Impact Dakota and GNDC celebrated the inaugural FACES OF MANUFACTURING Spotlights and Honorable Mentions on Manufacturing Day, October 6th. Those who were able to attend were honored at a breakfast followed by a meet and greet with Lt. Governor Tammy Miller.

In addition, we asked selected FACES OF MANUFACTURING spotlights "What would you say to students who may be considering manufacturing as a potential career option?" We compiled the answers and created a sheet for manufacturers to add to their toolbox to encourage tomorrow's workforce to consider the opportunities in manufacturing! 

Click here for the customizable sheet. Add your link and/or a QR Code to a company page to promote your careers and opportunities. 

Thank you to our sponsors who made this sheet possible! 
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ND Dept of Career and Technical Education

LEAN ENTERPRISE HIGH PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING TRAINING

The Impact Dakota LEHPM training helps businesses achieve higher profitability by building internal capability and capacity to improve QUALITY, COST, and DELIVERY. This training is based on the Lean Enterprise Certification (LECP) body of knowledge and uses standards developed and judged by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in partnership with Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and the Shingo Institute. 

Upcoming Course begins: November 14th in Wahpeton. Click below for details and registration.

2024 sessions have been added; visit www.impactdakota.com/events.

LEAN 101 WORKSHOPS

During this one-day Lean overview, you will learn about the Top 10 Lean Tools, C4/A3 Idea Generation, Problem Solving, and participate in a Lego simulation. 

November 16 (Wahpeton) • November 30 (Jamestown) • December 6 (Fargo)

BASICS OF HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) training is required by USDA-FSIS for its inspected facilities and many food manufacturers and wholesalers require their suppliers and vendors to have a working and audited HACCP plan.

November 14-15 • Bismarck
December 5-6 • Grand Forks

PREVENTIVE CONTROLS FOR QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL - Human Food

One of the most significant new FDA rules is the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule. This rule states that every human food manufacturer, except for the very smallest who will have modified requirements, must have somebody on staff who has completed a Preventive Controls for Human Food class.

November 28-30 • Devils Lake

ExporTech™ is a structured process designed to accelerate export growth for small- to medium-sized manufacturers and service providers. 

The program is specifically targeted at the executive leadership of forward-looking companies that want to develop and execute a strategic growth plan to expand international sales. 

Most participants already export, and are either inexperienced, reactive exporters looking to become more proactive, or are experienced and want to get to the next level by developing a strategy for growth.

Impact Dakota and the North Dakota Trade Office are partnering to offer ExporTech™ beginning in March of 2024. Watch for more details; available soon.

Are you responsible for developing your Company’s Food Safety System?

If you are seeking information or training on food safety at your business, Impact Dakota can help.  We host the following trainings at least 3 times per year to ensure that you are prepared for those USDA-FSIS inspections at your facilities.

Click Here to read this article written by Impact Dakota Senior Business Advisor, Lyle Arnold.

Business owners track many key performance indicators on a regular basis, but working capital might be the most important of them all. 

Working capital is a measurement of current assets minus current liabilities, making it directly correlated to a company's cash flow. 

Click here to read this article written by Josh Herbold, Bremer Bank Commercial Relationship Manager.

Does your company do Strategic Planning at the end of the year, or early in the year to determine direction? 

Do you struggle to define the direction within your organization?

Do you define strategic objectives and define opportunity owners to make sure there is pull through on them?

Often manufacturers understand their business challenges and what is not working in their production, but don’t have the tools to diagnose or trouble shoot their company’s Pain Points. To help identify the specific pain point, determine the root cause, and determine how they impact their performance, we offer a no-cost assessment to help bring clarity to the “pain”, the causes in a manner that uncovers the root cause, and most importantly help you design a plan that will improve and optimize the business.

Click here to learn more about Pain Points and how we can help you. 

Impact Dakota is partnering with NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) and our nationwide network of 50 other MEP Centers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico to help solve supply chain gaps encountered by manufacturers, government entities, and critical service providers. 

DO YOU HAVE A GAP? ARE YOU ABLE TO FILL A GAP?

— Open Opportunities —

Signum, LLC, Achieves ISO 13485 Certification

Signum, LLC, an emerging leader in medical electronics and manufacturing solutions, is pleased to announce that the company’s Quality Management System has achieved ISO 13485:2016 certification, the first such certification by a North Dakota electronics company. Along with its previous ISO 9001:2015 certification, Signum is now dual certified, enabling it to provide design and manufacturing services to the highly regulated medical device industry.

Congratulations! 

Click here to read the press release. 

We are excited to share your Good News! If you have news to share about your manufacturing company, please click below to complete an information form. Deadline is the 20th of the month for the following month's newsletter.