On Tuesday June 9, 2020 at 12:30pm, the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” (WSCM) student video program will conclude its seventh season with the “Best of PA” Statewide Awards Event. Due to the unprecedented challenges presented by social distancing, this…
by Max Krug, Future State Engineering
As we wind down from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are transitioning back to some sense of normalcy and beginning to re-open for business. This transition period comes with a high degree of uncertainty and…
by Lisa Pustelak. NWIRC, Strategic Business Advisor and Employee Development Specialist
Whether you do formal strategic planning or not, it is time to re-visit the SWOT. A SWOT Analysis is a review of your company’s Strengths and Weaknesses (these are…
by Bob Zaruta, President/CEO, NWIRC
Just as manufacturers have repurposed their operations, realigned talent, and zeroed in on COVID-19 specific priorities, so has the NWIRC. Last month I ended my article with a preview of the no-cost COVID Recovery Program…
by Susan Hileman, NWIRC Strategic Business Advisor
We are in a new era. You may be working in the office, on the plant floor or even at your kitchen table. It’s fair to compare the COVID-19 crisis, as one writer…
by Bob Zaruta, President/CEO, NWIRC
We hear frequently these days the phrase… we’re all in this together. For many, these words offer encouragement, hope and unity. I came across an old quote by Jacques Cousteau that caught my attention. The…
The Forest & Oil Region Contest of What’s So Cool About Manufacturing (WSCM) for Venango, Warren, Forest, and Clarion counties has wrapped up… now that the virtual Awards Event has premiered on YouTube. Since the in-person awards event needed to…
The West Central Contest of What’s So Cool About Manufacturing (WSCM) for schools in Mercer County has wrapped up… now that the virtual Awards Event has premiered on YouTube. Since the in-person awards event needed to be canceled due to…
