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• When Change is Better for Manufacturers and the State
• Focus on Manufacturing: Growing Good Jobs in Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Manufacturing: A Remarkable Achievement
• WCTF Projects Help Build the Career Ladder in Manufacturing Sector
• America's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs: Education and Training Requirements in the Next Decade and Beyond
• Celebrating Manufacturing
• Needed Benefits of Direct Foreign Investment
• What is Manufacturing?
• Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing the Evidence on Science and Engineering Education, Quality, and Workforce Demand
• Passing the Buck on Toy Quality: Design vs. Manufacturing
• A New Vision for Engineering Recruitment
• The College Ladder: Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Education for Success for All Students
• Unlocking the Value in Manufacturing
• Training the Future Leaders of Manufacturing
• Shoe Manufacturer Faces the Challenge of Reinvention
• Biotech Collaboration Shows Path to Growth for Regional Businesses
• Toyota Named Number One and Stumbles…?
• REPORT: The New Metrics of Corporate Performance, Profit Per Employee
• The New Generation of Manufacturing
• What is the Future of Manufacturing? Where Will Manufacturing Be in 20 Years?
• New England Council Report on FY 2008 Budget Analysis
• Collaboration: An Answer to the Skills Shortage Problem
• NAM: 2005 Skills Gap Repot – A Survey of the American Manufacturing Workforce
• An Inconvenient Myth
• The Economic Impacts of the MassMEP on the Massachusetts Economy
• BusinessWeek: "A Dynamo Called Danaher"
• CEO Interview Series: Competing in the Global Workforce
• Report: Are They Really Ready to Work -- Employers' Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century US Workforce
• In Memoriam: A Case For Deconsolidation
• Creating a Globally Competitive Workforce
• Collaborative Supply Chain is Economic Cluster That Raises All Boats
• Collaboration Offers Opportunity for New England's Freight Transportation Challenges
• Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports: Favor State Contractors Who Use Rail
• Where Does Manufacturing Go in the New Economy
• BusinessWeek: "Can anyone steer this economy?"
• Leadership is a Solution, Not a Position
• NAM Report: Escalating Cost Crisis
• Roger Saillant Featured at William J. O'Brien Distinguished Lecture Series, November 8, 2006
• Worcester Gets Manufacturing Education Right
• 2005 Skills Gap Report? A Survey of the American Manufacturing Workforce
• Universities Rest On Their Laurels As Other Countries Surpass US in Higher Education, Says Commission
• The Closing Window of Opportunity for Small & Medium Manufacturers in China
• The Lego Story: Why We Need a Better Welcome Mat
• Asking for More: Labor Unions Face a New Competitive Reality
• Lean Government?
• Healthcare Legislation to Effect Change
• An Opportunity for Meaningful Healthcare Reform: The Challenge Ahead
• What Would Happen if Manufacturing Went Away?
• New England Gains 164 Manufacturing Plants
• Why Are Manufacturers Subsidizing Medical Costs?
• Automotive Industry Changes Will Impact All of Manufacturing
• Manufacturing is Neither Understood Nor Appreciated
• Community Leaders Address Skills Shortage
• Guest Editorial: Supply Chain, The New Frontier for Small Manufacturers
• Guest Editorial: Helpful Tips for Doing Business in China
• Why It's Harder to Get a Production-line Job at Toyota Than It is to Get Accepted at Harvard
• UK Leads, US Lags
• Do You Have What It Takes to be a Great Leader
• The New Worcester Vocational School: The Latest Technoloiges, Ahead of Schedule
• Is the Chemicals Industry a Has Been?
• Tax Code Makes USA Uncompetitive
• Strong Dollar, Weak Manufacturing
• Manufacturing's Biggest Void
• How Do We Compete Globally
• The American Management Gene Pool
• The Tale of a New Manufacturing Economy
• The Lean Champions Group
• International Trade Changes Organizational Needs
• The Skills Crisis
• Training Does Matter
• Pride in Work: The Genesis of the Champions
• Does Manufacturing Matter?
• A Decline in Investments is a Decline in US Manufacturing Capabilities
• The Manufacturing in America Report

