Resources
Free and low-cost help, before you ever call a consultant.
Through SRMA's partnership with FloridaMakes, members get access to real business assessments, tax savings guidance, and expert advisory services — most of it at no cost, all of it built specifically for manufacturers.
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No-cost business assessments for members
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Advisory service categories
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NAICS codes eligible for FL tax exemption
Start Here
Find Out Where the Risk — and Opportunity — Is Hiding
Before you invest in new equipment, training, or a consultant, these assessments show you exactly where to focus first.
Enterprise Performance Assessment
A Baldrige-based review of your leadership, strategy, operations, and workforce practices — with a clear roadmap for what to fix first.
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Disaster Readiness Assessment
A rapid online tool — results in minutes — that gauges hurricane and disruption preparedness, with a deeper Business Continuity Plan option.
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Cybersecurity Gap Analysis
Benchmarks your company against DFARS, NIST 800-171, and CMMC requirements — with a roadmap to compliance.
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Capacity Analysis
Models your current production capacity and simulates future-state scenarios before you invest in equipment or headcount.
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Most of this is free to SRMA members. And where a recommended next step costs money, your advisor can often find grant funding or cost-share dollars to offset it.
Beyond Assessments
Advisory Services, By Category
Delivered through SRMA's FloridaMakes partnership — each area below connects you with specialists in that specific discipline.
Executive Services
Strategy, risk mitigation, and business development guidance for leadership.
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Technology Acceleration
Identify, deploy, and commercialize new technology, plus access to federal lab and university research.
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Cybersecurity
Protection against theft, fraud, malware, and ransomware, and compliance with prime contractor requirements.
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Market Development
Growth strategy for existing products, or research and roadmap support for entering new ones.
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Continuous Improvement
Lower costs, higher quality, and a more agile operation — improvements that fit any size company.
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Supply Chain Optimization
Roadmap to reduce risk, increase visibility, and find new opportunity as a supplier.
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Talent Development
Training, certification, and hands-on programs for today's advanced manufacturing roles.
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Standards & Compliance
Meet — and often exceed — industry standards, with direct referrals when it's outside SRMA's expertise.
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SME Problem Solving:
Every manufacturer runs into the same wall eventually: a process that won't hold quality, a bottleneck that won't move, a cost that won't come down. SRMA gives members two ways to work through it.
One-on-one, through FloridaMakes: your Business Advisor brings proven problem-solving frameworks — Lean, Six Sigma, and Toyota Kata — to help you find root cause instead of chasing symptoms.
Peer-to-peer, through SRMA: our monthly meetings and seminars put that same thinking in front of the whole membership.
Don't Overlook This
You May Already Qualify for a Sales Tax Exemption
Florida's Sales and Use Tax Exemption for manufacturing equipment applies to any business whose primary activity falls under NAICS codes 31, 32, or 33 — first enacted in 2014, made permanent in 2017. If you've never filed, this is worth ten minutes of your time.
Watch the recording: SRMA and CLA hosted a "Sales Tax Exemptions for Manufacturers" webinar covering exactly how to claim it — the slide deck and recording are both available on request.
Sales Tax Exemption
Stay Sharp
News, Podcasts & Video
Ongoing coverage of what's moving in Southwest Florida manufacturing — not just when there's a webinar to plug.
Regional manufacturing news plus a running blog from our accounting partner, CLA.
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Conversations with SRMA's Business Advisor on the issues actually facing SWFL manufacturers.
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Recorded webinars and facility spotlights, including the full Sales Tax Exemption presentation.
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Not Sure Where to Start?
Talk to your SRMA Business Advisor — they'll point you at the right assessment, service, or savings opportunity for where your company is today.
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