| SCMEP training goes online The S.C. Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s employee training program now is available online. The training portal will feature classes added weekly and enable companies to follow their employees’ progress. Software helps hospice provider pinpoint visitation needs Spartanburg’s Hospice Care of South Carolina, which recently merged with Agape Hospice, has adopted a new predictive modeling software, Muse, to help alert their team when a patient needs additional visits from staff members. | 
As Dick Pace rushed to the hospital March 12, he had no idea that he would spend seven weeks visiting his newborn daughters and son in an intensive care unit — or that it would take place during a pandemic. "I always joke and say I woke up the day after, and the whole world was different,” Pace said. “I’ve got three children now and a pandemic in place.”
While some of our readers may be back at their offices, we're still making digital copies of our latest edition available. Take a look at new plans for the Plush Mill site, find out what economists think lies ahead for the Upstate economy and read about some of the success stories of SCMEP's online portal connecting wants and capabilities in South Carolina.
