Spring 2019

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First, Secure Your Leaders

Attracting and retaining employees begins with improving your company’s top ranks

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Transcending the Day to Day

How assessments help manufacturers conceive and execute strategic improvement in the midst of daily crises

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Do You Know Your FISA Score? You Should

Expert Evan Francen explains why information security should not be delegated to IT staff alone. It’s an issue of essential business strategy.

Innovations

Better with Input

Redwood Falls, Brainerd show how school districts and manufacturers are working together

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Preparing the NEXT GEN

Scott and Cheryl Larson prepare a path that enables their kids to ease into control of Colburn Manufacturing

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Un-Retiring

Bored in retirement, former telecom exec Rick Buyens bought a thriving company where he could apply his longtime interest in woodworking

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A Mind for Order

Ashley Plouff uses the U of M’s Manufacturing Operations Management program to pursue a degree through online and evening classes while working full time

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Four Questions: Carrie Koelzer

Why ‘Charlie Talks’ matter to manufacturers

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The Secret Sauce

Focus groups help explain the hard-data results of the statewide survey of manufacturers.

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Editorial

Local Heroes

Economic developers play an essential role in the coalition of support for manufacturers

Bob Kill, Enterprise Minnesota

The Final Word

A Range of Possibilities

Minnesota’s Iron Range wisely uses a broad public/private partnership to assist its manufacturers

Lynn Shelton