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NEW Manufacturing Insights is a collaboration between the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance (NEWMA) and Insight on Manufacturing (IOM) magazine, highlighting issues and opportunities for manufacturers in the 18-county New North...
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NEW Manufacturing Insights is a collaboration between the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance (NEWMA) and Insight on Manufacturing (IOM) magazine, highlighting issues and opportunities for manufacturers in the 18-county New North region in Northeast Wisconsin. Hosted by NEWMA Executive Director Ann Franz and IOM Editor Kate Bruns featuring guests from across the region, new episodes will be released on Thursdays starting Oct. 5. Get a quick overview of the latest NEWMA and Insight programs and events, take a behind-the-scenes look at IOM cover stories and features, and enjoy leadership tips and fun facts you can use to strengthen your manufacturing business, grow your network and advance your career.
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24 OCT 2024 · This week Kayla Countney of Goodwill NCW and Nancy Bleck of Rawhide Youth Services join co-hosts Ann Franz and Kate Bruns to talk about the innovative Career EXCELerate program -- a collaboration between Goodwill NCW, Rawhide Youth Services and Fox Valley Technical College that provides free job training coupled with high-level mental and emotional support. The program was launched about three years ago with the support of a Wisconsin Workforce Innovation Grant, and it's still going strong today and eyeing growth opportunities, Countney tells the co-hosts. Its initial goal was to serve 460 Wisconsinites, she adds, and it has already reached 420.
Learn more about Career EXCELerate online: https://offer.goodwillncw.org/career-excelerate-wisconsin
Thank you to Werner Electric Supply for sponsoring the podcast all throughout the month of October. We will be off next week for Manufacturing First (register now at www.manufacturingfirst.com) but will return with a recap episode Nov. 7. See you Oct. 30 at Resch Expo for #MfgFirst!
17 OCT 2024 · We're celebrating our 50th episode this week! This episode features a conversation with Jason Bailin and Jordy Krall of Appleton's Eagle Performance Plastics, which was recently named one of Wisconsin's Best Places to Work in Manufacturing and was featured in the September issue of Insight on Manufacturing. Bailin, sales manager, and Krall, sustainability specialist, talk about Eagle's recent growth as well as a fascinating new partnership they have forged with a New North vendor that is helping divert 200 tons of plastic waste from landfills every year.
Read more about Eagle in IOM: https://www.insightonbusiness.com/insightonmanufacturing/articles/plantnews/soaring-success/article_85323094-713a-11ef-ace6-5be18cb0f9ce.html
Learn more about Wisconsin's Best Places to Work in Manufacturing 2024: https://www.insightonbusiness.com/insightevents/best_places_to_work_in_manufacturing_wisconsin/
Thank you to Werner Electric Supply for sponsoring the podcast all throughout the month of October.
10 OCT 2024 · We're back to talking marketing on this week's episode of NEW Manufacturing Insights -- this time with Greg Linnemanstons, the 23-year president of the Appleton-based inbound marketing firm Weidert Group. Greg tells Kate and Ann about his firm's B2B services as well as previews his forthcoming Manufacturing First breakout session, "The Top Industrial Sales & Marketing Plays Your Lead Gen Strategy Needs Now," scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on Oct. 30 at the expo. Learn more and register for Manufacturing First at www.manufacturingfirst.com. Â
Listen in as Greg shares his wisdom on the topic of lead generation, how marketing and sales teams can work together within organizations, and how to implement technology into your marketing mix without losing the personal touch that has helped close business for generations. He also, of course, shares his best leadership insight to close the show.
Thank you to Werner Electric Supply for sponsoring the podcast all throughout the month of October.
3 OCT 2024 · Werner Electric Supply President Craig Wiedemeier joins Kate and Ann live from Werner Electric's headquarters in Appleton as we celebrate the one-year anniversary of NEW Manufacturing Insights at a special Manufacturing Month kickoff event.Â
Craig tells the co-hosts the 75-year-long story of Werner Electric and shares how the business has evolved to become a partner with manufacturers in learning IT and OT, adopting new programs and tools that help improve productivity, and keeping pace with technology.
Craig will be speaking Oct. 30 at the Manufacturing First Expo & Conference, and it's not too late to register for Wisconsin's largest manufacturing event. Head to www.manufacturingfirst.com to learn more.Â
Thank you to our listeners, sponsors, and partners for helping keep the podcast going for one year! We're excited to keep it going in 2025!
26 SEP 2024 · Brett Lindsey is the newest CEO of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based ark data centers, which recently rebranded from Involta and is creating in the New North region its largest data center in the country. ark data centers will create a 20-megawatt campus on 24.5 acres in the village of Harrison, with easy access to major markets such as Chicago and Minneapolis. On this week's episode, Lindsey tells co-hosts Kate Bruns and Ann Franz about why the company is excited to set up shop in Wisconsin using the company's "Gen 6 design" model.
Lindsey also dives into cybersecurity, AI and other tech topics that are affecting ark's large enterprise customers and suggests some moves manufacturers should consider making now to build new products and offer better service to customers in the age of AI.Â
Thank you to Wisconsin Paper Group for sponsoring the podcast all throughout the month of September.
19 SEP 2024 · Steve Meyer, a longtime advocate and practitioner of technical education in Northeast Wisconsin, joins Kate and Ann on this week's episode to take a deeper dive into this month's Insight on Manufacturing cover story about the New North region's tech education teacher shortage and what institutions like Wisconsin Technical College System, UW System and school districts like Seymour Community are doing to help recruit, retain, and reskill qualified teachers to train students for next-generation careers.
