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Northern Lower Office of the 
Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center


October 2019 Newsletter

My Business in 2024 – Creating the Vision and Executing the Plan

 
By Rob Summers, Senior Business Advisor
 
What is next for my business?  Where will we be in five years?  What threats are on the horizon that will disrupt my business and change the landscape I compete in?  As a business leader, these are important questions to guide decision making, capital investments, and strategy.  Some businesses have clear answers for these questions. Others are coasting on successful business plans from years past, vulnerable to change, and susceptible to disruption.  Which category are you in?

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CONGRATULATIONS!
Attendees enjoyed the September 13th Lean Champion celebration and presentations.
Special thanks to the participating companies:  Bay Motor Products, Cherry Republic, Glen Lake Community Schools, Grand Traverse Plastics, North Country Community Mental Health, Northwestern Michigan College, Petoskey Plastics and Tube Fab Roman Engineering!

In the News
How 3 Manufacturing and Production Companies Are Creating ‘Innovation by All’

Fortune
September 18, 2019

The manufacturing and production sectors are composed of companies from many different industries. One only must look at the recently published rankings of the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production, compiled by the global workplace culture experts at Great Place to Work in partnership with Fortune, to see the diverse array of industries represented.

But despite the many differences across this group of companies, there’s a singular refrain that top executives recite when asked about some of their biggest concerns: “How can I drive innovation across my entire organization?”

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On the Web  


Will Industry 5.0 Really Be Revolutionary?
 
The fourth industrial revolution, often referred to as Industry 4.0, introduced the manufacturing world to a host of innovative technologies like the IoT, robotics, and AI. Although Industry 4.0 has been the most technologically advanced of all the industrial revolutions thus far, it is in no way the final frontier — if you look into the distant horizon,  Industry 5.0 is rising.

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Lean Learning Consortium Monthly Events

10/11
Wojan Window & Door
217 Stover Rd., Charlevoix, MI 49720
9 AM - Noon
Facilitated by North Central Michigan College
Register HERE

11/8
Lean Champion Celebration!
NMC - Parsons-Stulen Building
2600 Aero Park Dr,; Traverse City
8:30 - 10:30 AM
Register HERE

Save the Date: 12/13
December LLC Event
More Information to follow!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Rob Summers
231.995.2015
rsummers@nmc.edu

Upcoming Workshops

Click on the training topic to see the flyer and learn more.  Registration links are below each session date and time.  Contact the Northern Lower Office of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center at 231-995-2218 for more information.

**NMC Employees, please click here to register for workshops**

Applied Project Management - $1,950
Two Tuesdays each month, October 8, 2019 - February 18, 2020
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
To register click here

Get More Done - $95
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
9 AM - Noon
To register click here

Digital 5S Document Management - $395
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
To register click here

Leadership Development Program - $1,295
Thursdays, December 5, 12, and 19, 2019
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
To register click here

Lean Manufacturing Practitioner - $1,500
Thursdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 12, 19, and 26, 2020
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
To register click here

Lean Manufacturing Champion - $3,500
Two Tuesdays each month, February 11 - July 14, 2020
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
To register click here

Lean Office Champion - $3,500
Two Wednesdays each month, February 12 - July 15, 2020
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
To register click here
WTCM AM 580 is hosting a monthly segment the second Monday of every month at 8:35 AM to showcase local manufacturing.  Each segment will feature a local manufacturer to discuss what they make, why they make it here, their market, what kind of jobs/careers they support, and what employee needs they have.

The September segment featured Lawrence Murray, Assistant General Manager, Bay Shore Steel Works Lindsay Hartsock, Director of Human Resources, Grand Traverse Economic Development and Rob Summers, Senior Business Advisor, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, NL Office.
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So tune in to WTCM AM 580 the second Monday of every month at 8:35 AM as the series continues!
Are you a project manager looking for professional development and networking?  Traverse City now has a local branch of the Western Michigan Project Management Institute.  WMPMI offers a variety of events to network, learn, and earn Professional Development Units (PDUs).
Join us at our next
WMPMI Dinner Meeting
October 7
4:45 - 8 PM

Locations:
Meetings are currently held at either:
Munson Medical Center
1105 Sixth St; Traverse City
or
Northwestern Michigan College
Aero Park Campus
2600 Aero Park Dr; Traverse City

$30 for WMPMI members
$40 for non-WMPMI members
$25 for full-time student

For more information, contact:
             Shari Hufford, PMP            
937.725.7956 cell
directorTC@wmpmi.org
OR
Jeff Kissinger, PMP, FCT, FCP, CSM
616.706.4427 (mobile)
president@wmpmi.org
 
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