Over the past few years, members would occasionally ask me, “What does AMTDA do for members?”Our elevator pitch declared that, for 85 years, we have provided members with a competitive advantage by providing programs to improve their company’s operational efficiency, with industry information and statistics for better sales, with training and educational tools for better employee performance and with superior networking opportunities and communications tools.
BUT, every day, we received and continue to receive lots of specific questions such as:
- Where do I find a machine that does…?
- Where do I find new sales/service personnel?
- How do I solve this HR/insurance/contract/etc. issue?
- How can USMTO help me?
- How do I find distributors that can help me with this niche product?
- What are you hearing about this technology/company/trend etc.?
And now at the new AMT, I believe we can focus on more of your needs and provide you with more answers to these issues. Specifically, the Distribution Work Group is working on:
- Integrating the former AMTDA members into the other programs of AMT
- Starting more Leadership Forums to help your companies groom the next generation of industry leaders
- Bringing more users and technologies into the USMTO reports to make them even better
- Improving training tools and updating the CMTSE Program
- Helping smaller companies to effectively use new technology tools
- Improving the imX event model
- Creating a Smartforce initiative that brings more people into the industry and helps you recruit more people to this business
- Advising members with marketing issues
- Growing dialogue between builders and distributors
- Spending more time with members to discover new needs
Just as you Google for answers every day, I believe that AMT can be the Google for machine tool dealers and builders to improve their performance and their profitability.
Keep in touch with me at pborden@AMTonline.org.