Boeing told employees Friday afternoon it will begin “a safe and orderly restart of limited operations” at a handful of its Washington state sites as early as Monday. Out of about 30,000 employees idled by the shutdown, Boeing will recall only about 2,500 employees for this narrowly... Continue Reading
Starting on April 3rd, MTI began sending a “weekly check-in” to members to help gauge the operations status of heat treating companies. Here are the latest results from our three key questions requested by members as of this week: At what level of operations is your plant? These... Continue Reading
This is the final post in a series on productivity. Read parts one, two, three and four. Since rolling out my “four-step” productivity plan, I have seen the need to include an added step that focuses on leadership. After all, if we are going to get more from our people, we need to use... Continue Reading
March 23, 2020 APPI Energy is committed to monitoring the COVID-19 developments and how it is affecting the current energy markets and what that means for the foreseeable future. We are dedicated to serving our clients and making the best recommendations based on the market and client needs, even... Continue Reading
As I write this, there are nearly a quarter of a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. This pandemic has challenged businesses around the world to develop innovative ways of working, including having employees work from home in order to minimize the spread of the virus. While telework... Continue Reading
NAM Monday Economic Report Clues on the Economic Damage from COVID-19 Emerge Weekly initial unemployment claims jumped from 211,000 to 281,000, the highest level since September 2017. This figure will spike dramatically this week, likely approaching 1 million, with more... Continue Reading
OUTLOOK WORRIES SEND RATES TO HISTORIC LOWS DESPITE FEDERAL RESERVE ACTION Financial markets continued to be rocked by concerns about the coronavirus outbreak and the negative impacts on economic activity and the outlook. Global equity markets have pushed further into contraction... Continue Reading
AS ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO INVEST IN BUILDING OUT IOT ENVIRONMENTS, A FAILURE TO SECURE MOBILE ACCESS COULD PROVE DISASTROUS. While cybersecurity breaches understandably result in data exposure, the extenuating circumstances can prove far more extensive, especially for today’s highly... Continue Reading
DAILY STAND-UP MEETINGS MIGHT BE THE QUICKEST WAY TO WASTE YOUR TIME AS A LEADER. HERE’S WHY A DAILY STAND-UP MEETING DOESN’T WORK AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD. “Is this daily stand-up meeting over yet?” The meeting is only 8 minutes in and no one has uttered those words... Continue Reading
Below are three innovative ways that organizations are investing in their employees to set themselves up for the next decade, while protecting themselves from the current manufacturing downturn. Staffing shortages, tightening margins, and a widening generational skills gap currently threaten the... Continue Reading
In a time of growing public concern, CEOs should be a voice of reason. Thankfully, facts are on your side. When is a Black Swan really a Lame Duck in disguise? The question seems pertinent following the news reporting on COVID-19, the pathogen associated with the Coronavirus outbreak. For weeks,... Continue Reading
Many generations of older Windows systems are still widely used in industrial Internet of things (IIoT) and industrial control system (ICS) installations. The fact that Windows 7 reached end-of-life last month only broadens the already-vulnerable attack surfaces of IIoT and ICS networks and gives... Continue Reading
