ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
The Right Place will evolve and grow the Manufacturers Council to engage more companies as Council members and extend the opportunity for knowledge-sharing to the 2,500 manufacturing firms in the Greater Grand Rapids region.
KEY INITIATIVES
Increase cross-council interactions and infrastructure to promote peer-learning, address common challenges across industries, keep up to date with new technologies like AI, and increase local B2B spend.
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Establish a hub-and-spoke model, allowing for manufacturing firms to participate in local subgroups and with larger regional programming.
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Extend Council knowledge to non-Council manufacturing companies, helping to advance the entire manufacturing base.
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35 Current Manufacturers Council Members
Manufacturers Council
The Manufacturers Council is dedicated to the business success of the region’s manufacturing industry. Members work together in a collaborative environment to promote, facilitate, enable, and advocate for advancing a “best-in- class” manufacturing sector. Recent work includes the development of the AI Roadmap for Manufacturers, which assists area manufacturers in pursuing their AI adoption strategy.
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