5 Tips to Maintain a Harassment-FREE Workplace

Keeping the workplace friendly, comfortable and productive should be at the top of every manager’s priority list. For the sake of the employees, the company’s reputation and the ...

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Resolve Deficit in Human Capital by Recruiting More Women

Latondra Newton – Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Toyota Motor North America – provided an interesting and well-informed examination into the social issue on gender ...

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Top Ten Tips For Mastering Lean Manufacturing

Lean provides a powerful production formula for doing more with less by working smarter. From the Japanese term “muda,” meaning waste, lean manufacuturing reduces activities that ...

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ISO 9001 Revised in 2015: What Does It Mean for Manufacturers?

Word is traveling fast about a major new development that will impact the California manufacturing sector in 2015. You may’ve heard about it through the grapevine, your registrar, ...

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Congratulations to our Latino Business Award Finalists!

On January 20, 2015, the Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) held its sixth annual Latino Business Awards luncheon and ceremony at the LA Hotel Downtown. The Latino Business ...

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Protect Your Company from Legal Liability with an HR Audit

California Human Resources laws, regulations, and guidelines for employers are complicated. State and federal regulatory organizations mandate employers to complete certain legal ...

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Outlook for Manufacturing in California in 2015

Jim Watson, President and CEO of California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) was recently interviewed about what the manufacturing sector would look like in 2015 – in ...

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A Guide on How to Hire and Retain Employees Effectively

CONSISTENCY, COMPLIANCE, OBJECTIVITY. These three core values should comprise your attitude and approach to complication-free and effective hiring. A slow yet steady recovery from ...

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How the California Manufacturing Sector Compares to Other States

We thought you might be interested to know about the current state of California manufacturing and how it measures up against manufacturing sectors in other states. Does ...

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Additive Manufacturing: Dynamo or Disruption?

In a 2012 article by Brad Hart, Forbes magazine touted additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, as a “game changer.” The author stated, “The possibilities are endless, and the ...

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A Look at Current Manufacturing Employment Trends in California

As we emerge from the Great Recession, we are growing increasingly optimistic about our job prospects as engineers, software developers, technicians, designers, and so forth. Some ...

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