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ANNUALREPORTfor 2016KYFAME.COMPublished March 23, 2017
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KYFAME:CreatingSolutionsBoard MembersYear after year, the availability of a skilledworkforce continues to be the primaryreason why companies expand andlocate their businesses where they do.Communities that understand the needsfor a better educated workforce are morelikely to create success for their economyand will experience growth and prosperity.The goal seems obvious but results aredifficult to achieve.In 2008, Toyota, the Kentucky Associationof Manufacturers (KAM) and BluegrassCommunity and Technical College(BCTC) began collaboratively discussingsolutions to these workforce concerns.This partnership started to develop a newemployer driven Advance ManufacturingTechnician (AMT) education program.They envisioned an academic programcombining the technical skills of AMT withthe support of on-the-job training andcollege courses.Through these conversations, otheremployers with the same vision becameinvolved in early 2009 and formed agroup called the Bluegrass ManufacturingDevelopment Collaborative (B-MDC). Asthe B-MDC continued to grow, the nameof “KY FAME”, or Federation of AdvancedManufacturing Education, was adoptedin 2013. KY FAME established itself as anindustry-led public-private partnershipconsisting of manufacturers, educationproviders and government leaders whosegoal is to create a pipeline of highly skilledworkers for all levels of the employmentspectrum. From its inception “FAME”was recognized as a powerful name inthe Advanced Manufacturing CareerPathways effort.In January of 2015, KY FAME wasincorporated as a non-profit, statewideorganization. This was accompanied bythe formation of the Bluegrass, GreaterLouisville, Lincoln Trail and NorthernKentucky chapters. Throughout 2015,chapters formed across the state, andby years end, the Cumberlands, GreaterOwensboro, Southcentral and WestKentucky chapters were established. Asof the 2016 fall semester, this partnershiphas produced 87 graduates. To date, KYFAME’s nine regional chapters include 210company members. Of those members,103 are currently sponsoring 334students who attend fourteen Kentuckypostsecondary education institutions.While Kentucky’s economy continuesto grow, KY FAME continues to createsolutions to ensure Kentucky’s current andfuture manufacturing workforce is readyfor the jobs of the future.3
Vision & MissionOUR MISSIONThe mission of KY FAME is to create workand-learn, career pathway educationalprograms at Kentucky’s technical collegesto meet critical skill needs of manufacturers.FAME accomplishes this by:OUR VISIONKY FAME is an industry led public/privatepartnership made up of manufacturersas well as education and governmentpartners. The vision of KY FAME is to bethe catalyst for developing world-classtechnical talent for manufacturing throughtechnical career pathway education.KY FAME strives to be a conduitbetween industry and education with aprimary focus on meeting the needs ofmanufacturers.4 Identifying critical skill needs inmanufacturing Creating market driven career paths formanufacturing Standardizing curriculum and programdelivery Providing meaningful work experienceconcurrent to the educational experience Marketing manufacturing careers Recruiting the next generation ofemployees through student sponsorship
