The Update Committee prides itself on choosing breakout session topics that are timely, relevant and of great interest to attendees. This year is no exception.

Employee Recruitment: What Works!
Hear from a panel of your peers (Update Committee members Brian Adams/Parrish Castor/David Borish) as they share their best practices for recruiting. PMPA’s Carli Kistler-Miller offers marketing tools for helping you to attract and recruit employees now!

Export Compliance and Cybersecurity Controls for Manufacturers in the Defense Industry
ITAR, DFARS, CMMC, Certification and Compliance – the PMPA IT Committee and Cole Blumer explain what they mean and why you need to know what they are if you are a manufacturer of military parts.

How to Avoid OSHA’s Increased Penalties
Melanie Webber, Fisher Phillips, looks at the issues you need to have covered to avoid the new (increased $$) penalties for OSHA.

More QBQ!
John Miller takes you beyond the initial keynote presentation with more meaningful and real-life stories of Personal Accountability.

The 7 Other Secrets to Employee Retention
Jeff Kortes provides actionable steps and strategies for keeping your best performers.

Technical Technology
Learn and hear directly from PMPA Technical members and Affinity Partners (Presenting Sponsors) on how their products and services can best serve you!

PMPA Welcomes New Members

Wauseon Machine & Manufacturing – Wauseon, OH
Primary Contact: Scott Anair

1factory – Milpitas, CA
Primary Contact: Nipun Girotra

Aviva Metals – Houston, TX
Primary Contact: Norman Lazarus

Genevieve Swiss Industries – Westfield, MA
Primary Contact: James Gosselin

Mazak Corporation – Florence, KY
Primary Contact: Terry Peer

Schwanog– Elgin, IL
Primary Contact: Holger Johannsen

Conroe Machine – Conroe, TX
Primary Contact: Spencer Chollar

SMW Autoblok – Wheeling, IN
Primary Contact: Larry Robbins

M & M Quality Grinding – Chicago, IL
Primary Contact: Susie Muthana

Edge Technologies – Maryland Heights, MO
Primary Contact: Kevin Meehan

The Power of PMPA Listserves
An answer is an email away!

Learn more about PMPA Listserves.
Subscribe to PMPA listserves via your Personal Profile on the website.

Manufacturing Positivity

Producer Prices Slow their Gain In December
Producer Prices for final demand goods rose just 0.2% in December for final demand goods and services, the slowest monthly gain since November 2020. Over the past 12 months, producer prices for final demand goods and services jumped 9.8% (seasonally adjusted), just shy of November’s record 9.9%. Core producer prices increased 6.9% year-over-year in December, the same pace as in November and remaining an all-time high.

On an unadjusted basis, final demand prices moved up 9.7 percent in 2021, the largest calendar-year increase since data were first calculated in 2010. The index for final demand goods moved down 0.4 percent in December, the first decrease since falling 2.8 percent in April 2020.
Link: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf

Industrial and Manufacturing Production
Industrial production declined 0.1 percent in December with Losses of 0.3 percent for manufacturing from November, dropping back from November’s 0.6% increase, which was the highest since December 2018. At 101.9 percent of its 2017 average, total industrial production in December was 3.7 percent higher than it was at the end of 2020 and 0.6 percent above its pre-pandemic (February 2020) reading.

Manufacturing production declined 0.3 percent in December but was up 3-1/2 percent over the past 12 months; in the fourth quarter, factory output rose nearly 5 percent at an annual rate. The index for motor vehicles and parts stepped down 1.3 percent in December and was about 6 percent lower than its year-earlier level. Excluding the motor vehicle sector, factory output dipped 0.2 percent, with similarly sized decreases for durables and nondurables.
Link: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/g17.pdf

Exhibit at National Technical Conference 2022!
(Attention Technical Members)

Take advantage of an audience focused on precision machining.

One 6’ x30” skirted table with two chairs and one free electric drop!
A chance for direct selling to PMPA members – nominal giveaways are permitted.
Only $400 for a table!

A bar will be setup in the middle of the ballroom (drink tickets will be provided). Additional incentive to visit your booth will be in the form of a “meet and greet” card. If attendees have at least 15 Exhibitor Stickers applied to their card, they will be eligible for one of three prizes in a drawing at the Monday lunch and awards session.

