Huntsville, Ala., – March 14, 2012–The Green Enterprise Development Training Series – developed for manufacturers by Purdue University and SME (Society for Manufacturing Engineers) is being offered to all Alabama employed workers beginning April 6 at no charge for training if required documentation is provided. Other non-mfg Alabama companies are encouraged to send their employees to Read more »
A new initiative by the Alabama Technology Network has saved some Alabama companies thousands in processes and energy costs. Since 1995, the Alabama Technology Network has worked to make Alabama industries more competitive. Its efforts have focused on technical assistance and training, helping plants with process re-engineering and improved quality management. But a new ATN Read more »
As the automotive industry has responded to the markets over the last 10 years, so has the AAMA responded to its member—supplying support and training where needed. In 2001, when 11 companies and organizations created the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA), the Alabama automotive industry was still in its infancy. Mercedes-Benz had just begun production Read more »
The research described in this report, Development Of A Method To Forecast Freight Demand Arising From The Final Demand Sector, describes a framework and a research approach to achieve insight into significant components of freight transportation in Alabama and the U.S. The initial objective was to develop the ability to projecting freight traffic arising from Read more »
Huntsville, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 — UAHuntsville has been chosen as the venue for a Model Based Enterprise (MBE) Supplier Education and Training Summit on February 22, 2011 in Huntsville, AL. This MBE Summit is being organized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), with coordination assistance from Read more »
Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma are two of the most prominent improvement philosophies available to organizations today. This article investigated how these two philosophies can be used cohesively as an improvement strategy. A comparison was performed relative to the underlying principles, the respective tools used, and the implementation methodologies of each philosophy. A real world Read more »
The use of national freight data at the local level is challenging due to the high level of aggregation and because freight data is proprietary. Many national freight databases aggregate information to the individual states or major communities. Most methods of utilizing freight data depend on applying proxy factors to allocate the freight to the Read more »
In smaller urban areas, freight transportation is often not explicitly modeled, but is included implicitly as a percentage of non-home-based trips, which has nothing to do with the actual behavior of freight. This incorporation has the potential to develop future traffic forecasts that are unreasonable and potentially will lead to poor roadway infrastructure investment decisions. Read more »
The challenge in this effort was to gain an understanding of Alabama’s Aerospace Industry workforce expectations and how they may evolve over the next decade. This aerospace company perspective will provide the aerospace industry a better understanding of itself as well as offer insight about the strategic requirements necessary for the continued success of this Read more »
DLA is streamlining its entire logistics pipeline. Balanced Scorecard, a widely used, very structured commercial approach where senior executives determine what direction, specific initiatives, and funding are needed to be successful. Using the scorecard, DLA formulated a transformation strategy for years to come. The strategy includes modernization of business practices, enhanced information operating systems and Read more »
