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HAZARD AHEAD?
Do booming sales distract manufacturers from the looming workforce crisis?
? $50 OR T ,00 C 0 P ? DO WHY DO PARENTS E R R R O E YE DISLIKE TWORAT WY AR E A YEAR DEGREES? P L O C IT TURNS OUT, CN THEY DON’T. “CO LLE Most manufacturers will tell GE EXP you that more students don’t A ERI M G enroll in tech schools I T ENC S R E” A because parents want E 2-Y BA RIS TA
them to attend universities. We convened a diverse cross section of them to talk about it. Their responses surprised even us.
ARE YOU READY TO EXPLOIT THE IoT? Savvy manufacturers can squeeze a large variety of useful efficiencies by leveraging the Internet of Things.
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2 Questions, Not Answers The State of Manufacturing® triggers an important debate.
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Refugee Rescue
Wunderkind
No Easy Answer
Albert Lea Select Foods, Inc. reached into a Twin Cities community of Karen refugees to solve its workforce challenges.
Manufacturer Jasmine Sonmor finds success way beyond her years.
Manufacturers grapple with smartphone policies.
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