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The Alabama Technology Network The Alabama Technology Network of the Alabama Community College System links two-year colleges, The University of Alabama System, Auburn University and the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama together to solve the needs of the state's existing manufacturing industry. This link allows Alabama manufacturers to "make things better in their business." As Alabama's Affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership, our employees are able to provide services through a variety of training options and methods. Whether it’s through Lean manufacturing training, quality services training, continual improvement methods, environmental health and safety training, industrial maintenance training, or one of the many other services we offer to Alabama manufacturers, our team of experts can meet local needs and provide innovative and cost-effective solutions. ATN’s sites are strategically located throughout the state to provide local points of contact in order to train Alabama manufacturers in need of assistance.
Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Established in 1991, EDPA is a private, non-profit organization supported by leading businesses in Alabama dedicated to the state's long-term economic growth. The Partnership's staff works closely with state, regional, corporate and local organizations to contribute to Alabama's economic development efforts. Since its inception, EDPA has provided additional resources that have made Alabama a more effective competitor for economic development projects. EDPA's primary focus is on helping the state attract and retain industry, ensuring quality jobs for Alabamians. EDPA fills a critical role in the industrial recruitment process by marketing and promoting Alabama as a business location, and by providing research, information and proposals to companies and consultants that are actively searching for a site.
Alabama Office of Workforce Development Governor Bob Riley recognized that Alabama’s workforce development efforts were fragmented and that the state was not getting maximum benefit from its workforce development resources. He also realized that there was little coordination among the many agencies providing workforce development services. To address these issues, Governor Riley created the State Workforce Planning Council, whose members are state agency heads and representatives of industry and education. The State Planning Council is charged with creating a workforce development system characterized by coordinated planning, budgeting, and resource allocations. Governor Riley also created the Office of Workforce Development, which, under direction from the State Planning Council, manages the system so that resources and strategies are aligned to meet priority needs.
Alabama Industrial Development Training AIDT was established to build a healthy state economy by recruiting and training a skilled workforce to attract new industries to the state and to expand existing industries. Job-specific pre-employment and on-the-job training programs are provided. The program provides a full range of customized technical training programs that are offered at no cost to employers and to the trainees. Leadership training programs are also available. In addition to training, AIDT offers services including trainee recruitment and screening, safety assistance, industrial maintenance assessments and continuous improvement/process improvement assessments. Training is conducted by AIDT staff or contracted instructors and delivered through classrooms or 38 Mobile Training Units (MTUs) customized to meet specific company needs. MTUs go directly to the employer site to provide classroom and hands-on training.
Alabama Productivity Center (APC) The Alabama Productivity Center (APC), a nonprofit organization located on the campus of the University of Alabama, works to improve Alabama companies' productivity, quality, and competitiveness through the use of the University's research and educational resources.
Alabama Technology Network at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (ATN-UAH) ATN-UAH links you, the industry, with technological resources from our network of universities, colleges, businesses, and government to deliver the help you need to be more efficient, more productive, more competitive. We meet with you and your team and assess the needs of your business using proven methods that have helped hundreds of companies, provide you with a proposed customized solution, implement the training/service, then follow up to ensure financial impacts were created as a result of the assistance. ATN can provide the experts to make it happen. ATN provides these services at a reasonable cost to your business.
Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) Since 1976 Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) -- Auburn University’s affiliate of the Alabama Technology Network (ATN) and an Economic Development Administration University Center -- has helped business, industry and not-for-profit entities learn how to improve and enhance their competitiveness and efficiency through a variety of educational and outreach services.
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Emphasis of the Training
"A process, not a program"