About Us:

Technology Applications Center (TAC)
is a division of the Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center.   VATPDC is an enterprise center of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University.
TAC is a partner of VPMEP; a network affiliate of NIST-MEP.   This is a national network of more than 59 affiliate centers, bringing enterprise expertise to over 149,000 businesses across the United States. The NIST affiliation brings a state-of-the-art knowledge base and access to a national network of expertise, assuring clients that the latest technical knowledge will be brought to bear on their problems.

 

Mission: We provide the highest quality engineering support in the areas of performance excellence and organizational management systems.  This is accomplished through professional and cost-effective programs that:
  •  Enable manufacturing and service-based organizations to achieve world-class performance
  •  Create and develop skills and competencies of the individuals that constitute the workforce in those organizations.
Key Principles: TAC is dedicated to:
  • Do what is best for each specific client
  • Rapidly detect and leverage improvement opportunities, reducing the “time-to-value” of projects, providing the most bottom-line savings and/or top-line growth in the shortest time possible
  • Strategically coach clients, providing them the training and tools to work independently instead of becoming consultant dependent.

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