Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) at UHCL
The mission of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) is to accelerate the profitable growth and competitiveness of manufacturers in Texas. TMAC assists small and large manufacturers with the following: Technology Acceleration, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Workforce Development, and Continuous Improvement.
As a Gulf Coast region member of TMAC, UHCL offers manufacturers extensive opportunities to improve business profitability by providing skill- and regulation-required training, process improvement, and practices to improve productivity.
Project & Course Offering
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Blackbelt Certification
- Supervisor Certification
- Safety Blackbelt Certification
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- ISO Management Systems and Internal Auditing
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Innovation Engineering Management System
- Plant and Warehouse Layout
- Training Within Industry (TWI)
- Job Methods, Job Instruction, Job Relations; Job Safety, Problem Solving
- Shingo Criteria and Assessment
- Lean Management Systems
- Principles of Lean (Production and/or Office)
- Toyota Kata
- Kaizen Methodology
- Value Stream Mapping
- Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
- 5S
- Hoshin Kanri (Lean Policy Deployment)
- Lean Performance Measures
- Lean Product Development
- Pull/Kanban Systems
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Standardized Work and Cellular/Flow Manufacturing
Consulting & Coaching Offering
We are willing to provide any consulting and coaching services for the subject matter areas described in "Project & Course Offering." Alternatively, if your organization looks for any help in the following areas, we can help you.
- Quality improvement
- Continuous process improvement
- Work Measurement and Standardization
- Plant and Warehouse Layout
- Cycle time reduction
- Employee Training
Contact Information
Robert Phalen
Regional Director
Phone: 281-283-3705
Email: tmac@uhcl.edu
Young Jeong
Associate Regional Director
Phone: 281-283-3862
Email: tmac@uhcl.edu
TMAC is an affiliate of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The MEP program consists of a nationwide network of centers located in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. MEP centers are a diverse network of state, university-based and non-profit organizations that deliver comprehensive, proven solutions to U.S. manufacturers, accelerating growth and advancing domestic manufacturing.