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The MassMEP Next Generation Manufacturer Newsline: August 2010

This issue is sponsored by the Mass-TEC, Inc.

Kathie Mahoney, Editor

• Policy Matters

Video of the Month

• Quality and Precision Sound at RCA

Successful Implementations in Lean

• Taunton Stove's Recipe for Success

Education & Workforce Development

• STEM Initiatives: Seeking Indsutry Professionals for "Industry Insights"

• CNC Skills Training Leads to New Jobs

• Express Training Grant Now Available

Energy and Environmental

• Department of Energy Paves Way for Additional Clean Energy Projects and Jobs Through Manufacturing Solicitation

Industry News

• Job Posting: MassMEP Project Manager
• Job Posting: Parts Assembler and Secondary Operations Operator
• Letter to the Editor: Surely You Are Joking Mr. Bloom
• Job Shops and OEM's Find Lean Solutions in Effective Cost-Estimating
• AIM: Everything You Knew About Labor Relations...Has Changed
• Manufacturing and Design in Massachusetts

Programs & Events
For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MassMEP Web Site.

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MassMEP is planning its 2010-2011 Event schedule and would like to hear from you. Complete this short survey about what you would like to learn more about and you could win 2 tickets to a Red Sox game. Click here to complete the survey

Upcoming MassMEP events include:

• Introduction to Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Fall River, MA - August 27, 2010
• Introduction to Plant Layout, Worcester, MA - September 8, 2010
• Lean Management in the Fast Lane, Thompson, CT, - September 21, 2010
• Manufacturing Our Future Summit, North Attleboro, MA - October 4, 2010

Upcoming Partner events include:

• AME Networking Round Table at Beekley Corporation, Bristol, CT - September 2, 2010
• AME Northeastern Region Golg Classic and Learnign Opportunity, Charlton, MA - September 16, 2010
• AME Improve Products, Customer Services, and Productivity with "Design for Manufacturing" hosted by TRUMPF, Inc., Farmington, CT - September 29, 2010
• Two Pull Systems for the Price of One: Hosted by Mercury Wire Products and OFS Fitel, Spencer and Sturbridge, MA - October 5-6, 2010
• O'Brien Lecture Series, Worcester, MA - October 6, 2010
• AME Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD - November 15-19, 2010

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