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New
Funding Brings New Opportunities
for Manufacturers in Nine States
The U.S. Commerce
Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST)
will award $27 million to organizations in nine states to operate
centers that help manufacturers innovate, compete and grow. The new
awards are part of a multi-year effort to update funding for the
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which provides a
wide range of services to small and medium-size manufacturers through
centers in every state and Puerto Rico. Read
more.
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Mid-Atlantic, CNY Roundtable Networking Event
Are you looking to
obtain continuous improvement ideas from other companies? Have you ever
said, "How do they do this?" Are you interested in
benchmarking, especially with manufacturing companies? Have your
continuous improvement efforts come to a plateau, or worse, hit a wall?
AME is providing a forum to share, learn and grow in a short duration,
highly localized, friendly format. Attendees will be participating in a
round table discussion which typically starts with the identification
of several continuous improvement topics of importance to you and your
organization. More
info Registration
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Eight
Action Items Required
To Sustain Market Leadership
Sometimes
entrepreneurs are so focused on making change happen for others, that
they forget that continually changing themselves and their company is
equally important. Some get stuck in a rut and get run over by competitors
with new technology, like Eastman Kodak, and others get pushed into a
crisis, like Apple did, before they reinvent themselves into a new
market.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is an old adage that really
doesn't work in today's business world. Learn
about eight things you can do to reinvent yourself regularly so
your competitors won't make you obsolete,
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Building Your Business Plan
A business plan
can take many forms, depending on the venture. A four-person management
consulting firm may produce a leaner plan focused on service expertise
and industry experience compared to a 20-employee manufacturer, who
would also have to describe products, manufacturing techniques,
competitive forces and marketing needs, among other details. Read
about the four components that are shared by all plans.
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Cultivating "Clean" Power
Think about the
people who hold the power positions in your organization below the
C-level. What did they do to earn these positions?
Chances are, they discovered the simple secret to growing power...by
seeking out and solving the vexing challenges that no one seems to own.
These problems are everywhere on full display, usually residing in the
gray zone between functions. They're system issues and process
challenges that manifest themselves in quality problems (i.e. poor
customer service, waste, excess costs etc.) that no one claims as their
own. Learn
more.
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Opportunity
To Help Students
Pathways in
Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) is an unprecedented
program is designed to prepare economically disadvantage students for a
career pathway in one of a number of growing Technical areas. The
P-TECH grant is implemented by Binghamton City Schools but serves
students in ten school districts in Broome and Tioga counties. The
program partners with SUNY Broome, BT BOCES and local Industry
Professionals. Several local companies including Lockheed Martin, Delta
Engineering, Bothar Construction and Lourdes Hospital have signed on to
support P-TECH students by participating in monthly workshops at BT
BOCES and host students for site visits. More
info
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Made
In The Southern Tier
Increase Your
Exposure - add your company to this FREE directory of manufacturers.
AM&T has launched Made in the Southern Tier - an online
directory that showcases our region's companies and the vast array of
products that are manufactured here.
Inclusion in the
directory is free to all Southern Tier manufacturers. Benefits include:
- Enhanced
exposure to top-level search engines such as Google
- Greater
likelihood that worldwide customers can find you
- Ease of
finding regional suppliers and partners for your production needs
- One
source for regional companies to find manufacturing suppliers
In addition to descriptive text and contact information,
the company profiles include logos, product images, videos, and more -
a comprehensive yet compact showcase. Learn
more and add your company.
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AM&T Associates' Corner
Learn more about regional companies that
might become
your supplier or customer.
The
Hilliard Corporation
The
Hilliard Corporation has evolved from a one-product business
into a special-applications engineering company with a worldwide
customer base. Founded in 1905, the company employs approximately 600
people at three manufacturing sites in Elmira.
The company's product lines include filtration systems, motion control
devices, and engine starters. Hilliard works with customers to research
and test products, thus the company has a large range of
custom-engineered products that can be modified to meet new
applications. Learn
more
Doron Precision Systems, Inc.
Doron
Precision Systems, Inc. has over 40 years experience with
products that provide driving simulation training for law enforcement,
fire and EMS, commercial truck, transit bus, and novice drivers.
From the company's facility in Binghamton, more than 25,000 driving
simulators and over 400 motion entertainment systems have been
delivered to more than 60 countries, enabling over 10 million drivers
to be trained using Doron's products. Learn
more
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 Regional Events
Oct 08 - Annual Chamber Business Show -
Owego
Oct 08 - Business After Hours - Corning
Oct 15 - Business After Hours - Elmira
Oct 20 - Annual Labor & Employment Law - Binghamton
Oct 20 - Tools for Communication (Day 1) - Ithaca
Oct 21 - After Hours Mixer - Watkins Glen
Oct 22 - Business After Hours - Elmira
Oct 25 - Economic Impact of Health Care Jobs - Binghamton
Oct 27 - Tools for Communication (Day 2) - Ithaca
Oct 28 - Chamber Business Academy - Watkins Glen
Oct 29 - Cyber Security - Binghamton
Nov 05 - Business After Hours - Elmira
Nov 09 - AME Event - CNY Roundtable Networking - Spencer
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