Welcome to Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturers Association
Your One Source Newsletter For All Things Manufacturing...Current and Future!!!
Let's Get Social! Part Deux!!!
Due to popular demand we're bringing back Ginger Rocky Johnson, The Spice Girl of Tampa Bay, as our guest speaker for our November 17 meeting, 8am, Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, 101 State Street W, Oldsmar.
Ginger is an accomplished speaker, author as well as marketing and social media expert. She'll be drilling down a step or two deeper into the free marketing power of social media. And some key do's and don'ts. Remember there is a fine line between high visibility and indecent exposure. Be prepared to learn about things you can directly apply to drive your bottom line.
People: The Critical Element
This may be the most important article we've published this year. I'm just going to write enough to let you decide whether to toss it, read it or keep this one for planning and empowerment. Basically it contains links to numerous articles I gathered this month that made the title evident. In all the things you have to deal with in the manufacturing sector, people have always been, are now and will remain the critical ingredient to your success. Some of the links are current touching on things happening right now in our community and range through thought provoking - getting performance out of millennials - to philosophical - we can't outsource our morals to machines. But in the end, as one article notes, it's all about passion and a good day's work. Read on...
Workers' Comp Rate Finalized and Total Costs Resulting From
Court Rulings to Top $1.5 Billion
Yep that's with a BIG B!
The Florida Chamber has a long history of helping to keep Florida's workers' comp system working. As a result, workers' comp rates lowered by more than 60 percent in the last 13 years, and injured workers returned to work 10 days faster. Those efforts continue today with the Florida Chamber's Workers' Compensation Task Force, which is working to secure a legislative fix. Want to join the fight click here or contact Jerry Custin.
Just click the headline for an excellent and concise review of who DeLoitte sees as the top 10 manufacturing countries on the planet in 2020. They see the US overtaking China and Canada and Mexico also in the top 10. So North America and Asia are doing the heavy lifting with Germany being the only European outlier. This article also has links to some other very interesting strategic planning. Well worth the 5-10 minutes to skim and most likely keep.
TRADE Tools
Here's a list of tools and upcoming trade missions in the winter and spring.
Have anything that nags you routinely in your operation but doesn't quite get up the priority scale to make it go away permanently? Stuff that may cross some management lines and isn't quite worth the battle? These are irritants you never get around to. No more excuses, we're here to take them on. Read on...
Things That Make You Go Hmmm????
Robots, drones and 3-D printing are making advances at the speer of light and the Internet of Things (IoT) is already on version 2, the Improved Internet of Things (IIoT) .. read on
Time Savers
Here are links to additional information on various important topics
With the help of Becky Burton, BAMA, we're trying to pull together a single calendar of all regional manufacturing events to include BAMA, UTBMA, and professional associations like SME, APICS, NTMA, etc. Access the calendar here. If you you would like to input your organizational calendar contact Becky Burton or Jerry Custin.
One Voice - great national level insights on a variety of hot topics from NTMA and PMA Advocacy Clips...
We appreciate those of you that have joined either the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce or the Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturers Association. We request that you consider formal membership at this point. We are attaching a brochure outlining the service activities we provide as well as an application form. We appreciate your consideration and support and look forward to advancing the cause of manufacturing in the Upper Tampa Bay in 2015 and beyond!
Manufacturers Association Resource Guide
At the roundtable we heard many comments along the lines of 'I didn't know that', 'I wish I would have know that' and how do find out about that'. So we have developed a resource guide which will have a permanent spot on this newsletter to try and help out. This is a 'work in progress' so any suggestions on making it more robust and useful are welcome. Access the guide by clicking here.
