Take advantage of the substantial savings your company is eligible for beginning 1/1/16, as a result of the August 2014 MMA-led successful ballot campaign to eliminate the Personal Property Tax (PPT). Learn the steps you need to take to file for your exemption and start saving on the local manufacturing personal property tax (PPT).
Join Mike Johnston, MMA vice president of government affairs, as MMA hosts experts from the Michigan Department of Treasury and Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, LLP at four meetings around the state. Attendees will learn necessary filing deadlines, coming in early 2016, and the required information to qualify for exemption.
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Learn to cut waste and cost out of your process while earning certification as a Lean Champion. Deliverables: build internal capacity, facilitated Kaizen at your location, sustain continuous improvement, lean manufacturing simulation and project planning, facilitator and kata skills, problem solving, current and future state mapping with lean metrics, 5S workplace organization, cellular flow, kanban pull system, standard work and poke-yoke, SMED, and TPM. Class meets two full days each month for six months.
Schedule
August 11 & 18, 2015
September 15 & 22, 2015
October 13 & 20, 2015
November 10 & 17, 2015
December 15 & 22, 2015
January 12 & 19, 2016
Training is held Tuesdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Learn to cut waste and cost out of your process while earning certification as a Lean Champion. Deliverables: build internal capacity, facilitated Kaizen at your location, sustain continuous improvement, lean manufacturing simulation and project planning, facilitator and kata skills, problem solving, current and future state mapping with lean metrics, 5S workplace organization, cellular flow, kanban pull system, standard work and poke-yoke, SMED, and TPM. Class meets two full days each month for six months.
Schedule
August 11 & 18, 2015
September 15 & 22, 2015
October 13 & 20, 2015
November 10 & 17, 2015
December 15 & 22, 2015
January 12 & 19, 2016
Training is held Tuesdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Learn to cut waste and cost out of your process while earning certification as a Lean Champion. Deliverables: build internal capacity, facilitated Kaizen at your location, sustain continuous improvement, lean manufacturing simulation and project planning, facilitator and kata skills, problem solving, current and future state mapping with lean metrics, 5S workplace organization, cellular flow, kanban pull system, standard work and poke-yoke, SMED, and TPM. Class meets two full days each month for six months.
Schedule
August 11 & 18, 2015
September 15 & 22, 2015
October 13 & 20, 2015
November 10 & 17, 2015
December 15 & 22, 2015
January 12 & 19, 2016
Training is held Tuesdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Learn to cut waste and cost out of your process while earning certification as a Lean Champion. Deliverables: build internal capacity, facilitated Kaizen at your location, sustain continuous improvement, lean manufacturing simulation and project planning, facilitator and kata skills, problem solving, current and future state mapping with lean metrics, 5S workplace organization, cellular flow, kanban pull system, standard work and poke-yoke, SMED, and TPM. Class meets two full days each month for six months.
Schedule
August 11 & 18, 2015
September 15 & 22, 2015
October 13 & 20, 2015
November 10 & 17, 2015
December 15 & 22, 2015
January 12 & 19, 2016
Training is held Tuesdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Time is running out! Sign up before December 11th to participate in this unique export mission to Israel and Jordan. The trade mission coincides with CyberTech 2016, the most significant conference and exhibition of cyber technologies outside of the U.S. To register, please contact: Emily Tucker at 517.862.9865 ortuckere4@michigan.org.
Want to learn the finer points of applying for DNR recreation grants? Join DNR grants management staff in early 2016 for workshops that will help make your applications more competitive. The statewide workshops, beginning Jan. 12, will cover scoring criteria and how to successfully complete an application.
Frequent comments and questions staff are asked will be worked into the program, as well as tips for getting the greatest number of points possible on your application. Staff will also walk users through the MiRecGrants program to make applying easier for applicants.
Check out the workshop in your area; registration is not necessary. If you have any questions, contact your grant coordinator, or call 517-284-7268.
AGRIPRENEUR CLASS OFFERS HELP FOR FOOD AND FARM BUSINESSES 
Food or farm business entrepreneurs ready to take their concept to the next level can learn how at a series of classes in Petoskey. “Agripreneur Focus: Developing Your Food or Farm Business” will be offered in six, four-hour long classes beginning February 18. The class is being offered by the Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in partnership with the Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) Product Center.