Board MembersABOUT USKim Menke, Toyota(Founding Member)Danette Wilder, SealingLife(Bluegrass)Andrew Farris, Mubea(Northern KY)Kent Suiters, GE Appliances, a Haier company(Greater Louisville)Peter Feil, Stober Drives, Inc.(Northeast)Frank Anderson, Sun Windows(Greater Owensboro)Nathan Shewmaker, Toyoda Gosei(Lincoln Trail)Stacey Hughes, Logan Aluminum(Southcentral)Ryan Senter, Hibbs Electromechanical, Inc.(West KY)Donnie Slagle, Toyotetsu America, Inc.(Cumberlands)Josh Benton, KY Cabinet for Economic DevelopmentGreg Higdon, Kentucky Association of ManufacturersDr. Paul Blankenship, KY Community & Technical College System5
History & HighlightsLooking ahead to 2017 A part of a 220,000 partnership with Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT), KY FAME will launch amulti-chapter teacher externship program at all nine FAME chapters. Externships will provide business partnersand teams of teachers an opportunity to learn how technical and academic course content is used in a real-worldmanufacturing environment.The 4th Annual National AMT Conference will be hosted by Northern KY FAME on May 16-17. The AMTconference brings together company, student, government and education AMT partners to share best practicesand strategies on AMT implementation.The 2nd Annual KY FAME Summit will also be held in Northern Kentucky on May 15.Beginning in the Spring 2017 Semester students enrolled in AMT and other FAME endorsed programs areeligible for the Work Ready Scholarship. The Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship helps Kentuckians who havenot yet earned an associate’s degree afford an industry-recognized certificate or credential. Scholarships arefor students earning an industry-recognized certificate, credential, or diploma in one of Kentucky’s top five highdemand workforce sectors – health care, advanced manufacturing, transportation/logistics, business services/information technology, and construction/trades. More information is available by clicking here.2005-2008May 5, 2005Toyota proposes a new vision andprocess to the Kentucky Community& Technical College System fortechnical and workplace educationthat will produce higher outcomesand graduates who are more workready, and proposes BluegrassCommunity & Technical College(BCTC) as the pilot site.2006Toyota and BCTC open the new“Advanced Manufacturing Center”campus, an open area emulationof a manufacturing operation. Thecampus is located at Toyota and thefirst campus director is a “loanedexecutive” from Toyota to assist withaligning the curriculum and activityas closely to customer need aspossible. The first classes on the newcampus begin.2008Toyota and the Kentucky Associationof Manufacturers begin discussingthe employer collaborative aspect ofthe new vision and convene the firstmeetings of interested companiesand organizations.62009-2013Early 2009Discussions lead to the formationof the Bluegrass ManufacturingDevelopment Collaborative(B-MDC). Founding membersincluded 3M, Florida Tile, GRSpring and Stamping, I.B. MooreCompany, Link-Belt, SealingLifeInc. and Toyota.August 2010Toyota sponsors their first cohortof students in the AdvancedManufacturing Technician programat the Bluegrass Community andTechnical College campus.May 2012The first class of 22 studentsgraduates from the AMT program.2013B-MDC adopts the name of KYFAME.October 2013The AMT Program wins the2013 National Career PathwayPartnership Excellence Award fromNCPN/Kuder.2014-2015May 2014Bluegrass Chapter expands toDanville/Harrodsbug area.January 2015KY FAME incorporates as a nonprofit, statewide organization.The Bluegrass, Greater Louisville,Lincoln Trail and NorthernKentucky Chapters form. Boardappointed with Statewiderepresentation from 10 regionsacross the Commonwealth.Summer 2015The Greater Owensboro,Cumberlands, West, andSouthcentral Chapters are formed.November 2015KY FAME Reception at theGovernor’s Mansion celebratesthe collaboration of over 125member companies and 147enrolled students across theCommonwealth.
