Navigating the Pandemic Training SBDAP
Navigating the Pandemic Training SBDAP
August, 25 & 27 September 1 & 3, 2020
8:00 am -11:00 am
I Didn’t Know I Needed to Do All!
If you could have a safety consultant walk you through the development of your pandemic control plan and answer your specific question, would you? If you said yes, you need to listen to this webinar that explains two funding source options for your company to get a significant discount or in one case for free. We will help you navigate through all of the changes you will need to make in your business in order to keep your employees and business safe and healthy.
Training Objective:
Training will be focused on the process(es) that make up all critical business operations that need to be changed and modified during a pandemic. Participants will map out those sequences and identify areas of risk and vulnerability to the organization’s ability to remain open and viable during a pandemic. Developing new strategies, find resources, and creating a new process to manage and abate the impact from a pandemic will be clearly defined and developed within this focus group. In addition, this group of participants will draft all processes for each segment of critical business operations for evaluation, testing, and revision before implementation.
Increase the confidence of the workforce, vendors, and customers. This focused initiative assures all parties that you have a strong business continuity plan and a focused response to the health and safety of everyone.
Manage cost control. This program identifies and creates processes for managing costs and losses. You will have a strong supply chain process, qualified vendor relationships, a resource map for versatility, and a quick response. This decreases employee absenteeism, maintains a healthy inventory, and finds other funding sources.
Use evidence-based decision making. By ensuring that you are using accurate data to make your decisions on what to improve, you can greatly increase the chances that your improvements will be successful the first time, rather than having several unsuccessful attempts. By using this data to track your progress, you can correct these improvement initiatives before they go "off the rails,” which can save costs and time.
Engage your people. By engaging your employees, you work toward 100% participation in managing safety and health in the workplace.
- enhanced leadership involvement and worker participation
- risk-based thinking
- alignment the pandemic policy with the safety and health culture of the organization
- be able to accommodate diverse geographical, cultural and social conditions
Skill Attainment:
- Participants will learn to master the hierarchy of controls method for making decisions during a pandemic. This process guides participants in decisions, options, and outcomes in order to drive and maintain improvements within the processes.
- They will learn what risk-based thinking looks like and how to apply it
- They will create a set of language, terms, and definitions for effective communication
- They will be able to assess, inspect and evaluate a process using the hierarchy of controls method
- They will create and manage new roles and responsibilities during a pandemic
- They will use the hierarchy of controls method to draft processes for critical business operations.
- Peer edit and review each group work
Industry 4.0 Consortium Grant Info Session
Industry 4.0 Consortium Grant Info Session
September 2 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
MassMEP, along with Spinnaker Venture Partners, MachineMetrics, Axis New England, and DesignPoint, invites you to attend an information session about a fully grant-funded collaborative Industry 4.0 training program. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing operations to achieve next-level productivity gains. This consortium is designed to equip companies with strategies, tools, and tactics to leverage smart manufacturing principles and technologies with measurable impact.
Join us to learn more about these Building Blocks of Industry 4.0:
- Developing a Business Strategy Roadmap for Industry 4.0 (Spinnaker)
- Harnessing Machine Data for Shop Floor Optimization (MachineMetrics)
- Increasing Throughput with Automation and Robotics (Axis New England)
- 3D Printing for Rapid Prototyping, Tooling and Customization (DesignPoint)
- Strategic Funding Opportunities through the Workforce Training Fund Program (MassMEP)
What is a consortium grant?
A consortium grant provides small to medium size companies an approach to training and manufacturing skills development with minimal cost and time, and MassMEP will facilitate all administrative responsibilities.
Did you know?
Each year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts awards millions of dollars in grant money to Massachusetts businesses under the Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP). Why not be one of the next companies?
ISO Internal Auditor 9001:2015 – Small Business Direct Access (SBDAP)
MassMEP 27A Midstate Drive, Auburn, MA, United StatesWho Should Attend: This course is recommended for anyone involved in designing, implementing, maintaining and improving a quality management system and/or performing internal audits of a quality management system, such as quality officers, managers and auditors. No prior knowledge of auditing, quality management systems or ISO 9001:2008 is required prior to attending this course.