Read "Filling the Void" by Amelia Compton Wolff online here: https://www.insightonbusiness.com/insightonmanufacturing/articles/coverstory/filling-the-void/article_95623a58-7131-11ef-b257-1761ecc38aa5.html
On the podcast Meyer, who is a key source in the cover story, elucidates his personal career journey and breaks down some of the key issues and opportunities to strengthen technical education. Listen as he talks about how companies and communities can play a role.
Thank you to Wisconsin Paper Group for sponsoring the podcast all throughout the month of September!
12 SEP 2024 · Kelly Bubolz of KB Training Connections is an expert on preventing burnout in the manufacturing industry -- because she herself is a survivor of burnout in the manufacturing industry. Her body suffered complete physical collapse from burnout in March 2021, forcing her to leave the career she says she had worked so hard for.
Back to school and the change in weather can exacerbate symptoms of burnout this time of year, Kelly says, and on this week's episode of NEW Manufacturing Insights she sits down with Kate and Ann to help spread awareness. Her work with KB Training Connections aims to provide stress management and time management resources to individuals and companies, with a special emphasis on the manufacturing sector.Â
Kelly has YouTube shorts available to help companies and professionals get started: https://www.youtube.com/@kellybubolz
You can also find her online at https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_header&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkR5SDJoVG1wNkxMOGxvc1RFNm9yVkozN0s3d3xBQ3Jtc0tsdmxEci1veGZ5bkhzdnZjT18zRWJhcE5vQmJsTXFFSjRXRGN0NTgzYm5valNrMkJjUTl1T1hfMUxJMm1vbmx2aWd2RjEzVFkyeDEwOWRQbEMtTXdKblVaYzlpOWF4NFFhakFwUFA5Qk1KWGtEZHpuRQ&q=www.kbtrainingconnections.com.
Thank you to Wisconsin Paper Group for sponsoring the podcast all month long. NEW Manufacturing Insights is a joint production of the NEW Manufacturing Alliance and Insight on Manufacturing magazine, produced by B.J. DeGroot of Woodward Communtiy Media.
5 SEP 2024 · Don't miss this week's episode as leadership expert, educator and author Steve Jones of Jadin Jones Consulting joins Kate and Ann to talk leadership. He gives listeners a preview of his forthcoming Manufacturing First Expo & Conference keynote and shares stories and wisdom from along his career journey. The former five-time state championship winning football coach tackles topics from generational differences to workplace challenges to his role with the Green Bay Packers.
Thank you to Wisconsin Paper Group for sponsoring the podcast all month long. NEW Manufacturing Insights is a joint production of the NEW Manufacturing Alliance and Insight on Manufacturing magazine, produced by B.J. DeGroot of Woodward Communtiy Media.
29 AUG 2024 · Formerly known as Precision Tool and Dye -- a name that didn't necessarily reflect what the company does, the firm we know today as Titletown Manufacturing is a "job shop" that does assembly and builds components for OEMs. Co-owner Chris Fuss joins Kate and Ann this week to explain the difference between "job shops" and "production shops," the intricacies of the machining trade he has been involved with since age 16, and the impact of Industry 4.0 at Titletown Manufacturing.Â
Thank you to The Boldt Company for sponsoring the podcast all month long. NEW Manufacturing Insights is a joint production of the NEW Manufacturing Alliance and Insight on Manufacturing magazine, produced by B.J. DeGroot of Woodward Communtiy Media.
22 AUG 2024 · With a history dating back to 1863, Manitowoc's Burger Boat Company is Wisconsin's second-oldest company. Our guest today, naval architect Ron Cleveringa, has been with the firm for 25 years and even dreamed of working for Burger Boat as a child growing up in Michigan.Â
A custom shipbuilder that got its start creating fishing vessels, Burger Boat today produces some of the world's most dazzling yachts, "anything up to 200 feet," Cleveringa shares. Listen to the full episode to learn more from Cleveringa about Burger Boat's products, the history of the company and industry, the prominence of shipbuilding in Northeast Wisconsin, and what the yacht of the future might look like.
Thank you to The Boldt Company for sponsoring the podcast all month long. NEW Manufacturing Insights is a joint production of NEWMA and IOM, produced by B.J. DeGroot of Woodward Communtiy Media.
NEW Manufacturing Insights is a collaboration between the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance (NEWMA) and Insight on Manufacturing (IOM) magazine, highlighting issues and opportunities for manufacturers in the 18-county New North...
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NEW Manufacturing Insights is a collaboration between the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance (NEWMA) and Insight on Manufacturing (IOM) magazine, highlighting issues and opportunities for manufacturers in the 18-county New North region in Northeast Wisconsin. Hosted by NEWMA Executive Director Ann Franz and IOM Editor Kate Bruns featuring guests from across the region, new episodes will be released on Thursdays starting Oct. 5. Get a quick overview of the latest NEWMA and Insight programs and events, take a behind-the-scenes look at IOM cover stories and features, and enjoy leadership tips and fun facts you can use to strengthen your manufacturing business, grow your network and advance your career.
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| Author | Insight on Manufacturing |
| Organization | Kate Bruns |
| Categories | Management , Business News , Careers |
| Website | www.insightonbusiness.com |
| kbruns@insightonbusiness.com |
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