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Precision Manufacturing RegionalAlliance Project (PMRAP)
Workforce Development And
Technology Adoption Report
Findings and Recommendations
The Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP) is funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED). PMRAP’s early stage capacity and partnership building work was funded by the Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. Matching cash and in-kind contributions were provided by the lead agency, the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, Inc. (REB) and the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association (WMNTMA). In-kind contributions were also provided by other PMRAP project partners.
On the Cover Cover photos courtesy of advanced manufacturing companies that are members of the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association (WMNTMA).
Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP)
Workforce Development
And
Technology Adoption Report
Findings and Recommendations
June 2014
Table of Contents
Introduction Overview Executive Summary Section I- Principal Markets 1 Section II- Workforce Needs 2 Section III- Manufacturing Operations 14 Section IV- Technology/Innovation Priorities 17 Section V- Education Initiatives 23 Appendix
INTRODUCTION
Technology enabled advanced manufacturing is a critical industry in the Pioneer Valley Region and in Massachusetts. The advanced manufacturing companies are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and are part of a supply chain primarily engaged in producing precision mechanical parts, components, and sub-assemblies utilizing high technology equipment, lean manufacturing, and world class technology development.
The broader regional advanced manufacturing industry, although focused in the Pioneer Valley Region in Massachusetts, is better characterized economically as part of the “Knowledge Corridor”- (Figure 1) , a highly inter- dependent region that straddles the border between western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut.
Figure 1- Pioneer Valley and Knowledge Corridor
New manufacturing process technologies, advanced materials, the demand for new and innovative products, and the growing need for manufacturers to utilize sustainable and green business practices require the adoption of new approaches to doing business and achieving operational excellence. In addition, in order to remain competitive, the sector must have a technologically competent incumbent workforce, and develop a strategic workforce development plan that will implement training programs and delivery models that will ensure a sustainable pipeline of new qualified employees. The industry-led PMRAP partnership of educational institutions, industry and government continues to take a leadership role in positioning the companies to remain competitive in advanced design and manufacturing and sustainable production. The availability of an agile, appropriately sized, and well trained workforce is the differentiator that gives the regional advanced manufacturing industry a competitive advantage. Currently, however, the companies are experiencing a critical shortage of qualified employees along their employment continuum (Figure 2) and this reality is constraining their future growth and expansion.
Figure 2 SME’s require help and on-going support in adapting to new technologies appropriate to their business, deciding what technologies and processes to adopt, assistance in process implementation, and developing short-term interventions and solutions and long-term strategies that respond to their workforce needs. The findings and recommendations in the Workforce Development and Technology Adoption Report will be used by the PMRAP partnership to continue to implement sustainable programs and actions that will strengthen the industry’s competitiveness, create opportunities for market expansion, and accelerate the economic development of the Region and the State.
OVERVIEW The Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP) is a strategic initiative of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, Inc. (REB), in collaboration with the broader regional advanced manufacturing industry led by the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association. The Workforce Development and Technology Adoption Report presents data, findings and recommendations based on responses from thirty-eight (38) advanced manufacturing companies in the Pioneer Valley Region (Appendix-1) that completed the Workforce Development and Technology Adoption Survey (Appendix-2). The Survey was sent to fifty-one (51) companies with a response rate of 75%. The Report is divided into the following five Sections:
1. Principal Markets 4. Technology/Innovation Priorities 2. Workforce Needs 5. Education Initiatives 3. Manufacturing Operations
PMRAP used the following framework as a general guide to assess the current state of the broader regional precision manufacturing sector.
The Workforce Development and Technology Adoption Report provides a detailed analysis of the industry and its needs, challenges and opportunities. It offers a number of recommendations for addressing those needs and challenges which include:
Securing an adequately skilled and trained workforce in the near-term. Adopting new software and innovative manufacturing processes and technologies
that will accelerate business growth. Creating a pipeline of new workers to respond to future workforce needs. Increasing student, parent and educator awareness of careers in advanced
manufacturing. The Workforce Development and Technology Adoption Report can be viewed on the web site of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. at www.rebhc.org, and on the web site of the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association at http://www.wmntma.org/members-resources/industry-reports/.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Advanced manufacturing is a critical industry and wealth creation driver in the Pioneer Valley Region. The advanced manufacturing companies are primarily small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and are part of a supply chain engaged in producing precision mechanical parts, components, and sub-assemblies utilizing high technology equipment, lean manufacturing, and world class technology development. The companies are conducting business in multiple markets with Aerospace and Commercial being the two most active market segments for the regional companies.
In order to remain competitive and maintain strong customer-supplier relationships, the sector must have a technologically competent incumbent workforce and a sustainable pipeline of new qualified employees. The availability of an agile, appropriately sized, and well trained workforce is the differentiator that gives the regional advanced manufacturing industry a competitive advantage. The highest priority need for both replacement and new pipeline production workers along the advanced manufacturing workforce pipeline continues to be for CNC Machinists while the need for Quality Control Inspectors is a consistent need for the regional cluster companies. Over the next three years, the thirty-eight companies responding to the survey report that they will need 683 new production employees. The educational institutions will graduate 284 students during the same three year time period. The PMRAP partnership must develop a strategic workforce development plan that will implement training programs and creative program delivery models to respond to this critical demand-supply gap. SMEs require help and on-going support in deciding what new technologies and manufacturing processes to adopt, assistance in process implementation, and in developing short-term interventions and solutions and long-term strategies that respond to their on-going workforce needs. Innovation and new software technology adoption is critical to the SMEs ability to conduct business within their existing and new supply chains. A series of regional Innovation Information Forums with software companies and the regional sector companies should be conducted to examine the sector companies ERP/MRP and integrated CAD/CAM software needs, and identify resources and a mechanism that can provide guidance and support to the companies moving forward. The PMRAP partnership must work more closely with the educational system to provide supports and assistance to ensure that technical curriculum content is aligned with industry needs, that employability readiness skills are embedded into the technical curriculum, and that career awareness programs/events for parents to educate them on the viability of advanced manufacturing as a personally and financially rewarding career pathway for their student are accelerated. The Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, Inc., through the PMRAP partnership should continue to work with the regional cluster to obtain appropriate federal, state, and private funding to conduct workforce training programs, develop and implement technology innovation initiatives, build the capacity of the regional education institutions, and implement parent focused career awareness activities that will strengthen the industry’s competitiveness, create opportunities for market expansion, and accelerate the economic development of the Region and the State.
P
reci
sion
Man
ufa
ctu
rin
g R
egio
nal
All
ian
ce P
roje
ct (
PM
RA
P)
W
orkf
orce
Dev
elop
men
t an
d T
ech
nol
ogy
Ad
opti
on R
epor
t
N=
38
Com
pan
ies
Sec
tion
I- P
rin
cip
al M
arke
ts
1.
P
leas
e in
dic
ate
the
pri
nci
pal
mar
kets
in w
hic
h y
ou c
ond
uct
yo
ur
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g b
usi
nes
s.
50%
66
%
42%
66
%
21%
13
%
42%
39
%
21%
21
%
10%
Mar
ket
Con
cen
trat
ion
Mar
kets
N
um
ber
of
Res
pon
ses
Mar
ket
Ran
kin
g
Mar
kets
Nu
mbe
r of
R
esp
onse
s M
arke
t R
anki
ng
2014
20
12
2014
20
12
Def
ense
19
3
3
Fir
earm
s 16
5
10
Aer
osp
ace
25
1 1
P
ower
G
ener
atio
n
15
6
5
Med
ical
Dev
ice
16
4
4
Au
tom
otiv
e 8
8
-
Com
mer
cial
25
1
2
Oil
/Gas
Fie
ld
8
9
- E
lect
ron
ics
8
7
6
P
acka
gin
g 4
11
7
Mat
eria
l Han
dli
ng
5
10
9
R
enew
able
E
ner
gy
N/A
- 8
1
Find
ings
Th
e re
gion
al p
reci
sion
man
ufac
turi
ng c
ompa
nies
are
con
duct
ing
busi
ness
in m
ulti
ple
mar
kets
wit
h A
eros
pac
e (6
6%
) an
d C
omm
erci
al (
66%
) be
ing
the
two
mos
t act
ive
mar
ket s
egm
ents
for
the
regi
onal
com
pani
es.
The
pres
ence
of 5
0%
of t
he r
egio
nal c
ompa
nies
in D
efen
se r
elat
ed m
arke
ts is
dow
n sl
ight
ly fr
om 5
5% o
f the
com
pani
es th
at
indi
cate
d a
pres
ence
in th
at s
pace
in 2
012.
Th
e nu
mbe
r of
com
pani
es r
epor
ting
a p
osit
ion
in th
e F
irea
rms
mar
ket h
as in
crea
sed
dram
atic
ally
to 4
2% in
20
14 fr
om 5
%
in 2
012
. Thi
s ch
ange
is s
igni
fican
t and
is c
onne
cted
to th
e in
crea
se in
fire
arm
s pr
oduc
tion
by
OE
Ms
at th
e lo
cal a
nd n
atio
nal
leve
ls.
The
pres
ence
of s
ixte
en (1
6) c
ompa
nies
(42
%)
in th
e M
edic
al D
evic
e m
arke
t is
sign
ifica
nt, a
nd in
dica
tes
that
the
regi
onal
co
mpa
nies
are
con
tinu
ing
to fi
nd w
ork
in th
is m
arke
t spa
ce.
The
Pow
er G
ener
atio
n m
arke
t is
attr
acti
ng 3
9% o
f the
reg
iona
l com
pani
es b
usin
ess
and
cont
inue
s to
be
an im
port
ant
mar
ket f
or s
elec
ted
regi
onal
SM
Es.
Rec
omm
end
atio
ns
Th
e PM
RA
P pa
rtne
rshi
p m
ust c
onti
nue
to c
olla
bora
te w
ith
the
Eco
nom
ic D
evel
opm
ent C
ounc
il of
Wes
tern
Mas
sach
uset
ts
and
othe
r st
ate
agen
cies
to a
ssis
t and
sup
port
reg
iona
l man
ufac
turi
ng c
ompa
nies
in e
xhib
itin
g at
nat
iona
l tra
de s
how
s as
par
t of
a c
oord
inat
ed r
egio
nal r
espo
nse
to n
ew b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent.
The
PMR
AP
part
ners
hip
mus
t ide
ntify
and
leve
rage
fina
ncia
l res
ourc
es to
enc
oura
ge a
nd s
uppo
rt th
e pa
rtic
ipat
ion
of th
e sm
alle
r re
gion
al m
anuf
actu
ring
com
pani
es a
t nat
iona
l tra
de s
how
s.
Sec
tion
II-
Wor
kfor
ce N
eed
s 2.
Tot
al n
um
ber
of
emp
loye
es in
you
r co
mp
any
.
Tot
al n
um
ber
of
pro
du
ctio
n e
mp
loye
es in
yo
ur
com
pan
y.
Find
ings
Th
ere
are
4,1
65
empl
oyee
s in
the
thir
ty-e
ight
(38)
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
com
pani
es th
at r
espo
nded
to th
e 20
14 W
orkf
orce
D
evel
opm
ent a
nd T
echn
olog
y A
dapt
ion
Surv
ey. T
his
is a
n in
crea
se o
f 22
8 e
mpl
oyee
s fr
om th
e 3,
937
repo
rted
in 2
012
from
re
spon
ses
from
42
com
pani
es.
Smit
h &
Wes
son
and
Leno
x ac
coun
t for
2,1
59 (
52%
) of
the
4,16
5 to
tal e
mpl
oyee
s, u
p fr
om 1
,970
(50
%)
in 2
012,
fact
orin
g in
re
spon
ses
from
an
adju
sted
tota
l num
ber
of c
ompa
nies
. The
re a
re 2
,00
6 (
48
%)
empl
oyee
s in
the
othe
r 36
sm
all a
nd
2
med
ium
siz
e (S
ME
) com
pani
es. T
his
empl
oym
ent l
evel
is s
igni
fican
t, an
d in
dica
tes
the
cont
inue
d im
port
ance
of t
he a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turi
ng in
dust
ry to
the
econ
omic
vit
alit
y of
the
Pion
eer
Val
ley
Reg
ion.
O
f the
4,1
65 to
tal e
mpl
oyee
s, th
ere
are
2,46
2 P
rod
uct
ion
Em
plo
yees
(59
%)
dire
ctly
invo
lved
in th
e m
anuf
actu
ring
pr
oces
s on
the
plan
t flo
or. T
his
com
pare
s to
a p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ee le
vel o
f 2,4
20 (
61.
5%)
in 2
012.
Sm
ith
&W
esso
n an
d Le
nox
empl
oy 1
,36
7 pr
oduc
tion
em
ploy
ees
repr
esen
ting
63%
of t
heir
tota
l em
ploy
men
t. Th
is p
erce
ntag
e in
201
2 w
as 6
1%- e
ssen
tial
ly u
ncha
nged
. The
res
pond
ing
SME
s em
ploy
1,0
95
prod
ucti
on e
mpl
oyee
s re
pres
enti
ng 5
5% o
f th
eir
tota
l wor
kfor
ce-a
dec
reas
e of
7%
from
the
62%
leve
l in
2012
.
4,1
65
2,15
9 2,
00
6
Tot
al E
mp
loye
es2,
462
1,36
7 1,
095
P
rod
uct
ion
Em
plo
yees
59%
63
%
55%
% o
f P
rod
uct
ion
Em
plo
yees
to
All
Em
plo
yees
3
3. N
um
ber
of
pro
du
ctio
n e
mp
loye
es w
ho
wil
l be
reti
rin
g in
th
e n
ext
thre
e (3
) ye
ars
wh
ose
pos
itio
ns
wil
l nee
d t
o b
e re
pla
ced
.
Find
ings
A
tota
l of 1
61 P
rod
uct
ion
Em
plo
yees
, who
se p
osit
ions
will
nee
d to
be
repl
aced
, will
be
reti
ring
in th
e ne
xt th
ree
(3) y
ears
- an
ave
rage
of 5
4 r
etir
emen
ts a
yea
r. T
his
is c
onsi
sten
t wit
h th
e to
tal 1
63
reti
ring
pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s w
hose
pos
itio
ns
need
ed to
rep
lace
d in
the
42 c
ompa
nies
res
pond
ing
to th
e 20
12 s
urve
y.
The
161
reti
rem
ents
rep
rese
nt 6
.5%
of t
he to
tal p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees
curr
entl
y w
orki
ng in
the
38 c
ompa
nies
and
is
cons
iste
nt w
ith
the
6.7
% o
f tot
al p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees
who
pla
nned
to r
etir
e fr
om th
e 42
com
pani
es in
the
2012
sur
vey.
Sm
ith
&W
esso
n an
d Le
nox
anti
cipa
te th
at 5
1 pr
oduc
tion
em
ploy
ees,
32%
of t
he to
tal p
roje
cted
ret
irem
ents
of 1
61, a
nd 3
.7%
of
thei
r co
mbi
ned
prod
ucti
on e
mpl
oyee
s, w
ill b
e re
tiri
ng w
ithi
n th
e ne
xt th
ree
year
s. T
his
com
pare
s to
115
, (9.
6%) r
epor
ted
in
the
2012
sur
vey.
A
ll O
ther
Com
pan
ies
anti
cipa
te 1
10 p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees,
68
% o
f the
tota
l pro
ject
ed r
etir
emen
ts o
ver
the
next
thre
e ye
ars.
Thi
s re
tire
men
t fig
ure
repr
esen
ts 1
0%
of t
heir
tota
l pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s, a
sig
nific
ant i
ncre
ase
from
the
3.9
%
repo
rted
in th
e 20
12 s
urve
y.
Ret
irem
ents
in th
e ad
vanc
ed m
anuf
actu
ring
indu
stry
in th
e Pi
onee
r V
alle
y R
egio
n re
flect
the
nati
onal
tren
d an
d w
ill
cont
inue
to im
pact
the
abili
ty o
f bot
h th
e la
rger
lega
cy c
ompa
nies
and
the
smal
l and
med
ium
siz
ed e
nter
pris
es to
mai
ntai
n th
eir
curr
ent p
rodu
ctio
n w
orkf
orce
leve
ls d
urin
g th
e ne
xt th
ree
year
s. T
he c
ompa
nies
will
nee
d to
uti
lize
all a
vaila
ble
outr
each
and
rec
ruit
men
t sou
rces
in o
rder
to m
eet t
heir
wor
kfor
ce n
eeds
goi
ng fo
rwar
d.
161
51
110
Pro
du
ctio
n E
mp
loye
es R
etir
ing
6.5%
3.
