MedAccred MedMMAP Webinar Series: Session Three
GROW AND PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS’ MEDICAL DEVICE SALES THROUGH MEDACCRED AND MEDMMAP: Webinar 3 of 4 with Edwards LifeSciences & Kimball Electronics
Are you targeting the medical device market as part of your business’ growth plans?
Possibly searching for ways to diversify your sales?
Or maybe your company is heavily invested in the medical device market and needs to protect its revenue base and maintain competitiveness?
The MedAccred certification and the supporting MedMMAP program -Medical Manufacturers MedAccred¨ Accreditation Pathway (MedMMAP)–may help accelerate your business plans in the medical device sector while improving your critical processes.OEMs, who started the program in 2012to reduce product recalls, are increasingly requiring the MedAccred certification from their supply chains to maximize patient safety and improve quality. Suppliers who have earned the certification note their sales growth, reduced costs related to scrap and rework, and increased prospects across the medical device sector.The national network of Manufacturing Extension Partnerships –MEP Centers –is managing the government-fundedMedMMAP program to help manufacturers, who are strategically growing in the medical device sector, to get started with their MedAccred certification. Selected businesses will become part of the MedMMAP program and work with MEP subject matter experts on evaluating their critical processes and help them prepare for certification by the Performance Review Institute (PRI) for MedAccred. PRI is the exclusive non-profit accreditor for NADCAP –commonly used in the aerospace and defense industry since the 1990s –and MedAccred.Don’t take our word for it. Please register for one of our free webinar events to learn more about MedAccred and MedMMAP from OEMs driving the certification, suppliers who earned the accreditation, and MEP Centers (Manufacturing Extension Partnerships) supporting manufacturers throughout the country.Hear directly from executives why OEMs view this accreditation as critical to the future of their supply chains and how MedMMAP and MedAccred have transformed how they do business in the medical device industry.
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Additive Manufacturing in the New Normal with Design Point
Is this an April Fools, or can we really print a part for a machine on our shop floor?
In this webinar we will discuss the AM roadmap; where we were and the current state of Additive Manufacturing. Then we will dive into what 3d printing actually is and some common technologies and their applications. Lastly, we will navigate a fictional company and learn where the average engineer, machinist, and factory worker is using 3d printing today.
MedAccred MedMMAP Webinar Series: Session Four
GROW AND PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS’ MEDICAL DEVICE SALES THROUGH MEDACCRED AND MEDMMAP: Webinar 4 of 4 with Stryker
Are you targeting the medical device market as part of your business’ growth plans?
Possibly searching for ways to diversify your sales?
Or maybe your company is heavily invested in the medical device market and needs to protect its revenue base and maintain competitiveness?
The MedAccred certification and the supporting MedMMAP program -Medical Manufacturers MedAccred¨ Accreditation Pathway (MedMMAP)–may help accelerate your business plans in the medical device sector while improving your critical processes. OEMs, who started the program in 2012to reduce product recalls, are increasingly requiring the MedAccred certification from their supply chains to maximize patient safety and improve quality. Suppliers who have earned the certification note their sales growth, reduced costs related to scrap and rework, and increased prospects across the medical device sector.The national network of Manufacturing Extension Partnerships –MEP Centers –is managing the government-fundedMedMMAP program to help manufacturers, who are strategically growing in the medical device sector, to get started with their MedAccred certification. Selected businesses will become part of the MedMMAP program and work with MEP subject matter experts on evaluating their critical processes and help them prepare for certification by the Performance Review Institute (PRI) for MedAccred. PRI is the exclusive non-profit accreditor for NADCAP –commonly used in the aerospace and defense industry since the 1990s –and MedAccred.Don’t take our word for it. Please register for one of our free webinar events to learn more about MedAccred and MedMMAP from OEMs driving the certification, suppliers who earned the accreditation, and MEP Centers (Manufacturing Extension Partnerships) supporting manufacturers throughout the country.Hear directly from executives why OEMs view this accreditation as critical to the future of their supply chains and how MedMMAP and MedAccred have transformed how they do business in the medical device industry.
Click on this Link to register!
Tips for Refining Your Lead Generation Engine in a Post COVID World – Webinar
MassMEP 27A Midstate Drive, Auburn, MA, United StatesGiven the singularly unique circumstances from the past year, small business owners will need to get savvy to keep their business afloat and make it to the other shore.
Businesses have a decision to make with their marketing budgets, and how to refine their lead generation engine in this post-COVID world. Join us for this webinar with tips and insights on how to make this work within your organization.
MA Manufacturing Resources for Small Businesses
ZoomPTAC Mission:
To provide assistance to qualified Massachusetts-based firms that are selling to – or have the capability and desire to sell to – federal, state, and local-government buying authorities
Hear MA PTAC talk about manufacturing resources
Stan Grip
sgrip @umass.edu (413) 404-3670
Massachusetts is leading manufacturing into the future – The Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative
Manufacturing in Massachusetts – Pipeline Programs, Skills and MassBridge
The Manufacturing Pipeline is in crisis mode and there are several initiatives to help bridge the skills gap for manufacturing. Our program will outline opportunities for expanding the pipeline into the future of advanced manufacturing.