Course Highlights / Topics Covered:
- The process approach, performance indicators and risk
- The "Plan-Do-Check-Act” principle
- The key elements of a quality management system, management of documents/records, deviations, corrective and preventive actions
- Management responsibility, management representative and management review
- Measurement, analysis and continuous improvement on customer satisfaction, quality management effectiveness through internal audits, process performance and conformity to product requirements
- What are internal audits
- Why are internal audits conducted
- What preparatory work should be carried out before an audit
- What to pay attention to during the audit
- What is a good audit report
- What aspects are important in monitoring audit results, corrective and preventive actions
Students will benefit by:
- Learning how to plan, conduct, and report quality audit results
- Enhancing your understanding of the components of an internal quality audit program
- Gaining an in-depth understanding of ISO 9001 requirements
- Getting answers to your toughest audit questions
Capturing a working knowledge of the practices, roles and responsibilities of an auditor
A partnership program with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Massachusetts Office of Business Development under cooperative agreement SBAHQ20B0022 through the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management. SBDCs are a program supported by SBA and extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. SBA cannot endorse any products, opinions or services of any external parties or activities. By contacting our office and requesting at least two weeks in advance, every attempt will be made to reasonably accommodate persons with disabilities and those who need translation services.
Value Stream Mapping – Small Business Direct Access (SBDAP)
Controls for Automation 25 Constitution Drive, TauntonA value stream map is a standardized model used to layout the stream of value-adding activities in a process while overlaying material flow, information flow, and non-value-adding waste information to provide a qualitative picture of the actual process in a facility. This tool also maps the information flow from the customer, through the enterprise to suppliers and back to customers. It provides a common language for discussing any process. It provides a means to tie together lean concepts and techniques and a method to develop a working blueprint for implementing lean concepts on the shop floor. It is an excellent method for describing what is actually taking place now on the shop floor and what a company wants it to look like in the future state. It takes an enterprise systematically from its current state of operations to a dramatically improved future state – a Lean Enterprise.
Team Involvement Problem Solving (TIPS) – Online SBDAP
Team Involvement Problem Solving
September 21, 23, 25, 2020
9:00am - 12:00pm
Training Description: Problem Solving for Lean is an eight-hour course that teaches a structured, team-based, root cause-oriented problem-solving process that supports the elimination of impediments to process flow. This highly interactive course leads participants through an understanding of problem-solving skills and tools such as creative/divergent thinking, consensus decision making for convergent thinking, data collection and analysis, and tools for planning actions. An eight-step problem-solving process with associated guidelines for executing each step is presented. Problem-solving meeting facilitation is covered. The workshop concludes with a problem-solving practice exercise in a team setting.
Training Objective: This training will provide a cross-functional groups of employees with an 8 step process for quickly resolving problems with a consensus-driven approach that puts permanent corrective actions in place. Problem-solving can be used in the office as well as the production and supporting departments. The trainees will have the opportunity to demonstrate the outcomes of a problem-solving process they participated in using the various tools learned in the training. In this training, we expect to address specific measures of success relating to productivity and sales.
Skill Attainment: Problem Solving Training skills that will be transferred:
¥ Learn how to be part of a team-based approach involving those closest to a particular process
¥ Understand and use techniques for generating creative ideas
¥ Capability to facilitate consensus decision making
¥ Use and facilitate a structured eight-step problem-solving model
Utilize interactive skills and facilitation techniques that support effective team-based problem solving
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Lunch & Learn – Virtual
Manufacturers in the DoD supply chain are required to have adequate information security measures in place to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Starting in 2020, independent auditors will be assessing manufacturers' security posture, which will determine which contracts they can bid. This session will provide an overview of these requirements and the various options available to ensure compliance with them.
This communication was prepared under contract with the State of Vermont, as fiscal agent for the New England Collaborative, with financial support from the Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense. The content reflects the views of the New England Collaborative and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Economic Adjustment, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the participating states.
Tax Incentives for Real Estate Expansion Projects for Manufacturers During the Pandemic and Beyond
Tax Incentives for Real Estate Expansion Projects
During the Pandemic and Beyond
As many Massachusetts businesses re-open, manufacturing companies that have expansion plans may benefit from a variety of state and local tax incentives. Whether a company plans to renovate an existing facility, relocate, construct a new facility, or create or retain jobs, there are available resources that can help to reduce the cost associated with a real estate investment.
By leveraging tax incentives, companies can save thousands – or even millions – of dollars. These incentives can benefit both public and privately-owned companies in growing sectors such as life sciences, manufacturing, technology, and distribution.
In this webinar, Lynn Tokarczyk, government tax incentives consultant and president of Business Development Strategies, Inc., will discuss how to identify, negotiate, and secure valuable government tax incentives, including:
- State Tax Credits
- State Abandoned Building Tax Deductions
- Municipal Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
- Municipal Personal Property Tax Relief
- Special Tax Assessment (STA)
Presented By:
Lynn Tokarczyk
Government Incentives Consultant
Business Development Strategies, Inc.
Business Development Strategies, Inc., (BDS) is a leading government incentives consulting firm in Massachusetts. Celebrating 17 years of success, BDS has helped growing companies in Massachusetts identify, negotiate and secure state tax credits, Tax Increment Financing (TIFs), and other state and local tax incentives that stimulate business investment and job creation.
BDS founder and President Lynn Tokarczyk is a former regional director of the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, and senior manager for Ernst & Young’s State and Local Tax Incentives Practice.
The BDS team has assisted more than 100 companies in saving over $100 million in state and local taxes since its 2003 founding. BDS’s roster of clients includes many publicly-held and privately-owned companies in life sciences, technology, manufacturing and distribution, and other sectors, such as TripAdvisor, Keurig, New England Ice Cream, IPG Photonics, Analog Devices, Waters Corporation, Primetals, and Vicor.
Industry 4.0 Machine Metrics IoT
Industry 4.0 Machine Metrics IoT
September 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
MassMEP, along with partner MachineMetrics invites you to attend an information session about a fully grant-funded collaborative Industry 4.0 training program on the IoT. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing operations to achieve next-level productivity gains.
IoT initiatives drive significant manufacturing improvement by providing real-time and historical insight into what’s actually happening on the shop floor. In many manufacturing facilities, although the equipment produces useful data it lacks connection to a data collection or visualization system. The MachineMetrics Industrial IoT Platform provides an easy to implement a solution for connecting to and capturing data from any piece of discrete manufacturing equipment regardless of brand or age. The platform then feeds this data back to the plant and other consumers within the manufacturing lifecycle in ways that drive value and continuous improvement.
Within this training, MachineMetrics will provide our technology platform and training workshops to demonstrate the ability to connect, collect, transform, and analyze data from your shop floor equipment. This training will enable your organization to begin to answer questions such as "What is happening and why?” Training will focus on using the platform, understanding your machine utilization & capacity, downtime analysis, validating job standards, and escalating data to the right person using automated notifications.
Machine Metrics
Accelerating your factory's digital transformation with MachineMetrics' intuitive and flexible Industrial IoT platform. Easily collect data from any piece of manufacturing equipment and transform it into powerful, actionable applications that reduce machine downtime, increase your throughput, and drive profitability.
Virtual Safety Certificate Series – Level One
COVID-19 has made health and safety in the workplace a major priority for businesses everywhere. In addition to your full-time job, are you also now responsible for safety? If so, we can help. Let us give you the Cliffs Notes version of being a safety professional in our Virtual Safety Program for emerging leaders. Let us teach you how to take control and manage safety for your company in an organized and effective way.
Every day your business is vulnerable to adverse events, incidents, or disruptions that create risk. It’s time to move away from reacting and move toward preventing. We know prevention costs less, and when you have a plan the outcomes are always better.
In our Virtual Safety Certificate Series - Level One, you will learn which OSHA regulations apply to your business. We will also provide you with a plan for establishing a foundation of safety and health in your workplace. This series will show you the immediate changes and corrective actions that can be made in your organization to lower risk and protect your employees and your business. Let us help.
Who should attend?
This highly interactive series is ideal for those with responsibility for their organization's overall safety compliance, programs, and training and is applicable throughout industries such as manufacturing, distribution, colleges & universities, restaurants, hotels, municipalities, healthcare, construction, and biotech.
Sessions will take place virtually from 8:30-11:00 am on Wednesdays, October 7 – November 18
Cost:
The series is $1,545 for AIM members and $1,855 for non-members
Massachusetts is Leading Manufacturing Into the Future
Manufacturing Symposium
Topic: Massachusetts Driving the Future of Manufacturing – M-ERT
Date: Friday, October 9, 2020
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Host: John Killam, President MassMEP
Guests:
Mike Tamasi, AccuRounds
Description: Manufacturing is essential to the Massachusetts economy, especially during these pandemic times. Through the COVID-19 Manufacturing Emergency Response Team (MERT), Massachusetts manufacturers have pivoted operations and produced millions of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the fight against the virus. Learn how Massachusetts supported manufacturers during the pandemic and what the future holds for the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative.
Industry 4.0 Strategy Development and the New Normal
MassMEP 27A Midstate Drive, Auburn, MA, United StatesSpinnaker Venture Partners will be discussing Industry 4.0 Strategy Development and the New Normal for manufacturing. Join us to hear Spinnaker Venture Partners Managing Directors, Mark Roth and Gregg Bauer take you into the 4th Industrial Revolution for Manufacturing.