Floral City / Dayton / Grand Rapids / Monroe / Redlands / Newton / Neosho / /
Company
Nissan / Toyota / Northrop Grumman Ship Systems / La-Z-Boy / Herman Miller / Faurecia / Mueller Industries / The National Export / Navistar Defense / Advanced Vehicular Systems / Dover Elevators / La-Z-Boy Company / Michigan Chair Company / Mississippi Business Journal / BancorpSouth Arena Tupelo / La-Z-Boy Chair Company / Commerce’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership / Export-Import Bank / Tower Automotive / /
Country
Panama / Canada / China / India / Mexico / United States / Columbia / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Reorganization / M&A / /
Facility
Institute Faculty / College of Architecture / College of Forest Resources / Bagley College of Engineering / Goldratt Institute / Wildlife Research Center / Georgia World Congress Center / Mississippi State University / College of Business / Franklin Furniture Institute / Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering / The Franklin Furniture Institute / Newton facility / La-Z-Boy South plant / /
IndustryTerm
manufacturing efficiencies / manufacturing flight simulator / state law / retail store / techniques and tools / gross domestic product / manufacturing / industrial systems / lean manufacturing / retail / distribution network / furniture products / manufacturing-based industries / manufacturing industries / manufacturing jobs / stylish products / manufacturing innovations / automobile manufacturing industry / /
Organization
Bagley College of Engineering / State’s Institution of Higher Learning / National Association of Manufacturers / U.S. Department of Commerce / Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems / American Society for Quality / Goldratt Institute / MSU’s Industrial Outreach Service / Small Business Administration / College of Forest Resources / Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta / mississippi state university / Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning / Outreach Coordinator Franklin Furniture Institute / Export Promotion Cabinet / College of Business / Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering / Select Committee on Efficiencies and Innovations / Forest and Wildlife Research Center / Institute Faculty / Staff Chip Bailey Sarah Pittman Royce Bowden Franklin Quin Jr. Amy Garrard Bob Tackett Joe Jordan Justin Taylor Bill Martin John Usher Debbie Miller Jilei Zhang Outreach Coordinator Franklin Furniture Institute / Franklin Furniture Institute / Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension / Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church / U.S. Chamber of Commerce / John Moore Project Manager Industrial Outreach Service / College of Architecture / Art and Design / Industrial Outreach Service / WE Can / /
Person
Mark Keenum / Edward M. Knabusch / Sarah Pittman Royce Bowden Franklin / Haley Barbour / Edwin J. Shoemaker / Don Mather / Marsha Hunter / Susannah / Bill Martin / Clay Walden / Jordan Justin Taylor Bill / Amy Garrard Bob Tackett Joe / George M. Hopper / Bill Martin John Usher Debbie Miller Jilei / Pittman Royce Bowden Franklin Quin Jr. / / /
Position
President / reclining woodslat porch chair / Research Associate / Trade Representative / CEO / Professor / issue Director / Executive / usher / dmiller@ffi.msstate.edu Project Coordinator / competitive player / Administrative Assistant / Associate Professor / first upholstered reclining chair / Professor and Head / General Manager / Governor / leader / model / btackett@cfr.msstate.edu Assistant / Director / Assistant Professor / chair / jjordan@ios.msstate.edu Director / reclining chair / /