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All businesses are part of a supply chain. Today’s successful small and medium manufacturers are moving beyond traditional supply chains to build global value chains driven by creative collaboration with external partners. Our recent study, Forging New Partnerships: How to Thrive in Today’s Global Value Chain, developed in association with The Manufacturing Institute and the National Association of Manufacturers, identifies four key components of these value chains: Innovation, International Markets, Workforce, and Financing.

Report:

• Forging New Partnerships: How to Thrive in Today’s Global Value Chain
  Learn how small and medium manufacturers are winning in a global economy 
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Audiocasts:

• Tom Murphy, Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution
  Master lean to build an innovation advantage.
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• Karen Kurek, Great Lakes Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution Leader
  Global Markets: Exporting your way to real growth.
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• Desiree Kuik, Manager, Strategy and Human Capital Consulting, Upper Midwest
  Work Force: Win the war for talent.
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• Steve Schoenauer, Managing Director, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution, Central Plains
  Finance your global value chain.
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Manufacturing and Technology News
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National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers (NASFM) GlobalShop
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News Release
Manufacturers' risks & rewards accelerate in global supply chain, says new study
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Surveys
RSM McGladrey's 2007 Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution Survey: Results and Ramifications
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Great Lakes Manufacturing Survey
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Perspective Newsletter
A quarterly publication, Perspective addresses the daily challenges facing manufacturers and distributors as well as strategic and long-term planning initiatives.
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