October 2018
MiMfg
MiMfg Magazine
Contents
Magazine
Oct 2018 • Vol. XXXI • Online Issue No. 5
10 10
On the Cover
Getting Election Ready with MMA
This Month’s Features
6 Key
Conversation
Phil Sponsler • Orbitform
8 Premium
Associate Member Spotlight
Services to Enhance Potential
16 MMA’s Diamond Award Honors
Mentorship Bridge the Skills Gap?
18 Can
John Keuning • Express Employment
Professionals
Resource Networks
20 Business
Duane Berger • Kinexus
Read MiMfg Magazine online:
mag.mimfg.org.
Editorial Staff
16 21 5 Things You Need to
Know About PRIME®
Chuck Hadden Elyse Kopietz
Copy Editor
Publisher
Joy Wolf
Editor/Layout
Member Spotlight
22 Industry
Dave Mills • Azon
Brett Gerrish
Copy Writer
Michigan Manufacturers Association
and MMA Service Corporation
620 S. Capitol Ave.,
Lansing, Michigan 48933
Phone: 517-372-5900
Fax: 517-372-3322
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mimfg.org
MiMfg Magazine Vol. XXXI Online Issue
No. 5, October 2018 (ISSN 1936-8860),
(USPS 024-973) published bi-monthly
for $18 per year by the MMA Service
Corporation (MMASC), 620 S. Capitol
Ave., Lansing MI 48933-2308.
On the Cover: Resources like Legislative
Day help prepare members to be informed
MFG Voters. See page 10 for more.
Great Debate: Degrees or Skills?
26 The
Joe Kitterman • 180 Skills
20
Inside Every Issue
4 First & Foremost
5 Member Advantage
24 MFG at Work
27 Upcoming Events
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