SME Membership Blogs

Steve Jones is an operations consultant in IIoT at Steelcase, an office, hospital and classroom furniture manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Member Since 2016 

As a champion for the next generation of talent in the ever-evolving field of manufacturing, SME believes in the promise of additive manufacturing (AM), an advanced technology that has already greatly transformed the industry and will continue to do.

On June 21 at AWT’s Transformation Training Center in Mentor, Ohio, the AWT and SME initiative – EmpowerHer – continued with an in-person panel of leaders from various sectors to discuss empowering women in STEM as part of AWT’s "Summer Manufacturing Institute," a series of STEM-to-career summer camps tailored for 5th and 6th-grade students.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become a cornerstone of modern manufacturing, offering a robust solution to integrate various functions across an organization.

In our recent SME Career Café, we were joined by Executive Client Partner and Career Transition & Job Search Strategist, Arthur Hughes, and Master Certified Personal Branding & Digital Strategist, Jacqueline Connolly-Peros. Together, they explored the intricacies of mastering tough interview questions and shared their insights to empower both emerging and seasoned professionals on their career journeys.

Graduation season has come and gone, presenting a prime opportunity to connect with newly graduated students. To effectively engage emerging professionals in your local SME chapter, emphasize the unique benefits tailored to their career growth and interests.