The MAC Action Newsline:
March 2010

This issue is sponsored by the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program

Kathie Mahoney, Editor

• Are You A Next Generation Manufacturer?
• Next Generation Manufacturer Award Press Release

Video of the Month

• CBS News: Manufacturing in the Future

Successful Implementations in Lean

• Preserving the Progress: Davico Manufacturing Sustains Lean Improvements

Education & Workforce Development

• STEM Initiatives: Mid-Massachusetts STEM Initiatives

• Advanced Talent Management: Why Do I Need It?

Growth Strategies

• Structured Freedom

China Corner

• U.S. China Conference at WPI

Energy and Environmental

• Increase Profitability Through Green Initiatives
• Clean Energy Lab Goes Solar

Industry News

• Book Review: Lean Machine
• Call for Nominees – AME Manufacturing Excellence Award
• Call for Nominees – AIM Gould Education and Workforce
• Job Posting: Process Engineer
• Job Posting: Faculty Position in Manufacturing Technology

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

Upcoming events include:

• Lean Eneterprise Certificate Program, Nashua, NH – April 5 – August 2, 2023 (meeting on Mondays)
• Customer Survey Workshop: Profile Your Customers to Grow Your Business, Worcester, MA – April 6, 2023
• AME Implementing Lean in a Small Business: Does Size Really Matter?, Shelton, CT – April 6, 2023
• Introduction to Plant Layout, Woburn, MA – April 7, 2023
• MassMEP Lean Round Table at ARC Technologies, Amesbury, MA – April 9, 2023
• Launch STEM Conference, Fall River, MA – April 9, 2023
• SBIR National Conference, Hartford, CT – April 21 – 23, 2010
• AME Networking Round Table, Marlborough, MA – April 29, 2023
• AIM Role of the Supervisor, Marlboro, MA – April 30, 2023
• AIM Setting Priorities and Objectives, Marlboro, MA – April 30, 2023
• AME Leaning the Supply Chain: Time Wise LE104 and Real World Case Study Host Company, L-3 Com Marine & Power Systems, Newburyport, MA – May 6-7, 2010
• New England HAAS Technical Education Center Conference, Worcester, MA – May 7, 2023
• Manufacturing Job Fair, Worcester, MA – May 7, 2023
• WPI Conference on China, Worcester, MA – May 7, 2023
• AIM What is Leadership?, Marlboro, MA – May 7, 2023
• AIM Communication and Listening, Marlboro, MA – May 7, 2023
• MassMEP Lean Round Table at FIBA Technologies, Millbury, MA – May 13, 2023
• Developing Fundamentals of Sales and Marketing Processes, Worcester, MA – May 14, 2023
• AIM Building an Effective Staff, Marlboro, MA – May 14, 2023
• AIM Essentials of Employee Development, Marlboro, MA – May 14, 2023
• AIM Today’s Legal Environment, Marlboro, MA – May 21, 2023
• AIM Building Your Team, Marlboro, MA – May 28, 2023
• AIM Utilzing Your Supervisory Toolkit, Marlboro, MA – May 28, 2023

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