IMF provides training & technical services that enable Chicago area firms and the workforce to continuously improve and achieve sustainable advantage. IMF serves Chicago area manufacturers and property owners and managers by providing training that produces technically skilled, entry level employees and enhancing the skills of current employees. In cooperation with Chicago area employers, IMF trains students in occupation-specific technical training programs.  IMF offers training to all persons, including economically disadvantaged Chicago residents and dislocated Chicago area workers. IMF's vision of being the premier workforce development organization in northeastern Illinois propels our mission: To provide manufacturing and property maintenance job skills training that enables manufacturing firms and property managers and owners, as well as their workforces, present & future, to achieve sustainable advantage. Our Mission impels us to embark on an organization-wide continuous improvement program. We question, seek, record, adopt, implement, and incorporate concepts, methods, policies, procedures and practices aimed at improving outcomes for customers (individuals & firms), funders, and the general public.