jump to navigation search this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2012 manufacturers alliance for productivity and innovation mapi type non profit industry economic legal research and peer networking founded chicago 1933 headquarters arlington va usa key people stephen v. gold president & ceo cam mackey svp operations & partnerships daniel j. meckstroth vp and chief economist rae ann johnson vp general counsel and secretary website mapi.net the manufacturers alliance for productivity and innovation or mapi is a member organization that provides an educational forum for industry executives to foster efficiency innovation and overall business success within their companies . mapi contributes to the competitiveness of u.s. manufacturing by providing unbiased economic research professional development and an independent expert source of manufacturing information . contents 1 history 2 councils 3 research 4 references 5 external links history edit the initial role in the early 1930s was in representing the machinery and allied products industry and while not a lobbying organization mapi served as a national voice for policies which stimulated technological advancement and economic growth in manufacturing and in the public interest . one of the unique innovations of mapi was the establishment and over the past 80 years the strong development of the mapi council program . these councils were organized in response to the need for seminar like peer groups to meet and discuss common challenges of manufacturing . these core competencies remain intact and continue to adapt to the emerging issues in the global economy . councils edit mapi s benchmarking and executive peer networking councils are currently organized around 29 corporate functions in finance operations strategy growth management legal and it . all councils are member driven and respond to the complexity of their global business with access to peer expertise and unbiased economic research . mapi routinely surveys industry leaders and sectors to generate performance analysis as well as updates on trends issues benchmarks and best practices all supporting improved member performance . surveys help members identify best practices and benchmark themselves against an audience of peers on issues as broad as sg & a costs social media best practices and sales forecasting . in addition mapi hosts a series of annual one day forums on cutting edge issues and is noted for its mapi executive summit a two day conference for senior manufacturing executives . the summit featured a wide portfolio of keynote speakers panel discussions and more targeted breakout session . research edit mapi develops proprietary research such as its industrial outlook series showing the impact different factors technology policy and expanding international markets have on the u.s. economy and within individual industry sectors . in addition the mapi quarterly economic outlook is a highly valuable forecast that assists business leaders in guiding current decisions while concurrently developing future strategies . mapi also publishes a series of forecasts for various regions around the world and its signature quarterly business outlook is an historically accurate indicator of near term business conditions in the manufacturing sector . references edit this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit mapi website mapi videos retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title manufacturers alliance for productivity and innovation mapi & oldid 721630547 categories business organizations in the united stateshidden categories orphaned articles from january 2012all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles lacking sources from january 2012all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 may 2016 at 03 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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