The Vertare Community

The following organizations and companies are part of the Vertare Community and provide information and services that can help your company become leaner, more agile and more creative – the key tools needed for becoming a profitable, sustainable, and more innovative enterprise.

Center for Automotive Research - http://www.cargroup.org

The Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit organization, is focused on a wide variety of important trends and changes related to the automobile industry and society at the international, federal, state and local levels.

Automotive Industry Action Group - http://www.aiag.org

A unique not-for-profit organization where retailers, automakers, suppliers and service providers work collaboratively to drive cost and complexity from the supply chain via global standards development and harmonized business practices.

Automation Alley - http://www.automationalley.com

Automation Alley is a non-profit organization that drives growth and economic development through a collaborative culture that focuses on workforce and business development initiatives. Automation Alley attracts the creators and consumers of diverse technologies from a variety of industries around the world.

Kettering University – www.kettering.edu

Kettering University, built on a tradition of co-operative education and preparation of future leaders for a global society, is dedicated to adding transformational value to our students and stakeholders through exemplary programs in engineering, science and business.

Munro & Associates - http://www.leandesign.com

Munro helps manufacturers around the world in all industries increase profits consistently by helping its customers design for profit at the source.  Since 1988 Munro has helped its customers save billions of dollars while generating tremendous increases in profits and market share. A product’s design determines most of a company's costs and rewards. Focusing on the design, Munro helps customers realize tremendous increases in profits and market share.  

Campfire Interactive - http://www.cfi2.com

Campfire Interactive provides users with an internet-based Collaborative Product Development (CPD) platform that tightly integrates product design data with the business processes of the product lifecycle across an enterprise value-chain from product design, sourcing, procurement, production and delivery to maintenance. This enables collaborative product commerce (CPC) in direct and engineered goods.  

University of Michigan – Business Engagement Center - www.bec.umich.edu  

The Business Engagement Center (BEC) provides your company with a gateway to the University of Michigan, one of the nation's leading research and higher-education institutions.  Through the BEC, you can identify and access the University's vast resources, including research discoveries, new technology, faculty expertise, student and alumni talent and continuing education programs. By leveraging this intellectual and human capital and creating research partnerships with the University, you can maximize the growth potential for your business.