Recent Articles
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SPE plenary session: The state of the plastics industry
Don Rosato EngineeringThere's a new plenary session concept for SPE's ANTEC Indianapolis 2016: an editor's panel composed of leading industry trade magazine editors called "State of the Plastics Industry: Outlook for 2016 and Beyond." Editors have unique viewpoints from which to identify and analyze industry trends — and, being "word people," they're good at describing them. They'll comment on various questions about where the industry is headed and challenges it faces.
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Big change in overtime pay coming soon — Are you prepared?
Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIt has been decades in the making and may affect up to 5 million workers across the U.S. "It" is the proposed rule change on who is eligible for overtime pay, due to be issued in June by the Department of Labor (DOL). If you haven't figured out how your business will be affected, time is running out.
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Metals Thoughts: Late-inning rally
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesThe Bank of Japan holding off on any further action has created a massive Yen carry unwind and a general lack of faith in Kuroda/Abe ability to push the Yen lower. That combined with general hedge fund outflows has big offer in the dollar and has been turbo fuel for what I otherwise consider to be an overextended gold rally.
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Changing medical simulation with 3-D printing
David Escobar Medical & Allied HealthcareThe 3-D printing movement has been featured in countless articles and media describing the changes it will bring to manufacturing, technology and the world. But what can we expect to see in the medical simulation community? Currently, the majority of medical simulation training devices are manufactured with traditional methods that meet the general objective of training healthcare providers. Yet this current simulation equipment lacks realism, which is needed when training future and current healthcare workers.
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Classroom decorations should motivate, then educate
Kelly Sharp EducationLook to your left, then look to your right. If you saw an inspirational sign on each side, you are most likely in a teacher's classroom. Classroom walls that were once filled with equations and historical facts now include more motivational phrases than ever.
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AHIMA toolkit makes patient portal conversation relevant again
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIn news we have not heard of in some time (at least publicly), patient portals are back in the headlines. This is primarily because the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has released a new patient portal toolkit for health information management professionals. The toolkit provides guidance on related topics, the latest regulatory requirements, opportunities and challenges, for their use.
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The amazing health benefits of goat milk
Heather Linderfelt Food & BeverageFacing the dairy section at the local store, dairy products made from cow milk far outweigh goat options. Among the sea of different milks now available — including almond, soy and coconut — is usually only one brand of goat milk.
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Data-driven ways to boost email marketing
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingEmail marketing is the workhorse of the marketing world. It often works the hardest but doesn't get the attention that newer digital marketing tactics do. Yet email marketing has the highest conversation rate out of digital and print marketing efforts, found the Direct Marketing Association. Plus, the average ROI for every dollar spent on email marketing is $44.25, according to ExactTarget.
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Why is customer service so difficult in the hospital?
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationOn April 20, popular consumer reporter John Stossel wrote an opinion piece on the lack of customer service he received while in the hospital. Stossel was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, for which he was admitted to prestigious New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Builders ‘cautiously optimistic’ despite slow growth
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsHopes that momentum from last fall's burst of building activity would carry forward into 2016 have faded following a lackluster first quarter. Figures from March reveal an industry holding steady in the face of economic uncertainty and weak consumer confidence, neither advancing nor receding substantially.