2011

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"Made in the USA" - Can it Happen Again?
Smarter Product Development
Manufacturing at the Crossroads
Why is China Cheaper?
India Turns to Manufacturing to Boost Job Creation
Five Common Lean Maintenance Missteps
Continuous Improvement is Not New
Toyota Culture Series: A-3 Problem Solving & the Toyota Recall Crisis


2010

CNN: New Face of Blue Collar Workers

Business First! 4/10 Newsletter

Hamilton Caster Corporate Video

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

Technology First Newsletter 03/10

Workforce Connection Newsletter 2/10

CBS Evening News Video - Where America Stands: Manufacturing

Join Us - APICS Columbus Chapter - "Keeping it in America"

University of Dayton, Miami University Will Help Companies Resolve to be Leaner in the New Year

Dayton Daily News: UD, Miami University Offering Business Efficiency Training

Columbus Dispatch: Two Universities Team up to Teach Lean Management

Business First! 1/10 Newsletter

2009

Business First! Welcomes Economic Development Official

AMTS 2009 - Find out why you should be there!

Press Release - Displace Worker Training

Press Release - Partnering with MiamiU CCC Final

Press Release - UD Partnering with Oklahoma LI

How to Lean and Lead Your Projects

Obama's Strategy to Reverse Manufacturing's Fall

FIC has gone paperless

Lean Newsletter 7/10/09

Tinker AFB requires workers experienced in various
aircraft maintenance trades. Go to www.PrimeBizNet.com for more info.

Lean Newsletter 6/26/09

Lean Newsletter 6/12/09

ODEA Dateline Newsletter

Lean Newsletter 5/29/09

June 2009 Training Classes

Lean Newsletter 5/07/09

See the DTMA Bots on Facebook

Business First Newsletter

Bob Emilani Cost Volume Curve

April 9, 2009 CI Weekly Success

April 9, 2009 CI Success

March 20, 2009 Lean Factories Find it Hard to Cut Jobs

February 20, 2009 Wahl and Wadell

January 20, 2009  Out of a job? Need one?

January 10, 2009  Meet deadlines, manage peak demands, and control assembly costs

January 1, 2009 January 1 Lean Newsletter

2008

December 19, 2008 Freeing up Cash from Operations - As the economy slows, companies should avoid the impulse to batten down their operations indiscriminately. Taking short-term steps and a balanced view of operations can keep cash flows healthy.

November 19, 2008 November Lean Newsletter

November 4, 2008 Lean Banking

November 4, 2008 Hamilton Caster's Lean Newsletter

October 9, 2008 Register now for AMTS

October 9, 2008 Data Security and Ethical Hacking - Testing is an essential part of any data security program. The effort, however, must be done in a manner that does not expose the company to unnecessary liability.

October 7, 2008 October Lean Newsletter

September 23, 2008 Grow your Business at AMTS 2008

September 16, 2008 NEWS FLASH Manufacturer finds moving production from China to U.S. improved efficiency, flexibility - (9/12, Mehta) reports that the "cost of shipping outsourced goods from China to U.S. customers has doubled in just two years thanks to high oil prices, and labor costs in China are rising sharply." This has led to "talk of a reverse migration of manufacturing from China to the U.S., [which] has been buzzing across union halls and factory floors, corporate boardrooms and Wall Street." Fortune profiles Regal Ware Inc., a 500-employee maker of high-end cookware which "discovered that manufacturing abroad has another drawback: it isn't nearly as efficient as they had hoped." As part of a recent "review of its manufacturing processes, Regal Ware managers decided they could solve inventory woes and serve customers better by largely abandoning their 10-year effort in China." Though "plenty of manufacturers will continue looking for ever cheaper places to produce," Regal Ware's "experience suggests that companies need to think beyond simply chasing the lowest cost supplier." After Regal Ware moved its production back to the U.S., according to CEO Jeffrey Reigle, the company experienced a more flexible supply chain and heightened efficiency.

September 16, 2008 September Business First Newsletter

August 7, 2008 Business First Newsletter - University of Dayton Research Institute personnel are trying to help the Air Force Material Command capture valuable information from longtime employees before they head into retirement. The university researchers said they also expect to use the same software to help younger employees pursue their career goals, by locating the workplace expertise and training that suits them.

July 22, 2008 - Advanced Marketing in the greater Charlotte Region

July 14, 2008 - About the Fall 2008 Schedule

July 11, 2008 - Six Sigma Training is here! - Center for Competitive Change to offer fall Six Sigma Training

July 11, 2008 - DTMA - Start a BoysIQ Team!

July 11, 2008 - DTMA - BotsIQ Flyer!

June 13, 2008 - DTMA - First Spring BotsIQ Competition Great Successs!

May 22, 2008 - Future State News - Turning Strategy into reality

April 30, 2008 - International Herald Tribune - US aerospace and defense sector braces for potential brain drain as Cold War workers retire

April 15, 2008 - Industry Week - Kato's Engineering's 'Lean Office Transformation' Attacks Wasteful Procedures Off the Factory Floor.

March 27, 2008 - Future State News - Getting Value From Your ERP System Implementation

February 26, 2008 - Future State News - Developing the Next Generation of Leaders

February 19, 2008 - Business First! for a Greater Dayton Region
 
January 16, 2008 - Think CAPSTONE - Leading People Through Change - At some point in 2008, most of us will face one of the hardest challenges of our careers – leading other people through change. How will you tap the knowledge of your employees and make innovation and change a part of their job?

2007

November 5, 2007 - Center for Competitive Change - Announcement - The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) has received its second delivery order under the Air Force's DESP II contract, worth $986K over the FY07/08 year.

September 6, 2007 - Data Disaster Recovery - Your business needs a fail-safe data disaster recovery strategy that ensures business continuity, continuous data protection, and regulatory compliance.

August 27, 2007 - Sarbanes Oxley & Internal Controls - "The Not So Hidden Implications for Information Technology & Information Security"
- Ronald Raether Jr.
- Brian Wright

August 9, 2007 - PolymerOhio - Is ISO 27001 the Next Big Management System Standard?

July 23, 2007 - DAYTON, Ohio - National City Mortgage customers who speak Spanish now have a website entirely for themselves

July 15, 2007 - Industry Weekly - Best Practices by Tonya Vinas

July 13, 2007 - Lean Service - An S-Business Case Study at Hartzell Propeller's Service Center by Alfred W. Ryan, Max Smith

July 10, 2007 - Lean Service - Services Management - Hill Air Force Material Command Base by Timothy J. Hutzel, Daniel R. Moreland, Alex Ryan

May 1, 2007 - The Center for Competitive Change, University of Dayton Research Institute would like to remind all engineers looking to fulfill their Professional Engineer (PE) PDH requirements, that all of our seminars and programs provide CEU equivalent credits...

2006

November 1, 2006 - The University of Dayton announces that the Research Institute at UD has received the first delivery order under the DESP II contract, worth $1.35 million over the coming year...

September 12, 2006 -The Center for Competitive Change 2006 Fall and Winter Lean Learning Event Public Series featuring four important topics for institutions working to improve your business operations, learn how to compete in time, and understand many ways for eliminating waste throughout the organization...

July 17, 2006 -The University of Dayton announces the transition of the Center for Competitive Change to UD’s Research Institute...