Lean: Beyond the Basics

• The Closing Window of Opportunity for Small & Medium Manufacturers in China
• It's a Wrap! Logistics and Packaging Impact Your Spend
• Defense Supply Chain Now Links Small New England Manufacturers
• A Scorecard on Competing with the China Challenge
• Using Strategic Performance Measurements to Drive Lean Implementation, Part 2
• Using Strategic Performance Measures to Drive Lean Implementation
• Making Lean Count: Improvements Do Not Have Impact at the Enterprise Level
• The Importance of Compliance - Companies Can't Afford to Underestimate
• Lean Transformation of the Widget Company
• Free Up Floor Space with Design for Assembly and Part Count Reduction
• 7 Reasons Why A Great Product Launch Can Fail and How to Avoid It
• RFID: A Story of Lemons and Lemonade
• Defense Contractor Meets Increasing Demand for Military Airial Surveillance Systems
• Find Your Way to GSA
• Marketing vs Market Research
• Lean Certificate Series: Another Option for Lean Training
• Developing Tomorrow's Workforce: Continental Consolidated Industries
• Knowledge Exchange Serves as Core of Six Sigma Success at Raytheon
• Teaching Lean Process Design using a Discovery Approach
• A Manager's Guide to Successful Information System Implementation
• Simulation Provides New Ways of Thinking About Processes and Process Improvement
• The Human Side of Lean: What Does it Take?
• Federal Funding Assistance Available for Commercialization, Product Development, and Tech Transfer
• Not Just Another Short Term Project

Supply Chain

• DoD: Success Blossoms In New England
• DoD: Completing the Preliminaries
• Contracting: Back to Basics, Part II
• Contracting: Back to Basics
• Find Your Way to GSA
• SupplyPoint: Pointing the Way to New Business for Manufacturers

Successful Implementations in Lean

• Mar-Lee Companies: Today's Successful Manufacturing is High Tech
• O.R.M. Incorporated Invests in Lean Training
• Manufacturer of Film/Adhesive Products Sticks with Lean
• Staying TRU to Plan: TRU Corporation Hosts Lean Roundtable
• Motivated Teen Makes the M.O.S.T. of Situation
• Positive Impacts Are Part of the Package at P J Noyes
• Lean Tools Paint a Colorful Future for California Products
• Lean is "In the Cards" for Checkerboard Ltd.
• Atlantic Air Products: Breathing Easier with Lean on Their Team
• Global Leader Incom, Inc. Gets World Class Training from MassMEP
• General Dynamics Tempers Links in Supply Chain
• Cellular Layout a Real Shot in the Arm for Smiths Medical
• Lean Has Been No Shot in the Dark for Savage Arms Inc.
• Maine MEP's Innovation Program Helps ThoS. Moser Cabinetmakers Craft a New Culture
• Acme Monaco Springs Forward with the Help of Maine MEP
• Look's Gourmet Finds They "Can" Boost Business
• The Beam Team Gets Lean
• MassMEP and Facente Mosaic Tile Make the Pieces Fit
• Portland Firm Finds Lean Training Makes a Difference
• Maine MEP Brings Possibility to Light at Applied Thermal Science
• MassMEP Molds a New Direction for Leominster Company
• Eastman Industries Uses Maine MEP to Help Grow Business
• Viasystems-Milford Pilots Lean Operations to Increase Productivity
• Starrett Teams Up for Training Program
• Machine Shop Skills Training Program Gives Eight Vermont Graduates Chance at Manufacturing Jobs
• Naval Communications Manufacturer L-3 Henschel Revitalizes Design Review Process, Cuts Costs
• Fine Linens Manufacturer Increases Productivity and Cuts Man-hours While Creating State-of-the-Art Facility
• Improvements at FLEXcon Help Offset Rising Energy Costs
• From Maine to the Suburbs
• Manchester NH, Printer Cartridge Company Proves to be More Than Just Reliable
• Fast Track to New Skills Program in Maine Churns Out Machine Operators
• Defense Contractor Meets Increasing Demand for Military Aerial Surveillance Systems
• East Walpole Manufacturer Updates R&D Program and Streamlines Operations Around the World
• Flotation Technologies Goes with the Flow by Going Lean
• Springfield Wire Implements Lean Pull Systems
• SPC Training Increases Productivity at Polymetallurgical Corporation
• Maine MEP Helps Georgia-Pacific Return People to Work at Paper Mill
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Goes Lean
• The Sky is the Limit for Radant Technologies; Aerospace Manufacturer Earns ISO Certification
• Benthos Goes Lean: Reduces Inventory, Frees Up Cash, Increases Revenue Per Employee
• Five Person Company Launches New Hair Product, Projects Millions in Sales
• Elementary School Learns Lean and Builds Airplanes
• TEXTRON Systems: Mapping the Lean Enterprise
• Cianbro Fabrication & Coating Goes Lean
• State Funds Assist Massachusetts Employers with Critical Training Needs
• Market Forge Profits from Investment in Employee Education
• Chace Leather: Innovative Techniques Mean Local Company Doesn't Have to "Chace" Competition
• M&K Engineering Boosts Sales
• OMNOVA's Road to Lean Leads to Increased Finished Goods, Reduced Work-in-Process, Reduced Inventory
• Local Companies Attend Manufacturing Institute for Competitive Advantage
• Growing Leaner at Stonebridge Corp.

