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VMEC 2022 Impact Report released, understand cybersecurity resiliency, use X-Ray vision

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Strengthening and Empowering Vermont Manufacturers

Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center As Vermont’s trusted resource for manufacturing since 1995, we are pleased to be sharing with you our annual impact report.

Job creation and retention, wages and benefits, client investment, increased and retained sales. These are just a few of the highlights that stand out to produce what compiles our measured outcomes and impacts to the Green Mtn. State. Read the latest client-reported results of how VMEC assists companies and helps drive significant impact for Vermont's manufacturing sector. Many thanks to Barry Callebaut Group, Hazelett Corporation, Chroma Technology and Vermont Tech for providing client profiles and/ or images for our annual report.

Cybersecurity Resiliency in Industrial Control Systems

Tuesday, March 7

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

VTC Williston campus, Williston, VT

FREE!

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Join VMEC and Norwich University for a full day, in-person Cybersecurity Resiliency in Industrial Control Systems course. This FULLY funded opportunity is being offered through a FEMA grant whose purpose is to provide an understanding of cybersecurity resiliency and industrial control systems (ICS). The day's agenda will include reviewing the Internet of Things (IoT), vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks within ICSs, methods of detecting and responding to cyber-attacks in the ICS as well as tips and tools to mitigate these attacks.

CT Scanning Rendezvous - X-ray vision assists Vermont companies to gain unique insight on their products

Tuesday, March 28

1:30 - 5:00 pm

Generator Makerspace, Burlington

FREE!

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Ever wonder what the inside of your products look like but have never had the means, time, money or energy to figure it out? Let us introduce you to X-Ray CT Scanning and analysis technology which can benefit designers and manufacturers in many industries. Through the Vermont Manufacturing Collaborative (VT-MC) and Advanced Manufacturing Center based on the VTC Randolph Center campus, you will learn first-hand how this innovative process can assist you with product design, quality assurance, design qualification, root cause analysis and much more. You will meet and network with the Advanced Manufacturing Center’s CT Scanning expert and others that have seen the scanning results on a variety of products.

If you are a business owner, manager, CTO, design engineer, quality engineer or an employee from any industry that wishes to understand the benefits of seeing the inside of your products, this is for YOU!

FY 2022 Results for U.S. Manufacturers

As the "Go-To Experts for Advancing U.S. Manufacturing", the MEP National Network has equipped small and medium-sized manufacturers with the resources needed to grow and thrive.

For 30 years, NIST MEP has educated small-medium sized businesses to be competitive in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. With MEP Centers in all 50 states - VMEC is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Vermont - and Puerto Rico, U.S. manufacturers have easy access to comprehensive, proven solutions. The Network interacted with more than 33,500 manufacturers in FY 2022. Read the Overview and Impacts report to see how our federal partner assisted manufacturers nationwide.

A Better Way to Manage Inventory Risk and Cost

The inventory management solution for many small and medium-sized manufacturers is a statistical engine that helps them take a more proactive approach to decisions about costs and tradeoffs. And VMEC can help!

Discover what a Supermarket toolkit looks like, how to analyze your historical data to assess inventory needs, the best way to design your company plan then test its parameters and much more. Lisa Henderson, VMEC Director of Client Services, and Bill Kuhns, VMEC service provider and President, Cedar Lake Design Inc. co-authored this valuable SME blog post.
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