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Is Demand for Six Sigma Increasing? Click to take Our Poll

What is the need within your company for Six Sigma trained employees? Here at UAH CMER , we are seeing an increase in demand for Six Sigma Green & Black Belt certification training this year. And we apparently are not the only ones to notice the trend… An overview of a talent study done by  Read more »

Progress on Creation of Alabama Materials Waste Exchange

The Alabama Productivity Center, affliated with the Alabama Technology Center (ATN),  is continuing to gather information and interest from Alabama Manufacturers concerning a web-based Alabama Material Waste Exchange. Numerous manufacturers have already responded to the web-based interest survey.  Please click the link below if your company has interest in the Exchange.  For more details about the Exchange announcement-  Read more »

UAHuntsville CMER & CMSA on EDPA team receive $1.5 M Disaster Recovery Planning Grant

As part of a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Center for Management & Economic Research (CMER) and Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (CMSA) , the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) and private partners will join to support ongoing economic recovery in Alabama’s  Read more »

Gauging Interest for an AL Materials Waste Exchange

Is Your Company Interested in an Alabama Materials Waste Exchange? –Take Survey Now Alabama Materials Waste Exchange  Alabama E3 is a coordinated technical assistance program for Alabama’s manufacturers providing expert advice on reducing costs and increasing business through reduction of production, energy, and environmental wastes. As part of the E3 program, Alabama Technology Network, and the  Read more »

OHSAS 18001:2007 – S&H Management

Lunch and Learn: March 21, 2013 AGENDA – (click) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | NO COST for Informational Session on campus of Trenholm State Community College (Patterson Campus) 3920 Troy Highway, Building Q, Montgomery, Alabama 35242 (located directly across from the street from AIDT) For more information about the lunch & learn: Joan Davis, ATN  Read more »

AL Aerospace Industry Association Updates 2013 Industry Directory

APRIL 2013 release of the Alabama Aerospace Industry Association Directory has been published. On an ongoing basis,  the AAIA directory will be updated at least annually or on as frequent a basis as possible. The  directory is available via the AAIA website as a pdf file download. Companies that are current AAIA members will have  Read more »

National Network for MFG Innovation Workshop in Huntsville

Welcome Please join us for the first in a new series of public workshops devoted to reviewing and refining the suggested design for a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to be held on January 16, 2013, at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. Who Should  Read more »

Alabama E3 Recognizes Participating AL Manufacturing Companies

Awards Given in Economy, Energy, and Environment Categories for Outstanding Sustainability Efforts – Prattville, Ala., – August 24, 2012 — Three awards commending sustainability efforts made by companies were presented at this year’s Alabama E3 Sustainability  Conference held in Montgomery.  These awards were presented in three categories- Economy, Energy, and Environment, representing the three areas  Read more »

UAH CMER assists in reviewing Army’s supply chain for efficiency improvements

Huntsville, Ala., -October 8,2012 – A three and half year University of Alabama in Huntsville study for the U.S. Army reviewed the management of its military supply chain particularly parts and supplies.  The UAHuntsville researchers including former CMER staffers  had a goal of creating  measurements that would help develop a more efficient system of managing supplies and anticipating shortfalls.  Read more »

NASCAR Green Innovation’s Mike Bailey Speaks at AL E3 Conference

Prattville, Ala., – August 24, 2012-  NASCAR Green Innovation’s Mike Lynch provided insights on NASCAR’s efforts to lead all sports in green initiatives during the AL E3 Conference held August 23 and 24 at the Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel and Conference Center at Capitol Hill. In addition, the Alabama Technology Network and its partners recognized three top  Read more »