Welcome the newest member of the IMEC team, Lean Six Sigma Specialist serving northeast Illinois...

John Cosentino, a Technical Specialist with the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center, has 26 years of manufacturing experience as a Project/Program Manager, Operations Manager, Vice President of Operations, and Continuous Improvement Manager.  A Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Champion, John has also completed course work in Lean Tools and Methodology, Lean Accounting, and is a Certified Personal and Executive Coach.

Over the next 10 years, Walmart will spend an additional $250 billion on U.S.-made products as part of its commitment to domestic manufacturing and American jobs. With this Walmart Made in USA initiative top of mind, Walmart will be hosting the first ever domestic manufacturing Open Call Summit on July 8th in Bentonville, Arkansas.

At Hydrox Laboratories, we supply quality products to meet the needs of our healthcare, beauty and retail customers.

The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) announces a new partnership that will undoubtedly improve the processes and compliance of manufacturers via integrated business management solutions. IMEC, on behalf of Vision33, provides a new opportunity for manufacturers to improve their manufacturing processes and move closer to attainment of world-class status.

View Vision33’s latest slideshare presentation “Shift Gears to Success”to learn how an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution helps deliver quality, efficiency, and superior standards in a manufacturing environment. From daily operations to long term strategy, this presentation addresses the needs of manufacturers and aims to improve planning and execution of projects through process automation.

Hosted by the City of Chicago, World Business Chicago and the Digital Lab, the upcoming open forums will introduce the new Digital Lab for Manufacturing in multiple regions within the city. By attending the open forums, attendees will learn how small- and medium-enterprise (SME) manufacturers across all industries can capture its benefits.

On May 2 and May 28, the forums will provide Chicagoland manufacturers with a better understanding of what the $320 million research facility will do, how it will affect them in the future, and how manufacturers can begin to plan for involvement with the lab.