This Week’s Speaking of Precision Podcast

Look at Your Chips!

UPCOMING EVENTS

JANUARY 26 – 11AM (EST)
Precision Degreasing of Aerospace Components
Hosted by the Manufacturing Cleaning Association, this webinar will discuss possible process enhancements to various cleaning systems or processes and provide some key ideas to consider implementing into you own cleaning processes
REGISTER NOW!
Free to PMPA members: Use code “PMPA-MCA” to register

FEBRUARY 15 – 2PM (EST)
APPI Energy 101
APPI Energy reviews the services they provide, from electricity and natural gas procurement to their full suite of energy efficiency and sustainability solutions.
REGISTER NOW!

Ask Miles…

Be sure to ask a very happy Miles about his new “technology”!

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

APPI Energy Federated Insurance Grainger Mirabel
Paperless Parts PartnerShip Verifyle

CONTACT PMPA STAFF

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01/14/2022 – PMPA Weekly News Vol 26, Issue #2

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January 14, 2022 Vol. 26 Issue #2

MANAGEMENT UPDATE CONFERENCE
HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 19

Westin New Orleans Canal Place
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
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UPDATE CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE LIST

See who’s coming to New Orleans

ATTENDANCE LIST

The City of New Orleans Reinstates Mask Mandate for all Indoor Public Spaces
(as of 2/12/22)

*Proof of vaccination or a negative antigen or PCR COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours before entry may be required to enter indoor dining/entertainment spaces in the city. Please confirm with your venue if you are making dining reservations.

*(per the Westin Canal Place Hotel) masks WILL NOT be required once attendees enter conference sessions – they kindly ask that you mask up in their public spaces.

NOLA COVID Guidelines

Update Conference Speaker Feature:
Lauren Saidel-Baker

Plan and Prosper

She may be another new ITR Economics “face” to PMPA members, but you will get the same great information, insights (and personality) from Lauren Saidel-Baker.

There have been changes in the economy over the past year and half, and there will be more in the months to come.

Lauren will prepare you for the challenges and ongoing uncertainties in 2022 and will explore the opportunities and risks in terms of consumer trends, market opportunities, labor issues, production costs, and government initiatives.

Update Conference Speaker
Lauren Saidel-Baker, ITR Economics

QUESTIONS about the Conference?

Contact Cate Smith or
Renee Merker at PMPA.

This Week’s Speaking of Precision Podcast

Management Update Conference Primer with Renee Merker

Miles Free and Renee Merker, Director of Communications and Events, give listeners a peek into what to expect from the upcoming Management Update Conference in New Orleans!

Mask and Vaccine Mandate Decision from the Supreme Court

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court issued its decision on the OSHA Vaccine and Mask Mandate / Emergency Temporary Standard. They have put the stay back in place, ruling against the administration and OSHA.

PMPA promptly provided this information to our shops via the CEO, HR and Corporate Listserves. You can read the Court’s decision here.

**PMPA’s Final Cut of the Week – First Release**

The Final Cut of the Week video series launched today! This video series is a two-to-three minute video sharing information you may have missed while you were busy making essential parts. Look for a new edition every Friday on PMPA’s LinkedIn and Twitter feeds. Current videos and archives can be found on PMPA.org

Be sure to connect to PMPA’s LinkedInpage or Twitteraccount so you don’t miss out on these weekly news clips.

Members in the News…

PMPA member, Michael Tamasi, President of AccuRounds (Avon, MA) was featured in US News this week regarding the latest obstacle in workforce. As Omicron spreads, employees have to call off because of infection or exposure forcing shops to come up with creative scheduling to get the jobs completed.

LINK: USNews.com

Steven Tamasi, CEO of Boston Centerless (Woburn, MA) was featured in the Wall Street Journal, talking about what it takes to keep workers working and keep the shop floor operating during the recent Omicron outbreak.

LINK: WSJ.com

Manufacturing Positivity

Manufacturing Expansion Slows (but Continues!) In December
Chad Moutray at NAM reports that “The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index declined from 61.1 in November to 58.7 in December, expanding at the slowest pace since last January. Even with some easing, new orders and production ended the year with solid growth, and hiring rose at the fastest rate since April. Measures of delivery times and cost pressures continued to reflect a challenging environment but have pulled back from recent records.”