7%
10%
% o
f P
rod
uct
ion
Em
plo
yees
Ret
irin
g
4
4. N
um
ber
of
new
pip
elin
e p
rod
uct
ion
em
plo
yees
you
pro
ject
hir
ing
over
th
e n
ext
thre
e (3
) ye
ars.
Fin
ding
s
Th
e re
gion
al c
ompa
nies
rep
orte
d th
at 5
22 N
ew P
rod
uct
ion
Em
plo
yees
will
be
need
ed th
roug
h D
ecem
ber
31, 2
016.
Thi
s pr
ojec
ted
hiri
ng le
vel r
epre
sent
s 21
.2%
of t
he to
tal c
urre
nt p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ee le
vel o
f 2,4
62. T
his
an in
crea
se fr
om th
e 18
.9%
rep
orte
d in
the
2012
sur
vey.
Sm
ith
& W
esso
n an
d Le
nox
anti
cipa
te th
ey w
ill n
eed
310
new
pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s, w
hich
is 2
2.7%
of t
heir
cur
rent
co
mbi
ned
leve
l of 1
,367
pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s. T
his
is a
sig
nific
ant i
ncre
ase
from
the
185
new
pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s (1
5.4%
) the
y w
ere
proj
ecti
ng in
the
2012
sur
vey.
522
310
21
2
New
Pro
du
ctio
n H
irin
g
21.2
%
22.7
%
19.4
%
% o
f N
ew P
rod
uct
ion
Hir
ing
68
3 36
1 32
2 28
4
TO
TA
L H
irin
g- R
epla
cem
ent
and
New
Pro
du
ctio
n E
mp
loye
es
5
Th
e sm
all a
nd m
ediu
m s
ized
com
pani
es fo
reca
st h
irin
g 21
2 ne
w p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees,
whi
ch is
19
.4%
of t
heir
cur
rent
leve
l of
1,0
95 p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees.
Thi
s hi
ring
per
cent
age
is e
xact
ly th
e sa
me
in th
e 20
12 s
urve
y.
The
perc
enta
ge o
f tot
al n
ew p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ee h
irin
g ne
eds
to to
tal p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees
of S
mit
h &
Wes
son
and
Leno
x (2
6.4
%)
and
the
SME
’s (
29.4
%)
sugg
ests
that
the
wor
kfor
ce c
halle
nge
goin
g fo
rwar
d cu
ts a
cros
s A
LL
the
com
pani
es
rega
rdle
ss o
f siz
e an
d m
ust b
e ad
dres
sed
by A
LL
the
com
pani
es.
Com
bini
ng th
e pr
ojec
ted
161
rep
lace
men
t pos
ition
s an
d th
e ne
ed fo
r 52
2 n
ew p
rod
uct
ion
em
ploy
ees’
cre
ates
a r
egio
nal
indu
stry
for
68
3 n
ew p
rod
uct
ion
em
plo
yees
ove
r th
e ne
xt th
ree
year
s, a
nd is
slig
htly
hig
her
than
the
proj
ecte
d ne
ed fo
r 62
1 ne
w p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees
repo
rted
in th
e 20
12 s
urve
y. T
he M
achi
ne T
ool T
echn
olog
y Pr
ogra
m (
189
) in
the
seve
n vo
cati
onal
tech
nica
l hig
h sc
hool
s in
the
regi
on, a
nd th
e A
ssoc
iate
Deg
ree
and
Cer
tific
ate
prog
ram
s in
the
Mec
hani
cal
Eng
inee
ring
Tec
hnol
ogy
(95)
pro
gram
at S
prin
gfie
ld T
echn
ical
Com
mun
ity
Col
lege
, bas
ed o
n cu
rren
t enr
ollm
ent a
nd s
tude
nt
rete
ntio
n da
ta, w
ill g
radu
ate
284
stu
den
ts d
urin
g th
e sa
me
thre
e ye
ar ti
me
peri
od.
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
s
The
PMR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
mus
t eng
age
the
WM
NTM
A B
oard
of D
irec
tors
and
its
mem
ber
com
pani
es, t
he P
MR
AP
Lead
ersh
ip
Stee
ring
Com
mit
tee,
oth
er r
egio
nal a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turi
ng c
ompa
nies
, edu
cati
on/t
rain
ing
inst
itut
ions
, and
oth
er in
tere
sted
pa
rtne
rs to
form
ulat
e sh
ort-
term
inte
rven
tion
s an
d so
luti
ons
and
a pr
acti
cal,
impl
emen
tabl
e lo
ng
ran
ge s
trat
egic
pla
n th
at
addr
esse
s th
is c
riti
cal w
orkf
orce
dev
elop
men
t nee
d.
Th
e re
gion
al a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turi
ng p
artn
ersh
ip m
ust c
onti
nue
to id
enti
fy n
ew fu
ndin
g st
ream
s th
at w
ill a
llow
for
infr
astr
uctu
re e
nhan
cem
ents
and
cap
acit
y bu
ildin
g in
itia
tive
s th
at w
ill s
cale
exi
stin
g pr
ogra
ms
to a
ccep
tabl
e le
vels
to e
nsur
e th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of a
ny a
gree
d up
on lo
ng-r
ange
str
ateg
ic w
orkf
orce
dev
elop
men
t int
erve
ntio
n.
5.
Do
you
hav
e a
pla
n f
or
grow
ing
or e
xpan
din
g yo
ur
com
pan
y ov
er t
he
nex
t th
ree
(3)
year
s? I
f so
, ple
ase
ind
icat
e (√
) if
th
e gr
owth
pla
n in
volv
es a
ny
of t
he
foll
owin
g ac
tio
ns:
Act
ion
s N
um
ber
of R
esp
onse
s 20
14
2012
In
trod
ucin
g N
ew P
rodu
cts
15
15
Intr
oduc
ing
or I
nteg
rati
ng N
ew T
echn
olog
ies
21
22
Bui
ldin
g R
eloc
atio
n/E
xpan
sion
9
17
A
chie
ving
Gre
ater
Cos
t Eff
icie
ncie
s 16
21
A
cces
sing
New
Mar
kets
23
26
(O
THE
R) A
ddit
ions
to C
usto
mer
Bas
e 6
-
Find
ings
Th
e re
gion
al c
lust
er c
ompa
nies
are
com
mit
ted
to g
row
th a
nd e
xpan
sion
wit
h 60
% o
f the
com
pani
es in
dica
ting
thei
r in
tere
st
in A
cces
sin
g N
ew M
arke
ts.
6
Mor
e th
an h
alf o
f the
com
pani
es in
dica
ted
that
thei
r st
rate
gic
plan
goi
ng fo
rwar
d is
focu
sed
on I
ntr
odu
cin
g or
In
tegr
atin
g N
ew T
ech
nol
ogie
s (5
5%)
and
deve
lopi
ng m
etho
ds a
nd p
roce
sses
to A
chie
ve G
reat
er E
ffic
ien
cies
(42
%).
N
ine
(9)
com
pani
es (
24%
) in
dica
ted
that
thei
r gr
owth
str
ateg
y in
clud
es B
uil
din
g R
eloc
atio
n/E
xpan
sion
. A
lthou
gh
dow
n fr
om th
e 40
% w
ho in
dica
ted
relo
cati
on/e
xpan
sion
pla
ns in
201
2, th
is is
sig
nific
ant a
nd is
indi
cati
ve o
f the
reg
iona
l co
mpa
nies
’ gro
win
g co
nfid
ence
in fu
ture
bus
ines
s tr
ends
and
eco
nom
ic a
ctiv
ity.
Rec
omm
end
atio
ns
The
PM
RA
P pr
ojec
t tea
m s
houl
d co
ntin
ue to
wor
k w
ith
the
Eco
nom
ic D
evel
opm
ent C
ounc
il of
Wes
tern
Mas
sach
uset
ts
(ED
C) t
o de
velo
p op
port
unit
ies
for
the
SME
’s to
eng
age
in c
oord
inat
ed n
etw
orki
ng a
nd m
atch
mak
ing
even
ts th
at w
ill
posi
tion
them
to c
onsi
der
the
effic
acy
of a
cces
sing
bus
ines
s in
new
and
em
ergi
ng m
arke
ts.
T
he P
MR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
sho
uld
cont
inue
to w
ork
wit
h th
e E
DC
to d
evel
op r
esou
rces
that
will
sup
port
SM
E’s
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
at n
atio
nal t
rade
sho
ws
that
will
pos
itio
n th
em to
acc
ess
busi
ness
in n
ew m
arke
t are
as.
T
he P
MR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
sho
uld
conn
ect w
ith
the
nine
(9) c
ompa
nies
that
are
con
side
ring
bui
ldin
g re
loca
tion
/exp
ansi
on
wit
h th
e M
A O
ffic
e of
Bus
ines
s D
evel
opm
ent,
and
othe
r ap
prop
riat
e ag
enci
es, t
o as
sist
them
in th
eir
stra
tegi
c pl
anni
ng
and
deci
sion
mak
ing.
6
. Bas
ed o
n y
our
resp
on
ses
to N
o. 3
an
d 4
ab
ove
, ple
ase
iden
tify
wh
ich
Job
Cla
ssif
icat
ion
s w
her
e yo
u p
roje
ct h
irin
g in
th
e n
ext
thre
e (3
) ye
ars.
Ple
ase
list
in P
rior
ity
Ord
er.
Job
Cla
ssif
icat
ion
s R
epla
cem
ent
Est
. N
o.
N
EW
E
st.
No.
P
rior
ity
Pri
orit
y
2014
20
12
2014
20
12
M
achi
nist
2
3
4
3
Tool
Mak
er
5 6
8 6
G
ener
al M
achi
ne O
pera
tor
7 4
7 4
C
NC
Mac
hini
st
1 1
1 1
C
NC
Ope
rato
r 6
5
3
2
Proc
ess
Eng
inee
r 3
7
6
8
CN
C P
rogr
amm
er
8 10
5
7
QC
Insp
ecto
r 4
2
2
5
CA
D/C
AM
Tec
hnic
ian
9 8
10
10
M
echa
nica
l Eng
inee
r 10
9
9 9
So
ftw
are
Tech
nici
an
11
11
11
11
O
ther
:(Pl
ease
Spe
cify
)
7
Th
e hi
ghes
t pri
orit
y ne
ed fo
r bo
th r
epla
cem
ent a
nd n
ew p
ipel
ine
prod
ucti
on w
orke
rs a
long
the
adva
nced
man
ufac
turi
ng
wor
kfor
ce p
ipel
ine
cont
inue
s to
be
for
CN
C M
ach
inis
ts. T
his
need
has
not
cha
nged
from
the
2012
sur
vey
and
indi
cate
s th
at
iden
tify
ing
qual
ified
app
lican
ts w
ith
the
requ
isit
e sk
ills
to fi
ll th
is jo
b cl
assi
ficat
ion
cont
inue
to b
e a
chal
leng
e.
The
need
for
Mac
hin
ists
rem
ains
a c
onsi
sten
t and
hig
h pr
iori
ty b
oth
for
repl
acem
ent a
s w
ell a
s fo
r ne
w p
ipel
ine
prod
ucti
on
wor
kers
. Sim
ilar
to C
NC
Mac
hini
sts,
iden
tify
ing
qual
ified
app
lican
ts w
ith
the
requ
isit
e sk
ills
and
expe
rien
ce to
fill
this
job
clas
sific
atio
n w
ill c
onti
nue
to b
e di
ffic
ult.
Fi
ndin
g qu
alifi
ed Q
ual
ity
Con
trol
In
spec
tors
rem
ains
a c
onsi
sten
t nee
d fo
r th
e re
gion
al c
lust
er c
ompa
nies
, and
ref
lect
s th
e va
lue-
adde
d w
ork
that
SM
Es
are
bei
ng r
equi
red
to p
erfo
rm b
y th
e O
EM
’s a
nd s
yste
m in
tegr
ator
s. T
his
is a
str
ong
prio
rity
am
ong
the
regi
onal
com
pani
es, a
nd d
evel
op p
rogr
ams
that
res
pond
to th
is n
eed
is c
riti
cal.
T
he n
eed
for
repl
acem
ent P
roce
ss E
ngi
nee
rs h
as in
crea
sed
dram
atic
ally
from
the
2012
sur
vey
findi
ngs
and
appe
ars
to b
e tr
endi
ng u
pwar
d.
Rec
omm
end
atio
ns
C
ompa
nies
will
nee
d to
dev
elop
a c
ompr
ehen
sive
str
ateg
y th
at in
clud
es u
pgra
ding
the
tech
nica
l com
pete
ncie
s of
thei
r in
cum
bent
w
orke
rs b
y im
plem
enti
ng i
nter
nal
cros
s-tr
aini
ng p
rogr
ams
and
wor
king
wit
h th
e PM
RA
P pr
ojec
t te
am t
o im
plem
ent
colle
ge
cred
it a
nd “
shor
t cou
rses
” th
at w
ill p
rovi
de e
mpl
oyee
s w
ith
very
pre
scri
ptiv
e te
chni
cal c
ompe
tenc
ies.
Fund
ing
mus
t con
tinu
e to
be
acce
ssib
le th
at w
ill a
llow
for
a st
ruct
ured
, seq
uent
ial r
espo
nse
to p
repa
ring
the
incu
mbe
nt w
orkf
orce
w
ith
the
skill
s re
quir
ed to
fill
thes
e cr
itic
al, h
ard
to fi
ll po
siti
ons.
7.
Usi
ng
the
Wag
e S
cale
bel
ow, p
leas
e in
dic
ate
you
r av
erag
e H
ou
rly
Wag
e R
ange
for
th
e fo
llow
ing
pos
itio
ns
by
ente
rin
g th
e W
age
Cod
e n
ext
to e
ach
pos
itio
n f
or b
oth
exp
erie
nce
d a
nd
new
pip
elin
e em
plo
yees
.
Wag
e C
ode
Hou
rly
Wag
e R
ange
A
Und
er $
13.0
0
B
$1
3.01
-$15
.00
C
$1
5.01
-$20
.00
D
$2
0.01
-$25
.00
E
$2
5.01
-
CN
C M
ach
inis
t M
ach
inis
t Q
ual
ity
Con
trol
In
spec
tor
CN
C O
per
ator
8
Jo
b C
ateg
ory
Exp
erie
nce
d
Wag
e C
ode
N
EW
Pip
elin
e W
age
Cod
e M
achi
nist
D
C
Tool
Mak
er
D
C
G
ener
al M
achi
ne O
pera
tor
C
B
C
NC
Mac
hini
st
D
C
C
NC
Ope
rato
r
C
C
Proc
ess
Eng
inee
r
E
D
CN
C P
rogr
amm
er
E
D
Q
C In
spec
tor
D
C
C
AD
/CA
M T
echn
icia
n
D
C
Soft
war
e Te
chni
cian
E
B
Mec
hani
cal E
ngin
eer
E
D
Find
ings
E
xper
ien
ced
pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s w
orki
ng in
the
high
dem
and
job
clas
sific
atio
ns r
efer
ence
d ab
ove
are
bein
g co
mpe
nsat
ed
in th
e $2
0.0
1-$2
5.0
0 p
er h
our
wag
e ra
nge.
N
ew p
ipel
ine
CN
C O
per
ator
s ar
e be
ing
com
pens
ated
in th
e $1
5.0
1-$2
0.0
0 h
ourl
y w
age
rang
e. T
his
is a
sig
nific
ant
incr
ease
form
the
2012
sur
vey.
Th
e w
ages
and
frin
ge b
enef
its
in th
e re
gion
al a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turi
ng in
dust
ry a
re s
igni
fican
tly
high
er th
an th
ose
foun
d in
ot
her
indu
stri
es. T
he w
age
scal
e, to
geth
er w
ith
the
cont
inuo
us im
prov
emen
t/tr
aini
ng o
ppor
tuni
ties
ava
ilabl
e to
em
ploy
ees,
sh
ould
be
attr
acti
ng m
ore
indi
vidu
als
to th
e pr
ofes
sion
.
Rec
omm
end
atio
n
A
Wag
e an
d B
enef
its
Surv
ey o
f the
reg
iona
l adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
indu
stry
sho
uld
be c
ondu
cted
eve
ry o
ther
yea
r to
dev
elop
a
data
bas
e th
at w
ill p
rovi
de g
uida
nce
to th
e in
dust
ry a
s w
ell a
s pr
omot
e pr
ecis
ion
man
ufac
turi
ng a
s a
finan
cial
ly r
ewar
ding
pr
ofes
sion
wit
h si
gnifi
cant
gro
wth
opp
ortu
niti
es.
