Collaborate With Peers and Learn How Others Implement Solutions to the Problems You Face Every Day 

How many times have you wished you could confide with another, share ideas and receive honest feedback? How do you connect with peers for relevant advice? 

Production Advisory Groups are designed to include operations and production managers from AICC member companies. The group is open to all member companies regardless of location or market niche.

You will be part of a group marked by mutual trust, sharing of best practices and respectful disagreement, for the advancement of member company’s success, productivity and for group members career development. 

Outcomes from the Group:

• Exposure to exemplary manufacturers. 

• Leadership best practices for attracting and retaining willing and capable employees.

• Skills and techniques for increased productivity. 

• Coaching, feedback and accountability for goal achievement. 

Rules of Engagement:

The group will adopt its own specific rules of engagement beyond these non-negotiables; 

1. It will operate in compliance with Antitrust Guidelines. 
2. All discussions and meeting content is confidential. 
3. Participant's company’s senior manager will be informed of the participating companies. If they object, they will have the right to withdraw before the first meeting with a full refund. 
   

Schedule Includes:

• One meeting will be scheduled at or adjacent to AICC’s Annual Meeting and during which SuperCorrExpo is held periodically. 
• A second meeting will be scheduled to visit a participant’s exemplary manufacturing facility and 
  may include presentations by topical experts. These will be 1 1/2 to 2 days in length. 
• Eight (8) online meetings will be held during the year and will include leadership and process improvement topics of interest, member reports on progress toward goals and sharing of best practices. 
  

Facilitators:

Scott Ellis, Ed.D, Principal, WorkingWell, LLC  

Scott has served as a resource for the development of individuals, teams, and organizations as a  

consultant, teacher, psychotherapist, coach, and general manager. His pragmatic approach and demeanor are shaped as much by his years laboring in lumber mills and construction as they have been in the boardroom and the university. Scott’s manufacturing experience in recent decades has primarily focused on the packaging industry.  

How Do I Join?

• You must be an operation manager or production manager in the box manufacturing industry. 
• There is no cost to apply. If accepted in a Group, a fee of $1,800 is paid annually. The fee covers the cost of the facilitators and two (2) meetings annually. Additional meetings will incur additional fees. (Hotel and travel expenses are always the responsibility of each attendee). 
• We take confidentiality seriously. Each member must sign an agreement before joining to keep all shared information confidential. 
• Your company must be an AICC member in good standing, with all membership dues current. 
• Download and return the application to education@AICCbox.org.

Questions? 

Questions about the Production Leadership Advisory Group and the value a well-trained workforce brings to a company can be directed to Taryn Pyle at tpyle@aiccbox.org or Rebecca Rendon at rrendon@aiccbox.org.