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 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...
June 22, 2020 5 Ways Leaders Can Motivate and Inspire Remote Teams The sudden onset of remote work has impacted companies and organizations across the United States and around the world.It happened almost overnight. The COVID-19 pandemic led...
June 15, 2020 Create a Formal Business Succession Plan in 7 Steps Many owners of small and large family businesses are reluctant to undertake succession planning and end up doing so as a result of other personal planning. Whether the owner or...
June 11, 2020 Jumpstarting the COVID-19 Recovery: Equipment Manufacturers and Infrastructure Play Key Roles Equipment manufacturers, now more than ever, are doubling down on efforts to communicate to lawmakers about the important role federal infrastructure investment should play as...
June 3, 2020 4 Major Myths About Your Best Trade Show Team One of the biggest challenges exhibitors face today is figuring out how to make their exhibits as successful as possible, on their own, without adequate resources (time, money...
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 three...
October 11, 2021 USTR Announces Reopening of China Tariff Exclusion Process for 549 Products U.S. Trade Representative Tai announced the reinstatement of a targeted exclusion process for 549 products currently subjected to Section 301 tariffs on China. The exclusion...
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...
September 23, 2021 Equipment Manufacturers Push for Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill on Capitol Hill AEM’s Advocacy Team joined 50 equipment manufacturing representatives in Washington for two days of meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as they pushed for the immediate...
June 7, 2021 Equipment Manufacturers Meet with Transportation Secretary Buttigieg U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg met with more than two dozen equipment manufacturing executives and AEM staff to discuss how President Biden’s American Jobs Plan...
August 2, 2021 The Era of Precision Agriculture Has Arrived The USDA has identified three pillars of sustainability for the agriculture industry: reduced environmental impact, increased productivity and yield, and a better overall...
May 17, 2021 Target This Overlooked Talent Pool to Help Meet Workforce Demands By Julie Davis, AEM Director of Workforce DevelopmentIt’s no secret that manufacturers across the nation are struggling to fill open positions. With workforce shortages slowing...
June 14, 2021 5 Common Modern Dairy Industry Myths Debunked By Austin Gellings, AEM Agricultural Services ManagerThe dairy industry is one of the most prominent and impactful forms of agriculture in the United States today. As with...
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...