8. P
leas
e in
dic
ate
wh
ich
of
the
foll
owin
g em
plo
ymen
t b
enef
its,
pra
ctic
es, a
nd
pro
gram
s d
o yo
u o
ffer
to
you
r fu
ll t
ime
emp
loye
es.
B
enef
its,
Pra
ctic
es, P
rogr
ams
N
um
ber
of R
esp
onse
s 20
14
2012
Pa
id M
edic
al B
enef
its
29
39
Ann
ual R
evie
w a
nd R
aise
Pro
gram
30
33
Fo
rmal
Em
ploy
ee T
rain
ing
Prog
ram
17
23
E
duca
tion
/Tra
inin
g R
eim
burs
emen
t 18
29
9
Ben
efit
s, P
ract
ices
, Pro
gram
s
Nu
mbe
r of
Res
pon
ses
2014
20
12
Bon
us P
lan
20
22
Prof
it/R
even
ue S
hari
ng P
lan
15
17
Lead
ersh
ip D
evel
opm
ent
14
19
Find
ings
76
% o
f the
com
pani
es r
espo
ndin
g of
fer
paid
Med
ical
Ben
efit
s to
thei
r em
ploy
ees,
a d
ecre
ase
from
the
95%
that
list
ed th
is
empl
oym
ent b
enef
it in
the
2012
sur
vey.
79%
of t
he fi
rms
have
inst
itut
iona
lized
an
annu
al R
evie
w a
nd
Rai
se p
rogr
am to
re
war
d an
d re
tain
thei
r in
cum
bent
wor
kfor
ce-t
he s
ame
perc
enta
ge fr
om th
e 20
12 s
urve
y.
The
regi
onal
com
pani
es a
re c
omm
itte
d to
con
tinu
ous
impr
ovem
ent w
ith
47%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
off
erin
g E
du
cati
on/T
rain
ing
Rei
mbu
rsem
ent
for
thei
r in
cum
bent
wor
kers
. Thi
s is
a s
igni
fican
t dec
reas
e fr
om th
e 69
% w
ho
indi
cate
d th
is e
mpl
oym
ent b
enef
it in
201
2 an
d is
an
issu
e w
ith
som
e of
the
smal
ler
com
pani
es.
45%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
hav
e es
tabl
ishe
d so
me
mix
of c
ompa
ny-s
peci
fic E
mp
loye
e T
rain
ing
Pro
gram
s to
ens
ure
that
thei
r em
ploy
ees
have
the
tech
nica
l com
pete
ncie
s to
res
pond
to n
ew te
chno
logi
es. T
he c
ompa
nies
ack
now
ledg
e th
at a
com
pany
-w
ide
com
mit
men
t to
trai
ning
and
con
tinu
ous
impr
ovem
ent i
s on
e of
the
key
diff
eren
tiat
ors
that
will
sus
tain
thei
r gr
owth
tr
ajec
tory
in a
cha
ngin
g an
d so
met
imes
vol
atile
bus
ines
s cl
imat
e.
53%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
hav
e in
stit
uted
Bon
us
Pla
ns
to r
etai
n th
eir
dedi
cate
d ta
lent
and
to in
cent
iviz
e th
eir
empl
oyee
s to
co
ntin
ue to
em
brac
e an
d pr
acti
ce a
com
pany
-wid
e cu
ltur
e of
qua
lity
and
exce
llenc
e.
Pro
fit/
Rev
enu
e Sh
arin
g P
lan
s co
ntin
ue a
t the
sam
e le
vel (
39%
) an
d is
a c
onsi
sten
t tre
nd a
mon
g th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s as
a
way
to s
hare
com
pany
gro
wth
wit
h th
eir
empl
oyee
s, a
nd r
etai
n to
p ta
lent
.
9. P
leas
e id
enti
fy t
he
fact
ors/
char
acte
rist
ics
that
you
con
sid
er in
hir
ing
pro
du
ctio
n e
mp
loye
es. P
leas
e li
st in
Pri
orit
y O
rder
: 1=
H
igh
- 5=
Low
.
Hir
ing
Fac
tors
/Ch
arac
teri
stic
s E
xper
ien
ced
NE
W P
ipel
ine
Pri
orit
y P
rior
ity
2014
20
12
2014
20
12
Tech
nica
l Ski
lls a
nd C
ompe
tenc
ies
1 1
3
3 In
tere
st in
Lea
rnin
g an
d S
elf-
Impr
ovem
ent
3 3
2
2 A
ttit
ude
and
Mot
ivat
ion
2
2
1 1
Rel
ated
Exp
erie
nce
in M
anuf
actu
ring
4
4
4
4
Edu
cati
on/T
rain
ing
Bey
ond
Hig
h Sc
hool
6
7
5
7 A
ssoc
iate
s D
egre
e in
Man
ufac
turi
ng R
elat
ed F
ield
7
-
7 -
Nat
iona
lly R
ecog
nize
d C
rede
ntia
l (E
x. N
IMS,
8
-
8
-
10
Hir
ing
Fac
tors
/Ch
arac
teri
stic
s E
xper
ien
ced
NE
W P
ipel
ine
Pri
orit
y P
rior
ity
2014
20
12
2014
20
12
MSS
C)
Wor
k Sh
ift F
lexi
bilit
y 5
5
6
6
Pote
ntia
l for
Car
eer
mob
ility
Wit
hin
Com
pany
-
6
-
5 O
ther
: (Pl
ease
Spe
cify
)
Find
ings
E
xper
ien
ced
Pro
du
ctio
n E
mp
loye
es
The
regi
onal
com
pani
es c
onti
nue
to in
dica
te th
at a
n ap
plic
ant’s
cur
rent
Tec
hn
ical
Ski
lls
and
com
pete
ncie
s is
the
mos
t si
gnifi
cant
fact
or in
hir
ing
expe
rien
ced
appl
ican
ts fo
r pr
oduc
tion
pos
itio
ns.
Att
itu
de
and
Mot
ivat
ion
and
In
tere
st in
Lea
rnin
g an
d S
elf-
Imp
rove
men
t are
equ
ally
impo
rtan
t cha
ract
eris
tics
that
in
fluen
ce th
e hi
ring
pro
cess
and
app
ear
to b
e in
crea
sing
in im
port
ance
in to
day’
s lim
ited
mar
ket f
or e
xper
ienc
ed a
pplic
ants
.
F
orm
al P
ost-
Hig
h S
choo
l Ed
uca
tion
, inc
ludi
ng th
e at
tain
men
t of a
n A
ssoc
iate
’s D
egre
e in
a M
anu
fact
uri
ng
Rel
ated
Fie
ld, i
s st
ill n
ot a
key
fact
or th
at th
e co
mpa
nies
are
indi
cati
ng is
a m
ajor
con
side
rati
on in
thei
r hi
ring
co
nsid
erat
ions
. H
owev
er, i
nnov
atio
n an
d ne
w te
chno
logy
may
cau
se e
mpl
oyer
s to
rea
sses
s th
ese
two
fact
ors
mov
ing
forw
ard.
New
Pip
elin
e
A
ttit
ud
e an
d M
otiv
atio
n a
nd I
nte
rest
in L
earn
ing
and
Sel
f-Im
pro
vem
ent c
onti
nue
to b
e th
e m
ost s
igni
fican
t fac
tors
in
thei
r hi
ring
dec
isio
n.
The
Tec
hn
ical
Ski
lls
and
Com
pet
enci
es o
f new
pip
elin
e ap
plic
ants
is im
port
ant,
and
indi
cate
s th
e c
onti
nuin
g va
lue
of
appl
ican
ts w
ho h
ave
been
inv
olve
d in
ind
ustr
y-re
late
d m
anuf
actu
ring
tra
inin
g pr
ogra
ms,
or
who
hav
e so
me
prio
r w
ork
expe
rien
ce in
a g
ener
al m
anuf
actu
ring
set
ting
.
F
orm
al p
ost-
hig
h s
choo
l ed
uca
tion
, inc
ludi
ng is
not
a m
ajor
fact
or in
the
hiri
ng d
ecis
ion
for
new
pip
elin
e pr
oduc
tion
em
ploy
ees.
Goi
ng fo
rwar
d ho
wev
er, i
nnov
atio
n an
d ne
w te
chno
logy
may
cau
se e
mpl
oyer
s to
rea
sses
s th
e fa
ctor
of p
ost-
high
sc
hool
edu
cati
on in
hir
ing
new
pip
elin
e em
ploy
ees.
R
egio
nal c
ompa
nies
nee
d to
hav
e a
bett
er u
nder
stan
ding
of t
he g
row
ing
mov
emen
t tow
ard
Nat
ion
ally
Rec
ogn
ized
C
red
enti
als
as a
n in
dust
ry-w
ide
dire
ctio
n. S
urve
y fin
ding
s w
ere
cons
iste
ntly
low
as
it r
elat
es to
hir
ing
new
pip
elin
e em
ploy
ees.
11
10. W
hic
h o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
com
pet
enci
es/a
ttri
bu
tes
wou
ld y
ou li
ke n
ew p
ipel
ine
emp
loye
es t
o p
osse
ss?
Ple
ase
list
Top
3
Com
pet
enci
es/A
ttri
bu
tes
in P
rior
ity
Ord
er.
C
omp
eten
cies
/Att
ribu
tes
Pri
orit
y 20
14
2012
B
asic
Em
ploy
abili
ty/J
ob R
eadi
ness
Ski
lls
1 1
Mec
hani
cal A
ptit
ude
2
2 H
ands
-On
Mac
hini
ng S
kills
3
3 R
eadi
ng/W
riti
ng/
Ver
bal C
omm
unic
atio
n
M
athe
mat
ics
Skill
s
R
ead
and
Inte
rpre
t Blu
epri
nts
Oth
er: (
Plea
se S
peci
fy)
B
asic
Em
plo
yabi
lity
/Job
Rea
din
ess
Ski
lls
cont
inue
s to
be
the
mos
t sig
nific
ant a
ttri
bute
com
pani
es w
ould
like
new
pi
pelin
e em
ploy
ees
to p
osse
ss. G
ood
atte
ndan
ce a
nd p
unct
ualit
y pa
tter
ns, t
he a
bilit
y to
sel
f-st
art,
acce
pt c
onst
ruct
ive
su
gges
tion
s in
a p
osit
ive
man
ner,
and
mai
ntai
n a
posi
tive
att
itud
e ar
e im
port
ant t
rait
s th
at e
mpl
oyer
s ar
e lo
okin
g fo
r in
new
em
ploy
ees.
M
ech
anic
al A
pti
tud
e, a
ltho
ugh
at ti
mes
diff
icul
t to
asce
rtai
n du
ring
an
inte
rvie
w, c
onti
nues
to b
e an
impo
rtan
t fac
tor
in
asse
ssin
g ne
w p
ipel
ine
empl
oyee
s’ c
aree
r gr
owth
pot
enti
al.
Han
ds-
On
Mac
hin
ing
Ski
lls
cont
inue
s to
rem
ain
as a
n im
port
ant f
acto
r in
the
hiri
ng p
roce
ss fo
r ne
w e
mpl
oyee
s.
Com
pani
es u
nder
stan
d th
e ne
ed to
pro
vide
tech
nica
l sup
port
to n
ew e
mpl
oyee
s an
d ar
e co
mm
itte
d to
pro
vidi
ng n
ew w
orke
rs
wit
h op
port
unit
ies
for
cont
inuo
us im
prov
emen
t and
ski
lls e
nhan
cem
ent.
Rec
omm
end
atio
ns
Te
achi
ng B
asic
Em
ploy
abili
ty/J
ob R
eadi
ness
Ski
lls s
houl
d be
em
bedd
ed in
to th
e cu
rric
ulum
in a
ll m
anuf
actu
ring
trai
ning
pr
ogra
ms
at b
oth
the
voca
tion
al te
chni
cal h
igh
scho
ols
and
com
mun
ity
colle
ges.
Prog
ram
s/co
urse
s in
man
ufac
turi
ng te
chno
logy
mus
t con
tinu
e to
em
phas
ize
basi
c sk
ills
deve
lopm
ent u
sing
bot
h m
anua
l and
pa
rtic
ular
ly c
ompu
teri
zed
num
eric
ally
con
trol
led
(CN
C) e
quip
men
t.
Th
e St
ate
appr
oved
Mac
hine
Too
l Tec
hnol
ogy
curr
icul
um s
houl
d be
the
fram
ewor
k to
gui
de in
stru
ctio
n an
d en
sure
co
nsis
tenc
y in
teac
hing
the
basi
c te
chni
cal c
ompe
tenc
ies;
how
ever
inst
ruct
ion
in n
ew te
chno
logi
es, a
ligne
d w
ith
indu
stry
st
anda
rds
and
requ
irem
ents
, mus
t be
inco
rpor
ated
wit
hin
the
exis
ting
fram
ewor
k.
12
11. P
leas
e id
enti
fy t
he
sou
rces
th
at h
ave
bee
n m
ost
succ
essf
ul f
or y
our
com
pan
y in
th
e re
cru
itm
ent
and
hir
ing
of b
oth
ex
per
ien
ced
an
d n
ew p
ipel
ine
pro
du
ctio
n e
mp
loye
es. P
leas
e P
rior
itiz
e th
e T
op 3
Sou
rces
. Fi
ndin
gs
The
regi
onal
com
pani
es a
re u
sing
est
ablis
hed
recr
uitm
ent s
ourc
es to
fill
the
maj
orit
y of
thei
r va
cant
pro
duct
ion
posi
tion
s.
Em
plo
yee
Ref
erra
ls c
onti
nue
to b
e th
e m
ost s
ucce
ssfu
l sou
rce
for
recr
uiti
ng a
nd h
irin
g of
exp
erie
nced
em
ploy
ees,
and
has
al
so b
een
a su
cces
sful
sou
rce
for
new
pip
elin
e em
ploy
ees.
Th
ere
is in
crea
sing
use
of t
he I
nte
rnet
as
a su
cces
sful
rec
ruit
men
t sou
rce
for
exp
erie
nce
d a
pplic
ants
but
has
not
bee
n as
su
cces
sful
a r
ecru
itm
ent s
ourc
e fo
r th
e of
new
pip
elin
e em
ploy
ees.
N
ewsp
aper
ad
vert
isem
ents
are
suc
cess
ful r
ecru
itm
ent s
ourc
es fo
r bo
th e
xper
ienc
ed a
nd n
ew p
ipel
ine
empl
oyee
s an
d th
eir
posi
tion
in th
e pr
iori
ty li
st h
as r
emai
ned
unch
ange
d.
Com
pani
es th
at h
ave
deve
lope
d w
orki
ng r
elat
ions
hips
wit
h th
e V
ocat
ion
al T
ech
nic
al H
igh
Sch
ools
hav
e be
en s
ucce
ssfu
l in
usi
ng th
is r
esou
rce
to r
ecru
it n
ew p
ipel
ine
empl
oyee
s. S
ever
al s
urve
y co
mpa
nies
ser
ve a
s co
oper
ativ
e ed
ucat
ion
site
s fo
r st
uden
ts a
nd r
etai
n m
any
of th
e st
uden
ts fo
llow
ing
grad
uati
on.
The
Reg
ion’
s O
ne
Stop
Car
eer
Cen
ters
con
tinu
e to
be
unde
ruti
lized
by
the
regi
onal
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
com
pani
es
for
recr
uiti
ng e
xper
ienc
ed o
r ne
w p
ipel
ine
wor
kers
.
Sou
rce
Exp
erie
nce
d
N
ew P
ipel
ine
Pri
orit
y P
rior
ity
2014
20
12
2014
20
12
Priv
ate
Em
ploy
men
t or
Rec
ruit
ing
Age
ncie
s
Tem
pora
ry E
mpl
oym
ent A
genc
ies
3
V
ocat
iona
l Hig
h Sc
hool
s/H
igh
Scho
ols
1
2 O
ne S
top
Car
eer
Cen
ters
Inte
rnet
2
3
Com
mun
ity
Col
lege
s
New
spap
er A
dver
tise
men
ts
3 2
3
3 C
aree
r an
d Te
chno
logy
Fai
rs
E
mpl
oyee
Ref
erra
ls
1 1
2
1 In
dust
ry N
etw
orki
ng E
vent
s
Oth
er: (
Plea
se S
peci
fy)
13
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
s
The
PMR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
sho
uld
faci
litat
e a
mee
ting
bet
wee
n re
pres
enta
tive
s fr
om s
elec
ted
regi
onal
com
pani
es a
nd th
e O
ne S
top
Car
eer
Cen
ters
to d
iscu
ss w
ays
to in
clud
e th
e C
ente
rs a
s a
mor
e in
tegr
al p
artn
er in
the
recr
uitm
ent p
roce
ss.
