January 2020
MiMfg
MiMfg Magazine
Contents
Magazine
Jan 2020 • Vol. XXXII • Print Issue No. 1
12 12
On the Cover
Manufacturers Look at the New Decade
This Month’s Features
6 Key Conversation
State Representative Tristan Cole
the Millennial Puzzle
7 Solving
Jim Bitterle • EDSI Consulting
8 Premium Associate Member Spotlight
Brian Town • Michigan Creative
Funding Resources
10 USDA
for Manufacturers
Jason Allen • USDA
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mag.mimfg.org.
Editorial Staff
Chuck Hadden
Publisher Brett Gerrish
Copy Editor
Joy Wolf
Editor/Layout Sarah Martin
Advertising
11
Charlie Westra • The Center
to Take Advantage of Industry 4.0
16 How
Bill Artzberger • Lean Learning Center
Your Strategic Execution
17 Improve
Dennis Theis • Maner Costerisan
Michigan Manufacturers Association
and MMA Service Corporation
620 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing MI 48933
Phone: 517-372-5900 • Fax: 517-372-3322
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MiMfg Magazine Vol. XXXIII Print Issue No. 1,
January 2020 (ISSN 1936-8860), (USPS
024-973) published bi-monthly for $18 per
year by the MMA Service Corporation
(MMASC), 620 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing MI
48933-2308. Periodicals postage paid at
Lansing MI and additional offices.
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MiMfg Magazine, P.O. Box 14247, Lansing,
MI 48901-4247.
Journey to Great Leadership Starts
11 The
with You
the Right
18 Choosing
Digital Marketing Agency
Mackenzie Deater • Evenbound
Regulations Threaten
18 19 Environmental
Michigan’s Manufacturers
Operational Challenges Head-on
20 Tackle
at 2020 MFG Operations Conference
Member Spotlight
22 Industry
Bud Haver • Peninsular Cylinder Co.
Steps Toward a
26 Eight
More Successful Business
20
On the Cover: MMA members like
Amigo, Orbitform and DeWys
Manufacturing offer their insights on
what the next decade will bring to
the industry. Read what your peers
have to say beginning on page 12.
Mustansir Saifuddin • Innovative
Solution Partners
Inside Every Issue
4 First & Foremost
5 Member Advantage
24 MFG at Work
3