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"Know Your Numbers" Workshop June 15, 2016 - Hosted by the SBDC - Southfield

SBA

Five Keys to Using Financial Statements to Maximize Cash Flow and Increase Access to Capital

Who Should Attend?

Experienced business owners and key staff who want to have a better understanding of how to use their financial statements in business decisions. Topics include:

  • Identifying opportunities and challenges with your balance sheet and income statement.
  • Discuss the proven ways to increase your company's cash flow.
  • Applying breakeven analysis to improve decision making.
  • Understanding and planning working capital to support your growth.
  • Strengthening the partnership with your lenders.

Date/Time:

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Fifth Third Bank

1000 Town Center

Southfield, MI 48075

Cost: $25 (includes workbook)

Fifth Third Bank customers and veterans attend for free by calling 734.487.0355.

Click here to register online.

Questions? Call 734.487.0355

The Small Business Development Center of Michigan provides assistance to current and prospective small business owners by offering free business counseling, free secondary market research data, and low cost training programs. For more information, go to www.sbdcmichigan.org.


Unemployment Insurance Agency Offering Free Seminars for Employers

UIA

Michigan employers will have an opportunity to learn more about the state’s unemployment insurance tax and benefit programs at one of several free seminars that will be held around the state through September.

The next of the 2016 Employer Seminars, presented by the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA), will be held in Brighton on June 7 at The Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce, 218 East Grand River Avenue, Brighton 48116. Each seminar begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 1 p.m.

“This year’s sessions will help users take full advantage of the Michigan Web Account Manager (MiWAM) system,” said Sharon Moffett-Massey, director of the Unemployment Insurance Agency. “We want to make sure employers have a clear understanding of the benefits and features of using the online system to manage their unemployment tax accounts.”

The seminars will also feature information on Michigan’s Work Share program, which helps companies avoid layoffs and keep their skilled employees working, as well as business services available through the Workforce Development Agency and the Michigan Works! Association. Time will also be allotted for questions and answers about unemployment insurance. Attendees may submit questions in advance to be addressed during the seminar. Questions should be emailed to employeradvisor@michigan.gov with 2016 Employer Seminar in the subject line.

A total of 14 seminars will be held from Detroit to Marquette. Employers can find dates and locations as well as a link to online registration for each seminar on the UIA website at www.michigan.gov/uia.  

For more information, contact the Office of the Employer Ombudsman at 1-855-4-UIAOEO), or 313-456-2300, or email OEO@michigan.gov.


Mahindra Engineers the Future of the Auto Industry from Southeast Michigan

Mahindra

When Indian carmaker Mahindra asked Rick Haas to establish a new, global engineering facility to help the company accelerate the design and engineering of the next generation of world-class vehicles for global markets, the location for the center was a topic of much debate.

For the two years prior, Haas had been leading the engineering and product development team at Mahindra’s Chennai (India)-based product development center. Both he and Mahindra leadership knew the time had come to set up a global product development center in a hub of industry innovation and technology — one with an abundance of automotive engineering talent and a world-class infrastructure. Haas and Mahindra ultimately chose Southeastern Michigan.

Haas recalls, “We took a hard look at a number of different locations: Tokyo, Seoul, Stuttgart, Turin, the U.K. and even the San Francisco area, but in the end we decided that there was simply no location that could equal the automotive resources, intellect or talent pool of Michigan.”

The location was chosen in large part for its proximity to young talent. Many of the top engineering schools are located in Southeast Michigan. These colleges and universities offer automotive-centric curriculums to support the development and implementation of new technologies and promote constant learning, which is essential to keeping up with today’s rapidly moving tech climate. All this equates to the region grooming many of the best auto-specific engineers on the planet.

Consistent support provided to Mahindra by both state and local development authorities was another key deciding factor, as was Southeast Michigan’s exceptional automotive infrastructure.

“The whole industry plays here,” Haas said. “The Environmental Protection Agency has offices here; there are full-service supplier tech centers, proving grounds, crash facilities and wind tunnels all available within a radius of less than 50 miles.”

For all of these reasons, Mahindra North American Technical Center (MNATC) was established in Troy, Mich. in 2013.

The team at MNATC is comprised of over 100 top-tier engineers — each averaging more than20 years of experience working for companies like Apple Inc., Boeing Co., Tesla Motors Inc., Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., General Motors Co., and Toyota Motor Corp. They leverage the latest communication and data sharing technologies to take full advantage of Mahindra’s Global Product Development presence.

And because Mahindra’s auto engineering facilities are located across the globe, the lights are rarely off at MNATC. At any given hour, the MNATC team could be working on new vehicle programs with affiliate centers in Italy, India or South Korea.

“Effective collaboration is at the core of everything we do at MNATC,” Haas says, “so hiring exceptional engineers who are also great team players with a global perspective may very well be our top priority.”

As for Haas, he’s now back where it all started for him. Born in Detroit, he grew up in the suburb of Livonia and received both his engineering degree and MBA from the University of Michigan.

A lifelong engineer, Haas has been active in the auto industry since 1981 when he joined Ford Motor Co. right after college graduation. Since the early 2000s, Haas had been moving around the globe — from Brazil to California to India — developing products for different automakers, but he couldn’t be happier to be “home.”

“It’s great to finally be back in town and be able to contribute in a very meaningful way to the resurgence of the Detroit area and the revival of the local auto industry,” he said. “Anyone in this industry will tell you these are exciting times, and I can’t help but be proud of the huge role the engineering community is playing in driving innovation and advanced technologies into new vehicles worldwide. We are on the cusp of a very different transportation model both in this country and abroad.” 


Detroit SHRM Webinar: "What Employers Need to Know Now: Trending Employment Law Issues"

Detroit SHRM

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Click here to register online.

With ever evolving interpretations of employment laws and increasingly aggressive agency actions, it is imperative that employers stay up-to-date to limit employment-related risk and ensure compliance. This program will provide practical guidance to HR practitioners on recent activity on key employment-related issues that affect every workplace.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of the webinar, HR professionals will have a better understanding of these trending employment law issues:

  • Impending changes to FLSA regulations concerning exemptions and overtime.e
  • Developing LGBT issues in the workplace.
  • Recent NLRB rulings impacting common employee handbook policies.
  • EEOC trending issues, including charge activity, disability and religious accommodations and retaliation claims.
  • Quick hits on other workplace issues, including the FMLA and Equal Pay Act.

About the Speakers:

Carol G. Schley is Senior Counsel at the law firm Clark Hill PLC.  She represents entities in a wide variety of employment-related disputes, including those involving breach of contract, discrimination and harassment.  She also counsels entities on employment-related matters, prepares comprehensive employee handbooks and employment agreements and trains clients and their employees on employment issues in the workplace, including harassment-prevention training.  Ms. Schley also maintains an active practice handling insurance coverage disputes.   Ms. Schley graduated with a J.D. from The University of Michigan Law School.  She is a member of Detroit SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, the Defense Research Institute, the Oakland County Bar Association and the Macomb County Bar Association.  She also serves as a case evaluator for Oakland County’s circuit court.

Miriam L. Rosen is Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Group at McDonald Hopkins PLC. She represents and counsels employers on a broad range of labor and employment issues, including hiring and selection, discipline and discharge, FMLA and ADA leaves of absence, strategic employment decisions and reductions-in-force, employment discrimination matters, wage and hour compliance, data security, employee privacy, affirmative action plans, and many other issues.

A frequent speaker and writer on employment law topics, Miriam is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and Michigan State University.


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