Lightweight Innovation for Tomorrow (LIFT) namedKY FAME a national Education and Workforce“Game Changer” at its annual meeting inSeptember.In November, Fortune.com and Time.com referredto the AMT program as a national “Model for theFuture” in career and technical education.The National Network of Business and IndustryAssociates identified AMT and KY FAME as a21st Century Work-and-Learn Model in its 2016Successful Strategies for Employers guidebook.2016JanuaryIn January, many companies inthe Northern KY FAME chapteralong with other company partnerslaunched the Enhanced OperatorCertificate at Gateway Community& Technical College. The EnhancedOperator trains up to 30 individualsin a one-semester entry-levelmanufacturing operator certificate.Garrett continues to advocatefor the KY FAME program withstudents.Also in July, Governor Bevinannounced the Work Ready SkillsInitiative, which provided 100million to improve Kentucky’ssecondary and post-secondarySTEM education infrastructure.The Initiative’s goal is to create andimprove academic programs thatMarchmatch job market demands. Of theThe Northeast Kentucky24 projects approved, six directlyChapter is formed.relate to KY FAME chapters andtotal over 28 million in funding.Also, on March 22, KY FAMEhosted the first annual KY FAME Bluegrass/BCTC – DanvilleSummit. In sum, 100 KY FAMECampus: 2.7 million Advancedpartners met to share bestManufacturing Centerpractices on student recruitment,renovationscompany engagement, new Cumberlands/SCC: 3.8 millionprogram development, studentAdvanced Manufacturingmentoring, and many other topics.Center renovationsAlso Greater Louisville/JCTC: 15.2 million AdvancedMayManufacturing CenterIn May, 39 AMT students graduatedconstructionfrom Bluegrass Community & Greater Owensboro/OCTC:Technical College. 2.8 million AdvancedManufacturing CenterJulyrenovationsAt the NASCAR Xfinity ALSCO West KY/WKCTC:300 at Kentucky Motor Speedway, 3.04 million AdvancedKY FAME sponsored Xfinity driverManufacturing CenterGarrett Smithly’s “Number Zero”renovationsChevrolet Camaro. Smithly and Southcentral KY/SKYCTC:FAME partners also provided media 179,000 for AMT equipmentinterviews and participated in a meetupgradesand-greet with fans during the raceweekend.AugustIn August, 103 companies fromnine KY FAME chapters begansponsorships for 226 students.Fall 2016In the Fall 2016 semester theGreater Owensboro FAME chapterlaunched the ComputerizedManufacturing and Machining(CMM) program. CMM is modeledafter AMT and the first cohortconsists of 9 sponsored students.End of 2016Bluegrass Community andTechnical College completedconstruction at the newAdvanced ManufacturingCenter (AMC) in Georgetown.The AMC design mirrors amanufacturing production facility.While containing classrooms,administrative offices, andcomputer labs, the bulk of the78,000 square feet is a flexiblehigh bay space. The design followsthe principal that students shouldlearn in an environment similarto one where they will apply theirskills after graduation. Classes atthe AMC began in January 2017and it hosts the AMT program aswell as many other manufacturingrelated programs.7
FAME PathwaysThere is no doubt that students participating in KY FAME choose a path providing multiplecareer options. The Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) degree is only the beginning.Upon completion of this associate’s degree, students have options. For those ready to continuedeveloping their craft, they can continue full-time employment. For others wishing to continuetheir education, the AMT program can provide a transition into a bachelor’s program forbusiness or engineering. As FAME grows throughout Kentucky, additional bachelor’s programswill be developed around the Commonwealth.CareerAMT graduates are in a great position toleverage career options. With over 1,800 hoursalready accumulated in on-the-job trainingand work experience, and the IndustrialMaintenance Technology degree in hand, oneoption for graduates is to continue working fulltime with their sponsoring employer. Theseare employers that students have developedstrong relationships with and who studentsknow are truly invested in them.To date, nearly 100 percent of AMT graduatescontinue to work for their sponsoringemployer, and there are reasons for that.Because the AMT program focuses on thedevelopment of the entire student, graduatesare well rounded and ready to hit the groundrunning in a manufacturing career.This program produces a multi-skilledindividual. In technical skills alone, the AMTcurriculum allows the student to work in theareas of electricity, fluid power, motor controls,maintenance of industrial equipment, PLCs,welding, machining, drawings, robotics andsystem troubleshooting.Any employer will tell you that technical skillsare not all that are needed to have a successfulcareer. The AMT model puts an emphasison personal behaviors like attendance,8communication, diligence, interpersonalrelations, initiative and teamwork.AMT also teaches students manufacturingculture through core exercises. Safety culture,workplace organization, lean manufacturing,machinery maintenance and reliabilityand problem solving are all built into thecurriculum.To assist in student preparation, each KCTCSlocation provides AMT coordinators toconnect students, employers, and educators.Coordinators interact with all parties on adaily basis to ensure program standards areachieved and delivered at a high level.In addition to AMT, KY FAME chapters arecurrently exploring new programs designedin the AMT model. The Greater Owensborochapter currently pilots a ComputerizedManufacturing and Machining (CMM)program. Many Northern KY chaptermembers helped design the enhanced operatorcertificate for entry-level production anddiscussions are underway for future programsincluding Tool and Die.