R
egio
nal c
ompa
nies
mus
t acc
eler
ate
thei
r in
volv
emen
t in
the
Coo
pera
tive
Edu
cati
on p
rogr
am a
s a
prov
en r
ecru
itm
ent m
etho
d fo
r id
enti
fyin
g ne
w p
ipel
ine
tale
nt.
S
ecti
on I
II. M
anu
fact
uri
ng
Op
erat
ion
s 12
. Ple
ase
ind
icat
e w
hic
h o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
imp
rove
men
t m
eth
odol
ogie
s yo
u r
egu
larl
y u
se in
you
r m
anu
fact
uri
ng
oper
atio
ns.
Imp
rove
men
t M
eth
odol
ogie
s N
um
ber
of R
esp
onse
s 20
14
2012
C
onti
nuou
s I
mpr
ovem
ent
Prog
ram
31
33
Q
ualit
y C
erti
ficat
ions
(IS
O e
tc.)
29
32
C
ellu
lar
Man
ufac
turi
ng
12
9
5S W
orkp
lace
Org
aniz
atio
n 22
17
Ju
st-i
n-Ti
me
Mat
eria
l Flo
w
11
20
Val
ue S
trea
m M
appi
ng
12
10
Kan
ban
and
Pull
Syst
ems
13
- B
ench
mar
king
-
9
Find
ings
Th
e re
gion
al c
lust
er c
ompa
nies
use
a m
yria
d of
lean
and
impr
ovem
ent t
echn
ique
s in
thei
r m
anuf
actu
ring
ope
rati
ons.
82%
of
the
com
pani
es in
dica
ted
that
they
reg
ular
ly u
se a
Con
tin
uou
s Im
pro
vem
ent
Pro
gram
and
76%
indi
cate
d th
ey h
ave
the
appr
opri
ate
Qu
alit
y C
erti
fica
tion
s (I
SO e
tc.)
.
Th
ere
was
a s
igni
fican
t red
ucti
on in
the
num
ber
of c
ompa
nies
that
rep
orte
d us
ing
Ju
st-i
n-T
ime
Mat
eria
l Flo
w a
s an
im
prov
emen
t met
hodo
logy
, whi
le 5
S W
orkp
lace
Org
aniz
atio
n (
58%
) co
ntin
ues
to g
row
as
a st
anda
rd o
pera
ting
pr
oced
ure
amon
g th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s.
Alt
houg
h no
t mea
sure
d in
the
2012
sur
vey,
Kan
ban
an
d P
ull
Sys
tem
s ap
pear
to b
e an
impr
ovem
ent m
etho
d th
at is
gr
owin
g in
use
by
the
regi
onal
SM
Es.
14
13. P
leas
e in
dic
ate
wh
ich
of
the
foll
owin
g m
ach
inin
g st
rate
gies
you
reg
ula
rly
use
in y
our
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g op
erat
ion
s.
M
ach
inin
g S
trat
egie
s N
um
ber
of R
esp
onse
s Fi
ve A
xis
Mac
hini
ng (F
ull C
onto
urin
g)
18
Hig
h Sp
eed
Mac
hini
ng
22
Ligh
ts O
ut M
achi
ning
13
H
ard
Turn
ing
14
Har
d M
illin
g 15
Pr
otot
ypin
g 17
O
ther
: (Pl
ease
Spe
cify
) 5
Find
ings
58
% o
f the
com
pani
es u
se H
igh
Sp
eed
Mac
hin
ing
in th
eir
prod
ucti
on p
roce
ss, a
nd 4
7% n
ow u
se F
ive
Axi
s M
ach
inin
g (F
ull
Con
tou
rin
g) a
s on
e of
thei
r m
achi
ning
str
ateg
ies
to d
rive
com
peti
tiven
ess
and
redu
ce c
ost.
Th
e re
gion
al c
ompa
nies
(45%
) in
clud
e P
roty
pin
g as
bot
h a
serv
ice
and
a st
rate
gy in
thei
r re
lati
onsh
ip w
ith
thei
r cu
stom
ers
and
belie
ve th
at th
e se
rvic
e is
an
impo
rtan
t str
ateg
y fo
r ge
nera
ting
new
wor
k m
ovin
g fo
rwar
d.
14
. Ple
ase
ind
icat
e w
hic
h o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
sup
ply
ch
ain
pra
ctic
es a
re p
art
of y
our
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g op
erat
ion
s.
S
up
ply
Ch
ain
Pra
ctic
es
Nu
mbe
r of
Res
pon
ses
Col
labo
rati
on D
esig
n w
ith
Cus
tom
ers
(DFM
) 20
Ju
st-I
n-T
ime
Del
iver
ies
21
A
cces
s to
Cus
tom
ers
Fore
cast
s 18
C
usto
mer
Sat
isfa
ctio
n Su
rvey
s 27
C
erti
fica
tion
of M
ajor
Sup
plie
rs
25
Non
e of
The
se
2
Find
ings
C
erti
fica
tion
of M
ajor
Su
pp
lier
s is
a s
igni
fican
t sup
ply
chai
n pr
acti
ce fo
r (6
6%)
of th
e co
mpa
nies
and
is v
iew
ed a
s si
gnifi
cant
by
both
sm
all a
nd m
ediu
m s
ized
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
com
pani
es.
Cu
stom
er S
atis
fact
ion
Su
rvey
s ar
e a
supp
ly c
hain
pra
ctic
e th
at is
imbe
dded
in th
e m
anuf
actu
ring
ope
rati
ons
of 7
1% o
f th
e re
gion
al c
ompa
nies
.
C
olla
bora
tion
Des
ign
wit
h C
ust
omer
s (D
FM
) is
par
ticu
larl
y st
rong
(53
%)
amon
g th
e SM
ES
and
is a
n en
cour
agin
g si
gn
of e
arly
-on
colla
bora
tion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
betw
een
the
cust
omer
s an
d su
pplie
rs to
ens
ure
that
the
desi
gn a
nd
man
ufac
turi
ng p
roce
sses
are
alig
ned.
15
15. P
leas
e in
dic
ate
if y
ou
r co
mp
any
has
3D
par
t p
rin
tin
g ca
pab
ilit
y.
3D
Pri
nti
ng
Nu
mbe
r of
Res
pon
ses
Use
d fo
r R
apid
Pro
typi
ng
3 U
sed
for
man
ufac
turi
ng/p
art p
rodu
ctio
n 2
Add
itiv
e eq
uipm
ent i
s no
t pre
sent
ly b
eing
use
d in
man
ufac
turi
ng o
pera
tion
s 5
Oth
er: (
Plea
se S
peci
fy)L
aser
Cla
ddin
g, E
DM
1
16. I
f yo
u d
o n
ot p
rese
ntl
y h
ave
3D c
apab
ilit
y w
ould
you
r co
mp
any
mak
e u
se o
f p
roty
pin
g fa
cili
ties
, in
clu
din
g 3D
pri
nti
ng
and
ot
her
too
ls, i
f th
ey w
ere
avai
lab
le in
th
e re
gion
?
YE
S
24
N
O
9
Find
ings
A
rel
ativ
ely
smal
l num
ber
of r
espo
ndin
g SM
Es
curr
entl
y ha
ve 3
D p
art
prin
ting
cap
abili
ty. T
he s
mal
l num
ber
of r
espo
nden
ts
was
sur
pris
ing,
yet
indi
cati
ve o
f the
impo
rtan
ce o
f wor
king
wit
h th
e co
mpa
nies
in th
is in
crea
sing
ly im
port
ant t
echn
olog
y.
The
posi
tive
futu
re u
sage
res
pons
e fr
om 6
7% o
f the
com
pani
es c
lear
ly in
dica
tes
the
need
to d
evel
op r
egio
nal c
apac
ity
that
w
ould
pos
itio
n th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s to
acc
ess
serv
ices
pro
typi
ng fa
cilit
ies
and/
or s
ervi
ces,
incl
udin
g 3D
pri
ntin
g.
17. P
leas
e id
enti
fy t
he
foll
owin
g em
ergi
ng
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g te
chn
olog
ies
that
mig
ht
be
rele
van
t to
you
r co
mp
any
or t
hat
you
w
ant
to le
arn
mo
re a
bo
ut:
Inte
rest
in E
mer
gin
g M
anu
fact
uri
ng
Tec
hn
olog
ies
Yes
N
o N
eed
Mor
e In
form
atio
n
Sens
ing,
mea
sure
men
t and
pro
cess
con
trol
16
1
6
MT
Con
nect
4
1
8
New
mat
eria
ls d
esig
n, s
ynth
esis
and
pro
cess
ing
6
6
5 D
igit
al m
anuf
actu
ring
tech
nolo
gies
and
Pro
duct
Life
cycl
e M
anag
emen
t (PL
M)
5 5
7 Su
stai
nabl
e m
anuf
actu
ring
13
2
4
Met
al a
ddit
ive
man
ufac
turi
ng
14
1 3
Indu
stri
al r
obot
ics
13
3 2
Adv
ance
d fo
rmin
g an
d jo
inin
g te
chno
logi
es
5 6
1
16
Find
ings
Sen
sin
g, M
easu
rem
ent
and
Pro
cess
Con
trol
is c
lear
ly a
n em
ergi
ng te
chno
logy
that
58
% o
f the
SM
Es
belie
ve m
ight
be
rele
vant
to th
eir
com
pany
or
they
wou
ld li
ke m
ore
info
rmat
ion.
S
ust
ain
able
Man
ufa
ctu
rin
g an
d M
etal
Ad
dit
ive
Man
ufa
ctu
rin
g is
of i
nter
est t
o 4
5% o
f the
com
pani
es a
nd is
cle
arly
an
emer
gent
tech
nolo
gy th
at th
e PM
RA
P pa
rtne
rshi
p ne
eds
to d
iscu
ss in
gre
ater
det
ail w
ith
the
regi
onal
SM
Es.
In
du
stri
al R
obot
ics,
alt
houg
h a
tech
nolo
gy p
rese
ntly
use
d in
the
man
ufac
turi
ng p
roce
ss in
sev
eral
SM
Es,
is a
lso
a te
chno
logy
th
at m
any
of th
e co
mpa
nies
are
inte
rest
ed in
lear
ning
abo
ut it
s di
rect
app
licat
ion
to th
eir
resp
ecti
ve m
anuf
actu
ring
ope
rati
ons.
Sec
tion
IV
. Tec
hn
olog
y/In
nov
atio
n P
rior
itie
s 18
. Ple
ase
ind
icat
e th
e O
per
atio
n P
lan
nin
g an
d M
anag
emen
t so
ftw
are
that
is p
rese
ntl
y b
ein
g u
sed
by
you
r co
mp
any.
ER
P/M
RP
Sof
twar
e U
se
Pro
du
ct
Nam
e N
o. o
f C
omp
anie
s U
sin
g P
rod
uct
Yea
r U
pd
ated
(T
otal
)
Pri
mar
y S
econ
dar
y
2013
20
14
1. E
RP/
MR
P in
tegr
ated
sof
twar
e pa
ckag
e
Sig
htl
ine
SA
P
Job
Bos
s G
lob
al S
hop
S
hop
Mat
e V
isu
al
Tex
soft
S
ysp
ro
E-2
E
pic
or
TC
S
M1
1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
7
4
All
No
Sec
ond
ary
2. J
ob S
hop
Ope
rati
on -
plan
ning
and
exe
cuti
on
pack
age
Jo
b B
oss
Sh
op M
ate
V-2
V
ista
E
/2 S
hop
tech
E
pic
or
TC
S
5 1 1 2 1 1 1
5
6
1
17
ER
P/M
RP
Sof
twar
e U
se
Pro
du
ct
Nam
e N
o. o
f C
omp
anie
s U
sin
g P
rod
uct
Yea
r U
pd
ated
(T
otal
)
Pri
mar
y S
econ
dar
y
2013
20
14
3. F
inan
cial
sof
twar
e ad
apta
tion
Q
uic
kboo
ks
Pro
Jo
b B
oss
Glo
bal
Sh
op
Sh
op M
ate
Cam
wor
ks
Pea
chtr
ee
Sap
Sm
all B
S
Ep
icor
6 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
8
1
All
N
o S
econ
dar
y
4. M
anua
l and
gen
eral
pur
pose
sof
twar
e
Exc
el
Job
Bos
s E
pic
or
16
1 1
6
5
5
5. I
nter
nally
Dev
elop
ed/P
ropr
ieta
ry S
yste
m
Su
rfac
e C
entr
al
Win
CN
C
Job
Bos
s
1 1 1
1
1
6. N
one
of th
e ab
ove-
Oth
er (P
leas
e Sp
ecify
) E
pic
or
Vis
ual
Mfg
. D
istr
ibu
tio
n
On
e V
-2
Gag
e P
ack
1 1 1 1
2 1
1
a.
If
you
use
an
inte
grat
ed E
RP
sof
twar
e p
acka
ge (
ind
icat
ed a
s “P
rim
ary”
in 1
. an
d 2
. ab
ove)
, ple
ase
pro
vid
e th
e fo
llow
ing
asse
ssm
ent:
ER
P S
oftw
are
Ass
essm
ent
Yes
N
o A
re y
ou s
atis
fied
wit
h th
e E
RP
soft
war
e pr
oduc
t you
are
usi
ng?
19
6
Doe
s th
e im
plem
enta
tion
and
use
of t
he S
/W r
equi
re n
ew s
kills
/tra
inin
g fo
r em
ploy
ees?
17
4
Is
the
inve
stm
ent i
n th
e E
RP
soft
war
e (i
nclu
ding
the
impl
emen
tati
on)
just
ifia
ble?
23
1
Doe
s th
is E
RP
soft
war
e to
ol m
ake
your
com
pany
mor
e co
mpe
titi
ve?
22
3 b.
If y
ou d
o n
ot u
se a
n in
tegr
ated
ER
P s
oftw
are
pac
kage
(in
dic
ated
as
“Pri
mar
y” in
3. a
nd
4. a
bo
ve),
ple
ase
ind
icat
e yo
ur
reas
on
(s)
for
not
usi
ng
an in
tegr
ated
sof
twar
e p
acka
ge.
G
ener
al P
urp
ose
S/W
an
d M
anu
al T
ools
Use
Ass
essm
ent
Yes
N
o E
RP
soft
war
e pa
ckag
e is
too
expe
nsiv
e 3
2 D
o no
t hav
e th
e tr
aini
ng n
eces
sary
for
impl
emen
tati
on o
f an
ER
P so
ftw
are
pack
age
1 2
An
ER
P so
ftw
are
pack
age
is n
ot n
eces
sary
for
our
oper
atio
n 4
2
Oth
er r
easo
ns (p
leas
e sp
ecif
y):
1
18
Fi
ndin
gs
The
com
pani
es a
re u
sing
mul
tipl
e E
RP
/MR
P I
nte
grat
ed S
oftw
are
pack
ages
as
part
of
thei
r m
anuf
actu
ring
ope
rati
ons.
G
loba
l Sh
op a
nd J
ob B
oss
wer
e th
e so
ftw
are
mos
t re
fere
nced
but
the
re i
s cl
earl
y no
one
ER
P/M
RP
Inte
grat
ed S
oftw
are
pack
age
that
is p
rese
ntly
use
d by
the
regi
onal
SM
Es.
The
SME
s ar
e in
a
50/5
0
rati
o of
th
ose
usin
g an
in
tegr
ated
so
ftw
are
pack
age
vers
us
thos
e co
mpa
nies
us
ing
com
part
men
taliz
ed s
oftw
are
to m
anag
e sp
ecifi
c ar
eas
of th
eir
busi
ness
.
Th
e SM
Es
are
usin
g a
wid
e va
riet
y of
Job
Sh
op O
per
atio
n-P
lan
nin
g an
d E
xecu
tion
sof
twar
e pa
ckag
es a
s pa
rt o
f th
eir
man
ufac
turi
ng p
roce
sses
. Jo
b B
oss
is t
he s
oftw
are
mos
t re
fere
nced
, bu
t th
ere
is a
not
able
abs
ence
in
the
num
ber
of
com
pani
es in
dica
ting
they
are
pre
sent
ly u
sing
any
type
of J
ob S
hop
Ope
rati
on-P
lann
ing
and
Exe
cuti
on s
oftw
are.
