Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC)

By Amit Lopes, Regional Director, TMAC, University of Texas, El Paso

The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, TMAC’s, mission is to increase the global competitiveness of the Texas economy by working to grow the extended manufacturing enterprise.

TMAC delivers hands-on business management, technology and operations solutions to a wide range of businesses, including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, construction, health care and government. They have a wide array of services that accelerate profitable growth by developing and improving profits, products, processes, technologies and people. Focus areas include:

Strategic Management;

Technology:

Operations:

TMAC works with your business to make it more efficient, whether it is energy efficiency, quality issues, or supply chain, we will give you the customized solutions to have the competitive edge, discover financial opportunities and grow your business.

What is the Texas Manufacturing Network?

Is a supplier management software that enables manufacturers and suppliers to connect using searchable criteria base upon n business capabilities, to narrow the scope and enhance outcomes.

The network boosts your business with a streamlined, centralized tool to manage your supplier network. Experience a world where projects are organized and delivered seamlessly, without the hassle of countless emails or calls to suppliers.

Get Better Work Done with Suppliers

I. Accelerate your RFQs

II. Stay Up to Date on your Projects

III. Find Suppliers

IV. Manage Supplier Performance

V.  Centralize and Secure Your Supplier Relationships

VI. Control Access with NDA Management

VII. Track Supplier Qualifications

VIII. Ensure Data Security and Compliance

IX.  Share Expertise- Capture Tribal Knowledge

Record and store supplier information and interactions and share it organization-wide, creating persistent company memory of these valuable long-term relationships

 

Amit J Lopes, Ph.D.

Regional Director, TMAC Paso del Norte
Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering within UTEP’s College of Engineering.  

Dr. Lopes’ areas of interest are

Smart Manufacturing Industry 4.0;
Quality in Additive Manufacturing; and
Systems Engineering Applications.