South-Central Manufacturing Network, Inc.

The Ohio Cooperative Development Center (OCDC) located at The Ohio State University South Centers is currently offering the following services to assist companies in:

Conduct feasibility studies to determine their needs and usefulness of the cooperative to their company
Developing a business plan/budget for cooperatives
Developing a set of bylaws to govern the regional effort and still maintain local autonomy
Providing grants and technical support services to cooperative formation and development for new and emerging cooperatives
Providing technical workshops in the following areas:
- Building a Cooperative Business Plan
- Creating Feasibility Studies
- Building Cooperative Bylaws
- Forming Legal Cooperatives
- Cooperative Boardmanship Training
- Developing Accounting Systems
- Developing Web Site Plans
For a flyer about the benefits to forming a manufacturing cooperative, please click here.
Services/Impact of The Ohio Cooperative Development Center
Please check the OCDC web site for more information: http://ocdc.osu.edu