The MAC Action Newsline:
August 2009

This issue is sponsored by the Bristol Community College.

Kathie Mahoney, Editor

• Create Your Own Stimulus Program
• Lean is “In the Cards” for Checkerboard Ltd.

Video of the Month

• JP Manufacturing Finds Its Place in the Optics Industry

Successful Implementations in Lean

• Kaizens Keep Corrugated Manufacturer Thinking Outside the Box

Education & Workforce Development

• STEM Initiatives

Growth Strategies

• Clean Sheet Innovation

• JOB OPENING: Product Design Engineer, Sterling, MA
• JOB OPENING: Operations Manager, Sterling, MA
• JOB OPENING: Advanced Telecom Technology, Adjunct Faculty, Worcester, MA
• Survey Identifies Challenges Confronting Manufacturers
• Binax, Inc. Recognized as 2009 Manufacturer of the Year by Maine MEP
• Stop & Shop Distribution Center Tour
• Call for Robots: Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference
• Small Business Considerations Reflected in Massachusetts Revised ID Theft Regulations
• MAC Resource: 10 Common Mistakes When Communicating with Customers…and How to Avoid Them

Programs & Events
For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Action Newsline Calendar.

Upcoming events include:

• Profitable Growth is NOT Random: Business Accelerator Primer, Chicopee, MA – September 3, 2023
• WPI Venture Forum: Green Technology, Worcester, MA – September 8, 2023
• AME The Process of Culture Change, North Haven, CT – September 9-10, 2009
• Profitable Growth is NOT Random: Business Accelerator Primer, Worcester, MA – September 10, 2023
• AME Benchmark Toyota: Two Learning Opportunities, Mansfield, MA – September 16-17, 2009
• MassMEP Technology Forum: Get Ahead of Your Competition With Faster Product to Market Times, Worcester, MA – September 22, 2023
• Business Accelerator Certificate Program, Worcester, MA – September 24 – December 10, 2023 (Class is every other Thursday morning.)
• LE101: Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Worcester, MA – October 1, 2023
• AME Annual Conference: Journey to Greatness, Covington, Kentucky – October 19-23, 2009
• Executive Trade Mission to Libya and Algeria, November 4-8, 2009

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