In The News...
Small Business Person of the Year - Austin Merritt of Merritt Tool Company, Inc. (Kilgore SBDC)
Financial Services Champion of the Year - Judy Loden of Greater East Texas Certified Development Corp. (Trinity Valley SBDC)
Minority Small Business Champion of the Year - D. Jorge Urbina of the Law Office of D. Jorge Urbina/ Sendera Title (North Central Texas SBDC)
Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year - Mumammad R. Gaziani of Hiteq Computer Systems, Inc. (Government Contracting SBDC)
Veterans Small Business Champion of the Year - Team! - Timothy C. Woods of the Center for Government Contracting SBDC (Risk Management SBDC)
Small Business Exporter of the Year - Jim Anderson of ETCetera International (International SBDC)
Small Business Person of the Year - Austin Merritt of Merritt Tool Company, Inc. (Kilgore SBDC)
Financial Services Champion of the Year - Judy Loden of Greater East Texas Certified Development Corp. (Trinity Valley SBDC)
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Enterprise Excellence
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The era of stable, low variety, long production runs is over. Today, customers demand and get more. Businesses are forced to discover new ways to realize a competitive advantage. Those that do are excited about their future and what they can become.
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To compete in today’s market, you must integrate your vision, culture, processes and technologies. This is where Enterprise Excellence comes in. The Enterprise Excellence team is dedicated to long-term improvement of companies seeking a competitive advantage. We accomplish this through a package of services. You choose what works best for you!
Enterprise Services
Breakfast Workshops
An integrated series of topics addressing vision and strategic planning, company culture, performance improvement and technology applications.
Comprehensive Assistance
A customized hands-on, eight-month wellness program designed to transfer long-term planning and continuous improvement tools to you and your company.
Specialized Training
Topics vary to meet your needs – designed to aid your company as you cut costs and improve productivity (strategic planning, teaming, coaching, statistical process control, process management).
Focus Groups
Facilitated by University of Texas at Arlington's Automation Robotics and Research Institute (ARRI) staff, companies with common needs or concerns are grouped together to study issues, identify potential solutions and minimize costs.
Networking
Workshops and training provide opportunities for you to network with other companies. Tours of local companies demonstrate world class, Enterprise Excellence principles in action.
Video Series
Scheduled and “on-demand” to meet your needs. You have access to films relating to management, teams, quality, communication, manufacturing practices and many more topics.
In addition to the services described above, the SBDC for Enterprise Excellence, in coordination with its host organization, the Bill J. Priest
Institute for Economic Development, provides business counseling and training services to the small businesses located in the Business Incubation Center
(BIC) at the Institute. For more information on the BIC, including how to become a tenant, call 214-860-5900.
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