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Women in Manufacturing

Women in Manufacturing is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Women in Manufacturing rather than just read about it. In short: Women in Manufacturing (WiM) is a national trade association headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, that promotes and supports women who are pursuing or have chosen a career in manufacturing. It is the only national trade association dedicated to women in manufacturing careers.

Key takeaways

Women in Manufacturing belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Women in Manufacturing to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Women in Manufacturing from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Women in Manufacturing (WiM) is a national trade association headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, that promotes and supports women who are pursuing or have chosen a career in manufacturing. It is the only national trade association dedicated to women in manufacturing careers.

History WiM was founded in 2011 as “Women in Metalforming” to be a supplementary group by the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA). The following year, PMA recognized the need for an organization that could serve as a national resource for women in the manufacturing industry and the name was changed to the Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM). WiM operated under PMA until 2015 when it became a separate, independent 501(c)(6) trade association in 2015. In November 2016, WiM launched its Education Foundation (WiMEF), which is officially designated as a 501(c)(3).

Organization

Membership WiM is a membership-based organization with five categories: Student, Professional, Professional Plus, Retired and Corporate. Members are able to participate in virtual and in-person networking opportunities, professional development webinars, online discussion communities, and educational opportunities both regionally and nationally.

Leadership The current Chairwoman of WiM Board of Directors is Virginia Harn, Principal for CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA). Allison Grealis is the Founder and President of WiM.

Chapters The Women in Manufacturing Association has almost 30 local chapters throughout the United States which operate under the jurisdiction of the WiM national organization. These state-wide and regionally-based chapters provide members local access to networking, training, education and inspiration. Each Chapter offers activities and programming specific to the unique needs of the local area served. .

Funding WiM receives funding from membership and programs fees, foundations, and corporations.

Partnerships In 2016, WiM and Case Western Reserve University's (CWRU) Weatherhead School of Management, with the support of the GE Foundation, collaborated to launch the Leadership Lab for Women in Manufacturing, which provides executive education and training to individuals in mid-to-high level management roles in manufacturing. The Leadership Lab for Women in Manufacturing builds on the CWRU's Leadership Lab for Women in STEM, created in 2014 to provide professional development for women in male-dominated industries. Also in 2016, WiM partnered with Arconic Foundation to create the Virtual Learning Series, a program consisting of six bimonthly webinars covering a variety of industry-related topics.

Events & programs WiM's largest annual event, the WiM SUMMIT, launched in 2010. The annual SUMMIT brings hundreds of members together to a location that changes each year, affording attendees the opportunity to experience manufacturing and develop their networks throughout the United States. The 2022 SUMMIT will be held in Atlanta, GA, on October 11–12. WiMWorks, WiM's proprietary career center resource, is a platform for connecting job seekers with employers. The system's features include a board for job postings, an anonymous résumé bank, and an internal messaging system for users.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Women in Manufacturing

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Women in Manufacturing claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Women in Manufacturing before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Women in Manufacturing ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Women in Manufacturing

In research: Women in Manufacturing appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Women in Manufacturing in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Women in Manufacturing is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2011 establishments in Ohio, American organizations established in 2011, Manufacturing trade associations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Women in Manufacturing outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Women in Manufacturing in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Women in Manufacturing means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Women in Manufacturing out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Women in Manufacturing in simple terms?

Why does Women in Manufacturing matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Women in Manufacturing?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Women in Manufacturing.