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Operations Is the Real Ecommerce Strategy

March 13, 2026 195

Ecommerce success in manufacturing depends on operational clarity, not technology. Digital tools expose process gaps—unclear pricing, inconsistent workflows and manual exceptions. High‑performing firms define ownership, rules and repeat‑order flows before launching platforms. When leadership aligns processes first, ecommerce scales reliably; when it doesn’t, technology simply mirrors the confusion.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: International Tax Strategy

March 27, 2026 196

U.S. businesses operating globally have long wrestled with the complexities of cross-border taxation. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law in July 2025, brings clarity and permanence to several key international tax provisions originally introduced under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). For CFOs, tax directors, and executive leaders, the changes represent both a stabilizing force in international tax planning and a new baseline for long-term compliance.
Treat AI as a Team Member, Not a Tool

March 26, 2026 208

Manufacturers gain far more value when AI is treated as an integrated team member rather than a standalone tool. Research shows role-based, cross-functional AI that reshapes workflows and organizational design delivers compounding, transformative results, while isolated pilots produce only incremental gains.
Airborne Monitoring Programs: Ensuring Compliance with OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits

March 16, 2026 362

Industrial workplaces generate airborne hazards requiring personal exposure monitoring to meet OSHA PELs. Recent lead and silica cases show severe health, legal, and financial consequences of poor controls. Comprehensive monitoring identifies high-risk tasks, verifies engineering controls, protects worker health, ensures compliance, and reduces liability while supporting safer, resilient manufacturing operations.
Cost to Make, Cost to Move: Manufacturing in a Tariff-Driven, High-Energy World

March 13, 2026 516

Manufacturers face a permanently higher cost base driven by tariffs, energy, carbon pricing and logistics disruption. Firms are shifting production footprints, redesigning supply chains and prioritizing total cost of ownership. Success in 2026 requires tariff‑aware planning, energy strategy, resilient logistics, risk‑focused supplier management and integrated cost intelligence for future competitiveness.
Advocating for Manufacturing in a Critical Election Year

February 25, 2026 388

Elections set the structure of the government, and the structure impacts policy. Learn how manufacturers can influence the future business climate .
Premium Associate Member Spotlight: Conn Maciel Carey

February 25, 2026 393

With its Michigan office in Troy, Conn Maciel Carey represents employers in any interaction with workplace safety regulatory agencies, including MIOSHA, federal OSHA, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
MMA Expands Workforce Solutions Portfolio with Tooling U-SME Partnership

February 25, 2026 364

MMA has significantly expanded its curated portfolio of workforce development solutions with the addition of Tooling U-SME, a nationally recognized leader in manufacturing training and competency-based learning. This new partnership enhances the MMA Training Center’s robust suite of solutions and training resources designed to help Michigan manufacturers attract, develop and retain a highly skilled workforce — a critical priority in today’s rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape.
Board Member Spotlight: Matt Carr, Storch® Products Company

February 25, 2026 325

By working together to keep the industry relevant and competitive in Michigan, that’s what MMA and its members are helping to make possible, he says. That’s why Matt Carr, president of Storch Products Company, didn’t hesitate when MMA President & CEO John Walsh invited him to serve on the MMA Service Corp Board of Directors.
Advocacy Starts on the Factory Floor

February 25, 2026 332

Organizations like MMA play a strong role in representing manufacturers at the state and regional level. That work matters. At the same time, manufacturers advocate for their future every day through decisions about systems, workflows and customer experience.

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