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Attend Lunch & Learn – Mfg. Lean Transformation Event

Attend Lunch & Learn - Manufacturing Lean Transformation EventJoin the Garland Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas County Manufacturers’ Association (DCMA) and TMAC for Lunch & Learn – Manufacturing Lean Transformation Event

Presentation: The Journey of Lean In A Traditional Business Given By Chief Financial Officer, Duane Prentice, of Hatco Inc. 

Duane enabled breakeven EBITDA for a business which had lost $100M EBIT over the preceding four years (including a$37M EBIT loss in prior year) and generated a $23M positive free cash flow.  He knows LEAN! Read more

US Manufacturing: Factors Driving the Resurgence

Nothing excites me more than the resurgence of US manufacturing. It’s comeback has a multiplier effect on the US economy, for every dollar in final sales of manufactured products, $1.33 goes into output.  This effect accounts for the largest multiplier of any sector in the economy.  I came across this article by Seeking Alpha and condensed it below.  The article describes the continued growth in US manufacturing.

(Read the full article at Seeking Alpha). Read more

Women Who Work Wonders In Manufacturing

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More than anything, I want to champion strong, smart and courageous women.  I polled far and wide to find such women in the manufacturing industry.  While most industries are split along the same fifty-fifty line of the population, manufacturing’s population of women is only about 25%.

From the shop floor employee to a c-level executive, let me introduce two women we are nominating for STEP awards in manufacturing:  Cielito Toledo Matienzo, and Elizabeth Pospick. Read more