Manufacturing – Black Enterprise

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion Education

Colgate-Palmolive Continues Commitment to Creating Pathways to Education for Black and African American Students with Second Annual Inspire Our Future Scholarship Program

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023564

Colgate will Award $100,000 in Educational Grants to Black and African American Students Studying Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales or Marketing...

Entrepreneurship

12 Traps to Avoid When Finding a Manufacturer

Samara LynnOctober 28, 2017March 25, 2019

by Samara LynnOctober 28, 2017March 25, 2019567

If a company sells itself as a manufacturer but describes its business as “Import/Export,” for example, then it is likely not a true factory or...

Career

How Gena Lovett Became One of Boeing’s Top Female Executives

Courtney ConnleyMay 4, 2016September 28, 2017

by Courtney ConnleyMay 4, 2016September 28, 20172659

Boeing's VP of Operations for Defense, Space and Security shares her secrets to success as an executive ....

Business Technology

Airbnb Rules the â€œGigâ€ Economy

Samara LynnMay 3, 2016September 28, 2017

by Samara LynnMay 3, 2016September 28, 2017588

The next, and potentially most disruptive, sector to emerge in the sharing economy will be a crowdsourced product design ......

Entrepreneurship

9 Tips to Find A Manufacturer For Your Great Idea

Carolyn M. BrownNovember 18, 2014November 18, 2017

by Carolyn M. BrownNovember 18, 2014November 18, 2017540

Successful entrepreneurs share tips for getting your invention or innovation produced and on the market....

Entrepreneurship

How Your Small Business Can Profit From Walmart’s ‘Open Call’ For New Products

Jeffrey McKinneyMay 21, 2014November 25, 2017

by Jeffrey McKinneyMay 21, 2014November 25, 2017862

Walmart will give African American manufacturers, among others, an unprecedented opportunity to become suppliers by pitching their products to the worldâ€™s largest retailer....

Will Manufacturing Jobs Return to the US?

Alan HughesAugust 28, 2013August 28, 2013

by Alan HughesAugust 28, 2013August 28, 2013286

By 2020, higher US exports, combined with production work that will likely be â€œreshoredâ€ from China...

News

US Manufacturing Industry Making a Comeback

Alan HughesAugust 19, 2013February 4, 2014

by Alan HughesAugust 19, 2013February 4, 2014209

Major US manufacturers are reporting opening or expanding US operations in what could help ease unemployment, which stood at 7.4% in July...

Career

Construction Entrepreneur Talks 7 Steps to Power Positioning for Women

Janell HazelwoodApril 2, 2012September 29, 2012

by Janell HazelwoodApril 2, 2012September 29, 2012596

Marjorie Perry, founder and CEO of MZM Construction and Management Co., Inc. transitioned from employee to leading entrepreneur in a business dominated by men. Here's...

Uncategorized

Power Moves: How Obama Can Put America Back To Work

Derek T. DingleJune 10, 2011November 14, 2017

by Derek T. DingleJune 10, 2011November 14, 2017517

President Obama must put America back to work. With last week's dismal jobs report and the presidential election less than 18 months away, the Administration's...