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- All.Business.com
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- APICS
APICS, the Educational Society for Resource Management is a not-for-profit
international educational organization respected throughout the
world for its education and professional certification programs.
With more than 70,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000
companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to
improve the business bottom line.
- American
Management Association International (AMA)
AMA is a nonprofit, membership-based educational organization
that assists individuals and enterprises in the development of
organizational effectiveness, the primary sustainable competitive
advantage in a global economy. It identifies best management practices
worldwide to provide assessment, design, development, self-development
and instruction services through a variety of print and electronic
media and learning methodologies, all designed to enhance the
growth of individuals and organizations.
- American
Productivity & Quality Center (APQC)
APQC is a world-renowned resource for process and performance
improvement for organizations of all sizes and industries. Founded
as a nonprofit organization in 1977, APQC continues to work with
organizations to improve productivity and quality by providing
the tools, information, and support they need to discover and
implement best practices and obtain results in dozens of process
areas.
- American
Society for Quality (ASQ)
ASQ is a society of individual and organizational members dedicated
to the ongoing development, advancement, and promotion of quality
concepts, principles, and techniques. ASQ's vision is to advance
individual and organizational performance excellence worldwide
by providing opportunities for learning, quality improvement,
and knowledge exchange.
- American
Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
ASTD's mission is to provide leadership to individuals, organizations,
and society to achieve work-related competence, performance, and
fulfillment.
- Association
for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
AME is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1985. AME provides
to its members an educational opportunity to learn leading-edge
techniques and a forum whereby members stay abreast of new and
developing management and operational techniques.
- Association
for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)
AMT has been dedicated to supporting and enhancing the activities
of American manufacturers since its founding over 90 years ago.
In pursuit of those goals, the association works on a wide variety
of programs, publications, seminars, and services designed to
put AMT's 360+ member companies in the vanguard of industrial
technology.
- Baldrige
National Quality Program
This national quality award program was created in 1987 to help
stimulate American companies to improve quality and productivity.
The Award is named for Malcolm Baldrige who served as Secretary
of Commerce from 1981 until his death in 1987. His managerial
excellence contributed to long-term improvement in efficiency
and effectiveness of government.
- Best
Manufacturing Practices (BMP)
The BMP program has changed American industry's cultural bias
by sharing information with other companies, including competitors.
This unique, innovative, technology transfer program is committed
to strengthening the U.S. industrial base.
- Virginia
Tech's Center for High Performance Manufacturing (VT_CHPM)
To help manufacturing firms, (especially those in Virginia) become
high-performance manufacturers, in their respective industries,
via research and development of enabling tools and technologies
and the successful transfer and implementation of these items.
- DoD
TechMatch
Department of Defense TechMatch provides a free centralized, web-based
knowledge portal designed to provide manufacturers a single source
to find information on many DoD technology transfer and transition
topics, including research and development opportunities, laboratories,
test facilities, and patents available for licensing.
- IndustryWeek.com
Browse through IndustryWeek's Operations section to find
examples of best-in-class operations.
- Institute
of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Founded in 1948, IIE is the society dedicated to serving the professional
needs of industrial engineers and all individuals involved with
improving quality and productivity. IIE's 24,000 members throughout
North America and more than 80 countries stay on the cutting edge
of their profession through IIE's life-long-learning approach,
as reflected in the educational opportunities, publications, and
networking opportunities they offer. Members also gain valuable
leadership experience and enjoy peer recognition through numerous
volunteer opportunities.
- Institute
for Supply Management (ISM)
Founded in 1915, ISM is a progressive association with a mission
to provide national and international leadership in purchasing
and materials management, particularly in the areas of education,
research, and standards of excellence.
- Lean
Enterprise Institute (LEI)
LEI's global mission is to be the leading educators for society
in maximizing value and minimizing waste. To accomplish this goal,
LEI develops and advances lean principles, tools, and techniques
designed to enable positive change.
- Lean
On-Line Glossary of Terms
This on-line resource provides a list of Lean Manufacturing related
terms and definitions.
- Manufacturing
Extension Partnership (MEP)
MEP is a nationwide network of not-for-profit centers in over
400 locations nationwide whose sole purpose is to provide small
and medium-sized manufacturers with the help they need to succeed.
The centers, serving all 50 States, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto Rico, are linked together through the Department of
Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology. That
makes it possible for even the smallest firms to tap into the
expertise of knowledgeable manufacturing and business specialists
all over the U.S.
- Manufacturing
Resources
Process Industry Supplier Directory - Online searchable directory
of process suppliers enabling buyers to easily source manufacturers
of process, energy and greater manufacturing products such as
valves, pumps and strainers. Site includes free magazines, jobs,
news and events.
- Manufacturing
Technology Center (MTC)
MTC in southwestern Virginia is a consortium of five community
colleges and is funded by VPMEP, the Commonwealth, Virginia's
Center for Innovative Technology, and federal grants. It provides
workforce training and manufacturing modernization services in
southwestern Virginia.