Th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s in
dica
te th
at Q
uic
kboo
ks P
ro is
the
pref
erre
d F
inan
cial
Sof
twar
e A
dap
tati
on p
acka
ge in
use
at t
heir
co
mpa
nies
. It a
ppea
rs th
at th
e co
mpa
nies
hav
e a
hist
ory
and
com
fort
leve
l wit
h sp
ecifi
c fin
anci
al s
oftw
are
and
cont
inue
to u
se
thos
e pa
rtic
ular
sof
twar
e pa
ckag
es.
Exc
el is
ove
rwhe
lmin
gly
the
Man
ual a
nd G
ener
al P
urp
ose
Sof
twar
e be
ing
used
by
the
regi
onal
SM
Es.
A
sig
nific
ant
num
ber
of r
egio
nal
SME
s (6
0%
) be
lieve
the
in
vest
men
t in
the
ir r
espe
ctiv
e E
RP
soft
war
e (i
nclu
ding
the
im
plem
enta
tion
) is
ju
stif
iabl
e, a
nd 5
8%
indi
cate
d th
at t
heir
cho
sen
ER
P so
ftw
are
tool
is m
akin
g th
eir
com
pan
y m
ore
com
pet
itiv
e. O
nly
a sm
all p
erce
ntag
e of
com
pani
es r
espo
nded
neg
ativ
ely
to th
is q
uery
.
Th
e SM
Es
are
gen
eral
ly s
atis
fied
wit
h th
e E
RP
soft
war
e pr
oduc
ts th
ey a
re u
sing
, and
feel
str
ongl
y th
at th
e im
plem
enta
tion
an
d us
e of
the
soft
war
e re
quir
es a
com
mit
men
t to
new
ski
lls/
trai
nin
g fo
r em
ploy
ees
task
ed w
ith u
sing
the
soft
war
e.
The
smal
l nu
mbe
rs o
f co
mpa
nies
tha
t do
not
use
an
inte
grat
ed E
RP
soft
war
e pa
ckag
e in
dica
ted
that
ER
P so
ftw
are
was
not
ne
cess
ary
for
thei
r pr
esen
t lev
el o
f man
ufac
turi
ng o
pera
tion
s.
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
s
Ther
e is
a n
eed
to e
ngag
e th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s in
dis
cuss
ion
on t
he u
se a
nd f
lexi
bilit
y of
the
ir c
urre
nt E
RP
/MR
P S
oftw
are
to
ensu
re t
hat
the
com
pani
es a
re a
war
e of
new
pro
duct
s an
d te
chno
logi
es t
hat
can
impr
ove
thei
r pr
oces
ses
and
over
all
busi
ness
op
erat
ions
.
Th
e PM
RA
P pr
ojec
t tea
m s
houl
d fa
cilit
ate
a se
ries
of m
eeti
ngs
betw
een
ER
P so
ftw
are
com
pani
es a
nd th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s to
ex
amin
e th
e co
mpa
nies
futu
re s
oftw
are
need
s w
ith
emer
ging
sof
twar
e te
chno
logi
es th
at c
an in
crea
se th
eir
com
peti
tive
ness
.
Con
side
rati
on s
houl
d be
giv
en to
cre
atin
g an
ince
ntiv
e pr
ogra
m fo
r co
mpa
nies
to a
dopt
new
ER
P ca
pabi
litie
s.
Th
e PM
RA
P pa
rtne
rshi
p m
ust d
evel
op a
pla
n an
d im
plem
ent a
mec
hani
sm to
ass
ist t
he r
egio
nal S
ME
s to
acc
ess
soft
war
e al
ong
wit
h tr
aini
ng o
r cu
stom
ized
sol
utio
ns th
at w
ill in
crea
se th
eir
com
peti
tive
ness
and
pos
itio
n th
em fo
r bu
sine
ss g
row
th.
19
19. I
f E
RP
/MR
P in
tegr
ated
sof
twar
e w
ere
avai
lab
le t
o yo
ur
com
pan
y o
n a
n a
ffor
dab
le b
asis
, wou
ld y
ou m
ake
use
of
it t
o ex
pan
d y
our
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g op
erat
ion
s?
YE
S
8
N
O
5
If
YE
S, p
leas
e in
dica
te w
hich
ER
P/M
RP
inte
grat
ed s
oftw
are
you
wou
ld li
ke to
hav
e ac
cess
to.
1.
N
o R
esp
onse
s 2.
N
o R
esp
onse
s Fi
ndin
gs
The
regi
onal
SM
Es
indi
cate
d an
inte
rest
in m
akin
g us
e of
ER
P/M
RP
inte
grat
ed s
oftw
are
to e
xpan
d yo
ur m
anuf
actu
ring
ope
rati
ons?
if
it w
as a
vaila
ble
to th
em o
n an
aff
orda
ble
basi
s. T
he r
espo
nse
how
ever
was
not
str
ong,
and
indi
cate
s th
e im
port
ance
of c
ondu
ctin
g In
nov
atio
n I
nfo
rmat
ion
For
um
s w
ith
the
com
pani
es to
sha
re c
urre
nt p
ract
ices
, new
idea
s, a
nd s
trat
egie
s m
ovin
g fo
rwar
d.
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
The
PMR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
sho
uld
faci
litat
e a
seri
es o
f reg
iona
l In
nov
atio
n I
nfo
rmat
ion
For
um
s w
ith
the
com
pani
es to
sha
re
curr
ent p
ract
ices
, exa
min
e th
e co
mpa
ny’s
futu
re s
oftw
are
need
s, a
nd id
enti
fy r
esou
rces
that
can
pro
vide
gui
danc
e to
the
com
pani
es m
ovin
g fo
rwar
d.
Th
e PM
RA
P te
am s
houl
d w
ork
wit
h E
RP
soft
war
e co
mpa
nies
to e
stab
lish
a di
scou
nt p
rogr
am fo
r re
gion
al S
ME
s w
ho b
ecom
e ne
w
adop
ters
of E
RP
soft
war
e pa
ckag
es.
20. P
leas
e in
dic
ate
the
CA
D/C
AM
an
d s
imu
lati
on s
oftw
are
that
is p
rese
ntl
y b
ein
g u
sed
by
you
r co
mp
any.
CA
D/C
AM
/Sim
ula
tion
Sof
twar
e U
se
Pro
du
ct
Nam
e N
o. o
f C
omp
anie
s U
sin
g P
rod
uct
Yea
r U
pd
ated
(T
otal
)
Pri
mar
y S
econ
dar
y
2013
20
14
1. I
nteg
rate
d C
AD
/CA
M p
acka
ge
NX
S
olid
wor
ks
Mas
terc
am
Tru
Top
s C
imat
ron
P
ro-E
ngi
nee
r P
art
Mak
er
Esp
rit
Cam
wor
ks
Un
igra
ph
ics
1 5 12
1 1 1 1 1 2 1
14
6
A
ll
No
Sec
ond
ary
2. P
rodu
ct L
ifecy
cle
Man
agem
ent (
PLM
) (i
nteg
rate
d w
ith
cust
omer
s)
Mas
ter
Cam
X
1
1
No
Sec
ond
ary
20
CA
D/C
AM
/Sim
ula
tion
Sof
twar
e U
se
Pro
du
ct
Nam
e N
o. o
f C
omp
anie
s U
sin
g P
rod
uct
Yea
r U
pd
ated
(T
otal
)
Pri
mar
y S
econ
dar
y
2013
20
14
3. 3
D C
AD
ven
dor
supp
orte
d sy
stem
S
olid
wor
ks
Au
toC
AD
In
ven
tor
Mas
ter
Cam
X2
4 1 2
- -
2 N
o S
econ
dar
y
4. 3
D C
AD
free
sys
tem
D
raft
sigh
t M
aste
rCam
X
CA
D N
ot
3-D
1 1 1
1 -
All
N
o S
econ
dar
y
5. M
odel
ing,
sim
ulat
ion/
veri
ficat
ion
soft
war
e N
X 5
& V
eric
ut
Rob
ot S
tud
io
Sol
idw
orks
M
aste
rCam
X
Un
igra
ph
ics
6 1 3 2 2
6
4
N
o S
econ
dar
y
6. P
rogr
amm
able
Aut
omat
ion
Soft
war
e M
aste
rCam
/UG
S
olid
wor
ks
3 1 1
1
No
Sec
ond
ary
a.
If
you
use
an
inte
grat
ed C
AD
/CA
M o
r P
LM
sof
twar
e p
acka
ge (
ind
icat
ed a
s “P
rim
ary”
in 1
. an
d 2
. ab
ove)
, ple
ase
pro
vid
e th
e fo
llow
ing
asse
ssm
ent:
CA
D/C
AM
or
PL
M S
oftw
are
Use
Ass
essm
ent
Yes
N
o Im
plem
ente
d C
AD
/CA
M o
r PL
M to
sat
isfy
cus
tom
er r
equi
rem
ents
12
11
A
re y
ou s
atis
fied
wit
h th
e pr
oduc
t you
are
usi
ng?
27
2 D
oes
your
sof
twar
e ve
ndor
pro
vide
app
ropr
iate
and
eff
ecti
ve s
uppo
rt?
25
3
Doe
s th
e im
plem
enta
tion
and
use
of s
oftw
are
requ
ire
new
ski
lls/t
rain
ing
for
empl
oyee
s?
25
2 Is
the
inve
stm
ent (
incl
udin
g th
e im
plem
enta
tion
) jus
tifia
ble?
24
2
Do
you
belie
ve th
at th
is to
ol m
akes
you
r co
mpa
ny m
ore
com
peti
tive
? 27
1
b.
If y
ou d
o n
ot u
se in
tegr
ated
CA
D/C
AM
an
d P
LM
sof
twar
e p
acka
ge (
ind
icat
ed a
s “P
rim
ary”
in 4
. 5. a
nd
6. a
bov
e),
ple
ase
pro
vid
e th
e fo
llow
ing
asse
ssm
ent:
Gen
eral
Pu
rpos
e S
oftw
are
and
Man
ual
Too
ls U
se A
sses
smen
t Y
es
No
Hav
e n
ot p
urch
ased
inte
grat
ed C
AD
/CA
M p
acka
ge b
ecau
se it
is n
ot n
eces
sary
for
our
man
ufac
turi
ng o
pera
tion
1
1 H
ave
not p
urch
ased
inte
grat
ed C
AD
/CA
M p
acka
ge b
ecau
se it
is to
o ex
pens
ive
2 -
Hav
e no
t pur
chas
ed in
tegr
ated
CA
D/C
AM
pac
kage
bec
ause
we
do n
ot h
ave
the
trai
ning
nec
essa
ry fo
r im
plem
enta
tion
2
-
Hav
e no
t pur
chas
ed in
tegr
ated
CA
D/C
AM
pac
kage
bec
ause
it is
not
app
licab
le to
our
man
ufac
turi
ng o
pera
tion
2
1 H
ave
not p
urch
ased
inte
grat
ed C
AD
/CA
M p
acka
ge fo
r ot
her
reas
ons
(Ple
ase
Spec
ify)
:
2
21
Find
ings
Th
e co
mpa
nies
are
usi
ng a
wid
e va
riet
y of
Int
egra
ted
CA
D/C
AM
and
Sim
ulat
ion
Soft
war
e as
par
t of
the
ir m
anuf
actu
ring
op
erat
ions
. Mas
terc
am is
cle
arly
the
pref
erre
d so
ftw
are,
wit
h S
olid
wor
ks fo
llow
ing
clos
ely
behi
nd.
Ther
e is
ver
y lim
ited
use
of P
rod
uct
Lif
ecyc
le M
anag
emen
t (P
LM
) be
ing
used
by
the
SME
s, a
nd t
he li
mit
ed n
umbe
r of
re
spon
ses
may
indi
cate
a la
ck o
f aw
aren
ess
of th
is te
chno
logy
.
Th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s in
dica
ted
that
Sol
idw
orks
is
the
3D C
AD
Ven
dor
Su
pp
orte
d S
yste
m t
hey
are
usin
g, h
owev
er t
he
limit
ed n
umbe
r of
res
pons
es m
ay in
dica
te a
lack
of a
war
enes
s of
this
tech
nolo
gy a
s w
ell.
Th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s in
dica
ted
that
NX
5 a
nd
Ver
icu
t is
the
pre
ferr
ed M
odel
ing,
Sim
ulat
ion/
Ver
ifica
tion
Sof
twar
e th
at i
s be
ing
used
in th
eir
man
ufac
turi
ng o
pera
tion
s. M
aste
rcam
con
tinu
es to
be
a po
pula
r pr
oduc
t for
sev
eral
com
pani
es.
A
ltho
ugh
a sm
all n
umbe
r of
com
pani
es in
dica
te th
ey a
re u
sing
Pro
gram
mab
le A
uto
mat
ion
Sof
twar
e, th
ose
com
pani
es
usin
g th
is te
chno
logy
pre
fer
Mas
terC
am/U
G.
A s
igni
fican
t nu
mbe
r of
reg
iona
l SM
Es
(71%
) ar
e sa
tisf
ied
wit
h th
eir
CA
D/C
AM
or
PL
M S
oftw
are
and
belie
ve t
hat
the
prod
uct
they
are
usi
ng is
mak
ing
thei
r co
mp
any
mor
e co
mpe
titi
ve. T
he r
egio
nal S
ME
s ar
e pl
ease
d w
ith
the
supp
ort
they
re
ceiv
e fr
om th
eir
soft
war
e ve
ndor
s an
d be
lieve
that
thei
r in
vest
men
t in
the
ir r
espe
ctiv
e C
AD
/CA
M o
r P
LM
Sof
twar
e is
ju
stif
iabl
e.
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
The
PMR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
sho
uld
faci
litat
e a
seri
es o
f reg
iona
l In
nov
atio
n I
nfo
rmat
ion
For
um
s w
ith
the
com
pani
es to
sha
re
curr
ent p
ract
ices
, exa
min
e th
e co
mpa
ny’s
futu
re s
oftw
are
need
s, a
nd id
enti
fy r
esou
rces
that
can
pro
vide
gui
danc
e to
the
com
pani
es m
ovin
g fo
rwar
d.
21. I
f C
AD
/CA
M a
nd
PL
M s
oftw
are
wer
e av
aila
ble
to
you
r co
mp
any
on
an
aff
ord
able
bas
is, w
ou
ld y
ou m
ake
use
of
it t
o ex
pan
d
you
r m
anu
fact
uri
ng
oper
atio
ns?
YE
S
13
N
O
2
If
YE
S, p
leas
e in
dica
te w
hich
CA
D/C
AM
and
PLM
sof
twar
e yo
u w
ould
like
to h
ave
acce
ss to
. 1.
N
o R
esp
onse
s
2.
No
Res
pon
ses
22
Find
ing
The
regi
onal
SM
Es
indi
cate
d a
stro
ng in
tere
st in
mak
ing
use
of C
AD
/CA
M a
nd
PL
M s
oftw
are
to e
xpan
d th
eir
man
ufac
turi
ng o
pera
tion
s if
it w
as a
vaila
ble
to th
em o
n an
aff
orda
ble
basi
s. T
his
resp
onse
was
muc
h m
ore
posi
tive
than
the
resp
onse
to N
o. 1
9 re
lati
ve to
ER
P/M
RP
inte
grat
ed s
oftw
are,
and
indi
cate
s a
sign
ifica
nt in
tere
st b
y th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s in
the
impo
rtan
ce in
vest
igat
ion
affo
rdab
le a
nd c
ompa
tibl
e C
AD
/CA
M a
nd P
LM s
oftw
are
pack
ages
. 22
. If
a b
usi
nes
s op
por
tun
ity
aros
e w
ith
a n
ew c
ust
omer
wit
h n
ew C
AD
/CA
M s
oftw
are,
wou
ld y
ou b
e w
illi
ng
to p
ay f
or
cust
omiz
ed t
ech
nic
al a
ssis
tan
ce t
o le
arn
an
d u
se t
he
new
sof
twar
e?
Y
ES
19
N
O
1
The
SME
s re
spon
ses
have
cle
arly
est
ablis
hed
a bu
sine
ss c
ase
for
inve
stin
g ti
me/
reso
urce
s in
hel
ping
reg
iona
l SM
Es
acce
ss
affo
rdab
le s
oftw
are.
