By Shelly Otenbaker, president, WayPoint Marketing Communications As in many industries, the B2B sales and marketing landscape has significantly changed in the last 12 months for manufacturing. Many of the tools and techniques traditionally used to find and convert leads simply are not available or possible now. But one tool – content marketing – has proven to deliver … [Read more...] about Creating and Distributing Quality Marketing Content
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The Nuts and Bolts of Remote Mold Sampling and Validation
By Nicole Mitchell, writer, The American Mold Builder COVID-19 required an abundance of changes and improvements to be made in 2020. In order to keep internal teams and external customers healthy, companies such as Accede Mold & Tool Co. – a leader in mold solutions for medical, consumer, military and industrial companies – were required to find new ways to share … [Read more...] about The Nuts and Bolts of Remote Mold Sampling and Validation
Continued Hikes in Healthcare Cost Force Employers to Search for Solutions
By Rachael Pfenninger, Director of Strategic Execution, AMBA In AMBA’s recent 2021 Business Forecast Report, mold manufacturers indicated that, on average, healthcare costs accounted for 20% of total company expenditures. This is shockingly high when compared to recent data from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) program, which reported that healthcare costs constituted an … [Read more...] about Continued Hikes in Healthcare Cost Force Employers to Search for Solutions
Workforce Development: The Long Game
by Brittany Willes, contributing writer, The American Mold Builder Manufacturing industries have struggled with labor shortages for years, and the problem only is expected to get worse. According to Forbes, “[T]he long-standing fact remains that there’s a wide disparity between the number of people entering the field of manufacturing and the needs of the industry. Estimates … [Read more...] about Workforce Development: The Long Game
Healthcare Trends to Influence 2021 Insurance Rates
By Dianna Brodine, managing editor, The American Mold Builder Predicting health insurance rates for 2021 is a difficult task. In some ways, the pandemic has resulted in declining healthcare costs in the current year: Individuals have reduced nonemergency visits to physicians and hospitals, and telehealth appointments have become more prevalent. On the other side of the coin, … [Read more...] about Healthcare Trends to Influence 2021 Insurance Rates
Workforce Trends, Salary Freezes and New Data in Annual Wage report
By Rachael Pfenninger, director of strategic execution, AMBA When comparing wage data from 2019 to 2020, more than 70% of jobs in the US mold building industry experienced wage increases in 2020. Across the board, mold manufacturing positions experienced an average of a 7% increase in compensation (approximately $1.41 per hour), according to the most recent Wage and Salary … [Read more...] about Workforce Trends, Salary Freezes and New Data in Annual Wage report