- Material
Handling Industry of America (MHIA)
MHIA is a non-profit membership organization. Active members are
manufacturers of industrial material handling equipment and systems
or user-specified components for such equipment. They market their
products in the United States. Associate membership is held by
business publications, consultants, and systems simulators.
- MidAtlantic
Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (MATAAC)
MATAAC provides financial assistance in the form of federal
grants to help mid-Atlantic manufacturers meet and exceed goals
to strengthen their position in today's global marketplace.
- National
Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
The National Association of Manufacturers was founded in 1895
to advance a pro-growth, pro-manufacturing policy agenda. More
than a century later, the NAM continues to be the leading voice
for manufacturers in the United States.
- National
Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)
NCMS is a not-for-profit research and development consortium of
more than 220 North American corporations. Through NCMS, companies
can team up on research projects that normally would be too costly
and time consuming to conduct themselves.
- National
Council For Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM)
The NACFAM mission is to enhance the productivity, quality, and
competitiveness of all tiers of the U.S. domestic industrial base
by accelerating the development and deployment of advanced manufacturing
technologies and developing a workforce skill standards system
to align worker skill with industry needs.
- Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA and its state partners have approximately 2100 inspectors,
plus complaint discrimination investigators, engineers, physicians,
educators, standards writers, and other technical and support
personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country.
This staff establishes protective standards, enforces those standards,
and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance
and consultation programs.
- Shingo
Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing
The Shingo Prize recognizes companies that excel in productivity
and process improvement, quality enhancement, and customer satisfaction.
It is administrated by Utah State University College of Business.
- Society
of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
What do cars, aircraft, trucks, off-highway equipment, engines,
materials, manufacturing, and fuels have in common? SAE. The Society
of Automotive Engineers is your one-stop resource for technical
information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining,
and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea,
in air or space.
- Society
of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
SME is an international professional society dedicated to serving
its members and the manufacturing community through the advancement
of professionalism, knowledge, and learning. Founded in 1932,
SME has over 60,000 members in 70 countries. The Society also
sponsors 295 chapters, districts and regions, as well as 275 student
chapters worldwide.
- Superfactory
Superfactory's mission is to provide resources, communities, and
services supporting global manufacturing excellence and maximized
resource utilization. Its vision - a globally interconnected manufacturing
community creating incredible excellence and productivity worldwide.
- Thomas
Net
Search ThomasNet.com the most comprehensive resource for industrial
information.
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA's purpose is to ensure that all Americans are protected from
significant risks to human health and the environment where they
live, learn and work.
- U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The mission of the EEOC is to promote equal opportunity in employment
through administrative and judicial enforcement of the federal
civil rights laws and through education and technical assistance.
- U.S.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SBA provides financial, technical and management assistance
to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With
a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans
worth more than $45 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single
financial backer of small businesses. The SBA also plays a major
role in the government's disaster relief efforts by making low-interest
recovery loans to both homeowners and businesses.
- Virginia
Applied Technology & Professional Development Center (VATPDC)
VATPDC at Old Dominion University primarily provides faculty-based
engineering services to manufacturers for product and process
prototype development and testing in the Hampton Roads area and
across Virginia.
- Virginia
Business Excellence Consortium (VBEC)
The Virginia Business Excellence Consortium (VBEC) is a membership-based
group of Virginia businesses and manufacturers that share best
practices and network with one another to become more competitive.
- Virginia
Community College System (VCCS)
The mission of the Virginia Community College System is to provide
comprehensive higher-education and workforce training programs
and services of superior quality that are financially and geographically
accessible and that meet individual, business, and community needs
of the Commonwealth.
- Virginia
Department of Business Assistance (DBA)
Established in July 1996 by the Virginia General Assembly, DBA
offers a variety of value-added services to business and industry,
including workforce training; financing assistance; and small
business counseling and training.
- Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
DEQ protects the environment of Virginia in order to promote the
health and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
- Virginia
Manufacturers Association (VMA)
Founded in 1922 and located in Richmond, Virginia, the VMA provides
the basic action programs for manufacturers to effectively participate
in the shaping of laws, regulations, and administrative rulings
that affect manufacturing and mining operations throughout the
Commonwealth. VMA carries a continuing responsibility to work
for manufacturers in supporting and advancing reasonable and balanced
pro-business public policies in Virginia.
- Virginia
Business Pipeline (VBP)
VPP is a state supported computerized database that assists buyers
and sellers by marketing and identifying products and services
that are available in the Commonwealth.
- Virginia's
Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)
CIT increases the Commonwealth's economic competitiveness and
quality of life by advancing the development of Virginia as a
technology state and by creating and retaining technology-based
jobs and businesses.
- Virginia's
Manufacturing Innovation Center (VMIC)
VMIC is sponsored by James Madison University (JMU) and CIT. The
mission of VMIC is to enhance the competitiveness of Virginia's
smaller manufacturers and to help them build a strong economic
foundation through a well-trained workforce, accessible advanced
information technology, and modern production management practices.
- Yahoo
Manufacturing Connections
A directory of manufacturing companies.
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