September 24, 2020 Digitize to Win: 3 Strategies Manufacturers Can Use It’s no secret, manufacturing is changing.Incorporating digital best practices like working from a relational database, providing real-time information to employees and...
September 10, 2020 4 Emerging Technologies Driving Improvements in Animal Welfare and Safety The health and safety of both animals and workers are of the upmost importance on any farm you visit. The same can be said of the manufacturers who are developing and building...
August 13, 2020 7 Questions OEMs Should Ask Suppliers as the Economy Reopens As the United States attempts to move toward recovery, original equipment manufacturers may face a new challenge: Many suppliers have experienced partial shutdowns and employee...
August 12, 2020 3 Simple Steps to Improve Your Professional Reputation In business today, your first impression often happens well before you actually “meet” a new contact. Whether they’ve heard about you from a friend or they’ve looked you up on...
August 6, 2020 How COVID-19 is Changing How Companies Communicate Companies have had to adjust their operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, making sure their employees stay healthy and safe while maintaining production. As a result...
August 3, 2020 Time for Congress to Go to Bat for Manufacturers, Pass Critically-Needed Infrastructure Legislation In less than 100 days, voters will make their voices heard by deciding whether or not the vast majority of Congress returns to work in 2021. In what’s been a tough year for many...
July 30, 2020 Creating a Sense of Urgency in an Urgent World It’s hard to create a sense of urgency when we are immersed in an environment of change. The past five months have been unrelenting, forcing us to continually adjust to ever...
July 9, 2020 3 Steps Business Owners Should Take Prior to Succession Planning This is the second in a series of four articles discussing considerations around succession and continuity planning for family businesses leading to how life insurance...
June 30, 2020 The Ongoing Evolution of the Safety Message I read a safety-related cartoon the other day in which the astonished main character tells his friend: "And just like that, everyone knew what PPE stood for."The humor wasn't...
June 30, 2020 Comms Pros Wanted: Let’s Tell Our Industry Story It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Wait. Where have I heard that before?What held true to Charles Dickens’s opening line in his classic A Tale of Two Cities...
January 12, 2021 5 Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021 Both the immediate and long-term future of the manufacturing industry will be defined by the development of a number of ever-evolving and prominent trends. These trends are...
March 18, 2021 Industry Executives Make Strong Case on Capitol Hill AEM’s Advocacy Team and 35 executives made a forceful case for pro-growth, pro-jobs policies as part of the 2021 AEM March Virtual Fly-in.The group engaged in more than...
January 12, 2021 5 Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021 Both the immediate and long-term future of the manufacturing industry will be defined by the development of a number of ever-evolving and prominent trends. These trends are...
March 22, 2021 The Era of Precision Agriculture Has Arrived In celebrating National Agriculture Week and National Ag Day, AEM recognizes the importance of agriculture and the vital role it plays in society. Today serves as a valuable...
January 11, 2021 5 Predictions for an Unpredictable 2021 What’s in store for the construction industry? How will OEMs and rental companies adapt to better serve their customers? How are customer needs changing? And in the face of a...
February 18, 2021 AEM Puts Focus Squarely on Equipment Manufacturing While most of the questions for President Biden were about the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic recovery, AEM made sure that the focus was squarely on equipment manufacturing...
January 7, 2021 AEM Subsidiary HAI Welcomes Todd Snell as Vice President and COO Hargrove & Associates, Inc. (HAI) announces the addition of Todd Snell as the company’s new Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of Jan. 1.A...
February 15, 2021 AEM Welcomes Trio of Member Executives to AEM Sector Boards AEM is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Sector Boards.Dietz Lankhorst, president and CEO of Krone NA, Inc. and Keith Johnson, P.E., president of...
January 7, 2021 The Next Chapter: AEM Announces Strategic Priorities for 2021 Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, toughness.For me, this word best describes our industry and our path forward as we welcome a new year and put 2020...
April 8, 2021 AEM Board of Directors Discusses Future of AEM Exhibitions, Conferences and Events Progress associated with efforts to plan for upcoming AEM exhibitions drove discussions at the most recent meeting of the AEM Board of Directors, held via teleconference late...