Baumann’s presentation will be held at
Baumann is director of the OEM Initiative of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP), which provides tools and expertise to help state manufacturers grow and succeed. Baumann received the U.S. Department of Commerce NIST MEP Innovator of the Year award in 2006 for her work on WMEP’s Accelerate initiative, a national model to strengthen domestic supply chains.
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In her presentation, Baumann will discuss the wide range of issues confronting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as they develop global supply chains. “Many large manufacturers are finding the allure of a lower piece part from an offshore firm needs to be weighed against many other issues, including longer lead times, less flexibility, quality, disruptions in supply chains, port gridlock and other hidden costs,” Baumann said.
WMEP’s Accelerate is a collaborative approach between suppliers and OEMs to speed up the process of producing goods and help
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