KY FAME GIVES OPTIONSFOR YOUR FUTUREBusinessAfter receiving their Associate’s degree, manystudents choose to further their educationand pursue a Bachelor’s degree, either rightaway or after working a few years. One path toachieve this goal is the Advanced ManufacturingBusiness program (AMB), through NorthwoodUniversity. AMB was designed specifically for AMTgraduates and features Project Management,Situational Leadership and Quality ControlQualification training. The 70 to 80 credit hoursthat were earned for the Associate’s degree areall transferrable toward this Bachelor’s program.Northwood maintains an office in Georgetown andcourses are available on-line.AMB offers students a unique opportunity tocomplete a curriculum of business courses thatactually include automotive and manufacturinglearning opportunities. It enhances skills alreadylearned and gives the student a new perspectiveon business and manufacturing management. TenAMT graduates are currently enrolled in the AMBprogram.“The thing about the program that makes adifference to me is the hands-on experience- beingable to learn something in class and then beingable to go to work the next day and have hands-onpractice with what you learned.”- Christina Partin, KY FAME Graduate, the honorgraduate of her class and a permanent Toyotaskilled team memberEngineeringAnother exciting option for graduates is to worktoward a Bachelor’s degree in engineering withthe University of Kentucky. Students graduatingwith an AMT before entering into UK’s AdvancedManufacturing Engineering (AME) program havea definite advantage. AMT students have a strongunderstanding of technical disciplines, and will havea broad knowledge as an engineer. AMT graduatesalso have experience working with their handsbecause of their job experience. AMTs have actuallyseen the ideas of an engineer come full circle byworking and troubleshooting on a real productionfloor. The combination of the two programs iswhat creates potentially the most sought out,well-qualified and well-paid new engineers onthe market. One AMT graduate, Jeramy Gillis, iscurrently enrolled in the UK AME program.“I will graduate with a bachelor’s in electricalengineering, and I will have no debt. I go to schoolwith students that, they’re in engineering school,and they’re getting just as good an education as me,but they do not have the opportunities that I have.None of this would be possible without KY FAMEas far as the job experience. Debt free, but jobexperience is the thing that is going to be writtendown on a resume that you are going to hand to acompany that others don’t have.”– Jeramy Gillis, KY FAME Graduate, University ofKentucky engineering student9
BluegrassAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin,Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer,Nicholas, Powell, Scott, WoodfordPresidentDanette WilderSealingLife TechnologyVice PresidentSteve RinehartDenyo ManufacturingSecretaryDan HarringtonLink-BeltPARTICIPATING COMPANIESBullardCMWACommonwealth Tool & MachineDenyoFlorida TileEducation PartnerBluegrass Community & Technical College(Georgetown & Danville Campuses)Heartland AutomotiveProgramsAdv. Manufacturing Technician (AMT)Adv. Manufacturing Business (AMB)Adv. Manufacturing Engineering (AME)IntelligratedTotal EnrollmentAMT: 84AMB: 11AME: 1Lincoln er Farm and Ranch EquipmentTopyToyotaWebasto10
