Initiative targets global competition
Apr. 12--TRIAD -- The Piedmont Triad Partnership and N.C. State University have established a business innovation specialist to assist local manufacturing companies in increasing their competitiveness in the global economy.
Working from the PTP offices under the Workforce Innovations in Regional Economic Development initiative, the BIS will create partnerships and leverage available services within the region to develop and implementmethods of advancing regional manufacturing.
The BIS position developed out of an ongoing relationship of the PTP and Industrial Extension Service at N.C. State, which has been providing technical support to PTP for the WIRED project.
The IES was established in 1955 by the N.C. General Assembly to support development for North Carolina's small to medium manufacturing firms.
From April 2005 to March 2006, IESserved 856 individual manufacturing companies with those companies reporting almost $100 million in direct economic impact from IES-delivered services, including the creation or retention of more than 1,200 jobs.
The focus of the PIS position -- for which applications are now being accepted -- is to match university -- and government-developed technologies with local companies' existing manufacturing capabilities.
"The (BIS) will provide a critical function within the WIRED programof work," said Theresa Reynolds, PTP senior vice president and WIRED project manager.
"The position will serve a unique bridge capacity. ... In order to be successful, the agent will have to demonstrate a truly collaborative and innovativemindset." The application for the Business Innovation Specialist position must be submitted online at https://jobs.ncsu. edu; reference position number 04-360701. Closing date for applications is April 16.
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