(Acworth, Ga. – Jan 21, 2015) Chattahoochee Technical College hosted the first in a series of lunch and learn events targeting manufacturers in the Northwest Georgia region. The series kicked off Jan. 21, 2015 at the North Metro Campus of Chattahoochee Technical College with 79 participants from 23 locally-based manufacturing companies and featured Kelley Hundt, project manager at the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership at Georgia Tech.
The series, which is co-sponsored by the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, Chattahoochee Technical College, Cobb County Chamber of Commerce and the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, has been designed to provide actionable tips and tools of the trade specifically designed to help Georgia Manufacturers grow their business. The first event, which cost $15 to attend, focused on creating a visual management system. Lessons included real examples of such systems, plan-do-check-act cycles, system lay out, work processes, and employee motivation.
“Georgia Tech approached us to partner with them and the local chambers of commerce to target the manufacturers in the Northwest Georgia region,” said Chattahoochee Technical College Director of Operations in Economic Development Amy Leatherman. “We are offering quarterly lunch and learn events to discuss best practices in that particular industry. They have been doing this similar type of event in the Gwinnett county area and have had much success.”
The group will next meet April 1 at the North Metro Campus of Chattahoochee Technical College where the topic of project management will be discussed. Each event includes lunch, networking, a presentation, case study and a question and answer session.
Registration for future events will be posted at gamep.org/events-training/all-events-training/manufacturing-growth-educational-series/. For more information on Chattahoochee Technical College Division of Economic Development visit www.chattahoocheetech.edu/business-industry/.