The MAC Action Newsline:
Strong Dollar, Weak Economy

This issue of The MAC Action Newsline is sponsored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

• From the Desk of Jack Healy
  • Strong Dollar, Weak Manufacturing
  • Loss of Exports Equals Loss of Jobs
    
    
• Beyond Lean
  • Defense Contractor Meets Increasing Demand for Military Aerial Surveillance Systems
  • Manufacturing Business Survey 2005
    
    
• Manufacturing Success Stories
  • Designs by Lucinda Pins Hope on Taming Production Bottlenecks
    
    
• Supply Chain
  • Contracting: Back to Basics, Part II
    
    
• Industry News
  • Letter to the Editor: The Engineers Have Left the Building
  • Letter to the Editor: DoD Gave Contract for Marine 1 Helicopter to Foreign Supplies
  • MAC Resource: Corporate Legal Consulting
    
    
• Programs & Events
  For a complete listing of programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Action Newsline Calendar.
  Upcoming events include:
  
  • AIM Plant Manager Roundtable — March 24 and April 6, 2023
  • Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Just the CEO — April 14, 2023 – Register on line
  • AIM Global Competitiveness Seminar: Leading the Change, Lean Collaboration — April 20, 2023
  • Boston University’s Display Technologies Seminar — April 29, 2023
  • MassMEP Lean Roundtable — May 3, 2023
  • US Department of Labor: 2nd Annual Master Skills for the 21st Century Workforce — May 11, 2023
  • AME Workshop: First Technology’s Sensors for Crash Test Dummies — May 12, 2023
  • AME Workshop: Optimize Supplier-Customer Cash Flow — May 23, 2023
  • The Advanced Manufacturing & Productivity Exposition, October 31 – November 4, 2023
    
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