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What We Do
The Chicago Manufacturing Center is more than just a consulting firm. Our experts deliver tangible, measurable solutions to manufacturers in the Chicago metropolitan area. We also work with governmental agencies and the private sector to ensure the strength and longevity of the manufacturing sector.

Our Leaders
Demetria Giannisis, President/CEO. Giannisis is CMC's primary liaison to regional, national, and international organizations that promote the advancement and growth of manufacturing. She serves on the Leadership Council of the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing, the board of directors of The Modernization Forum and the advisory committee of the Manufacturing Workforce Development Project of the Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. She is group manager of the Small and Medium Enterprise Group of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue and part of the Integration Group for NIST MEP. She also serves on the board of directors of the Chicago chapter of the Arts and Business Council.

Giannisis is available as a resource to discuss these and other topics:
  • Why the success of manufacturing is vital to the U.S. economy.
  • The interrelationship between manufacturing and technology.
  • The challenges and opportunities of globalization for manufacturers.
    • The risk to America's security and defense as manufacturing shifts overseas.
  • How to make manufacturing more "sustainable" and why that's essential not only for the industry but for the country.
Our Impact on Chicago Manufacturers
  • $110.1 million in increased and retained sales
  • $5.8 million in cost savings and another $2 million in unnecessary costs that were avoided
  • $9.6 million invested in plant equipment, information systems and workforce development
  • 194 new jobs, 527 jobs saved and no jobs lost due to improvements
An independent third party surveys our clients one year after we have completed a project to ascertain the impact our CMC's work. These numbers reflect the work we did for 84 clients during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2004.
  • Over the past two decades manufacturing productivity gains have been double that of other economic sectors. This helps reduce costs, raise the standard of living and keep inflation low.