Industry Data

• Where has the Money Gone? Declining Industrial Support of Academic R&D
• Connecticut Manufacturers Can't Fill Job Openings
• Massachusetts Exports Hit New High: 2005 First Year to See Six Billion-Dollar Export Sectors
• Economic Conditions in New Hampshire

AME: Best Practices

• Synventive Molding Solutions: Staging a Comeback Using Lean
• AME Champion's Club Focuses on Increasing Competitiveness
• Best Practices Plants: Invensys-Foxboro
• Best Practices Plants: The Mar-Lee Companies
• Best Practices Plants: Hyde Manufacturing
• Best Practices Plants: Stonebridge Corporation
• Best Practices in Manufacturing in New England
• Distributed Excellence and the Dell Model

MAC Resource

• Increasing the Odds of Success
• The Hiring Game – Resume Lying: Risks, Clues, and Sorry
• R&D Tax Credit Info, New Hampshire
• Simplified Research Credit Helps Manufacturers' Cash Flow
• Saving Manufacturing, Saving Jobs – A Primer
• Can You Afford to Train Your Staff?
• Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation
• DoD Contractors: Make Sure You Understand Sept 2007 UID Requirements
• SATOP's NASA Engineers Provides Small Business Engineering Service
• 10 Things You Should Know About R&D Tax Credits
• Economic Development Team Launches $100 Million Infrastructure Grant Initiative Aimed at Creating Jobs
• R&D Tax Credit Renewed and Strengthened
• Achieving Competitive Advantage Through Supply Chain Management
• Trade Secrets: Protecting Your Bottom Line
• To Compete, We Must Rebuild Our Factories From Scratch
• It's a Wrap! Logistics and Packaging Impact Your Spend, Part 2
• Branding & Legal Clearance -- Save $$, Do It Early
• Protecting Inventions Through Patents
• Protecting Material Through Copyrights
• What Steps Can an Employer Take to Protect Its Intellectual Property?
• Solving Our Critical Shortage of Machinists
• The Big Squeeze, "Play the Game, Get the Money"
• Building Leadership Sustainability -- Without Fear
• The Big Squeeze, How to Cut Your Company's Procurement Expenses 10% Right Now!

Videos

• Jack Healy and Trevor Havard on The Impact of Globalization on Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts
• Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. James P. McGovern on Manufacturing our Future Summit 2005
• Michael E. Porter on Manufacturing our Future

Presentations

• Knowledge Exchange Serves as Core of Six Sigma Success at Raytheon: Note, if your browser has the file viewer plug-in installed for PowerPoint, the file will be opened within the current browser window. To download the file, right-click the link and select "Save Target As".

• Jack Healy, MassMEP - The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (4.6 MB)
• Mike Prior, MassMEP - Knowledge Exchange: Tactical Session (325 KB)
• Kerstin Forrester, Stonebridge Corporation - Lean Manufacturing at Stonebridge (98 KB)
• Don Roussinos, L3 Communications - Knowledge Exchange at L3 Communications Henschel (5.82 MB)
• Larry Walsh, Chace Leather Products - Knowledge Exchange at Chase Leather Products (945 KB)
• Don Ronchi, Raytheon, Raytheon Corporate Overview (6.39 MB)
• Jon McKenzie, Raytheon, Raytheon Six Sigma (276 KB)
• Col. Rodney Schmidt, Commander, DCMA Raytheon, Successful Use of Raytheon Six Sigma (976 KB)

Related Links

• Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM)
• Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
• Colleges of Worcester Consortium
• Manufacturing & Technology News
• Massachusetts Small Business Development Business Network (SBDC)
• US Department of Commerce
• US Department of Commerce Manufacturing Initiative
• US Small Business Administration

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