Manufacturing New Orders
US Census Bureau Reported that New orders for manufactured goods in November increased $8.4 billion or 1.6 percent to $531.8 billion, up eighteen of the last nineteen months. This followed a 1.2 percent October increase. Shipments, also up eighteen of the last nineteen months, increased $3.5 billion or 0.7 percent to $527.0 billion. This followed a 2.0 percent October increase. Unfilled orders, up ten consecutive months, increased $9.1 billion or 0.7 percent to $1,260.1 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent October increase. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.78, up from 6.77 in October. Inventories, up seventeen of the last eighteen months, increased $5.3 billion or 0.7 percent to $770.0 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent October increase. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.46, unchanged from October. Link: (click on Manufacturers Orders)

LINK: https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/

Trade Statistics- Goods Exports
According to the US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Average exports of Goods Increased $3.7 billion to $218.3 Billion in November. November Exports were $224.2 billion, up $0.4 billion from October report. Year to Date, Exports increased $354.4 Billion or 18.2 percent. Never the less, The goods trade deficit soared to a record $98.99 billion in November, Nevertheless year to date the goods and services deficit increased $174.6 billion, or 28.6 percent, from the same period in 2020. Exports increased $354.4 billion or 18.2 percent. Imports increased $529.0 billion or 20.7 percent. Link: (click on Manufacturers’ Goods)

LINK: https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/

UPCOMING EVENTS

JANUARY 18 – 1PM (CT)
OSHA Top Ten Webinar
Hosted by Federated Insurance, this webinar will take a look at OSHA’s most recent Top Ten violations and will focus on risk management policies, procedures and training resources to implement and help reduce employee accidents and injuries.
REGISTER NOW!

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

APPI Energy Federated Insurance Grainger Mirabel
Paperless Parts PartnerShip Verifyle

CONTACT PMPA STAFF

Editor: Renee Merker – Director, Communications and Events

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01/07/2022 – PMPA Weekly News Vol 26, Issue #1

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January 7, 2022 Vol. 26 Issue #1

MANAGEMENT UPDATE CONFERENCE
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 10 – 13, 2022

HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 14

Westin New Orleans Canal Place
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CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY 14
Show your support for PMPA
Be a Meeting Sponsor!

Contact Renee Merker at PMPA or Bryce Ellis at Gardner Business Media

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Management Update Conference Speaker Feature: Mike Friday

Transforming Teams and Nurturing Talent

Mike Friday is the head coach of the USA Olympic Men’s Rugby Team, a team he built and molded from scratch and then coached to a sixth place standing in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (the highest finish for a USA rugby team)!

Mike will share his personal strategies and tips for building, motivating and nurturing a winning team, and how those same strategies, values and morals can apply to “coaching” your shop floor employees. We think you will enjoy this interactive and engaging “interview-style” discussion with Mike.

Update Conference Speaker
Mike Friday

From the Desk of Cate Smith…

As we prepare for the Strategic Planning Committee meeting coming later this month, we’ve reflected on what a great year PMPA had in 2021 and how we truly appreciate your support during our journey.

We continued to offer stalwart conferences and meetings, started to bring back chapter networking events, added new online educational opportunities, and advocated for and informed you on myriad governmental issues.

A few other highlights from this year include:

Created Technical Tuesday Solutions webinars and launched a searchable Knowledge Center on website
Continued to represent your interests through dialog with The Franklin Partnership, our DC-based lobbying firm, and through the Coalition for Workplace Safety
Released PMPA’s 100^th podcast episode, Monday with Miles
Supported your need to enhance your bottom line by finding savings opportunities with new Affinity Partners

…and so much more.

You’ll see more details about these highlights in the letter which will accompany your 2022 dues invoice. Watch for an email soon about PMPA’s New Year’s Resolutions, and how we can help you with yours!

Cate Smith, PMPA Executive Director

100^th Episode of PMPA’s Podcast:
Speaking of Precision-Monday with Miles

IT IS OUR 100th EPISODE!

