insight on manufacturing
Contents
Volume 7
Issue 2
F e at u r e
8 Rural recruit
Far-flung manufacturers get creative to fill jobs
ON THE COVER Illustration by Travis Foster
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Feat ur e s
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18 In Forum
Innovationedge President Cheryl Perkins leads a round-table
discussion with the question: Why is it so hard to fill leadership
roles in engineering today – and what can we do about it?
22 Moty Awards
Walker Forge, Alliance Laundry among New North region's winners
in ev e ry i s s ue
14 EDUCATION & TRAINING
Practice makes perfect
Lakeshore Technical College's virtual painting program goes on
the road to save money and improve production
20 BACK OFFICE
24 Insight from...
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26 By the numberS
7 Editor's Note
28 Plant News
Focus on employee wellness
Unique partnership brings health care to Appleton (Papers)
Mike Kawleski, public affairs manager, Georgia Pacific:
Embracing experience
Manufacturing executives optimistic about 2013
D epartmen ts
w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m March 2013
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