The MAC Action Newsline:
September 2006

• From the Desk of Jack Healy
  • 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

• Lean: Beyond the Basics
  • The Closing Window of Opportunity for Small & Medium Manufacturers in China

• Manufacturing Success Stories
  • Machine Shop Skills Training Program Gives Eight Vermont Graduates Chance at Manufacturing Jobs

• Industry News
  • Job Opening: Chief Executive Officer, New York
• Job Opening: Entrepreneurial Opportunity for Mechanical Engineer, Massachusetts
• Job Opening: MassMEP Project Manager, Western Massachusetts
• Job Opening: Benefits & Payroll Analyst, Massachusetts
• Job Opening: Process Engineer, Associate Development Program
• News: Center for Business and Industry Launches Leadership Development & Global Business Programs
• News: William J. O’Brien Distinguished Lecture Series Features Roger B. Saillant, CEO, Plug Power

• MAC Resource
  • To Compete, We Must Rebuild Our Factories From Scratch

• Programs & Events
  For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Action Newsline Calendar.
  
  Upcoming events include:
  
  
  • Nuts & Bolts: Accessing Workforce Training Fund Programs and Writing a Successful Grant Application, Bridgewater, MA — September 28, 2023
  • Sales Effectiveness Camp, Stratton Mountain, VT — October 1-3, 2006
  • A.I.M. Legacy of Leadership Series, Pittsfield, MA — October 3, 2023
  • Nuts & Bolts: Accessing Workforce Training Fund Programs and Writing a Successful Grant Application, Marlborough, MA — October 5, 2023
  • Governor’s Manufacturing Summit, Bedford, NH — October 10, 2023
  • AME Annual Conference, Dallas, TX – October 16 -20, 2006 – (Read an interview with keynote speaker – Jim Collins author of Good to Great)
  • A.I.M. Legacy of Leadership Series, Wareham, MA — October 19, 2023
  • A.I.M. Legacy of Leadership Series, Danvers, MA — October 20, 2023
  • A.I.M. Legacy of Leadership Series, Holyoke, MA — October 25, 2023
  • A.I.M. Legacy of Leadership Series, Westborough, MA — October 26, 2023
  • Strategic Performance Measurement for Lean Manufacturing, Taunton, MA — October 27, 2023
  • Know It Cold, Safety, Health and OSHA, Marlborough, MA — October 18 — December 15, 2022
  • Manufacturing Our Future Summit: Building Educational Systems for the Global Economy, Worcester, MA — October 30, 2023
  • Lean Roundtable – L-3 Henschel Communications, Newburyport, MA — November 8, 2023
  • Roger B. Saillant, President and CEO, Plug Power, William J. O’Brien Distinguished Lecture Series, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA — November 8, 2023

  Issue Archive
  
  This issue of The MAC Action Newsline is sponsored by the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership.