In June 1985, a survey was sent by the Industrial Technology Institute to 397 Michigan automobile supplier firms concerning their industrial training in modern manufacturing technologies. The purposes of this survey were to investigate the training needs of Michigan automobile suppliers, with particular emphasis on how they met their training requirements in computer numerical control (CNC), computer-aided design (CAD), and statistical process control (SPC); to determine the future training needs of these companies; and to assess the general health of the automobile supplier industry in Michigan. Study findings, based on responses from 202 firms, included the following: (1) of the three technologies, SPC was the most commonly used by Michigan automobile suppliers, followed by CNC and CAD; (2) 44% of the firms that utilized CNC equipment used it for only 10% of their machining operations, and 88% used it for less than 40% of their operations; (3) 47% of the firms that utilized SPC used it for 70% or more of their activities; (4) there was a tendency in all three technologies to use training provided by vendors and private training companies; (5) most workers in all technologies received less than 40 hours of formal training; and (6) the fact that the system of vendor training in advanced technologies was dependent upon the skills brought to the training by the workers may be related to the respondents' desire for schools to emphasize the basic skills that would give employees the ability to learn the specific tasks associated with each technology. (EJV)