Goal-Setting Tactics: You’ve Gotta Define Success Before You Can Design It
by Jack Daly
Identify "where you are" – the baseline. You can't begin moving in the right direction until you knows where you are at...
Plastics Bonding Design Considerations for Processors
by Andrew Scott, Henkel Corporation
Today's production world constantly is looking to streamline production and create more reliable assemblies with faster and easier methods. Adhesives...
Sales Management: Growing with an Eye on “Fit”
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business
The lessons of the past decade still ring loudly for most manufacturers. Today's growth in sales and production volume has...
Why Veterans are Ideal for Manufacturing Careers
by Rodrigo Garcia, Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
For those of you who've seen the classic film "The Graduate," you probably got a kick from...
Lockout/Tagout Procedures
by Jen Clark, Plastics Business
Any manager whose company has ever been the target of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation knows the...
Trends in Compensation and Operational Practices for Plastic Processors
by Troy Nix, MAPP, Inc.
The Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP) has just released its latest report on compensation and benefit trends in plastics...
3D Printing Changes the Production and Tool Build Models
Plastics Business
Every news cycle brings more stories detailing the successful implementation of a new 3D-printed product, and there's no doubt the technology has caught...
MAPP Association News
Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors
Peer Networking Webinar Scheduled for May 30
Do you have questions you wish you could ask your peers in similar job...
Flight Delay in Vegas: How a Radar Malfunction Leads to Conversation with Newest Members...
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business
As my cab pulled up to the Las Vegas airport, I received a text telling me the flight had been...
Maintenance 2015: Is Google Glass the Future?
by Jeffrey Dutschke, Maintenance Assistant
Google Glass is piece of wearable electronics, integrating a camera, heads-up display, touch pad, speaker and microphone. Essentially, it's a...
