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Facts
About Manufacturing
In the most recent
data, manufacturers contributed $2.09 trillion to the economy. This
figure has steadily risen since 2009 when manufacturers contributed
$1.73 trillion. The sector accounts for 12.0 percent of GDP. For every
$1.00 spent in manufacturing, another $1.37 is added to the economy,
the highest multiplier effect of any economic sector. Read
five more facts about manufacturing that may surprise you.
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Five Leadership Behaviors to Move Up on Your List
Many leaders drive
others harder than they need to. What results is a constant push for
their team to achieve goals. Meetings consist of checking the lists of
things to be fixed and get done now. Read
about some leaders who recognized that building the skills
required to improve relationships could improve their leadership
effectiveness.
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Helping
Small Manufacturers
Understand the Lean Message
Small
manufacturers (and just about everybody else) have been sold on the
idea that lean tools are primarily for cost cutting. The result is that
many managers employ lean tools expecting big savings that may not be
forthcoming, given that many of them are already practiced at keeping
costs as close to the bone as possible.
Learn why the value of lean tools for small manufacturers lies
not so much in their cost cutting potential as in their potential for
creating agility.
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Thoughts About Vision
Move forward,
grow, expand, evolve, re-invent, innovate: these kinds of actions are
essential to preventing stagnation, and they all require that someone
lead the way with a Vision. Read
what Winston Churchill, Michelangelo, and eight other
visionaries had to say about Vision.
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The F-16 Flyby
Luke AFB is west
of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that
complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that
it was there long before they were. Apparently, an individual who lives
somewhere near the base wrote the local paper complaining about a group
of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall. Read
the stinging response that was written by a lieutenant colonel
from the base.
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ISO
Certification, Strategy and Growth
Some manufacturing
managers think, "If I get certified to this standard, great things
will suddenly happen for my business." However, certifications
alone are not magic bullets. Read
more to understand how tying quality standards certification to
your strategy can help you make your company better at what it does,
forge it into a more attractive business partner, and help it reach its
overall strategic goals.
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AM&T Associates' Corner
Learn more about regional companies that
might become
your supplier or customer.
Applied
Technology Manufacturing Corporation
ATM
was founded in 1927 as Moore & Steele Corporation, which designed
and manufactured railroad track appliances such as rail anchors, rail
oilers and rail lubricators. In 1995 the Owego company changed its name
to reflect a broadening of the business into component manufacturing
for other companies. Learn
more about ATM.
Audiosears
Audiosears
is a premier manufacturer and supplier of handsets, headsets, and
components for the telecommunications industry, including handsets,
cradles, handheld microphones, acoustic elements and a variety of
components including cordsets, switches and custom circuitry. Learn
more about the 62-employee company located in the village of
Stamford.
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