Thought Leaders were surveyed after the
event for additional thoughts and input.
Finally, peer reviewers analyzed the results
of the thought leader session to enrich and
vet the research.
It is with gratitude to InterLink’s partner in
this endeavor: TMAC, the InterLink
Industry Trends Task Force Leaders, and the
Manufacturing Industry Thought Leaders
who made this study possible.
This structured and disciplined process will
be followed for subsequent thought leader
groups, as we research other industries, to
ensure systematic and robust data collection.
PROJECT PARTNER ORGANIZATION
TMAC is a Technical and Management Assistance & Consulting organization and part of the
Manufacturing Extension Partnership hosted at the University of Texas at Arlington. TMAC
accelerates the profitable growth of manufacturers by implementing methods, innovation,
technology and best practices to develop and improve products, processes and
people.
MISSION: To increase the global competitiveness of the Texas economy by working to grow
the extended manufacturing enterprise.
www.tmac.org & www.tmacdfw.org
InterLink is a nonprofit organization with 28 years of labor market and industry trend
forecasting. InterLink acts as a bridge between business and education providing secondary and
post-secondary education institutions in the Dallas/Fort Worth region industry driven forecasts
for Career and Technical Education program planning and curriculum development to train a
highly skilled and knowledgeable regional workforce.
www.interlink-ntx.org
Copyright 2016 North Central Texas InterLink, Inc. ~ All rights reserved.
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