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This appears to reflect the program mix as determined by the various counties Private Industry <br /> Councils (PIC's). <br /> Working Group Question and Comments <br /> Why do Mounds View and Blaine firms seem less likely to want to use community and <br /> technical colleges? <br /> • "Distance and reputation as not having enough hands on training, plus old out dated <br /> equipment." <br /> Mentors could represent a significant program of business to business interaction, but will <br /> undoubtedly be challenging to set up. Should the Commission promote the establishment of <br /> a pilot project to flesh out the issues a consideration necessary to l_aunc a mor_e_signifcant <br /> mentoring program? <br /> • "Machine tools industries are organized and jointly participate in training programs, <br /> maybe their efforts could be built upon." <br /> • "Maybe SCORE or SBA could assist." <br /> • "Chambers would be the best group to set up a mentoring program." <br /> County programs appear to vary between counties as reflected in our data. Should the cities <br /> or Commission seek to affect the program mix of these programs? <br /> • "Maybe we should start by asking them to explain their program mix and then seek to <br /> have some influence on it." <br /> • "We really don't know what is available, a directory of training services would help." <br /> Chapter Four: Raw Materials and Supplies <br /> Supply Access <br /> Thirty-eight percent of all businesses indicated that access to supplies was an important location <br /> consideration. This was particularly true of manufacturers, but not all manufacturers equally. <br /> Those who did were in the printing, fabricated metals, industrial and commercial machinery <br /> manufacturing and the miscellaneous manufacturing sectors. Higher base builders appeared to <br /> be somewhat more supply sensitive than others. This suggests that their current location may <br /> revolve around their access to supplies while their markets are elsewhere. The long-term health <br /> of these firms as base builders within the region may be dependent upon factors affecting these <br /> firms suppliers, in addition to other factors affecting the firms themselves. <br /> Working Group Question and Comments <br /> Should these individual firms and their suppliers be identified and studied further? The first <br /> step would be to use the existing data base to focus just on these firms. Second step would be <br /> to consider the need for additional survey questions to further idents their key suppliers. <br /> Subsequent actions would be dependent upon findings. Rank this topic as a high, medium or <br /> 9 <br />