How’s your supplier’s production planning?
In these days of supply chain issues, not knowing what materials will be delivered when, [...]
Paying more – not just being ahead of the trend, but being right
The talking heads on a financial show were debating inflation’s effect on wages and who [...]
Top Shop insight
We are quite honored to be featured in this Exclusive Benchmarking Report on the 2021 [...]
Who do you know?
It is Manufacturing Month around the US. Companies are trying to get the attention of [...]
Supply Chain headaches (and how to prevent them)
It is a common theme across the business community, whether you are ordering plastic forks, [...]
The better fit
I hear from many manufacturers about how busy they are. I participated in an industry [...]
Supporting Public Education is supporting your School Board
If you pay taxes, you support public education. Supporting public education needs to go much [...]
Ten great years!
September 8th is the anniversary of the management buyout (MBO) of PlastiCert, this year marked [...]
Community Involvement
Our Mission statement here at PlastiCert includes, “….. and a recognized responsibility to the community [...]
National Composites Week 2021
This week, August 23-27 is National Composites Week. The goal of National Composites Week [...]
Continuous Improvement (learning from an Olympics perspective)
Continuous improvement, in its most simple definition means “to be getting better all the time”. [...]
The Secret to Happy Employees
With the inability to find new hires these days, coworker retention is more important than [...]
We were underwhelmed with the space shots …………..
The news has been abuzz the last two weeks around billionaires flying into space. The [...]
One of the Best, AGAIN
Last week we were notified by Plastics Technology Magazine that we are, for the 3rd [...]
Vacation, PTO, you say potato
The peer group I belong to recently did a comparison of vacation policies between our [...]
The Right Stuff
Everyone has out “Now Hiring” signs these days. We in manufacturing like to think that [...]
Making injection molds can be easy, BUT…………….
After you have designed your plastic or composite component, you need to engage with someone [...]
Manufacture with Purpose
As a supplier to OEMs, we recognize that we are a piece of the puzzle. [...]