders During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On the March 18 evening news, Paul Todd, GaMEP project manager, saw a story of a distillery in Atlanta that had shifted gears to produce hand sanitizer to meet the needs of the public during the coronavirus crisis. In the interview, Jeff and Craig Moore of Old 4th Distillery said they were struggling to meet the […]

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Two different trainings for Manufacturing Leadership. Choose your best path.

Two different trainings for Manufacturing Leadership. Choose your best path.

In manufacturing plants, change is a given. Embracing it is not an option but a matter of professional progression. Whether you’re looking to boost your credentials to keep moving up in your company, or gaining skills that are immediately applicable in helping your organization prepare for the future, we have several different leadership training opportunities […]

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The Generational Effect: How to Bridge the Gap for Maximum Production and Minimal Conflict

When most people think of diversity, they tend to think of things such as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and culture. However, another aspect of diversity that almost every organization has, but many overlook, is generational diversity. According to the Boston College Center on Aging & Work, most organizations are still in the very early stages […]

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How to Build a High Performance Maintenance Team

Many years ago I inherited perhaps the world’s most under-performing, unreliable, unpredictable, and unacceptable – and all other antonyms that are an antithesis for anything positive – maintenance team. The extreme lack of performance left all sorts of carnage piled up at the front door of the unemployment office. Maintenance managers did not last longer […]

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Damon Nix visits WTI

Just Add Engineers to the Mix

For the state’s food manufacturers, a Georgia Tech partnership is the secret ingredient to growth. You would expect a building where vinegar is made to have a sour smell, highly pungent, perhaps with a whiff of apple. World Technology Ingredients (WTI) smells nothing like this. Their manufacturing facility, off a county two-lane in Jefferson, Georgia, […]

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Seasons-4 Inc pursues Organizational Excellence

Achieving Your Company’s Long-term Goals

As with any pursuit that is worthwhile, unfortunately, there is no “magic wand” that can create long-term change and growth for a company’s operations or culture. Instead you need a lasting commitment from your leaders for change to occur and be sustained. Implementing an Organizational Excellence Model is about more than an assessment or incorporating […]

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Manufacturers use electronic work instructions on the plant floor

What You Should Consider Before Implementing Electronic Work Instructions at Your Plant

As technology on the shop floor continues to advance, manufacturers are becoming more aware of new software tools and mobile hardware platforms, such as tablets and hands-free smart glasses, that are making a significant impact on the manufacturing process. On the market today, there are a variety of wireless software applications and tools available that […]

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Wendy White discusses latest food safety trends

Wendy White Explains the Concerns with the Latest Food Trends

An expert in food safety and Taylor Swift lyrics, GaMEP project manager, Wendy White breaks down popular food safety trends that may actually create more harm than good. Examples include: When considering new trends like saving bad fruit that would otherwise be thrown away, it’s important to understand that damaged fruit with a broken protective […]

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Tim Israel Named Director of Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Tim Israel Named Director of Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership

The Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), Georgia Tech’s economic development arm, has named Tim Israel, director of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP). Israel, who had been GaMEP’s associate director and group manager of process improvement, will be responsible for the manufacturing resources and regional staff located across Georgia. He succeeds Karen Fite, who was named […]

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Robotic arms working in a manufacturing facility.

How Industry 4.0 is Driving Changes in Modern Manufacturing

Industry Trends: Manufacturing Manufacturing makes the modern world possible, from the food we eat to the devices we use to communicate. But just as our technology evolves, so too does the approach to making it. But, manufacturing encompasses multiple technologies and disciplines — and change occurs in all of them. Here are the key trends […]

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GaMEP Taps Wendy White to Lead Statewide Efforts in Food Safety Program

Wendy White, a nationally known food safety expert, has joined the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) as a food safety project manager. In that capacity, she will provide educational outreach and support to help Georgia food manufacturers improve their food safety and quality systems. Prior to joining the GaMEP, White was director of corporate food […]

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Mike Stonecipher of GaMEP at Georgia Tech, Joy Johnston and Ted Arnold of KMMG welcome Georgia Tech students to the Kia Plant.

Kia Plant Tour Drives Student Interest Towards Careers in the Automotive Industry

In April, a group of Georgia Tech students had the opportunity to tour the Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) automotive plant, an impressive facility spanning over 2,300,000 square feet located in West Point, Georgia. Hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Atlanta Section, the tour provided students with an in-depth look into KMMG’s history […]

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Paula Glover, Enterprise Engineer with Shaw Industries, uses a thermal camera to check for hot spots on a robotic arm.

A GR-R-REAT Consortium Event!

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Lukisha

Shun Griffin Makes her Mark in Manufacturing Leadership

Lessons from the first female Manufacturing Leadership Certificate graduate With ample experience in manufacturing, Lukisha T. “Shun” Griffin (pictured above) recently became the first woman to earn GaMEP at Georgia Tech’s Manufacturing Leadership Certificate. Knowing she always had a knack for working with machines, Griffin, who is currently studying Industrial Engineering at Kennesaw State University […]

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SAC 2018 Innovation Test Track Awards

Innovation Test Track Competition

The Innovation Test Track Competition is held each year during the Southern Automotive Conference and encourages companies with innovative products or services that could benefit the automotive industry to pitch their concept to a panel of judges who have a background in innovation. This year, GaMEP project manager, Mike Stonecipher, helped organize the event and […]

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Is Online Learning the Right Fit for You?

