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Post-Pandemic Planning
How to responsibly resume onsite operations, business continuity, and worker safety in 2021.
PMMI News
Updated OpX Tool Eases Understanding and Use of TCO
Business/Management
The Aftermarket Opportunity
Business/Management
Sales Focus: Selling on the Phone in the “New Normal”
Business/Management
5 Tips to Create a Winning Product Demo for Virtual Events
Business/Management
Tips to Maximize Chat at PACK EXPO Connects
During PACK EXPO Connects, exhibitors will have the opportunity to chat with prospective leads. Here are some tips that your team can implement to make sure you are capturing attendees’ attention.
Business/Management
Reintroducing All-Fill
All-Fill has outgrown its traditional auger filler roots while flourishing into a “new collar” manufacturer that isn’t afraid to take risks. Take a look inside this family-owned machine builder driven by emerging leaders.
PMMI News
PACK EXPO Connects: Live, Virtual, Reimagined
Get an exclusive preview of PACK EXPO Connects to see how your company can take advantage of this virtual trade show.
OEE
Managing OEE Helps Producers Through Difficult Times
Today more than ever, manufacturers are trying to squeeze every drop of productivity out of the assets they already have. Machine builders can help them achieve the OEE they’re looking for.
Business/Management
Look to the Industrial Edge to Improve Machine Performance
Traditional PLCs and PACs have evolved into edge computing, making it easier to automate and remotely visualize equipment while enabling valuable new capabilities such as machine as-a-service.
Supplier News
ProMach Acquires Fogg Filler
The acquisition expands ProMach’s filling solutions.
Home
It’s All About the Cost, Not the Price
Just like all change management, total cost of ownership is a journey that has transformational results when successfully implemented.
Business/Management
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: Overly Lean Organizations Are Less Resilient
Lean is all about simplification, streamlining, and eliminating waste. The pandemic is stressing organizations and we're discovering that too lean could make you less resilient. How to strike a balance between lean and flexible.
Home
ERP Upgrade Enables Direct-to-Consumer Model for Avery
QAD’s latest cloud-based enterprise resource planning system has helped Avery better integrate its operations to provide the flexibility needed to depart from its traditional big box pallet model.
Workforce Development
How Machine Builders Can Participate in Manufacturing Day 2020
Manufacturers need to hire candidates to fill more than 4 million jobs. However, manufacturers will struggle to fill just 2.4 million positions because of the shrinking talent pool.
Business/Management
Inside Polypack’s Green Company
Weathering uncertain times, the leaders of Polypack are handling growth and increased demand, while also keeping their eye on innovation and saving the environment through sustainable packaging, operations, and equipment.
Automation
PLCs Gain Esteem as the Brains Behind the Machine
Next-generation controllers are offering multifunctional automation with more intelligence and connectivity, opening the door to new opportunity for machine builders.
Business/Management
How to Shorten Lead Times in a Demanding Market
With the push from consumers in the generation of “now,” CPGs need support from their OEM partners to tighten equipment delivery times in the race to innovation. Ideas run the length of the project, from inception to installation.
Business/Management
A Powerful Resource to Ensure Trade Show Success
How to create an exhibit program that supports your company’s core business objectives and delivers measurable value beyond cost.
Workforce Development
Company Performance Depends on Diversity
Research shows that businesses with gender diverse leadership teams have better results. So why are there so few women in the C-suite?
COVID-19
COVID-19 Resources for Machine Builders
The coronavirus has completely changed the way OEMs operate. Here are resources from PMMI to support builders as they deal with the evolving pandemic.
Business/Management
Sales Focus: Don't Trip on the Way Down
Learn how to get higher-level engagement and support while selling down the ladder.
Business/Management
Selling your company requires expert advice
From the largest to the smallest, every business will change hands. A succession plan is a prudent and necessary step in the lifecycle of every company. Who is going to get it and what type of process will it be are up to you, the seller.
Business/Management
The CARES Act and Payroll Protection Plan
In a recent Town Hall for PMMI members, representatives from alliantgroup, Dean Zerbe and Rick Lazio, provided some insights into the relief available for small and medium size businesses.
Business/Management
Cybersecurity Best Practices During a Pandemic
Although cybercrime and attacks are on the rise, more than half of OEMs have zero cybersecurity measures in place. Experts weigh in on how to protect your people, processes, assets, and reputation from cybercriminals.
Business/Management
Economy Update: How COVID-19 Will Affect OEMs
Economists predict the U.S. industrial production sector will experience a recession in 2022, but manufacturers are already feeling the effects of a minor downturn expected to last throughout the rest of this year.
Business/Management
OEMs Grapple with COVID-19: ProMach’s Strategy for Keeping Business as Usual
PMMI’s UnPACKed podcast shares insight on how packaging and processing OEMs can handle business during the Coronavirus pandemic.
