industry partnership summary presented to the wyoming workforce development council 6/9/11 bruce...

Industry Partnership Summary

Presented to the Wyoming Workforce Development Council 6/9/11

Bruce Brown CPA MBA

Manufacturing Network Solutions

Mission Statement:

Manufacturing Solutions Network is an organization of manufacturers partnering with education, training and economic development entities to grow and sustain manufacturing in Wyoming.


Core partners:

Private Sector Manufacturers•Kennan Products•Pertech Resources•Y-Tex•LBI LLC•Mountain Meadows Wool•Sheridan Tent and Awning


Core partners:

Economic Development•Wyoming Business Council

Training Providers•Manufacturing Works•Eastern Wyoming College•Central Wyoming College

Department of Workforce Services


How did we get started?

• We attended the Industry partnership academy in Cody

• From the meeting in Cody we came away with a work plan that became the foundation of our industry partnership


EXPLAINING OUR PLAN IN FIVE EASY STEPS

•Create appropriate elevator speech •This elevator speech will allow us explain manufacturing partnerships to people unfamiliar with the concept in 30 – 60 seconds

•Cultivate champions by county•A champion is someone who is or can become a leader in the manufacturing partnership initiative


•Discovery of basic concerns•This will be to find the challenges facing manufacturers in Wyoming so we can provide solutions and add value to manufacturers

•Neighborhood or sector assessment•We will discover the concerns of manufacturers either regionally or by sector•The correct approach will come out when we start our discovery process


•Prioritize (short term/long term)•We will prioritize our findings into both short term projects and long term projects based on the complexity of the challenge


SUCCESS AFTER 12 MONTHS•Establishing identity in the Manufacturing/technology sector•We want people to know who we are and what we do

•Collection of concerns for solution identification•We will document and catalog the list of concerns we discover so we can set goals and metrics to measure out success


•Prioritization of the first tier concerns and solution prototypes•We want to hit the ground running so we will identify some challenges that we can solve early to build momentum to take on the more difficult challenges


SUCCESS AFTER 24 MONTHS•Sustainable and growing•We want to have the MTSS sustainable and growing after two years so the initiative will continue to provide solutions to manufacturers long after the grant period has ended


ROUGH WORK PLAN

Six months

Develop media items including social network, email and brochures, web• Initiate involvement with media professionals at MW•Test prototypes with manufacturing champions we identify•Detail schedule for media updating•Enlarge networking opportunities•Refine and revitalize all efforts


Solidify key working group •Predictable communication and interaction weekly•Face time on a regular basis•Accountable to each other•Grow linkages to one another


Procedures and practices to implement success with partners•Detailed preliminary plan of attack•Defined mission statement•Measurable goals•Revisions based on feedback to plan of attack (Deming Cycle)•Anecdotal success stories to share with new potential champions


Ten champions identified and validated•Number of meetings held•Number of encounters (face to face)•Numbers of challenges identified•Number of new alliances/partnerships developed outside the industry•Risk takers rewarded


Refining plan of action (Deming Cycle)•Plan•Do•Study•Act•Report Back


Twelve months

Establishing identity in the Manufacturing/Technology sector•Name recognition of M/T Summit Solutions• Publicity and success stories consistently• Presentation at Governor’s annual Workforce Solutions Summit• Speaking engagements at civic clubs across the state• Presentation at other statewide professional organizations


Collection of concerns for solution identification•Clear and concise information transfer from industry•Appreciation of commonality and uniqueness of challenges•Categorization of major challenges into clusters•Demarcation of NAICS differences within manufacturing•Simplified matrix for outcome of assessment


Prioritization of the first tier concerns and solution prototypes•Selection of some visible successes early• Insist on quantifiable and auditable wins•Continuous improvement of the process

SECURING OTHER RESOURCES ON AN ONGOING BASIS•Success breeds success. It is our intention to have this partnership be the genesis of a manufacturers association to continue this work


Name changed to Manufacturing Network Solutions from Manufacturing Technology Sectors Solutions


As we started working on the plan we considered, “How do we get the word out and generate some excitement?”

20/20 Clear Vision Award was created:

The Manufacturing Solutions Network, Manufacturing-Works and the Wyoming Workforce Development Council are pleased to present Kennon Products, Inc. of Sheridan, Wyoming the 20/20 Clear Vision Award for the Northeast Region. The 20/20 Clear Vision award celebrates organizations that show a commitment to a 20% reduction in costs and or a 20% gain in growth.


The 20/20 Clear Vision Awards were held in Casper, Sheridan and Riverton

Casper – WESTECH/WOTCO

Sheridan – Kennon Products

Riverton – Precision Labs


The Manufacturing Technology Summit Solutions, Manufacturing-Works and the Department of Workforce Services are pleased to present WESTECH/WOTCO of Casper, Wyoming the first annual 20/20 Clear Vision Award. The 20/20 Clear Vision award celebrates organizations that show a commitment to a 20% reduction in costs or a 20% gain in growth.

WESTECH/WOTCO has demonstrated a commitment to reduction of costs by embracing the Lean Concepts by training their entire staff in Lean 101, performing Value Stream Mapping training and showing a dedication to Lean Principles and continuous improvement throughout the organization. WESTECH/WOTCO has learned to use Deming’s principles to become a leaner organization and to add to their bottom line by identifying and eliminating inefficiencies and wastes to improve their output.

The 20/20 Clear Vision Award will be held at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel September 9, 2010 at 5:30pm in the North Ball Room.


What did we learn from our conversations with manufacturers at the 20/20 Awards Dinners?

• Difficulty in delivering the products to market.

• How do we increase sales?

• Where and how do we find employees?

• Better yet, where and how do we find trained employees?

• How do we deal with the rising cost of health care?

• How do we create and maintain a safe workplace?

Just to name a few….


Next steps –

• Conducted a demographics survey of manufacturers in Wyoming• When we analyzed the information we

determined this was not what we needed to design training program to assist Wyoming manufacturers


Next Steps –

• Created by-laws

• Crated articles of incorporation for the Association

• Elected interim officers • Joe St. Pierre – President• Valeris Spanos – Vice President• Don Gould - Treasurer


How do we address the needs of the manufacturers?

We contracted with Department of Research and Planning to perform a comprehensive survey to answer:

• Specific training needs for Wyoming manufacturers

• What kind of training can we offer to close the wage and gender gap?

• What kind of safety training is needed?

• What kind of front line supervisory training is needed?

• How can we help to remove the barriers to business growth?


Sustainability• We have a multi-faceted approach to achieving

sustainability for our industry partnership.

• The Manufacturers Solution Network will be an all-volunteer organization with the exception of a part-time executive director.

• In order to get the association up and running it will take assistance from an organization willing to provide financial assistance to contract with a person to perform the Executive Director duties on a part-time basis.


Sustainability• The strength of the Association will be in

its members. We will assess member dues so we can make sure MSN and the industry partnership will be sustainable.

• Therefore, we will be looking for grants or other assistance to contract with and Executive Director until the association has enough dues paying members to be self-sustaining.


Sustainability• When we have the Executive Director in

place that person will use the marketing brochure that we are developing as a part of these presentations to solicit membership in the MSN and we will be off and running!


• Interesting project and a worthwhile project for us to take on, already have a win…..

• Pertech Resources’ human resource professional, Caren Olson said she was able to incorporate social networking into her hiring procedure for hiring both inside and outside Wyoming. The use of social networking was discussed during one on our planning sessions and she took the idea generated at that meeting and turned it into a valuable resource.


Thank you for allowing us to participate!

Questions?


industry partnership summary presented to the wyoming workforce development council 6/9/11 bruce...

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