This story was originally published on Manufacturing Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Manufacturing Dive newsletter. At the beginning of a panel discussion at the Women in Manufacturing Summit in October, Meredith Lipnick, director of private sector strategy at advocacy nonprofit Moms First, asked the audience a few questions. She asked attendees to raise their hands if they had ever had to miss all or part of a workday to take a loved one to a doctor’s appointment, had ...