Manufacturing Matters

 Manufacturing Matters

Monday, March 31, 2008 Issue 3, March 2008   VOLUME 2 ISSUE 3  
NJMEP ROI Impact
Since 2001 our customers have realized cost savings of more than $85 million and more than $464 million in increased and retained sales….
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Leadership Quick Tips
Heavily task-focused leaders don’t tend to be very good at relationships... 
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Articles from Industry Week


Controlling Health Insurance Premiums with FSA, HRA, HSA Plans
Read article by Jim Edholm

 

Strategic Teamwork Can Boost Manufacturing Productivity
Read article by Adrienne Selko


 

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May 22, 2008
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Squeezing the (Non) Value Out of Overhead: An Activity Analysis Approach
by Gerry Najarian, NJMEP

Gerry Najarian

In the Pleistocene era of manufacturing cost accounting (actually, only about one hundred years ago – it just seems longer), product costs were classified as: Labor, Materials and, Overhead – in that order.  The order was not haphazard; it connoted the relative importance in dollar size of each.  Labor was then the highest cost component, materials was next and overhead was a poor third.  Well, now the order is reversed.

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The Economic Stimulus Package Act of 2008
Manufacturers Take Note: Robust Tax Incentives for Capital Investment
by Paul L. Peterson, CPA

The Economic Stimulus Package Act of 2008 includes two notable business-related tax incentives that may lower the cost of investing in new equipment and spur new orders from customers. 
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Business Grapples with Rising Oil Prices
by Martin C. Daks, NJBIZ

Turning down the thermostat helps, but bigger and bolder steps are needed. 
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NJMEP Events
Throughout the year, NJMEP hosts events that provide valuable information to New Jersey's manufacturers.  In the next few months we are presenting three different types of Lean workshops.  In addition, we are partnering with the Regional Lean Summit to bring this exciting event to New Jersey.


Don't miss this opportunity
 to attend some of the
best training in New Jersey!


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About NJMEP
New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc. (NJMEP) is a not-for-profit organization charged with assisting New Jersey's small- and medium-sized manufacturers to become more productive, profitable, and globally competitive. O
ur  Field Agents can work with you and your organization to identify opportunities to improve business or help you develop an opportunity that you have already identified. There are 75 other Manufacturing Extension Programs (MEP's) with locations in every state and Puerto Rico. NJMEP can draw on this national pool of expertise to solve problems here in New Jersey or at your facilities nationwide.  
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