For this momentous occasion, PMPA President Aneesa Muthana, President of Pioneer Service Inc. in Addison, IL , joins Miles Free for a candid conversation. You don’t want to miss this!

This Week’s Speaking of Precision Podcast
100th Episode – Interview with Aneesa Muthana

PMPA in Production Machining Magazine
January 2022 Issue

Meet PMPA’s New President, Aneesa Muthana by Miles Free III
SWOT for Employee Retention and Recruitment by Carli Kistler-Miller
Market Insight – Lawn & Garden Tractor, Home Lawn & Garden Equipment Manufacturing by Joe Jackson

Production Machining January 2022 Issue

UPCOMING EVENTS

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

APPI Energy Federated Insurance Grainger Mirabel
Paperless Parts PartnerShip Verifyle

CONTACT PMPA STAFF

Editor: Renee Merker – Director, Communications and Events

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12/30/2021 – PMPA Weekly News – Vol XXV, Issue #51

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PMPA Business Trends Report
November, 2021

PMPA’s November Business Trends Report Sales Index came in unexpectedly high at 144, the fifth highest value for the year. November is typically a low month for sales. No shops reported scheduling less than forty hours, and the average hours of first shift scheduled was up half an hour at 44.5.

Our sentiment indicators and comparison of three to12 month moving average all indicated a strong three months ahead- with concerns about profitability, from difficulty getting supplies and inflation. We predicted a strong year back in April, and this month’s report suggests that we will exceed our expectations.

Business Trends Report – November 2021

Manufacturing Positivity

Durable Goods (New orders)

The Census Bureau reports that New Orders Durable Goods rose 2.5% to a record $268.3 billion in November, with 0.8% growth excluding transportation equipment. Nonetheless, core capital goods orders—a proxy for capital spending in the U.S. economy—edged down 0.1% for the month. The longer-term trends remained very positive, with new durable goods orders jumping 14.7% year-over-year and nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft sales just shy of an all-time high.
Link: https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/ (select the entry Advance Report Durable Goods)
The U.S. economy grew 2.3% at the annual rate in the third quarter according to Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Manufacturing value-added output increased to $2.571 trillion, an all-time high, with record levels for both durable and nondurable goods. Manufacturing accounted for 11.1% of real GDP in the third quarter.
Link: https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2021-12/gdp3q21_3rd.pdf)
According to Chad Moutray at NAM, Real GDP should rebound in the fourth quarter, with 6.5% growth expected. For 2021, the forecast is for 5.6% growth. For 2022, the current estimate is for 4.1% growth.

Thank you for your support of PMPA Podcasts!

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“Final Cut for the Week” Part II

Thanks to Mike Mulligan of Laurel Steel/NUCOR for reaching out to say he was the one that submitted the chosen title for PMPA’s new weekly video series.

Final Cut for the Week will debut in January 2022 and will consist of a one to two minute video posted on LinkedIn on Fridays. The video will highlight PMPA Staff sharing quick information about what happened that week/crossed their desk in the precision machining industry.

Watch for the first video next week!

5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1…

Before you shout Happy New Year and sing Auld Lang Syne, there is still time to make a tax-deductible donation to the PMPA Educational Foundation. Please don’t miss this opportunity to make a positive impact on the Safe, Smart, Sustainable, and Stable future workforce of the precision machining industry.

Donate online, via PayPal, or by mail today:
https://www.pmpafoundation.org/donate/

Join us in New Orleans, February 10-13 to reconnect, learn from and share knowledge with your peers and industry leaders. Don’t miss out on what promises to be another valuable and worthwhile PMPA meeting!

NOTE: HOTEL DEADLINE: JANUARY 14

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Upcoming Events
(Affinity Partners)

Jan 18 – 1PM (CT) – OSHA Top Ten Webinar
Each year, OSHA releases a summary of their list of Top Ten workplace safety violations. This webinar will take a look at OSHA’s most recent Top Ten violations. More importantly, however, we will focus on risk management policies, procedures, and training resources to implement and help reduce employee accidents and injuries!
Hosted by Federated Insurance. REGISTER TODAY!
Feb 15 – 2PM (EST) – APPI Energy 101
APPI Energy reviews the services they provide, from electricity and natural gas procurement to their full suite of energy efficiency and sustainability solutions.
Hosted by APPI Energy. REGISTER TODAY!

