2017 Blog Archive

  • Bridging the Cash Gap

    By Guest Blogger on April 18, 2017

    by Brandi DiGiorgio Top Three Ways Manufacturers Can Bridge the Cash Gap Manufacturers are still feeling the effects of the recession nearly 10 years after it began. Despite advances in technology...

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  • Cheerleader or Trusted Leader?

    By Mike Niedenthal on April 11, 2017

    We work with clients who are struggling, or have struggled, to successfully implement lean transformations. Over the course of our work, we have found common denominators that cause these culture-...

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  • Heartland Mill Receives Kansas SBDC Award

    By KMS on March 27, 2017

    Successful Kansas small businesses receive awards at Kansas SBDC Awards Event Heartland Mill recognized as Kansas SBDC Existing Business of the Year   (featured from L to R): Kansas SBDC at SCCC...

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  • Do Your Children Want The Business?

    By Guest Blogger on March 21, 2017

    by Valerie Vaughn For over 25 years, MAMTC has helped our clients achieve success. We’ve worked with hundreds of Kansas manufacturers, helping them optimize their operations, develop their workforce...

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  • The Three Legged Stool of Data

    By Joe Torrago on March 8, 2017

    The Three Legged Stool of Data Ever try to sit on a one or two-legged stool? What happens? It will fall over and not support you or do its job of supporting you or your objectives. The same thing...

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  • Earning the Right

    By Joe Torrago on March 7, 2017

    Space Problem or Stuff Problem? I visited three facilities recently and in these plants the operations leaders were concerned they did not have enough space. I toured each respective facility with...

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  • Help me, my hands are tied!

    By Joe Torrago on February 27, 2017

    We frequently call on clients in Kansas who are part of larger organizations with headquarters or corporate offices located in another state. The local contacts say they would like to work with us,...

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  • What Manufacturers Are Saying About MEP

    By NIST MEP on February 16, 2017

    The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a public-private partnership with a national network of thousands of trusted business advisors, manufacturing experts, and partners who support one...

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  • KMS - Cybersecurity

    Cybersecurity: 21st Century Threats to Business

    By Tiffany Stovall on January 24, 2017

    At MAMTC, we have been tossing around the term “Cyber Security” for quite some time as a topic of interest we should be sharing with manufacturers. The more I learn about the very real threats to...

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  • Does your organization support a culture of insanity?

    By Joe Torrago on January 17, 2017

    What is the definition of insanity, at least from business perspective?  It is doing the same things repeatedly, expecting different results.  Many organizations on a Lean journey believe they can...

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