Leanovations Becomes Member of SMA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (August, 21 2008)

Leanovations, Invited to Become a Member of SMA “Small Manufacturers Association” in Connecticut

PLAINVILLE, CT – The Smaller Manufacturers Association of Connecticut, known as the SMA, incorporated in 1949 as an organization that serves to promote the cause of smaller manufacturing firms in all facets of their business organizations. The SMA has invited Leanovations, LLC to become a member of the organization.

The SMA works on behalf of its members to:
Promote the best interest of manufacturers in Connecticut
Address problems common to all manufacturers
Help manufacturers improve productivity
Assist manufacturers in evaluating new markets for their products
Stimulate cooperative action among manufacturers
Provide access to resources aimed at assisting manufacturers

Membership in the SMA is open to all manufacturers within Connecticut who have 500 or fewer employees and who manufacture a product with an SIC between 2000-3999. Businesses within Connecticut that are non-manufacturing companies, that are supportive and beneficial to manufacturing companies may also join under certain circumstances. Currently less than 23% of the membership is non-manufacturing.

“We are excited to have Leanovations become a member of SMA. They have worked with many small manufacturing companies in Connecticut and have extensive international experience teaching and coaching Lean and Innovations,” states Jack Traver, President of the SMA . “Leanovations ability to secure funding to conduct Lean events could provide an opportunity for many of our SMA manufacturing members which makes Leanovations a perfect fit for our organization .”

Leanovations, a Connecticut based Lean Consulting Company with extensive international experience, emerged as a new innovative consultant company that goes beyond the traditional lean operational approach. Focusing on lean and innovations at the same time differentiates Leanovations from other lean consultant groups. Leanovations focuses on teaching businesses to create growth, through lean operational excellence and to have the ability to re-invent themselves through innovations.

“Leanovations is excited to become a member of SMA, and looks forward to assisting the manufacturing members in anyway we can to improve their competitiveness in the world economy”, states Fred Shamburg. “Leanovations is a registered Lean Service provider with Connecticut’s CMSCI ADI program where their is 50% funding opportunities for companies who support the aerospace and defense industries, and is also a certified CL&P Lean Service Provider for a manufacturing company who is a CL&P customer”.

If anyone is interested in learning more about the SMA, go to http://www.sma-ct.com/.

Leanovations is a Limited Liability Company (LLC), which helps manufacturing companies compete on a worldwide basis. To learn more about Leanovations visit http://www.leanovations.com/.