The
regi
onal
com
pani
es in
dica
ted
thei
r w
illin
gnes
s to
pay
for
cust
omiz
ed te
chni
cal a
ssis
tanc
e to
lear
n an
d us
e ne
w C
AD
/CA
M
soft
war
e in
res
pons
e to
a b
usin
ess
oppo
rtun
ity
wit
h a
new
cus
tom
er. T
his
posi
tive
find
ing
shou
ld b
ode
wel
l for
futu
re
disc
ussi
ons
wit
h th
e co
mpa
nies
rel
ativ
e to
ado
ptio
n an
d us
e of
new
sof
twar
e pa
ckag
es th
at w
ill im
prov
e th
eir
com
peti
tive
ness
.
S
ecti
on V
. Ed
uca
tion
In
itia
tive
s 23
. W
hic
h o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
init
iati
ves
shou
ld t
he
PM
RA
P p
artn
ersh
ip f
ocu
s on
to
assi
st t
he
edu
cati
onal
sys
tem
in p
rep
arin
g st
ud
ents
for
car
eers
in t
he
pre
cisi
on
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g in
du
stry
? P
leas
e li
st T
op 3
In
itia
tive
s in
Pri
orit
y O
rder
.
Init
iati
ves
Pri
orit
y 20
14
2012
A
lign
Tec
hnic
al C
urri
culu
m w
ith
Indu
stry
Nee
ds
1 1
Stre
ngth
en E
mpl
oyab
ility
Rea
dine
ss I
nstr
ucti
on fo
r St
uden
ts
2 2
Dev
elop
Pai
d/U
npai
d Su
mm
er E
mpl
oym
ent O
ppor
tuni
ties
for
Stud
ents
at M
anuf
actu
ring
Com
pani
es
Dev
elop
Pai
d Su
mm
er P
rofe
ssio
nal D
evel
opm
ent O
ppor
tuni
ties
for
Voc
atio
nal T
each
ers
at M
anuf
actu
ring
C
ompa
nies
Incr
ease
Inf
orm
atio
nal
Prog
ram
s/A
ctiv
itie
s fo
r C
ouns
elor
s an
d Te
ache
rs
Incr
ease
Car
eer
Aw
aren
ess
Prog
ram
s /E
vent
s fo
r Pa
rent
s 3
3
Find
ings
Th
e PM
RA
P pa
rtne
rshi
p m
ust c
onti
nue
to w
ork
mor
e cl
osel
y w
ith
the
educ
atio
nal s
yste
m to
pro
vide
sup
port
s an
d as
sist
ance
to
ens
ure
that
the
prog
ram
/cou
rse
tech
nica
l cur
ricu
lum
is A
lign
ed w
ith
In
du
stry
Nee
ds.
Thi
s co
ntin
ues
to b
e th
e to
p pr
iori
ty o
f the
com
pani
es to
ens
ure
an a
ligne
d an
d co
ordi
nate
d cu
rric
ulum
and
del
iver
y sy
stem
.
23
E
mp
loya
bili
ty R
ead
ines
s in
stru
ctio
n m
ust b
e em
bedd
ed in
to th
e te
chni
cal c
urri
culu
m a
nd it
s im
port
ance
to s
ucce
ssfu
l em
ploy
men
t ass
imila
tion
, ret
enti
on, a
nd c
aree
r ad
vanc
emen
t mus
t be
cons
iste
ntly
rei
nfor
ced.
The
need
to d
evel
op a
nd im
plem
ent a
com
preh
ensi
ve a
nd c
oord
inat
ed p
lan
to I
ncr
ease
Car
eer
Aw
aren
ess
prog
ram
s/ev
ents
for
pare
nts
to e
duca
te th
em o
n th
e vi
abili
ty o
f adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
as
a pe
rson
ally
and
fina
ncia
lly
rew
ardi
ng c
aree
r pa
thw
ay fo
r th
eir
stud
ent m
ust c
onti
nue
to b
e a
top
prio
rity
of t
he P
MR
AP
part
ners
hip.
Rec
omm
end
atio
ns
Th
e PM
RA
P pa
rtne
rshi
p m
ust c
onti
nue
to im
plem
ent i
ts s
trat
egic
init
iati
ves
to a
ssis
t the
voc
atio
nal t
echn
ical
hig
h sc
hool
s in
pr
epar
ing
prog
ram
gra
duat
es fo
r ca
reer
s in
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
.
Scho
ol b
udge
ts a
nd s
taff
allo
cati
on fo
rmul
as s
houl
d be
wei
ghte
d in
sup
port
of t
echn
ical
pro
gram
’s th
at g
radu
ate
and
plac
e st
uden
ts in
rel
ated
em
ploy
men
t pos
itio
ns th
at m
eet d
ocum
ente
d re
gion
al la
bor
mar
ket d
eman
d.
24. P
leas
e in
dic
ate
wh
ich
of
the
foll
owin
g w
orkf
orce
dev
elop
men
t in
itia
tive
s yo
ur
com
pan
y is
inte
rest
ed in
bec
om
ing
invo
lved
in
to
stre
ngt
hen
th
e re
gion
al p
reci
sio
n m
anu
fact
uri
ng
ind
ust
ry.
In
itia
tive
s N
um
ber
of R
esp
onse
s 20
14
2012
Sp
eaki
ng to
Par
ent O
rgan
izat
ions
/ St
uden
t Gro
ups
Reg
ardi
ng C
aree
rs in
Pre
cisi
on M
anuf
actu
ring
23
21
E
xhib
itin
g at
Edu
cati
on C
aree
r an
d Te
chno
logy
Fai
rs
15
16
Con
trib
utin
g To
olin
g/M
ater
ial t
o Sc
hool
s 19
20
W
orki
ng w
ith
Inst
ruct
ors
to In
corp
orat
e In
dust
ry S
tand
ards
into
Cur
ricu
lum
15
16
Se
rvin
g as
Men
tors
/Adv
isor
s at
Sel
ecte
d Sc
hool
s 13
14
In
stit
utin
g C
ompa
ny S
pons
ored
Edu
cati
onal
Sch
olar
ship
s 4
5
Hir
ing
Voc
atio
nal/
Com
mun
ity
Col
lege
Tea
cher
s fo
r Pa
id S
umm
er W
ork
11
8
Oth
er: (
Plea
se S
peci
fy)
Find
ings
60
% o
f the
com
pani
es a
re p
repa
red
to c
olla
bora
te w
ith
the
educ
atio
nal i
nsti
tuti
ons
in S
pea
kin
g to
Par
ent
Org
aniz
atio
ns/
stu
dent
gro
ups
rega
rdin
g ca
reer
s in
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
.
50
% o
f the
com
pani
es a
re in
tere
sted
in C
ontr
ibu
tin
g T
ooli
ng/
Mat
eria
l to
augm
ent t
he s
choo
ls to
olin
g an
d m
ater
ials
/sup
plie
s bu
dget
s.
Fift
een
com
pani
es (
39%
) ar
e in
tere
sted
in w
orki
ng w
ith
the
educ
atio
nal i
nsti
tuti
ons
and
the
teac
hers
/fac
ulty
to
Inco
rpor
ate
Ind
ust
ry S
tan
dar
ds
into
the
curr
icul
um a
nd d
evel
op n
ew c
ours
es a
nd c
urri
culu
m th
at a
re a
ligne
d w
ith
new
tech
nolo
gies
.
Th
irte
en c
ompa
nies
(38
%)
are
inte
rest
ed in
ser
ving
as
Men
tors
/Ad
viso
rs in
the
man
ufac
turi
ng p
rogr
ams
at s
elec
ted
scho
ols
in th
e R
egio
n.
24
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
The
PMR
AP
part
ners
hip
mus
t con
tinu
e to
impl
emen
t its
str
ateg
ic a
ctio
n pl
ans
to a
ssis
t the
edu
cati
onal
par
tner
s in
pre
pari
ng
prog
ram
gra
duat
es fo
r ca
reer
s in
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
.
Prog
ram
s in
Gat
eway
Cit
ies
mus
t con
tinu
e to
str
ess
to p
aren
ts th
e fin
anci
al v
iabi
lity
of a
car
eer
path
way
in a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turi
ng.
G
uida
nce
coun
selo
rs m
ust e
mph
asiz
e to
fem
ale
stud
ents
the
sign
ifica
nt e
mpl
oym
ent o
ppor
tuni
ties
that
exi
st fo
r yo
ung
wom
en in
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
. 25
. Ple
ase
ind
icat
e if
you
r co
mp
any
wou
ld b
e in
tere
sted
in p
rovi
din
g th
e fo
llow
ing
care
er r
elat
ed a
ctiv
itie
s/su
pp
orts
to
stu
den
ts in
th
e M
ach
ine
Too
l Tec
hn
olog
y P
rogr
am a
t th
e te
chn
ical
hig
h s
choo
ls in
th
e P
ion
eer
Val
ley
regi
on
. Fi
ndin
gs
67%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
are
inte
rest
ed in
col
labo
rati
ng w
ith
the
educ
atio
nal i
nsti
tuti
ons
in P
aid
Su
mer
Em
plo
ymen
t and
C
oop
erat
ive
Ed
uca
tion
Pro
gram
s in
ord
er to
pro
vide
stu
dent
s w
ith
lear
ning
exp
erie
nces
that
are
an
exte
nsio
n of
thei
r te
chni
cal p
rogr
am. T
hese
two
area
s co
ntin
ue to
be
the
top
prio
riti
es fo
r th
e co
mpa
nies
as
way
s th
ey c
an a
ssis
t the
sch
ools
and
st
uden
ts.
37%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
are
pre
pare
d to
pro
vide
stu
dent
s w
ith
Par
t T
ime
Aft
er-S
choo
l/Sa
turd
ay E
mp
loym
ent
that
w
ould
pro
vide
them
wit
h op
port
unit
ies
to a
ccel
erat
e le
arni
ng, a
nd p
rovi
de fi
nanc
ial i
ncen
tive
s to
sup
port
stu
dent
ret
enti
on
lead
ing
to a
n in
crea
se in
the
grad
uati
on r
ate.
Rec
omm
end
atio
n
Th
e PM
RA
P pr
ojec
t tea
m m
ust b
e m
ore
aggr
essi
ve in
coo
rdin
atin
g w
ith
sele
cted
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
com
pani
es a
nd th
e ed
ucat
iona
l ins
titu
tion
s to
dev
elop
a c
oord
inat
ed p
roce
ss a
nd s
et o
f pro
toco
ls to
iden
tify
pai
d su
mm
er e
mpl
oym
ent a
nd p
art-
tim
e af
ter-
sch
ool/
Satu
rday
em
ploy
men
t pos
itio
ns a
s a
stud
ent r
eten
tion
str
ateg
y an
d as
a p
repa
rati
on fo
r tr
ansi
tion
to p
erm
anen
t em
ploy
men
t in
the
indu
stry
follo
win
g gr
adua
tion
.
Act
ivit
ies/
Su
pp
orts
N
um
ber
of R
esp
onse
s 20
14
2012
Jo
b Sh
adow
ing
19
21
Coo
pera
tive
Edu
cati
on P
rogr
am
20
23
Unp
aid
Scho
ol Y
ear
Int
erns
hips
17
22
Pa
id S
umm
er E
mpl
oym
ent
23
23
Part
Tim
e A
fter
- Sch
ool/
Satu
rday
Em
ploy
men
t 14
21
25
26. W
hic
h o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
bro
ad-b
ased
init
iati
ves
shou
ld b
e co
nsi
der
ed t
o st
ren
gth
en p
reci
sio
n m
anu
fact
uri
ng
as a
cri
tica
l in
du
stry
sec
tor
in t
he
Pio
nee
r V
alle
y R
egio
n a
nd
in t
he
Com
mon
wea
lth
? P
leas
e li
st T
op 3
In
itia
tive
s in
Pri
ori
ty O
rder
.
Init
iati
ves
Pri
orit
y 20
14
2012
St
ate-
Wid
e M
arke
ting
Cam
paig
n to
Pro
mot
e Pr
ecis
ion
Man
ufac
turi
ng I
ndus
try
3 1
Dev
elop
men
t of a
Coo
rdin
ated
App
lican
t Ref
erra
l Sys
tem
C
onti
nued
Alig
nmen
t of t
he E
duca
tion
al/T
rain
ing
Infr
astr
uctu
re a
nd P
rogr
ams
wit
h In
dust
ry N
eeds
1
3 E
xpan
ded
Prof
essi
onal
Dev
elop
men
t/C
onti
nuou
s Im
prov
emen
t Pro
gram
s fo
r In
cum
bent
Em
ploy
ees
Prog
ram
s to
Inc
reas
e Sc
hool
, Stu
dent
, and
Par
ent A
war
enes
s of
Car
eers
in P
reci
sion
Man
ufac
turi
ng
2 2
Find
ings
Th
e co
mpa
nies
are
com
mit
ted
to a
ssis
ting
the
regi
onal
edu
cati
onal
inst
itut
ions
Ali
gn P
rogr
ams
wit
h I
nd
ust
ry N
eed
s.
This
has
bec
ome
the
top
prio
rity
for
the
com
pani
es m
ovin
g fo
rwar
d, a
nd w
ill r
equi
re a
ccel
erat
ed c
oord
inat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
betw
een
the
regi
onal
com
pani
es a
nd th
e ed
ucat
iona
l ins
titu
tion
s bo
th a
t the
sec
onda
ry a
nd c
omm
unit
y co
llege
le
vel.
The
com
pani
es c
onti
nue
to id
enti
fy th
e ne
ed to
incr
ease
Sch
ool,
Stu
den
t, a
nd
Par
ent
Aw
aren
ess
of c
aree
rs in
adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring
in o
rder
to c
hang
e th
e pr
evai
ling
perc
epti
on o
f man
ufac
turi
ng, i
ncre
ase
stud
ent e
nrol
lmen
t and
gra
duat
ion
rate
s, a
nd s
tren
gthe
n th
e re
gion
al in
dust
ry e
duca
tion
par
tner
ship
.
Im
plem
enti
ng a
Sta
te-W
ide
Mar
keti
ng
Cam
pai
gn to
pro
mot
e th
e ad
vanc
ed m
anuf
actu
ring
indu
stry
is c
onti
nues
to b
e a
prio
rity
of t
he r
egio
nal c
ompa
nies
in o
rder
to s
tren
gthe
n ad
vanc
ed m
anuf
actu
ring
as
a cr
itic
al in
dust
ry in
the
Reg
ion
and
in
the
Stat
e.
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
s
The
PMR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
mus
t con
tinu
e it
s co
llabo
rati
on w
ith
the
Mas
sach
uset
ts A
dvan
ced
Man
ufac
turi
ng C
olla
bora
tive
(AM
C)
to s
usta
in th
e A
MP-
it-U
P ca
mpa
ign
to p
rom
ote
prec
isio
n m
anuf
actu
ring
in th
e R
egio
n an
d th
e St
ate.
The
PMR
AP
part
ners
hip,
wor
king
wit
h th
e Pr
ogra
m A
dvis
ory
Com
mit
tees
in e
ach
voca
tion
al te
chni
cal h
igh
scho
ol, m
ust
impl
emen
t com
preh
ensi
ve a
nd s
usta
inab
le a
ctio
ns to
incr
ease
sch
ool,
stud
ent,
and
pare
nt a
war
enes
s of
car
eers
in p
reci
sion
m
anuf
actu
ring
.
The
PMR
AP
proj
ect t
eam
mus
t ide
ntify
sus
tain
able
fund
ing
sour
ces
to e
nsur
e th
e on
- goi
ng o
pera
tion
of t
he c
urre
nt r
egio
nal
incu
mbe
nt e
mpl
oyee
trai
ning
pro
gram
.
26
27. P
leas
e in
dic
ate
wh
ich
of
the
foll
owin
g or
gan
izat
ion
s/so
urc
es h
as y
our
com
pan
y su
cces
sfu
lly
use
d f
or t
he
edu
cati
on/t
rain
ing
of y
our
pro
du
ctio
n e
mp
loye
es?
O
rgan
izat
ion
s/S
ourc
es
Nu
mbe
r of
Res
pon
ses
2014
20
12
Inte
rnal
Sta
ff
29
35
Ext
erna
l Con
sult
ants
16
16
In
dust
ry A
ssoc
iati
ons/
Org
aniz
atio
ns
17
18
Reg
iona
l Em
ploy
men
t Boa
rds
23
14
Tech
nica
l /V
ocat
iona
l Hig
h Sc
hool
s 20
22
C
omm
unit
y C
olle
ges/
Uni
vers
itie
s 14
15
M
A W
orkf
orce
Tra
inin
g Fu
nd (W
TF)
13
- O
nlin
e Tr
aini
ng
7 9
O
ther
: (Pl
ease
Spe
cify
) 1
3
Find
ings
Th
e re
gion
al S
ME
s ha
ve v
arie
d ap
proa
ches
to p
rovi
ding
edu
cati
on/t
rain
ing
to th
eir
prod
ucti
on e
mpl
oyee
s an
d se
e va
lue
in
usin
g a
vari
ety
of e
duca
tion
/tra
inin
g pr
ovid
ers,
con
ting
ent u
pon
thei
r sp
ecifi
c bu
sine
ss n
eed.
