PLYMOUTH — In an effort to support the ongoing development of business skills among manufacturers, the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center will offer a series of four free workshops geared towards improving strategic planning. “Poor strategic planning can be detrimental to an organization,” said George Singos, Business Leader Advisor at the center and lead instructor of
LANSING - Recreational marijuana legalization is likely headed to the November ballot after House Speaker Tom Leonard said Thursday there's not enough support for the proposal to be approved in the House. The Board of State Canvassers on Thursday certified the proposal allowing it to be approved by the Legislature or go to the November ballot. There
LANSING - PlanetM is teaming up with WardsAuto to host Match Meetings at their upcoming Interiors Conference May 30 at the Cobo Center in Detroit. The deadline for suppliers to apply is May 1. Tech Provider (supplier) Application: Tech Provider Application This event is expected to draw more than 500 industry professionals. PlanetM is
DETROIT – A group of 450 girls from 15 Detroit-area middle schools and high schools spent a day at a university campus last week to explore facets of computer science. They worked with mini robots, experienced a roller coaster through virtual reality goggles, used Bluetooth to control a basketball, and learned about design thinking and
LONDON, England - A website that police say was behind millions of cyberattacks has been closed following a series of international arrests. Europol said Wednesday morning that it's shut down Webstresser.org, a page that carried out distributed denial-of-service attacks for a price, sometimes as cheap as $18.26 a month. The page had more than 136,000 users and
ANN ARBOR – Supply chain Software developer LLamasoft announced it has been named a GM Supplier of the Year for 2017. The award was presented to LLamasoft by General Motors during its Supplier of the Year awards held earlier this month in Florida. Award winners represent companies who provide products and services to General Motors
PLYMOUTH- Comcast announced that its new 1 Gigabit-per-second internet service is now available to residential and business customers in Battle Creek, Jackson, Lansing and their surrounding areas. Comcast’s new 1 Gigabit Internet service uses DOCSIS 3.1 technology that makes it possible for Xfinity and Comcast Business internet customers to receive gigabit speeds over the communications
DETROIT - The Michigan Science Center and ITC Holdings Corp. will host a special Arbor Day program on Friday with schools throughout the state to highlight the museum’s new ECHO Distance Learning Program. ECHO, part of the Science Center's Traveling Science program, uses video conferencing to connect classrooms from any location with a museum educator
DEARBORN - A $1 million donation from Omron, a global leader in automation, will help fund the Omron Robotics and Human Factor Lab at the University Of Michigan-Dearborn’s Engineering Building. Ground breaking for the $90 million, 123,000 square foot building was held last Friday. Construction will begin in spring 2018. Once completed, the new ELB
BINGHAM FARMS – jācapps COO, Bob Kernen, named Most Valuable Professional by Corp! Magazine, an award that celebrates individuals that make business happen in Michigan and serve their community. The award honors individuals who demonstrate strong leadership skills in growing and managing a successful business, becoming industry experts, and delivering lucrative business results. Kernen is a
