National Tooling and Machining Association

DTMA is an affiliate of the National Tooling and Machining Association, the national trade organization representing the precision custom manufacturing industry in the United States.

NTMA’s mission is to help members of the industry achieve business success in a global economy through advocacy, advice, networking, information, programs, and services.

DTMA encourages its members to take advantage of the services and benefit provided by NTMA. For membership and other information, contact NTMA at www.NTMA.org or (800) 248-6862.

NTMA Members Get Significant Marketing Help

·	NTMA Purchasing Fairs: A one day “trade show” where NTMA members get to meet potential customers that have been pre-screened and are needing new vendors.

·	NTMA Market Intelligence Reports: A series of reports published quarterly giving detailed information on what customers are planning for the future. The six reports cover:
		Cars and Trucks Aerospace Construction/Off Road Equipment	Auto Parts Household Appliances Medical Equipment

·	NTMA ONLINE BUYERS GUIDE: A list of NTMA members and their capabilities listed at www.ntma.org. Potential customers can use this easy-to-use database of capabilities to find that particular vendor they’re looking for. A handy built-in search engine helps locate the needed vendor with a “click” of a mouse. Members with company websites can link the two sites together.

·	NTMA/First Index Alliance: NTMA members receive a significant discount off First Index membership. First Index brings together manufacturing job shops with buyers actively seeking sources for custom-made parts.

·	Member Networking/Alliances: NTMA members use other members as resources for outsourcing work. Some members are forming alliances with others to go after those “major” projects from customers looking for that “one- stop source.”

NTMA Membership…. It Doesn’t Cost, It Pays!

NTMA Opens New Coaching Helpline

Unlimited Second Opinions about People, Performance and Productivity

A pilot program, provided through STA Coaching Associates Ltd., is now available to assist managers, supervisors, owners, and partners within NTMA member companies in identification and resolution of work-related "people" concerns.

Why Your Company Should Consider Telecoaching

As a management group, you are faced with challenges - controlling costs, remaining profitable, and retaining productive employees. When work problems affect your employees, day-to-day business becomes affected. After 22 years in the consulting/coaching field, Stephen Taylor and Dr. Shelley Crainer understand the "people" issues that affect work relationships, cooperation, and productivity.

In addition to coaching directly with managers and supervisors, STA Coaching Associates partner with HR, office managers, and plant managers to ensure your business runs smoothly.

How Telecoaching Works
Typical questions start with "I'm having a problem working with ... (employee, peer)." Or, "How do I handle a situation where ....?", or "How o I motivate my employees to simply work harder r more carefully?" They also can help you learn how to avoid being "too tough too soon" or "too nice too long."

Mr. Taylor and Dr. Crainer have over 21 years' experience in coaching and are familiar with our industry. Coaching can be confidential or shared, depending on the needs of the caller. You can access them at your convenience - during regular hours or off hours (night shift or home).

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT FIND BENEFICIAL? It’s FREE for a limited time!

Jim Grosmann

NTMA Regional Director

Benefit Spotlight -- Business & Legal Reports (BLR) Resource Centers

Teaming with BLR, NTMA provides three online resource centers to help members avoid legal problems by providing expert answers, compliance analysis, tools, literally hundreds of training resources, and continuous news & weekly e-newsletter updates.

A single subscription to these resource centers retails at over $2,000 per year. However, as an NTMA member, you can access all of these services for a low annual subscription rate of $99 (more than 95% savings).

No need to sign up or register. Just log into the NTMA website at www.ntma.org, click on the Resource Center link, and start taking advantage of this valuable member benefit.

Safety Resource Center

§ Hundreds of downloadable training resources.

§ Industrial safety training meetings and checklists.

§ Federal and State compliance analysis.

§ Safety best practices.

§ OSHA regulatory developments.

Environmental Resource Center

§ Practical RCRA, CAA, CWA, hazardous waste regulatory analysis and activity, news and compliance tools.

§ Detailed environmental information and tools on federal EPA and all 50 states. Full text regulations available.

HR Resource Center

§ State and Federal HR Compliance Answers in Plain English.

§ Professional job descriptions, checklists, training meetings, and forms.

§ Extensive Q&A database.

Benefit Spotlight -- Market Intelligence Reports

The NTMA Market Intelligence Reports provide a timely series of reports and analysis of trends, projections, conditions, and opportunities in the industry. Available to NTMA member companies only, they are accessed exclusively through the NTMA website at www.ntma.org.

Once logged onto the site, click on “Members Only” at the top, and then “Marketing Reports” on the navigation bar to the left. Reports are periodically updated and cover six specific sectors.

Aerospace (July)
Auto Parts (June)
Cars & Trucks (May)
Construction/Off Highway (June)
Medical Equipment (May)
Household Appliances (March)

Notice of new reports is sent out in the NTMA Marketing Trends E-Newsletter. Be sure to notify NTMA of any change to your e-mail address or to add your e-mail address to their database. Savvy members who wish to stay abreast of current and future market developments never miss a report. For further information, please contact Tom Garcia at 1-800-248-6862.

Benefit Spotlight -- Source NTMA .com

NTMA has rolled out a service to help you find business leads. The service is available to NTMA members at the discounted price described below. The service is also available to non- NTMA members at the non-discounted price of $650 to register (rather than $500), and the commission on any jobs awarded is 5% instead of 4.5%. The software drawing is open to everyone.

The new Source NTMA .com website launched on September 1st and in many ways it has been a remarkable success. Hundreds of buyers from companies like General Motors, American General, Auth-Florence, Altia Automotive and Emerson have registered on the site and many have posted RFQ’s for NTMA companies. Unfortunately many of these opportunities have not received quotes! For this program to be a true success we need your help. Join today!

To join this program as a supplier - agree to the terms of use and register at http://sourceauthority.com/suppliers/termsofuse.cfm, pay a one time registration fee of $500 and begin quoting opportunities today! There are no annual subscription fees and you pay only for results - a 4 ½% commission on opportunities awarded to you.

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