Th
ere
was
a s
igni
fican
t inc
reas
e in
the
sect
ors
use
of R
egio
nal
Em
plo
ymen
t B
oard
s as
sou
rce
for
the
up-s
killi
ng o
f the
ir
incu
mbe
nt p
rodu
ctio
n em
ploy
ees,
and
ref
lect
s th
e on
-goi
ng p
osit
ive
finan
cial
sup
port
bei
ng p
rovi
ded
to th
e em
ploy
men
t bo
ards
by
the
Stat
e.
85%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
use
In
tern
al S
taff
to
prov
ide
educ
atio
n/tr
aini
ng to
thei
r in
cum
bent
pro
duct
ion
empl
oyee
s. T
his
tren
d ha
s re
mai
ned
cons
tant
from
the
findi
ngs
in th
e 20
12 s
urve
y.
The
tech
nica
l/vo
cati
onal
sch
ools
and
com
mun
ity
colle
ges
are
seen
as
crit
ical
par
tner
s fo
r pr
ovid
ing
tech
nica
l ski
lls
enha
ncem
ent a
nd c
olle
ge c
redi
t cou
rses
for
thei
r in
cum
bent
pro
duct
ion
wor
kers
.
R
ecom
men
dat
ion
The
Reg
iona
l Em
ploy
men
t Boa
rd o
f Ham
pden
Cou
nty,
Inc
., th
roug
h th
e PM
RA
P pr
ojec
t sho
uld
cont
inue
to w
ork
wit
h th
e re
gion
al c
lust
er to
obt
ain
appr
opri
ate
fede
ral,
stat
e, a
nd p
riva
te fu
ndin
g to
con
duct
trai
ning
pro
gram
s an
d in
itia
tive
s.
27
28. W
hic
h o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
tech
nol
ogy
area
s sh
ou
ld b
e m
ore
full
y in
tegr
ated
into
th
e cu
rric
ulu
m in
th
e M
ach
ine
Too
l T
ech
nol
ogy
Pro
gram
s at
th
e vo
cati
onal
tec
hn
ical
hig
h s
choo
ls?
Ple
ase
list
Top
3 A
reas
in P
rio
rity
Ord
er.
Find
ings
C
NC
Set
-Up
an
d O
per
atio
n c
onti
nues
to b
e a
high
pri
orit
y te
chno
logy
are
a th
at th
e re
gion
al a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turi
ng
com
pani
es in
dica
te s
houl
d be
mor
e fu
lly in
tegr
ated
into
the
curr
icul
um in
the
Mac
hine
Too
l Tec
hnol
ogy
Prog
ram
s at
the
tech
nica
l hig
h sc
hool
s. T
here
was
an
extr
emel
y st
rong
focu
s by
the
SME
’s to
acc
eler
ate
this
pha
se o
f the
MTT
cur
ricu
lum
.
R
ead
ing/
Inte
rpre
tin
g O
per
atio
n S
hee
ts/B
luep
rin
ts is
the
mos
t ide
ntifi
ed te
chno
logy
are
a w
ithi
n th
e M
achi
ne T
ool
Tech
nolo
gy c
urri
culu
m a
nd 8
6%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
indi
cati
ng th
e ne
ed to
pre
pare
pro
gram
gra
duat
es w
ith
this
com
pete
ncy.
St
reng
then
ing
inst
ruct
ion
in Q
ual
ity
Insp
ecti
on T
ech
niq
ues
was
vie
wed
by
70%
of t
he c
ompa
nies
as
esse
ntia
l to
prep
arin
g ne
w e
mpl
oyee
s to
per
form
bas
ic q
ualit
y op
erat
ions
and
tech
niqu
es o
f inc
reas
ing
com
plex
geo
met
ry.
29
. Wh
ich
of
the
foll
owin
g te
chn
olog
y ar
eas
sho
uld
be
mor
e fu
lly
inte
grat
ed in
to t
he
curr
icu
lum
in t
he
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g/en
gin
eeri
ng
tech
nol
ogy
pro
gram
s/co
urs
es a
t th
e co
mm
un
ity
coll
ege
leve
l?
Ple
ase
list
Top
3 A
reas
in P
rio
rity
O
rder
.
Fi
ndin
gs
CN
C P
rogr
amm
ing
and
Ver
ific
atio
n c
onti
nues
to th
e pr
iori
ty te
chno
logy
are
a th
at th
e re
gion
al c
ompa
nies
wou
ld li
ke to
se
e fu
lly in
tegr
ated
into
the
in th
e m
anuf
actu
ring
/eng
inee
ring
tech
nolo
gy c
urri
culu
m a
t the
com
mun
ity
colle
ge le
vel.
Tec
hn
olog
y A
reas
P
rior
ity
Are
as
Pri
orit
y 20
14
2012
20
14
2012
C
NC
Set
-Up
and
Ope
rati
on
2 1
CA
D F
unda
men
tals
Q
ualit
y In
spec
tion
Tec
hniq
ues
3 3
3D P
rint
ing
Bas
ics
Rea
ding
/Int
erpr
etin
g O
pera
tion
s Sh
eets
/Blu
epri
nts
1
2 B
asic
Rap
id P
roto
typi
ng
Bas
ic C
NC
Pro
gram
min
g
So
lid M
odel
ing
(OTH
ER
)
(O
THE
R)
Tec
hn
olog
y A
reas
P
rior
ity
Are
as
Pri
orit
y 20
14
2012
20
14
2012
M
ulti
-Axi
s M
achi
ning
Tec
hniq
ues
2
Rap
id P
roto
typi
ng
Tool
Hol
ding
, Mea
suri
ng a
nd I
nspe
ctio
n 3
3 C
NC
Pro
gram
min
g an
d V
erifi
cati
on
1 1
Usi
ng S
olid
Mod
els
in C
AM
Pro
gram
s
Le
an M
anuf
actu
ring
The
ory
and
Impl
emen
tati
on
Qua
lity
Ass
uran
ce a
nd P
roce
ss C
ontr
ol
2
Supp
ly C
hain
Man
agem
ent P
rinc
iple
s
C
AD
Fun
dam
enta
ls
3D P
rint
ing
28
M
ult
i-A
xis
Mac
hin
ing
Tec
hn
iqu
es h
as c
lear
ly e
mer
ged
in th
e pa
st tw
o ye
ars
as a
spe
cific
com
pete
ncy
that
com
pani
es
wou
ld li
ke to
see
com
mun
ity
colle
ge m
anuf
actu
ring
pro
gram
gra
duat
es p
osse
ss.
Man
ufac
turi
ng c
urri
culu
m n
eeds
to b
e re
view
ed to
mak
e ce
rtai
n th
at th
is s
kill
is b
eing
pri
orit
ized
.
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ool H
old
ing,
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suri
ng
and
In
spec
tion
Tec
hn
iqu
es c
onti
nue
to b
e a
cons
iste
nt s
kill
that
mus
t be
incl
uded
in th
e m
anuf
actu
ring
cur
ricu
lum
at t
he c
omm
unit
y co
llege
leve
l.
Com
mun
ity
Col
lege
CN
C P
rogr
amm
ing/
Ver
ific
atio
n
Mu
lti-
Axi
s M
ach
inin
g T
ech
niq
ues
T
ool H
old
ing,
Mea
suri
ng
and
In
spec
tion
Voc
atio
nal T
echn
ical
Hig
h Sc
hool
s B
luep
rin
t R
ead
ing/
Inte
rpre
tati
on
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NC
Set
-Up
an
d O
per
atio
n
Qu
alit
y In
spec
tion
Tec
hn
iqu
es
29
Appendix
Regional Advanced Manufacturing Companies
Advance Manufacturing
Associated Electro-Mechanical
Atlantic Fasteners
Barnes Aerospace
B&E Group
Ben Franklin Design & Manufacturing
Boulevard Machine & Gear
C&G Machine Tool Co.
Duval Precision Grinding
Easthampton Quality Machine
Electro Term, Inc.
G& L Tool Group
Hayden Corp.
Hoppe Technologies
Industrial Precision Inc.
Interstate Manufacturing
JRK Precision Machining
Lenox
MCADM, Inc.
Marubeni Citizen Cincom
Mechanical Drive Components
Meridian Industrial Group, LLC
Mitchell Machine
Paragon Manufacturing
Peerless Precision
Phoenix Manufacturing
Precise Turning & Mfgr
Rock Valley Tool, LLC
Sisson Engineering
Smith & Wesson
Tell Tool
Thorn Industries
Troy Industries
U. S Tsubaki Automotive
Universal Plastics
Valley Steel Stamp
WGI, Inc.
Whip City Tool & Die
Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP)
Leadership Steering Committee Eric Hagopian, President (Chair) MCADM, Inc. James D. Capistran, Executive Director UMass Innovation Institute University of Massachusetts Jeffrey P. Hayden, Vice President Holyoke Community College Adrienne Y. Smith, Dean, School of Engineering Technologies Springfield Technical Community College Susan M. Kasa, President Boulevard Machine and Gear Steve Capshaw, President Valley Steel Stamp, Inc. Mark P. Smith Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Smith & Wesson Joseph Feigen Walter Drake Inc. Robert G. Kispert, Director of Cluster Development John Adams Innovation Institute Allan W. Blair, President and CEO Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Gilbert Traverso, Principal Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy Ed Leyden, President Ben Franklin Design and Manufacturing Co. Ann Burke, Vice President Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts
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ase
ind
ica
tew
hic
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fth
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llo
win
gem
plo
ymen
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enef
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ase
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ase
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tify
the
fact
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cter
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Wh
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of
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foll
ow
ing
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pet
enci
es/a
ttri
bu
tes
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uld
you
lik
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ew
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ne
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loye
esto
po
sses
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lea
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mp
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rib
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sin
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ng
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ica
tio
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tics
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nd
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rpre
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luep
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tsO
ther
:(P
lea
seS
pec
ify)
11.
Ple
ase
iden
tify
the
sou
rces
tha
th
ave
bee
nm
ost
succ
essf
ul
for
you
rco
mp
an
yin
the
recr
uit
men
ta
nd
hir
ing
of
bo
thex
per
ien
ced
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dn
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pro
du
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nem
plo
yees
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ior
itiz
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pe
rie
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ed
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ior
ity
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ipe
lin
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riva
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per
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er:
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
Ma
nu
fac
tur
ing
Op
er
ati
on
s
12.
Ple
ase
ind
ica
tew
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gim
pro
vem
ent
met
ho
do
log
ies
you
reg
ula
rly
use
inyo
ur
man
ufa
ctu
rin
go
per
ati
on
s.
Imp
ro
ve
me
nt
Me
tho
do
log
ies
√C
on
tin
uo
us
Imp
rove
men
tP
rog
ram
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ali
tyC
erti
fica
tio
ns
(IS
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lula
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an
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ctu
rin
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ork
pla
ceO
rga
niz
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teri
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trea
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pin
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an
ba
na
nd
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llS
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ms
Oth
er:
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
5
13.
Ple
ase
ind
icat
ew
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gm
ach
inin
gst
rate
gie
syo
ure
gu
larl
yu
sein
you
rm
anu
fact
uri
ng
op
era
tio
ns.
Ma
ch
inin
gS
tra
teg
ies
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ive
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ach
inin
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ull
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nto
uri
ng
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igh
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eed
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chin
ing
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hts
Ou
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ach
inin
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ard
Tu
rnin
gH
ard
Mil
lin
gP
roto
typ
ing
Oth
er:
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
14.
Ple
ase
ind
ica
tew
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gsu
pp
lych
ain
pra
ctic
esar
ep
art
of
you
rm
anu
fact
uri
ng
op
era
tio
ns.
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pp
lyC
ha
inP
ra
cti
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s√
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lla
bo
rati
on
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ign
wit
hC
ust
om
ers
(DF
M)
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st-I
n-T
ime
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iver
ies
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ess
toC
ust
om
ers
Fo
reca
sts
Cu
sto
mer
Sa
tisf
act
ion
Su
rvey
sC
erti
fica
tio
no
fM
ajo
rS
up
pli
ers
No
ne
of
Th
ese
Oth
er:
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
15.
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ase
ind
ica
teif
you
rco
mp
an
yh
as
3D
pa
rtp
rin
tin
gca
pab
ilit
y.
3D
Pr
inti
ng
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sed
for
Ra
pid
Pro
typ
ing
Use
dfo
rm
an
ufa
ctu
rin
g/p
art
pro
du
ctio
n
Ad
dit
ive
equ
ipm
ent
isn
ot
pre
sen
tly
bei
ng
use
din
ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
op
era
tio
ns
Oth
er:
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
16.
Ifyo
ud
on
ot
pre
sen
tly
ha
ve3
Dca
pa
bil
ity
wo
uld
you
rco
mp
an
ym
ake
use
of
pro
typ
ing
faci
liti
es,
incl
ud
ing
3D
pri
nti
ng
an
do
ther
too
ls,
ifth
eyw
ere
ava
ila
ble
inth
ere
gio
n?
Y
ES
NO
6
17.
Ple
ase
iden
tify
the
foll
ow
ing
emer
gin
gm
anu
fact
uri
ng
tech
no
log
ies
tha
tm
igh
tb
ere
leva
nt
toyo
ur
com
pa
ny
or
that
you
wa
nt
tole
arn
mo
rea
bo
ut:
Inte
re
st
inE
me
rg
ing
Ma
nu
fac
tur
ing
Te
ch
no
log
ies
Ye
sN
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ee
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or
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for
ma
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ng
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rem
ent
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nn
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sa
nd
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du
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ifec
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na
gem
ent
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sta
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ble
ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
Met
al
ad
dit
ive
ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
Ind
ust
ria
lro
bo
tics
Ad
van
ced
form
ing
an
djo
inin
gte
chn
olo
gie
sO
ther
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y):
Te
ch
no
log
y/I
nn
ov
ati
on
Pr
ior
itie
s
18.
Ple
ase
ind
ica
teth
eO
pe
ra
tio
nP
lan
nin
ga
nd
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
soft
war
eth
at
isp
rese
ntl
yb
ein
gu
sed
by
you
rco
mp
an
y.
ER
P/M
RP
So
ftw
ar
eU
se
Pr
od
uc
tN
am
eD
ate
La
st
Up
da
ted
Pr
ima
ry
Se
co
nd
ar
y
1.E
RP
/MR
Pin
teg
rate
dso
ftw
are
pa
cka
ge
(e.g
.G
lob
al
Sh
op
So
luti
on
s)2
.J
ob
Sh
op
Op
era
tio
n-p
lan
nin
ga
nd
exec
uti
on
pa
cka
ge
(e.g
.J
ob
BO
SS
)3
.F
ina
nci
al
soft
wa
rea
da
pta
tio
n(e
.g.
Qu
ick
bo
ok
s)4
.M
an
ua
la
nd
gen
era
lp
urp
ose
soft
wa
rep
ack
ag
es(e
.g.
Ex
cel)
5.
Inte
rna
lly
Dev
elo
ped
/Pro
pri
eta
ryS
yste
m6
.N
on
eo
fth
ea
bo
ve-
Oth
er(P
lea
seS
pec
ify)
a.
Ifyo
uu
sea
nin
teg
rate
dE
RP
soft
wa
rep
ack
ag
e(i
nd
ica
ted
as
“Pri
ma
ry”
in1.
an
d2
.a
bo
ve)
,p
lea
sep
rov
ide
the
foll
ow
ing
ass
essm
ent:
ER
PS
oft
wa
re
As
se
ssm
en
tY
es
No
Are
you
sati
sfie
dw
ith
the
ER
Pso
ftw
are
pro
du
ctyo
ua
reu
sin
g?
Do
esth
eim
ple
men
tati
on
an
du
seo
fth
eS
/Wre
qu
ire
new
skil
ls/t
rain
ing
for
emp
loy
ees?
Isth
ein
vest
men
tin
the
ER
Pso
ftw
are
(in
clu
din
gth
eim
ple
men
tati
on
)ju
stif
iab
le?
Do
esth
isE
RP
soft
wa
reto
ol
ma
ke
you
rco
mp
an
ym
ore
com
pet
itiv
e?
b.
