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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.
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Ep. 137: Find Joy Off the Path (opens the original)
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Raisa Ramos is the founder of Find Joy Off the Path, a Neenah-based HR consultancy that specializes in employee retention, which has been a hot topic among NEW Manufacturing Alliance members as well as the subject of the organization's most recent "Future of Work" Summit, at which Raisa was a featured speaker. On this week's episode, sponsored by Stoke RGA, hear Raisa's insights on pre-boarding new employees, including six touch points she considers critical for retaining an employee before they
Ep. 136: Our Back to School Episode! (opens the original)
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We're going back to school on this week's episode of NEW Manufacturing Insights with Jason Johnson, principal of the N.E.W. School of Innovation, and Jennifer Flatt, provost of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Jason and Jennifer join Ann and Kate in the studio to talk about the new fifth location for the rapidly-growing Green Bay charter school, which was initially formed to reach students who were struggling academically and today is available to all Green Bay students in grades 6-12 who
Ep. 135 Wisconsin Plastics is an “idea company” (opens the original)
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Mike Kilgore, vice president of marketing and design at Wisconsin Plastics, has seen a lot in his 26 years with the Green Bay-based company. When he first joined, Wisconsin Plastics was in the process of transitioning from just a manufacturer into a product development and manufacturing firm. He details his personal career journey as well as the past, present and future of the company in a conversation with Insight’s Kate Bruns and the NEW Manufacturing Alliance’s Ann Franz on this week’s episod
Ep. 134: Lessons from a career well spent in manufacturing (opens the original)
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Chief Operating Officer Brian Lakari of Alwin Manufacturing in Green Bay has racked up more than three decades of experience in the manufacturing industry. For his sit-down this week with NEW Manufacturing Insights, he shares a number of stories and pieces of advice from throughout his career — including how his leadership style has evolved, what he thinks about artificial intelligence and the evolution of automation since he built his first robot in 1995, and what he considers his absolute best
Ep. 133: Bringing bold value to manufacturing sales (opens the original)
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Walt Melcher, the CEO of Bold Value Partners and a guest lecturer at UW-Green Bay since 2018, is later this year coming out with a new book, Bold Value Selling. On this week’s episode of the NEW Manufacturing Insights podcast, he and longtime manufacturing industry leader Hans Bachmeier give their insights on manufacturing sales paint points and possibilities. All episodes of NEW Manufacturing Insights are sponsored by Stoke RGA. Learn more about how Stoke RGA is helping Midwest manufacturers at
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