End of the Year Freebies

PMPA has a few books still available from 2021 Annual Meeting speaker Meridith E. Powell on Succession Planning:

Who Comes Next: Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy

Contact Joe Jackson – 440-526-0300, and we’ll ship it to you – no charge!

PMPA Staff
Cate, Miles, Renee, Carli, Veronica, Joe, Matt

PMPA office will be closed Friday, Dec 31

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

APPI Energy Federated Insurance Grainger Mirabel
Paperless Parts PartnerShip Verifyle

CONTACT PMPA STAFF
Editor: Renee Merker – Director, Communications and Events

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ARTICLE – PMPA’s National Technical Conference Tracks To Success

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More than 420 people attended the 2007 PMPA National Technical Conference, held in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with the Precision Machining Technology Show from April 22 to 24. This conference offered attendees “tracks” of programming along the manufacturing technical, management and quality areas of interest.

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ARTICLE – PMPA’s National Technical Conference Tracks To Success

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ARTICLE – Waste Management

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As an avid gardener, I always notice the plantings and landscaping when I make visits to manufacturing shops. The foundation plantings, shrubs and the neat appearance of the landscaping are meant to convey a positive image about the plant, the premises, the company and its people. However, I seldom take photos of the landscaping on my visits. What I really long for is a photo of a nice trash dumpster.

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ARTICLE – 2005 PMPA National Technical Conference

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This year’s theme: “Seizing Opportunities In A Whole New World”

The precision machined products industry is actively seeking opportunities overseas. From finding new customers, tapping into the international medical industry or developing more competitive processes and technologies, the industry is committed to turning opportunities into new business. That mission is reflected in this year’s National Technical Conference theme, “Seizing Opportunities In A Whole New World.”

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ARTICLE – 2006 PMPA National Technical Conference – “Best Practices Driving Change”

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Benchmark To Success With Tomorrow’s Vision

PMPA’s 2006 National Technical Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dearborn, Michigan, from Saturday, April 29 through Tuesday, May 2. American sporting legend Ted Nugent will deliver the keynote address with his personal firebrand version of “Best Practice.” With more than 30 million albums sold and more media face time than most active politicians, Mr. Nugent has earned his status as an American icon.

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ARTICLE – Organizational Effectiveness–Many Lenses

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One of the paradoxes of team sports that I struggle with has been watching a team with high-caliber players lose to a team with less talented players. We have all seen this happen time and time again. It’s not the individual’s performance, but the team’s ability to perform as a whole that makes the difference. This situation is a reflection of organizational effectiveness (OE).

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Update Conference Breakout Sessions

PMPA Welcomes New Members

The Power of PMPA Listserves An answer is an email away!

Manufacturing Positivity

Exhibit at National Technical Conference 2022! (Attention Technical Members)

Ask Miles…

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

Update Conference Speaker Feature: Lauren Saidel-Baker

PMPA’s Final Cut of the Week – First Release

Members in the News…

Manufacturing Positivity

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

Management Update Conference Speaker Feature: Mike Friday

100th Episode of PMPA’s Podcast: Speaking of Precision-Monday with Miles

PMPA in Production Machining Magazine January 2022 Issue

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

PMPA Business Trends Report November, 2021

Manufacturing Positivity

“Final Cut for the Week” Part II

5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1…

Upcoming Events (Affinity Partners)

End of the Year Freebies

PMPA AFFINITY PARTNERS

CONTACT PMPA STAFF Editor: Renee Merker – Director, Communications and Events

The Power of PMPA Listserves
An answer is an email away!

Exhibit at National Technical Conference 2022!
(Attention Technical Members)

Update Conference Speaker Feature:
Lauren Saidel-Baker

**PMPA’s Final Cut of the Week – First Release**

100^th Episode of PMPA’s Podcast:
Speaking of Precision-Monday with Miles

PMPA in Production Machining Magazine
January 2022 Issue

PMPA Business Trends Report
November, 2021

Upcoming Events
(Affinity Partners)

CONTACT PMPA STAFF
Editor: Renee Merker – Director, Communications and Events