Date: Friday, April 16, 2021
NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem: Using AI Technology to Crosstrain & Upskill Employees to Support Industry 4.0 Initiatives and Reduce Supply Chain Risk
This introductory workshop is part of the NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem program for small manufacturing enterprises in the defense supply chain. For more information, please visit ccat.us/NERDIC.
Stanley X, in partnership with DeepHow, will share their AI-powered solution to capture, train and transfer knowledge among skilled workers. This system allows documentation of standard work of high performing, subject matter expert employees, converting into Smart how-to videos for staff to learn from and reference, using standard enterprise tools and no special equipment or skills.
Learning Objectives
Learn how the DeepHow augmented AI software learning tools can:
¥ Expedite training and onboarding
¥ Standardize work and procedures for employees
¥ Provide user friendly online video access to standard operating procedures, in multiple languages
¥ Reduce training time and improve performance
Evolving to MedDev 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for critical medical supplies and PPE, automotive and aerospace manufacturers have a unique opportunity to diversify offerings and create a new revenue stream.
As the first event of its kind, Evolving to MedDev provides a new opportunity for executives in aerospace, automotive and medical devices companies to connect and develop long-term growth strategies and find ways to meet the increased short-term demand for medical supplies.
If you are wanting to learn what it takes to enter the medical device market, you can’t afford to miss Evolving to MedDev.
Click here for more information and to register.
Cybersecurity Training Workshops: How to Implement NIST 800-171 Requirements
Meet your NIST 800-171 compliance obligations as a prime or subcontract manufacturer for the defense industry by participating in the Cybersecurity Training Workshops, presented by your New England MEP Centers through the New England Regional Defense Industry Collaboration (NERDIC).
PLEASE NOTE: This training is four half-day online sessions, presented every other week starting on April 27th going through June 8th.
CONNSTEP, the Connecticut MEP Center, will lead all New England-based defense manufacturers through four separate half-day workshop training sessions that will prepare your organization to implement NIST 800-171 requirements on your own.
This workshop webinar series provides a comprehensive cyber threat overview, guidance on risk management planning, steps for policies and procedures documentation, and details to include in a system security plan.
Details
1) The workshops are conducted in four half-day online sessions, presented every other week starting on April 27th.
2) Each workshop topic is delivered on a Tuesday and again on a Thursday of the same week covering the same topic to give you a choice and schedule flexibility for you and your staff. Please choose either the Tuesday or Thursday track upon registering below.
3) Following payment of the series, you must register your employee(s) for all of the four, half-day workshop sessions. Each workshop is intended for different individuals and responsibilities within your business depending on the agenda topics being presented.
4) Fee: $500 – covers all four workshop sessions (a $4,500 value, subsidized thanks to a cybersecurity grant)
5) Your company must be in the defense supply chain with your facility located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont.
Mitigating the cybersecurity risks and NIST 800-171 requirements facing defense industry manufacturers does not have to be a challenge.
Team Involvement Problem Solving (TIPS) – Virtual SBDAP*
Do you have teams within your organization and are looking to provide them steps to quickly resolve problems to put action plans in place?
Are you considering creating teams in your organization, but are unsure of how teams may impact your lean process?
If you answered yes to either question our Team Involvement Problem Solving training is a great resource to finding solutions to those questions.
This is a three day, three hour virtual training each day from April 27-29, 2021 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TIPS, Team Involvement Problem Solving for Lean is a 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.
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
*This is a SBDAP training session for more information on how to register for the Small Business Direct Access Program (SBDAP) click here!
Click on the link to register below. Upon registration you will receive a confirmation with the link to enter the virtual training.
NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem: Augmented Reality for Industry 4.0 – What is it and how does it help your manufacturing process?
This introductory workshop is part of the NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem program for small manufacturing enterprises in the defense supply chain. For more information, please visit ccat.us/NERDIC.
Augmented Reality is the overlaying of digital content into the physical environment. Specifically, to manufacturing, this can include any type of virtual parts, data, photos, videos, and work instructions. These assets can be transposed on to a machine in the real world for easier training and troubleshooting through a device such as a phone or headset. Our engagement with CCAT is specific to HoloLens 2 which is an advanced augmented reality headset created by Microsoft. HoloLens 2 has comprehensive voice recognition, gesture recognition and is a hands-free heads-up display.
Learning Objectives
Learn how augmented reality can:
¥ Expedite training and onboarding
¥ Standardize work and procedures for employees
¥ Improve remote troubleshooting
¥ Reduce travel to physical locations with virtual tools
NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem: Introduction to 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing to Assist Traditional Manufacturing
This introductory workshop is part of the NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem program for small manufacturing enterprises in the defense supply chain. For more information, please visit ccat.us/NERDIC.
3D Printing (or Additive Manufacturing) is a powerful tool available to manufacturers. Some companies are adopting the technology to produce end-use parts, but even if your customers are not sending you RFQ’s for additively made parts, most companies can adopt additive to create tools, fixtures, prototypes and other aids to assist traditional manufacturing processes. Some types of AM can also be used as a powerful repair and part modification tool shortening lead times on critical repairs and replacement parts.
Learning Objectives
Learn how augmented reality can:
By the conclusion of the presentation, attendees will:
¥ Understand what AM is, and the materials and equipment used
¥ Case studies of companies using AM to aid or supplement their traditional manufacturing processes
¥ Next steps in learning more about using AM in your company