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.
Robotics in Manufacturing
Robotics in Manufacturing
October 14 @ 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
We believe technology can help power U.S. manufacturers to be competitive throughout the world. The purpose of this event is to highlight some of the challenges that our manufactures face, raise the awareness of some of the latest robotic enabling technologies that are available, and most importantly encourage an exchange of ideas to help drive solutions.
This Semi-Virtual event will host in-person presentations at MassRobotics and will be broadcast via this GoToWebinar link.
Agenda:
Welcome & Introduction – MassRobotics / MassMEP
Robotics and Manufacturing Trends – Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute
Massachusetts Manufacturing: Challenges ¥ Vibram, Pelican, Davico
Automation/Robotic Manufacturing Success Story - Cheer Pack
~ BREAK ~ (20 min)
Applications of Industrial and Collaborative arms in manufacturing, use cases, future needs – Mitsubishi Electric (MEAU)
Latest in Technology:
Tech Talks from Startups with solutions ¥ Southie Autonomy, FringeAI, Scalable Robotics, Realbotics, RasLabs, Ubrios, Ascend Robotics, Ava Robotics, MachineMetrics, Tulip
Front Line Supervisor Apprenticeship Training Consortium Info Session
NEW Front Line Supervisor Apprenticeship Training
TRAINING DESCRIPTION: Operational Excellence for Supervisors consists of 3 modules, Leadership Skills, Manufacturing Principles, and Problem Solving. This course is delivered over a 12-month span and is designed to provide both awareness and education through classroom and actual "hands-on” exercises in the work environment with an emphasis on the Scientific Method of problem-solving, team building, and conflict resolution. These are competency-based skills: managers and trainers will evaluate progress and determine the level of competence achieved throughout the apprenticeship period.
- 1-year training program, 3 per class/month
- delivered virtually
- 3 training modules - leadership skills, manufacturing principles, problem-solving
- registered apprenticeship (company will become a "co-sponsor" with MassMEP)
- qualifies for MA Registered Apprentice Tax Credit ($4,800/apprentice)
- funding support available through the Workforce Training Fund
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Supervisors and Work Leaders that responsible for and coordinate the activities of production workers, such as inspectors, machine setters, assemblers, fabricators, and maintenance.