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LA/NTMA Economic Luncheon
Tuesday, Sep. 15th
Join Us for our most popular meeting of the year!
LA/NTMA Economic Luncheon
Speaker: Jack Kyser, Chief Economist
LA Economic Development Corporation
Maggiano's Little Italy, Los Angeles (Fairfax District)
Tuesday, September 15th
11:30pm Registration & Networking
12:00pm Luncheon & Speaker
Maggiano’s Little Italy, Milano Banquet Room, 189 The Grove Drive
MAP
323-965-9665
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
I always view September as a “Back to School” month. Although I haven’t been in school for quite sometime, I do feel like it’s a month for a fresh start at work. Just like students have new teachers, new shoes, and new backpacks; I think it’s a perfect time to get re-focused on business goals, re-acquainted with old friends, and re-energized with NTMA!
Yesterday I made myself sit down with our President and Operations Manager. My goal was to write down three things we were going to do or continue to do to improve the company. Once we started talking, the stuff we came up with were things we didn’t necessarily need to start doing from scratch. The list consisted of items we already do, but are not systematic about how we do them...
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
 The fires of the last couple of weeks have been eerily familiar to me after the time I spent in the San Diego fires last year. I feel the fear of the people whose homes and livelihood are being threatened by Mother Nature’s fury. For our members who have been affected by these fires, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Fire season has not even begun, and we are seeing the destruction begin. Lucky for us, we have some of the best firefighters in the country. Thank you to them!
In preparation for the season, I have found some information and websites that are essential reading for anyone living in Southern California. Most people don’t expect to be caught in a fire and are not prepared. People that I know who have lost their homes in fires...
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— September 2009 —
Economic Luncheon, Speaker:
Jack Kyser, LA Economic Development Corporation
Maggiano's Little Italy, Los Angeles (Fairfax District)
Tuesday, Sept. 15th
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Strategic Planning Workshop
Monday, Sept. 21
8:00am-1:00pm
Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be served
NTMA Training Center Annex, Santa Fe Springs
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Upcoming Meetings: Save the Date
September 2009
Monday, September 21st
Strategic Planning Workshop
8:00am-1:00pm Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be served
NTMA Training Center Annex, Santa Fe Springs
Facilitated by Mark Deo and Cory Halbardier of the SBA Network
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This workshop will focus on creating a strategic plan, getting employees to buy into your plan. And implementing it. Get your registration in early. This workshop is limited to 12 participants.
October 2009
Tuesday, October 20th (please note: date change from the 27th)
Long Term Agreements & Contract Negotiations Panel
5:30pm Registration and Networking
6:00pm Dinner and Panel discussion
Geezers Restaurant, Santa Fe Springs
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Our panelists will be discussing their experiences with Long Term Agreements with customers and vendors.
We will discuss:
What to look out for, how to structure contracts, how to hedge commodity prices, benefits and drawbacks to having long term agreements, quality programs required by some customers to do business with them, managing quality from vendors, forecast and delivering to the release, how to turn relationships into partnerships, assessing the risks involved and negotiating a price to compensate for the risk.
Panelists include: Pat Scott, President, NC Dynamics, Scott Wallace, President, Votaw Precision Technologies and Dan Watts, Customer Liaison Rep, D-Velco Mfg., assigned at Honeywell
November 2009
Tuesday, November 17th
Roundtable Discussion with NTMA Chairman Ron Overton
5:30pm Registration and Networking
6:00pm Dinner, Welcome Comments by Ron Overton and Roundtable discussion
Location to be determined
We are pleased that NTMA National Chairman Ron Overton will be joining us. Ron is the president of Overton Industries in Mooresville, Indiana. Overton specializes in metal tubing services, injection mold tooling, carbide tooling, custom stamping, and powdered metal tooling in the Automotive, Consumer Products, Defense, Energy, Heavy Equipment and Safety Industries. Ron will give us a quick overview of doing business in the Auto industry.
Our roundtable discussion will follow. We will survey members for roundtable topics before the meeting and will have an open session for other topics attendees want to discuss. This meeting is a great opportunity to talk to fellow shop owners and learn from their experiences with situations you are facing in your business!
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Do You Know: Building Your Dream Team
Successful Succession Planning
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.
Arthur’s first clue that he should slow down at work came in the form of a mild heart attack at age 61. But no one manages a successful manufacturing business from a hospital bed, so within a few weeks he was back at the office, working late, reviewing plans, and troubleshooting the thousand little problems every small business encounters. A second heart attack two years later proved fatal...
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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
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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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Rutland Tool Offering LA/NTMA Member Discounts
Rutland Tool & Supply is offering LA/NTMA members 15% off on their products. In order to take advantage of this opportunity you must be a current LA Chapter member. For more information contact the LA/NTMA Office for online codes.
Save money and support our Associate Members!
For more information contact LA/NTMA Office at: 949-369-7309
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