Discover Manufacturing

What are you hoping to take away from this

session?

How did Discover Manufacturing get started?

• Manufacturing Council and Workforce development committee history

• Constraints and problems with the old model

Past Success

• T.V. commercials• Reverse job shadows• Published white papers• Workkeys, NCRC and Work Ready

Communities• Discover Manufacturing Today Video

Challenge

Opportunity

• Michigan Works adopts a demand driven system

• Michigan Works uses cluster strategy

• Governor Synder creates the Prosperity Regions

Progress to Date

• Expanded our outreach to the entire labor shed of Region 4

• Secured the support of Michigan Works BSP Michael Blakley

• Strategic plan, governance structure• Employer interest• Brand, website, brochure

What differentiates DM from typical employer support?

• Uses data and credentialing to align and connect talent– Training program curriculum,

enrollment and capacity– Employer real-time demand– Connecting talent supply

What differentiates DM from typical employer support?

• Bigger voice to promote manufacturing careers and develop pipeline

• Bigger voice to steer curriculum• Networking to share best practices• Key partners at the same table

– Training dollars, trainers and employers

Current Efforts

• Recruiting employers throughout region• Engaging regional economic, workforce,

educational, and employer association partners

• Soft launch with bigger public launch to come…. all our welcome

• Multiple initiatives underway

• Talent Tours

• Discover Manufacturing Today Challenge

• National Manufacturing Day

• M-CAM (Michigan Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing)

• West Michigan Talent Demand

• Career Quest

• FuturePrep Connections

• Advanced Manufacturing Partnership(AMP)

• STTF Grant

Current Efforts

The Future

• What it means to be a member• Do we form an association?• Future budget and governance• Does this all make sense?• Do the metrics reflect success?• Will regional partners recognize the

region’s greater good?

Discussion

Jay Dunwell, President

Wolverine Coil Spring

dunwell@wolverinecoilspring.com

Michael Blakley, Talent Coordinator

Discover Manufacturing

mblakley@michiganworkska.org