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About PDMA
Founded in 1976, PDMA is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization. About 80% of its members are corporate practitioners of new product development, with the remaining 20% split evenly between academics and service providers.
PDMA's mission is to improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing new products - both new manufactured goods and new services. This mission includes facilitating the generation of new information, helping convert this information into knowledge which is in a usable format, and making this new knowledge broadly available to those who might benefit from it. A basic tenet of the Association is that enhanced product innovation represents a desirable and necessary economic goal for firms that wish to achieve and retain a profitable competitive advantage in the long term.
About Our Chapter
The Great Lakes Chapter of the PDMA serves members in Michigan and the metro Toledo, Ohio region.
Our chapter mission is to enhance the value of PDMA membership and contribute to our local product development and management community by creating opportunities for continued learning and professional interactions.
What it can mean to you:
- Opportunities to meet other product development and management professionals in our area
- Access to local job bank. Active members can post their resume online (coming soon)
- Opportunities for continued learning by attending our events
- Study and take the exam for the NPDP certification in our area
- Opportunities to take a leadership role in the chapter
Get Involved!
We would like to invite you to get involved in our chapter activities. You can learn how you can help on our Get Involved page.
