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COMING UP! Annual Meeting (12/5), Lunch & Learn Webinar (12/10), and WorkAdvance Info Session (12/11)! Be sure to scroll down to the Events section to find out more.
Time is running out to renew your membership for 2025! Stay a part of the DRMA community and access programs and services that help strengthen your company. Contact Shay to renew today.
Don’t miss these upcoming workshops, exclusively for DRMA member companies. Contact Shay for more information and to register.
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NEW for 2025! The HR Leadership Circle - Designed to grow your HR leaders to be indispensable business partners. Presented by Brixey & Meyer. $3,000 for 12 in-person sessions and a talent summit.
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The Emerging Leaders Circle - Designed to nurture visionary leaders of tomorrow. Presented by Brixey & Meyer. $3,000 for 10 in-person sessions and a talent summit.
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Also returning is Supervisory Excellence -Starting in May; details coming soon!
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Lean Manufacturing - Designed to teach participants how to implement lean concepts and techniques to make systematic, lasting improvements within their operations. Presented by the Workforce Division of Sinclair College. $225 per session. More information here.
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NEW for 2025! Problem-Solving Skills - Focuses on tools and techniques applicable for implementation on the production floor by operating-level personnel. Participants will gain skills and knowledge to effectively solve problems by systematically identifying root causes and applying corrective actions (think “Six Sigma lite”). Presented by the Workforce Division of Sinclair College. Starting in April; details coming soon.
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Blueprint Reading and GD&T - Starting in the Spring; details coming soon.
Want to increase your brand exposure and support the DRMA? Consider sponsoring one of our upcoming events! Contact Amy for more details.
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Business and Bourbon - Get your name in front of 100+ attendees who love bourbon at this classy, fun event on 4/10 at Moraine Country Club!
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Workforce Shoptalk - Get your name in front of 150+ attendees to celebrate our workforce successes on 5/6 at United Grinding!
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Economic Update - Get your name in front of 200+ attendees at one of our most well attended and highly anticipated events of the year at the 8/20 Economic Update event with respected economist Connor Lokar!
Or, if you want to super-charge your brand exposure at multiple DRMA events all year long, take advantage of our new Premier Sponsor program, which includes your membership, brand exposure, and event participation throughout all of 2025! This opportunity will elevate your organization's brand presence and allow you to leverage DRMA's membership base. This exclusive opportunity is available to only 10 members on a first-come basis. Contact Amy Schrimpf today to learn more!
Looking for a fun and casual way to get in front of the DRMA audience? Host a DRMA Happy Hour! Hosting a Happy Hour at your company is a great way to expose your company and brand to DRMA members. Contact Amy to learn more about this great opportunity!
Legally Speaking: Three new employment law cases illustrate the constant whiplash experienced by manufacturers whenever the nation’s politics swing back and forth — two decisions severely impact employers’ opportunities to resist unionization but another benefits employers by limiting eligibility of employees for overtime compensation. Read more here.
Manufacturers! Are you looking for sources to get your light assembly work done? DRMA is excited to partner with SOCHE and TAC to bring you a new option for kit building and light assembly! They are working together to educate high school students with developmental disabilities on manufacturing careers. Your company can work with SOCHE/TAC to bring light assembly tasks into local high schools to be executed by these students. Your company can tap into a new workforce while local high school students perform your manufacturing work and learn about occupational options for post-graduation. AND SOCHE will pay for at least 50% of the student’s wages! Send SOCHE an email at soche@soche.org to learn more about participating in the Bridging Abilities program.
Have you moved, updated company name or information, had staffing changes in the last year? If so, please contact Shay with a quick update with those details so that we can update our records.
Tap into the DRMA “brain trust” by joining the DRMA private LinkedIn Group, exclusively for people at DRMA member companies. The group provides an on-line venue to ask questions, learn from each other, and collaborate on a private platform dedicated to our members. Click here to request to join the group!
Applications are now open for the Ohio Export Internship 2025 Program Year. Get matched with a highly motivated college student to help you improve your export initiatives. Learn more and apply now here.
THANK YOU Kim Coomer of D&E Machine! Kim has been a career event volunteer powerhouse recently, volunteering at 4 events in the last 6 weeks! And she has no plans to slow down with another 2 on the books for early 2025. Oh, and did we mention she also serves on our Bourbon Event planning committee?! DRMA appreciates and thanks Kim for her commitment to our organization and to the Dayton Region manufacturing industry as a whole.
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