Access to Capital for Manufacturers

How can you prepare your business for upward growth as a small or medium sized manufacturer?  What are your different options as the country prepares for a downturn in the economy and how can you ensure that you are making the right financial decisions for your company?   This panel will feature financer expectations and investment conditions, and different capital access options, such as:

• Equity
• Senior Debt ($250,000 and above)
• CDFI Lender ($250,000 and below)
• Equipment Leasing

Depending on your capital access need, whether it be covering short term expenses, restructuring or consolidating debt, expansion, operations purchases or upgrades, or simply taking your business to the next level, there are different assets and approaches that will suit your goals.

Hire the employees your manufacturing business needs and find workers with the skills you want. Listen as different workforce development representatives discuss innovative approaches to building a team of qualified people.

Learning Objectives:

• Distinguish between the two models of registered apprenticeship: Consecutive and Concurrent
• Understand the role of the community college in expanding apprenticeship in the State of California.
• Understand the benefits of apprenticeship to employers.

The technology behind the rise of cryptocurrencies is widely expected to bring “a common source of truth” to manufacturing. In a short while, manufacturers will differentiate themselves – and remain competitive – by showing they are trustworthy and transparent via blockchain. The supply chain will never be the same; it will be better (more efficient, less risky and less costly). Roundtable experts will take pains to explain how blockchain technology creates “the ledger of ledgers” everyone has been waiting for since the Internet took hold in the late 1990s. And they will discuss pilot projects and use cases of particular note.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how blockchain will provide a competitive edge
• Understand how the supply chain will be less risky and more cost effective
• Hear about lessons learned from pilot projects.