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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

by | Aug 12, 2026

In the latest episode of Inspiring Innovations, we sit down with Derek Severson, Project Engineer at Polo Custom Products, to discuss how our engineering team helps move a product from an initial idea into production. Key takeaways include: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ...
๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ: ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ: ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

by | Jul 22, 2026

In ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ– ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, Michelle Coleman, Division Manager of Fire & Safety at Polo Custom Products, discusses how experience, transparency, and strong customer partnerships help solve complex manufacturing challenges. From regulatory changes and...
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐‘

๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐‘

by | Jun 4, 2026

Why did Polo expand manufacturing to the Dominican Republic? In this episode, COO Brian Weber explains how nearshore manufacturing strengthens supply chain resilience, scalability, and customer success. Episode #37 discusses one of the most significant growth...
๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐„๐Œ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ

๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐„๐Œ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ

by | Apr 24, 2026

This episode breaks down how global events like disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are driving major shifts in supply chain costs, material availability, and lead times across manufacturing. Jennifer Fennell shares how proactive planning, supplier diversification,...
๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

by | Mar 10, 2026

Summary:ย ย ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! What happens when ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ? In this episode, Washburn professor Dr. Michael Stoica shares how students work alongside Poloโ€™s executive...