LA/NTMA Angels Baseball Night
Tuesday, July 28
Join Us for a
fun, family evening
LA/NTMA Angels Baseball Night
Tuesday, July 28th
Angels Stadium, Anaheim
5:30pm Tailgate Party
7:05pm Game vs Cleveland Indians
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
So I’ll bet a few years back most of you read Spencer Johnson’s “Who Moved My Cheese?” I was thinking about this book because last week I felt like someone ate my cheese!
Over the last couple of months our company has cut hours, reduced its work force, and cut back in ALL areas of expenses. These days “cutting expenses” is easier said than done when basic overhead costs just keep going up such as insurance, utilities, environmental fees, ISO certification/audits, permits, taxes, etc. Furthermore, we have ramped up marketing with cold calls and chasing-down every possible quote...
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
 If you missed the Laserjet vs Waterjet presentation you missed an interesting and informative afternoon. A special thanks to Patrick Corbett of North South Machinery for putting together this event and to Mitsubishi for hosting it. Thank you to speakers Arnie Ruiz from North South for his presentation on Waterjet and John Prunella from Mitsubishi Laser for his presentation on Laserjet...
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— June 2009 —
Board Meeting
Tuesday, June 9th
NTMA Training Center Apprenticeship Banquet
Friday, June 12th
Holiday Inn Select
La Mirada
— July 2009 —
Board Meeting
Tuesday, July 14th
Angels Baseball Game and Tailgate Party
Angels vs. Cleveland Indians
Tuesday, July 28th
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Strategic Planning that Matters: Part 2
for the Small Manufacturer
In last month’s article, we began the strategic planning process. Since the company an entrepreneur creates is a manifestation of his/her personal vision and values, it was important that we first looked at ourselves (the entrepreneur) in the strategic planning process.
After reading the above mentioned article you should begin to have a clear understanding about where you want to go personally. You can now begin to create the direction of your company. Let’s start this process by asking the fundamental “purpose” question:
Why does this company exist? What purpose does it fill in the marketplace? If your company disappeared, what void (if any) would exist?
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Do You Know :
Planning for Workplace Emergencies
This article is one in an ongoing series being published over the course of the year, compliments of Sentry Insurance.The intention is to advise customers and organizational members on important, but generally unknown or misunderstood, business coverage risks or coverage nuances.
Nobody expects an emergency or disaster. Yet, the simple truth is that emergencies and disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. The best way to protect yourself, your employees and your business is to develop an emergency-response plan before an emergency occurs....
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Industry Related Events:
SAVE THE DATE
2009
NTMA/PMA Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fair
Date: October 7, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
NTMA 2009 Fall Conference
Date: October 8-11, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
www.ntma.org
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NTMA Training Centers Have Graduates Available!
The NTMA Training Centers in Norwalk and Ontario would like to invite you to interview graduates looking for employment. The Machinist Training graduates complete an intensive 7 month program that includes topics such as algebra, trigonometry, blueprint reading, all conventional machining, to the CNC mills and lathes and an introduction to wire EDM and MasterCam.
Every 6 weeks NTMA Training Centers graduate anywhere between 30 -20 graduates. The Placement Department at both locations can provide you with up-to-date resumes and also assist in scheduling interviews...
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INSTRUCTORS NEEDED!
Immediate Openings
NTMA Training Centers of Southern California, a private non-profit trust organization with two campuses in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas has immediate openings for highly motivated, results-oriented PART-TIME and FULL-TIME Machinist Instructors to work at both our Norwalk, CA and Ontario, CA campuses.
This is a GREAT opportunity for experienced Machinists to pass on their knowledge to others! Flexible schedules available as the NTMA Training Centers hold classes from 7am – 11pm Monday thru Friday (multiple classes throughout the day) and 8am-4:30pm on Saturdays.
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Did You Know?—NTMA Member Benefits
Did you know that with your NTMA membership you are entitled to Access to the NTMA Human Resources, Environmental/Safety Centers? Do you know all of the benefits of being an NTMA member? You are probably missing out on many of those benefits!
For more information, contact NTMA National at: 800-248-6862.
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