Is Online Learning the Right Fit for You? Online learning is not new to education or business. Actually, according to the 2015 National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 5.5 million people participated in some form of a class that was offered online. This number continues to grow, according to the Online College Student Survey. There’s been […]

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GaMEP Project Manager, Randy Green, assesses energy usage at Crider Foods in Stillmore, GA.

Why You Should Consider an Energy Management System

Why You Should Consider an Energy Management System Did you know that the GaMEP Energy and Sustainability Group contributed significantly to the content of the original ISO 50001 standard? Or that ISO 50001 may be able to help your company save a lot of money? Randy Green, GaMEP project manager, has helped many companies throughout the United […]

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Interroll manufacturing implements new technology

Atlanta Business Chronicle Viewpoint: Call to Action for Georgia Manufacturers

Originally published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. View the original here. Georgia’s manufacturing industry is at a crossroad. For decades, Georgia has attracted manufacturing investment dollars from across the globe thanks to a large workforce, affordable real estate and robust logistics infrastructure. That favorable climate has attracted billions of dollars of […]

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Georgia Manufacturers take GaMEP at Georgia Tech's Lean Boot Camp Class

Atlanta Business Chronicle Viewpoint: Learning to Successfully Lead Manufacturing Teams Takes the Right Training

  Manufacturers from across Georgia attend the GaMEP at Georgia Tech open enrollment training course, Lean Boot Camp. Originally published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. View the original here. Working with new and emerging leaders in more than 800 manufacturing plants a year, our team continued to hear, “I have […]

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GaMEP at Georgia Tech awarded grant for food safety modernization program

GaMEP at Georgia Tech awarded grant for food safety modernization program

  U.S. Department of Commerce award will support targeted focus on small food and beverage manufacturers in four states. ATLANTA, Ga. (Sept. 12, 2018) — The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech was awarded a $986,805 grant to create a food safety program that will serve small food and beverage manufacturers in Georgia, Iowa, […]

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Chantrey Reece - master scheduler for BorgWarner receives the first Manufacturing Leadership Certificate by GaMEP at Georgia Tech

GaMEP Awards First Manufacturing Leadership Certificate

The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech sat down with Chantrey Reece, master scheduler at BorgWarner in Asheville, North Carolina, who recently became the first recipient of the GaMEP Manufacturing Leadership Certificate, to learn what he gained from the program and how he’s using it at BorgWarner. Tell me about yourself. I’ve lived […]

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Manufacturing Disaster Assistance Program to Help Georgia Companies Prepare For Natural Disasters

Manufacturers in seven Georgia counties can participate in new program offered by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership. SAVANNAH, Ga. (Jan. 30, 2018) — The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) is seeking eligible manufacturers to participate in a disaster assistance program designed to help companies that are located in the state’s coastal areas assess their preparedness […]

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Sinan Sinharoy, GaMEP project manager, discusses energy usage with a worker in a manufacturing plant, during an energy audit.

What to Expect at an Energy Audit

Completing an energy audit can help your company identify opportunities to save energy, reduce costs, and improve sustainability. On average, each assessment identifies opportunities to save more than 10% in annual energy expenditures. Still wondering what type of a commitment it requires from you, what to expect, and what benefits you will receive if you […]

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How Do You Develop Lean Leaders in Your Organization?

By: Sam Darwin, GaMEP Lean and Process Improvement Project Manager Are you using Lean as a point solution to try to solve an immediate need, or is it part of your company’s overall strategic plan? Have you discovered how to make Lean sustainable within your organization? Successfully taking the Lean journey takes a commitment from the team […]

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Tom Sammon, GaMEP Project Manager, participates in a panel discussion on the topic,

What Automation Means for Economic Development

Automation. The word and what it represents is driving a lot of discussion about what that means for manufacturers and for those in economic development tasked with bringing industry — and jobs — to their communities. But automation is not the boogeyman people think it is, said Mark Ligler, vice president of Factory Automation Systems. […]

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Damon Nix, senior project manager at the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, discusses ergonomic solutions for lifting bags of malt with Bobby Epperson, operations training and safety manager at Terrapin Brewery in Athens, Georgia.

Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership Launches Outreach Initiative for Food Processing Manufacturers

ATLANTA (Aug. 28, 2017) — Georgia is a one of the nation’s leading agriculture states, with the industry contributing about $74.9 billion to the state economy each year. A related sector — food processing — is a strong and growing component of the Georgia economy, and accounts for $11 billion to $12 billion each year […]

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Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle shakes hands with new apprentices at the GA CATT signing ceremony.

2nd Annual GA CATT Apprentice Signing Ceremony

On Monday, August 14, 2017, the Georgia Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (GA CATT) program kicked off its second year with a signing ceremony for 21 new apprentices. This year the program expanded from one cluster to three, including students in the Coweta, Rockdale-Newton, and Spalding county areas. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle spoke at the event, […]

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