CumberlandsAdair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Laurel,McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Wayne,WhitleyPARTICIPATING COMPANIESAisin Automotive Casting, LLCAmerican WoodmarkCable Contracting Inc.Camtech Manufacturing SolutionsChism AutomationCobb VantressDuraflame East, LLCEast Kentucky PowerJones Plastic & EngineeringKeystone FoodsTarter Farm & Ranch EquipmentToyotetsu America, Inc.PresidentDonnie SlagleToyotetsu America, Inc.Vice PresidentChris HicksUGN, Inc.SecretaryBecki LockeToyotetsu America, Inc.TreasurerLori WestCobb VantressEducation PartnerSomerset Community CollegeProgramsAdv. Manufacturing Technician (AMT)Total EnrollmentAMT: 21UGN, Inc.11
Greater LouisvilleBullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, TrimblePresidentKent SuitersGE Appliances, a Haier companyVice PresidentApril TroutmanParadise Tomato KitchensSecretary/TreasurerCindy HooperClariant CorporationPARTICIPATING COMPANIESAtlas Machine & Supply, Inc.Bigelow Tea CompanyClairant CorporationD. D. Williamson & Co., Inc.Dana IncorporatedEducation PartnerJefferson Community & Technical CollegeFord Motor CompanyProgramsAdv. Manufacturing Technician (AMT)LantechTotal EnrollmentAMT: 38GE Appliances, a Haier CompanyLinak US Inc.Nth/WorksParadise Tomato Kitchen, Inc.Republic Conduit - LouisvilleSabert CorporationUniversal Woods Inc.12
Greater OwensboroDaviess, Hancock, OhioPARTICIPATING COMPANIESADM IndustriesBig Rivers ElectricCastlen SteelDaicel Safety SystemsDomtarHollisonHunter DouglasKentronKimberly ClarkMetalsaMiles EnterprisesMPD IndustriesOMICO PlasticsParamount Tool and DiePerdue FarmsPrecision Roll GrindersSpecialty Foods GroupSun WindowsThe Hines GroupTrifectaTTMAUnifirstUS BankWhitworth Tool and DieYager MaterialsPresidentFrank AndersonSun WindowsVice PresidentChristy MillerKimberly-ClarkSecretaryLisa PowersPrecision Roll GrindersTreasurerWill MountsOMICO Plastics, Inc.Education PartnerOwensboro Community & Technical CollegeProgramsAdv. Manufacturing Technician (AMT)Computerized Mfg & Machining (CMM)Business Administration (BA)Total EnrollmentAMT: 32CMM: 9BA: 1813
Kyndle FAMEHenderson, McLean, Union, WebsterPresidentJeff JonesVibracousticVice PresidentKim HumphreyRiverview CoalSecretaryMichelle RamacciottiGibbs Die CastingPARTICIPATING COMPANIESAccurideAir Hydro PowerAudubon MetalsBig Rivers ElectricCresline PlasticsTreasurerLisa GarrettBig Rivers ElectricDanaEducation PartnerHenderson Community CollegeHydro AluminumProgramsAdv. Manufacturing Technician (AMT)Riverview CoalTotal EnrollmentClasses start Fall 2017Gibbs Die CastingInternational PaperVibracousticComing Soonin 201714
Lincoln TrailBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade,Nelson, WashingtonPARTICIPATING COMPANIESAGC AutomotiveAltec Industries, INC.Barber CabinetryFuel Total Systems Ky. PlantINOACMetalsaMouser CabinetryPresidentNathan ShewmakerToyoda Gosei KentuckyVice PresidentJulita LeachmanINOAC USA, Inc.Vice PresidentKristal DiCarloAGCSecretaryHolly BradyToyotomiNPR of AmericaTreasurerShane WilsonAltecPlastikonEducation PartnerMTD ProductsTG Kentucky LLCToyotomiWilbert Plastic ServicesElizabethtown Community & Technical CollegeProgramsAdv. Manufacturing Technician (AMT)Total En
Frank Anderson, Sun Windows (Greater Owensboro) Nathan Shewmaker, Toyoda Gosei (Lincoln Trail) Stacey Hughes, Logan Aluminum (Southcentral) Ryan Senter, Hibbs Electromechanical, Inc. (West KY) Donnie Slagle, Toyotetsu America, Inc. (Cumberlands) Josh Benton, KY Cabinet for Economic Devel
