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GPS Education Partners (GPSEd), a community-based nonprofit and leading provider of work-based learning solutions for youth, has officially announced a partnership with LAB Midwest, a world-class provider of relevant curriculum, e-learning and training equipment for education and industry that prepares students...

Shifting demand and consumer preferences — like the demand for sustainable materials and reduced construction waste — are having a major impact on how construction firms approach new work, including the materials they choose for projects. The building materials industry,...

Within my first 6 years in the US Army, I had been a member of four different Battalions (around 700 soldiers organized into four sub units), been a member of two combat arms branches, evaluated leaders from six different...

After working on his own as an independent healthcare insurance broker for several years, Ryan recently took a job with a bigger brokerage. When he broke the news to his wife that the company he joined did not offer...

In Lean manufacturing, the goal is simple: eliminate waste and keep what adds value. Now in widespread use, the principles of Lean provide value across markets for a variety of very different companies. However, standard Lean thinking alone cannot...

Prefabrication is changing the current paradigm in the construction and building industry. Modular, factory-constructed built environments can be produced significantly faster, more economically and often safer than traditional field construction. Indeed, a report from industry advisory group McKinsey &...

The most significant marketing challenge of our time is the scarcity of attention from potential customers. Bombarded relentlessly from all directions with too much information, a deluge of products and services, and too many unsubstantiated claims, potential customers have tuned...

Manufacturing is evolving. The industry once synonymous with long hours, assembly lines in dark and filthy plants, low wages, and antiquated processes have turned into one of the most lucrative business types for the future not only of the...

Americold, a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure, knew a significant amount of the rack in one of its facilities was outdated, but they could not stop their ongoing operations at the busy Wisconsin warehouse to implement a rack replacement....

The goal of any vehicle scale service program should be to ensure that equipment stays in working order, with minimal downtime between service visits or the life of the product. The losses to revenue due to a scale failure...