Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) is an organization that delivers hands-on business management, technology and operations solutions to a wide range of businesses, including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, construction, health care and government. TMAC has a wide array of services that accelerate profitable growth by developing and improving profits, products, processes, technologies and people. Focus areas include Strategic Management, Technology and Operations.
As a NIST MEP approved Center, TMAC is the official representative of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP National Network) in Texas. The MEP National Network is a unique public-private partnership that delivers comprehensive, proven solutions to U.S. manufacturers, fueling growth and advancing U.S. manufacturing. The MEP program run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Department of Commerce.
The program is hosted by several partner institutions:
- Lamar University
- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
- Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
- Texas Tech University
- The University of Texas at Arlington
- The University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
TMAC was formed in 1995. As a requirement for NIST support and to track the value of the government program, companies receiving assistance get an opportunity to provide a feedback survey to rate the service and detail impacts in the areas of productivity, competitiveness, employment fluctuations, and material usage.
External links
- TMAC
- TMAC South Central Region hosted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
- Automation and Robotics Research Institute at UTA
- Manufacturing Extension Partnership