MMA

Best of the Best in Michigan Manufacturing Gather in Lansing to Recognize Award Recipients

October 26, 2026 35

Manufacturers, industry leaders and media gathered at MMA’s Lansing headquarters to reveal and recognize the most innovative leaders and cutting-edge products of Michigan’s manufacturing sector for the 2026 Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
Solutions for Success: MTM’s New Nurse Triage Service

October 15, 2026 159

MTM has been proudly protecting Michigan manufacturers for more than 50 years and has created a legacy of partnership, collaboration and trust with its policyholders. In 2025, MTM developed a new service through a partnership with Paradigm to offer 24/7 Nurse Triage services to policyholders.
Premium Associate Member Spotlight: STACK Cybersecurity

October 15, 2026 207

STACK Cybersecurity has spent two decades helping manufacturers, treating cybersecurity as an operational function rather than a standalone IT problem. The company focuses on building visibility before an incident occurs through continuous monitoring, centralized logging, and defined incident response procedures.
Industry Member Spotlight: BASF

October 15, 2026 241

For more than 160 years, BASF has been evolving the role that chemistry plays in the world around us. Today, that legacy continues through materials and technologies that touch thousands of products people use every day — often without ever seeing the BASF name.
AI and Automation: Progress Starts with the Process

October 15, 2026 274

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the manufacturing industry, and indeed, many Michigan manufacturers are already seeing the benefits of adopting AI tools. But there are two important caveats: Sound processes and decisions must come first — and people who have a deep understanding of operations and workflows should form the foundation of your AI approach.
How Manufacturers Can Develop Their Workforce from A to Z — and How MMA Can Help

October 15, 2026 130

Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) is built by business, for business. It applies supply chain thinking to workforce development, helping employers define demand, organize around shared needs, identify trusted talent providers and measure whether those partnerships are producing results
Michigan’s Auto Suppliers Built the Industry. Now It’s Time to Build What Comes Next.

October 15, 2026 153

Led by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and delivered through a network of trusted Michigan partners, MAST-P provides eligible small manufacturers with tailored support at no cost. The program helps companies evaluate their strengths, improve their business operations, prepare for capital and pursue opportunities in new industries.
How Manufacturers Can Use AI to Drive Operational Results

October 15, 2026 134

Most manufacturers aren’t behind because they haven’t adopted AI. They’re behind because they haven’t landed on the problem they’re trying to solve and if their data is clean enough to let AI solve it. MMA member Clark Schaefer Consulting provides common starting points to drive operational results.
From Reactive to Resilient: A New Approach to Cybersecurity in Manufacturing

October 15, 2026 149

Cybercriminals know that downtime is particularly dangerous to manufacturers, which makes plants big and small a frequent and high-value target. IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence 2026 reports that manufacturing remains the most targeted industry for cyberattacks, accounting for 27.7 percent of all observed security incidents. Equally as frightening: For a manufacturer, the average cost of a breach is $5.50 million, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2026.
The Frontline is Missing from the AI Conversation

October 15, 2026 141

AI is not hard to find in manufacturing anymore. Plants are using it for predictive maintenance, machine vision, quality inspection and demand forecasting. The use cases are practical, the returns are measurable and manufacturers are already putting AI to work. What gets less attention is who all of it is built for. Most tools point in one of two directions. Toward the equipment or toward the people managing it from a desk. The hourly associate on the line is almost never the intended user.

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