Our Process

The Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program includes three phases:

1) Certification as trade-injured

Establish the case for Trade Impact Forms
We must show a decline in business volume. We must show an impact on labor. We must show imports figured materially in these two events.

2) Customized Recovery Plan

Analysis and Recovery Strategy
After your firm is certified as trade-injured, a Project Manager will work with your team to define the scope of work, technical assistance needs and recovery strategy. A Recovery Plan, unique to your firm, is prepared in collaboration with management and stipulates the amount of technical assistance to be awarded.

Analysis of both domestic and global market trends
Analysis of the firm’s financial performance
Analysis of the firm’s key business processes
Documentation of the firm’s recovery strategy
A broad outline of the knowledge-based projects to be implemented

3) Project Implementation

Implementation
The firm will execute a series of knowledge-based projects using outside experts & consultants to achieve globility. Types of knowledge-based projects to be implemented include but not limited to:

Continuous Improvement in: cost mastery -> sales mastery -> market diversification (NPD)
ISO 9000/14000/QS9000/CE Mark/Lean/TQM/JIT
ERP/MRP
Business planning
NPD – market differentiation
Product and process engineering and design
Marketing & sales research and upgrades
MIS development
Managerial finance & costing systems
Software/hardware evaluation, custom programming
Management/supervisory/employee development
E-commerce, exporting and new market penetration
Core strategic re-direction