Ifyo
ud
on
ot
use
an
inte
gra
ted
ER
Pso
ftw
are
pa
cka
ge
(in
dic
ate
da
s“P
rim
ary”
in3
.a
nd
4.
ab
ov
e),
ple
ase
ind
ica
teyo
ur
rea
son
(s)
for
no
tu
sin
gan
inte
gra
ted
soft
wa
rep
ack
ag
e.
7
Ge
ne
ra
lP
ur
po
se
S/W
an
dM
an
ua
lT
oo
lsU
se
As
se
ss
me
nt
Ye
sN
oE
RP
soft
wa
rep
ack
ag
eis
too
exp
ensi
veD
on
ot
ha
veth
etr
ain
ing
nec
essa
ryfo
rim
ple
men
tati
on
of
an
ER
Pso
ftw
are
pa
cka
ge
An
ER
Pso
ftw
are
pa
cka
ge
isn
ot
nec
essa
ryfo
ro
ur
op
era
tio
nO
ther
rea
son
s(p
lea
sesp
ecif
y):
19.
IfE
RP
/MR
Pin
teg
rate
dso
ftw
are
wer
ea
vail
ab
leto
you
rco
mp
an
yo
na
na
ffo
rda
ble
ba
sis,
wo
uld
you
mak
eu
seo
fit
toex
pan
dyo
ur
man
ufa
ctu
rin
go
per
ati
on
s?
YE
S
NO
.
IfY
ES
,p
lea
sein
dic
ate
wh
ich
ER
P/M
RP
inte
gra
ted
soft
wa
reyo
uw
ou
ldli
ke
toh
ave
acc
ess
to.
1. 2.
20
.P
lea
sein
dic
ate
the
CA
D/C
AM
an
ds
imu
lati
on
so
ftw
ar
eth
at
isp
rese
ntl
yb
ein
gu
sed
by
you
rco
mp
an
y.
CA
D/C
AM
/Sim
ula
tio
nS
oft
wa
re
Us
eP
ro
du
ct
Na
me
Da
teL
ast
Up
da
ted
Pr
ima
ry
Se
co
nd
ar
y
1.In
teg
rate
dC
AD
/CA
Mp
ack
ag
e2
.P
rod
uct
Lif
ecyc
leM
an
ag
emen
t(P
LM
)(i
nte
gra
ted
wit
hcu
sto
mer
s)3
.3
DC
AD
ven
do
rsu
pp
ort
edsy
stem
4.
3D
CA
Dfr
eesy
stem
5.
Mo
del
ing
,si
mu
lati
on
/ver
ific
ati
on
soft
wa
re6
.P
rog
ram
ma
ble
Au
tom
ati
on
So
ftw
are
7.
No
ne
of
thes
e8
.O
ther
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
a.
Ifyo
uu
sea
nin
teg
rate
dC
AD
/CA
Mo
rP
LM
soft
wa
rep
ack
ag
e(i
nd
ica
ted
as
“Pri
ma
ry”
in1.
an
d2
.ab
ov
e),
ple
ase
pro
vid
eth
efo
llo
win
ga
sses
smen
t:
CA
D/C
AM
or
PL
MS
oft
wa
re
Use
As
se
ss
me
nt
Ye
sN
oIm
ple
men
ted
CA
D/C
AM
or
PL
Mto
sati
sfy
cust
om
erre
qu
irem
ents
Are
you
sati
sfie
dw
ith
the
pro
du
ctyo
ua
reu
sin
g?
Do
esy
ou
rso
ftw
are
ven
do
rp
rovi
de
ap
pro
pri
ate
an
def
fect
ive
sup
po
rt?
Do
esth
eim
ple
men
tati
on
an
du
seo
fso
ftw
are
req
uir
en
ewsk
ills
/tra
inin
gfo
rem
plo
yee
s?Is
the
inve
stm
ent
(in
clu
din
gth
eim
ple
men
tati
on
)ju
stif
iab
le?
Do
you
bel
iev
eth
at
this
too
lm
ak
esyo
ur
com
pa
ny
mo
reco
mp
etit
ive?
b.
Ifyo
ud
on
ot
use
inte
gra
ted
CA
D/C
AM
an
dP
LM
soft
wa
rep
ack
ag
e(i
nd
ica
ted
as
“Pri
mar
y”in
4.
5.
and
6.
ab
ov
e),
ple
ase
pro
vid
eth
efo
llo
win
ga
sses
smen
t:
8
Ge
ne
ra
lP
ur
po
se
So
ftw
ar
ea
nd
Ma
nu
al
To
ols
Us
eA
sse
ss
me
nt
Ye
sN
oH
ave
no
tp
urc
ha
sed
inte
gra
ted
CA
D/C
AM
pa
cka
ge
bec
au
seit
isn
ot
nec
essa
ryfo
ro
ur
ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
op
era
tio
nH
ave
no
tp
urc
ha
sed
inte
gra
ted
CA
D/C
AM
pa
cka
ge
bec
au
seit
isto
oex
pen
sive
Ha
ven
ot
pu
rch
ase
din
teg
rate
dC
AD
/CA
Mp
ack
ag
eb
eca
use
we
do
no
th
ave
the
tra
inin
gn
eces
sary
for
imp
lem
enta
tio
nH
ave
no
tp
urc
ha
sed
inte
gra
ted
CA
D/C
AM
pa
cka
ge
bec
au
seit
isn
ot
ap
pli
cab
leto
ou
rm
an
ufa
ctu
rin
go
per
ati
on
Ha
ven
ot
pu
rch
ase
din
teg
rate
dC
AD
/CA
Mp
ack
ag
efo
ro
ther
rea
son
s(P
lea
seS
pec
ify
):
21.
IfC
AD
/CA
Ma
nd
PL
Mso
ftw
are
wer
ea
vail
ab
leto
you
rco
mp
an
yo
na
na
ffo
rda
ble
ba
sis,
wo
uld
you
mak
eu
seo
fit
toex
pan
dyo
ur
man
ufa
ctu
rin
go
per
ati
on
s?
YE
S
NO
.
IfY
ES
,p
lea
sein
dic
ate
wh
ich
CA
D/C
AM
an
dP
LM
soft
wa
reyo
uw
ou
ldli
ke
toh
ave
acc
ess
to.
1. 2.
22
.If
ab
usi
nes
so
pp
ort
un
ity
aro
sew
ith
an
ewcu
sto
mer
wit
hn
ewC
AD
/CA
Mso
ftw
are
,w
ou
ldyo
ub
ew
illi
ng
top
ay
for
cust
om
ized
tech
nic
al
ass
ista
nce
tole
arn
an
du
seth
en
ewso
ftw
are
?
YE
S
NO
.
Ed
uc
ati
on
Init
iati
ve
s
23
.W
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gin
itia
tiv
essh
ou
ldth
eP
MR
AP
pa
rtn
ersh
ipfo
cus
on
toa
ssis
tth
eed
uca
tio
na
lsy
stem
inp
rep
ari
ng
stu
den
tsfo
rca
reer
sin
the
pre
cisi
on
man
ufa
ctu
rin
gin
du
stry
?P
lea
se
lis
tT
op3
Init
iati
ve
sin
Pr
ior
ity
Or
de
r.
Init
iati
ve
sP
rio
rit
yA
lig
nT
ech
nic
al
Cu
rric
ulu
mw
ith
Ind
ust
ryN
eed
sS
tren
gth
enE
mp
loya
bil
ity
Rea
din
ess
Inst
ruct
ion
for
Stu
den
tsD
evel
op
Pa
id/U
np
aid
Su
mm
erE
mp
loym
ent
Op
po
rtu
nit
ies
for
Stu
den
tsa
tM
an
ufa
ctu
rin
gC
om
pa
nie
sD
evel
op
Pa
idS
um
mer
Pro
fess
ion
al
Dev
elo
pm
ent
Op
po
rtu
nit
ies
for
Vo
cati
on
al
Tea
cher
sa
tM
an
ufa
ctu
rin
gC
om
pa
nie
sIn
crea
seIn
form
ati
on
al
Pro
gra
ms/
Act
ivit
ies
for
Co
un
selo
rsa
nd
Tea
cher
sIn
crea
seC
are
erA
wa
ren
ess
Pro
gra
ms
/Eve
nts
for
Pa
ren
tsO
ther
:(P
lea
seS
pec
ify)
24
.Ple
ase
ind
ica
tew
hic
ho
fth
efo
llow
ing
wor
kfo
rce
dev
elop
men
tin
itia
tive
syo
urco
mpa
ny
isin
tere
sted
inbe
com
ing
invo
lved
into
stre
ngth
enth
ere
gion
alpr
ecis
ion
man
ufac
turi
ng
indu
stry
.
9
Init
iati
ve
s√
Sp
eak
ing
toP
are
nt
Org
an
iza
tio
ns/
Stu
den
tG
rou
ps
Reg
ard
ing
Ca
reer
sin
Pre
cisi
on
Ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
Ex
hib
itin
ga
tE
du
cati
on
Ca
reer
an
dT
ech
no
log
yF
air
sC
on
trib
uti
ng
To
oli
ng
/Ma
teri
al
toS
cho
ols
Wo
rkin
gw
ith
Inst
ruct
ors
toIn
corp
ora
teIn
du
stry
Sta
nd
ard
sin
toC
urr
icu
lum
Ser
vin
ga
sM
ento
rs/A
dvi
sors
at
Sel
ecte
dS
cho
ols
Inst
itu
tin
gC
om
pa
ny
Sp
on
sore
dE
du
cati
on
al
Sch
ola
rsh
ips
Hir
ing
Vo
cati
on
al/
Co
mm
un
ity
Co
lleg
eT
each
ers
for
Pa
idS
um
mer
Wo
rkO
ther
:(P
lea
seS
pec
ify)
25.P
lea
sein
dic
ate
ifyo
ur
com
pan
yw
ould
bein
tere
sted
inpr
ovid
ing
the
foll
owin
gca
reer
rela
ted
acti
viti
es/s
uppo
rts
tost
uden
tsin
the
Mac
hine
Too
lT
echn
olog
yP
rogr
amat
the
tech
nica
lhi
ghsc
hool
sin
the
Pio
neer
Val
ley
regi
on.
26
.W
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gb
roa
d-b
ased
init
iati
ves
sho
uld
be
con
sid
ered
tost
ren
gth
enp
reci
sio
nm
anu
fact
uri
ng
as
acr
itic
al
ind
ust
ryse
cto
rin
the
Pio
nee
rV
all
eyR
egio
na
nd
inth
eC
om
mo
nw
ealt
h?
Ple
as
eli
st
Top
3In
itia
tiv
es
inP
rio
rit
yO
rd
er.
Init
iati
ve
sP
rio
rit
yS
tate
-Wid
eM
ark
etin
gC
am
pa
ign
toP
rom
ote
Pre
cisi
on
Ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
Ind
ust
ryD
evel
op
men
to
fa
Co
ord
ina
ted
Ap
pli
can
tR
efer
ral
Sys
tem
Co
nti
nu
edA
lig
nm
ent
of
the
Ed
uca
tio
na
l/T
rain
ing
Infr
ast
ruct
ure
an
dP
rog
ram
sw
ith
Ind
ust
ryN
eed
sE
xp
an
ded
Pro
fess
ion
al
Dev
elo
pm
ent/
Co
nti
nu
ou
sIm
pro
vem
ent
Pro
gra
ms
for
Incu
mb
ent
Em
plo
yees
Pro
gra
ms
toIn
crea
seS
cho
ol,
Stu
den
t,a
nd
Pa
ren
tA
wa
ren
ess
of
Ca
reer
sin
Pre
cisi
on
Ma
nu
fact
uri
ng
Oth
er:
(Ple
ase
Sp
ecif
y)
27
.P
lea
sein
dic
ate
wh
ich
of
the
foll
ow
ing
org
an
izat
ion
s/so
urc
esh
as
you
rco
mp
an
ysu
cces
sfu
lly
use
dfo
rth
eed
uca
tio
n/t
rain
ing
of
you
rp
rod
uct
ion
emp
loye
es?
Or
ga
niz
ati
on
s/S
ou
rc
es
√In
tern
al
Sta
ff
Ex
tern
al
Co
nsu
lta
nts
Ind
ust
ryA
sso
cia
tio
ns/
Org
an
iza
tio
ns
Reg
ion
al
Em
plo
ymen
tB
oa
rds
Tec
hn
ica
l/V
oca
tio
na
lH
igh
Sch
oo
ls
Ac
tiv
itie
s/S
up
po
rts
√J
ob
Sh
ad
ow
ing
Co
op
era
tive
Ed
uca
tio
nP
rog
ram
Un
pa
idS
cho
ol
Yea
rIn
tern
ship
s
Pa
idS
um
mer
Em
plo
ymen
tP
art
Tim
eA
fter
-S
cho
ol/
Sa
turd
ay
Em
plo
ymen
t
10
Co
mm
un
ity
Co
lleg
es/U
niv
ersi
ties
MA
Wo
rkfo
rce
Tra
inin
gF
un
d(W
TF
)O
nli
ne
Tra
inin
gO
ther
:(P
lea
seS
pec
ify)
28
.W
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gte
chn
olo
gy
are
as
sho
uld
be
mo
refu
lly
inte
gra
ted
into
the
curr
icu
lum
inth
eM
ach
ine
To
ol
Tec
hn
olo
gy
Pro
gra
ms
at
the
vo
ca
tio
na
lte
ch
nic
al
hig
hs
ch
oo
ls?
Ple
as
eli
st
Top
3A
re
as
inP
rio
rit
yO
rd
er.
29
.W
hic
ho
fth
efo
llo
win
gte
chn
olo
gy
are
as
sho
uld
be
mo
refu
lly
inte
gra
ted
into
the
curr
icu
lum
inth
em
anu
fact
uri
ng
/en
gin
eeri
ng
tech
no
log
yp
rog
ram
s/co
urs
esa
tth
ec
om
mu
nit
yc
oll
eg
ele
ve
l?P
lea
se
lis
tT
op3
Ar
ea
sin
Pr
ior
ity
Or
de
r.
Ple
ase
ad
da
ny
com
men
tsth
at
wil
la
ssis
tth
eP
MR
AP
tea
min
its
wo
rkfo
rce
dev
elo
pm
ent
an
dte
chn
olo
gy
wo
rk.
Th
an
ky
ou
for
co
mp
leti
ng
the
Wo
rk
for
ce
De
ve
lop
me
nt
an
dT
ec
hn
olo
gy
Ad
op
tio
nS
ur
ve
y.
De
ce
mb
er
20
13
Fu
nd
ing
Pro
vid
ed
by
Th
eIn
no
va
tio
nIn
sti
tute
at
the
Ma
ssa
ch
use
tts
Te
ch
no
log
yC
oll
ab
or
ati
ve
an
dth
eM
assa
ch
use
tts
Ex
ec
uti
ve
Off
ice
of
Ho
usin
ga
nd
Ec
on
om
icD
ev
elo
pm
en
t.
Te
ch
no
log
yA
re
as
Pr
ior
ity
Ar
ea
sP
rio
rit
yC
NC
Set
-Up
an
dO
per
ati
on
CA
DF
un
da
men
tals
Qu
ali
tyIn
spec
tio
nT
ech
niq
ues
3D
Pri
nti
ng
Ba
sics
Rea
din
g/I
nte
rpre
tin
gO
per
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Resources and References Staying Power: The Future of Manufacturing in Massachusetts The Boston Foundation, September 2012 http://www.northeastern.edu/dukakiscenter/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Staying-Power-II.pdf Case Study: The Regional Precision Manufacturing Partnership in Hampden County, Massachusetts Commonwealth Corporation, October 2011 http://www.wmntma.org/uploads/File/Western%20MA%20Manuf%2010%2020%2011.pdf A Framework for Revitalizing American Manufacturing Executive Office of the President of the United States, December 2009 http://www.wmntma.org/uploads/File/121609ManufacturingFramework[1].pdf The Feasibility Study: Massachusetts Center for Advanced Precision Manufacturing Technology, Inc. Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. - Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP), December 2010 http://www.wmntma.org/uploads/File/MCAPMT-FINAL%20%20Feasibility%20Study%20January%2014,%202011.pdf
CONTACT INFORMATION For information on the Workforce Development and Technology Adoption Report or the Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP), please contact David M. Cruise at 413-755-1362 or [email protected]. For information on the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, please visit their web site at http://www.mass.gov/hed/. Information on the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association can be found on their web site at http://www.wmntma.org/
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