Konica Minolta Business Solutions. Healthcare Forms Conversion Downloads. Www.kirkwood.edu/pdf/uploaded/1148/skills_2014_report.pdf. Iowa Community Colleges to Boost Advanced Manufacturing Workforce. A Kirkwood Community College Welding student Officials from all 15 Iowa community colleges assembled today at the headquarters of ACT in Iowa City to announce an unprecedented opportunity to help improve the state’s manufacturing workforce.
The Iowa Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (I-AM) is an Iowa community college initiative to elevate advanced manufacturing, funded through a previously announced $13 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program. I-AM will collaboratively build training capacity by developing non-credit and credit programs to help individuals earn industry-recognized credentials, diplomas and degrees for careers in Iowa’s advanced manufacturing sector, including programs in welding, machining, industrial maintenance, industrial automation, manufacturing technology, robotics, and transportation and logistics. Supply Chain News: Labor Shortage in Manufacturing Really is Getting Worse.
- Nov. 6, 2013 - Supply Chain News: Labor Shortage in Manufacturing Really is Getting Worse Lack of Skilled Workers Likely will Combine with Aging Demographics to Cause Real Labor Challenges; Young Workers Disdain Manufacturing Jobs SCDigest Editorial Staff.
Can the U.S. Lead the World in Advanced Manufacturing? When General Electric expanded manufacturing of home heaters and refrigerators at its facility in Kentucky last year, the reasons included big wage concessions the company had won from local workers and the advantages of being closer to its U.S. customers.
But writing in the Harvard Business Review last March, CEO Jeffrey Immelt explained that one of the biggest factors in GE’s decision to bring back manufacturing from China and South Korea was the desire to keep appliance designers near its manufacturing and engineers. “At a time when speed to market is everything, separating design and development from manufacturing didn’t make sense,” Immelt wrote. Now, someone who has an idea for a dishwasher that has fewer parts and weighs less can actually try to build it. DocuWare Consultation & Sales.
DocuWare is an integrated document management solution that can automate business processes by managing any type of document, regardless of format or source, in a central document pool – for example paper records, letters, faxes, drawings, PC and other electronic files including e-mail.
DocuWare supports all forms of electronic signatures. Integrated records management ensures that all access is secure, controlled, and logged. Using the Internet, the central document pool is available around the clock to any authorized user, no matter where they are located in the world. A wide range of customizable DocuWare add-on modules equip DocuWare for, among other things, automatic indexing, COLD applications and enhanced workflow features.
Other software applications are easily integrated with a set of standard tools. The DocuWare 5 document management system is state-of-the-art software for integrated document management. DocuWare 5 offers comfort and security. Manufacturing and Quality Control. From Documents to Value DocuWare enables any size organization – in any industry – to transform documents into valuable capital.
Regardless of format or source DocuWare automates business processes and workflows by electronically managing and sharing documents. Documents are readily available, where and when needed; one search quickly locates related documents. From Transparency Comes Innovation Transparency is needed everywhere. Knowledge Supports Compliance. For Sales. Benefits of DocuWare Quicker Processing TimesFaster Information RetrievalIncreased Time for New SalesMore efficient Sales CycleSharper Competetive EdgeBetter Customer Service Key Account Managers must be able to handle a wide variety of issues, for a broad category of customers.
"Road Warriors" are bombarded with questions, while the staff back in the home office scrambles to address them. For Accounting. How can Lean Six Sigma impact records management? How can Lean Six Sigma impact records management?
ISO: The Business Management System Driving Successful Companies. Less Paper, Leaner Process. In Minneapolis, ground beef processor, WW Johnson Meat Company saves time and improves accuracy with its new paperless production management system. WW Johnson's Jose Patino and COO Kent Mogler get real-time information about production orders with the company's new HMI system.
WW Johnson Meat Company COO Kent Mogler is on a mission to keep up with customer demand. WW Johnson is a leading producer of ready-fresh hamburger patties for national distributors like Sysco and US Foods. The Minneapolis business began in 1946 as a local supplier, serving primarily the Minnesota and Wisconsin markets before its reputation for consistently fresh and high-quality ground beef helped it to expand across the country. Today, WW Johnson offers a variety of custom-made fresh ground beef products. Lean Enterprise Business Consulting for Minnesota Manufacturing. Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association Home. Home - National Association of Manufacturers - Manufacturing Association. Understanding the Four Major Types of Intellectual Property. Elevate Iowa says manufacturing is not a dirty word. The Iowa Association of Business and Industry wants to clean up and modernize Iowans' perceptions of manufacturing as part of its efforts to address the growing shortage of skilled workers in the state.
By 2018, the association anticipates that Iowa will have a shortfall of 6,672 skilled workers in the advanced manufacturing sector. ABI, in partnership the Iowa Advanced Manufacturing Consortium, has launched a multipronged marketing and education effort that includes a new website, www.elevateiowa.com. The website features video testimonials, a self-assessment for potential career pathways, career search tools and information on training opportunities at Iowa's 15 community colleges. Elevate Iowa - Home. ABI Quick Bits - Iowa Association of Business and Industry. Business continuity in 2014. During the last quarter of 2013 Continuity Central conducted an online survey asking business continuity professionals about their expectations for 2014.
Overall 126 responses were received, with 8.7 percent being from business continuity professionals in small organizations (50 or less employees); 9.5 percent from medium sized organizations (51 to 250 employees); and 81.7 percent from large organizations (251+ employees). Change levels The survey asked respondents: ‘What level of changes do you expect to see in the way your organization manages business continuity during 2014?’ Only 16.8 percent of respondents expect no changes in organizational business continuity in 2014. Almost half of respondents (49.6 percent) expect to see small changes; and a third (33.6 percent) anticipate large changes in the way their organization manages business continuity.
Challenges Lack of budget, funds and resources: 38 percent of respondents reported that this was a likely to be a major problem in 2014. Records management software wish list: The 10 must-have features. As we close out 2013 and look toward 2014, our attention should turn to our technology must-haves and wish lists.
Steve Weismann A wish list for records management software may include features that can facilitate handling regulatory changes that force policy revisions, corporate acquisitions that necessitate policy reconciliation, and mobile workers who require a broader sweep of monitoring and control. How to set up a document scanning system ( - Software - Peripherals ) How to digitize your paper documents. As New Year’s resolutions go, “going paperless” is a perennial Top 10 contender, somewhere between “lose weight” and “save money.” But if you’ve ever resolved to digitize your documents before, you've learned that talking about it is one thing. Actually doing it is a tricky proposition. Invoice Discounting - Accounts Receivable Management.
Definition: Invoice discounting is a traditional device used by companies to encourage faster payment of bills by their customers. In return for paying quickly, within a stated number of days, the customer gets a discount on the purchase price. Conversely, for invoices that are long past due, companies start charging interest in addition to the price of the goods or services. Invoice discounting is designed to minimize accounts receivable, thereby reducing both the selling company's need to raise cash through bank loans or debt issuance and the associated interest costs.
A properly designed invoice discounting program sets the discount at a point that effectively costs something less than the interest that it otherwise would pay on the bank loans or debt that it would have used to raise working capital. How to Create an Effective Business Continuity Plan. About Advantage IMS. Advantage Companies.