Training
The ABC’s of Returning Safely to Work
THIS IS A 5 WEEK SERIES
Webinar #5 – 30 minutes
I Didn’t Know I Needed to Do All of That to Disinfect and Clean Safely?
Using OSHA, CDC, EPA and FDA to make changes to your housekeeping process to include trash, sanitation, laundry and disinfecting, HazCom Policy, Hazardous Chemicals, personal protective equipment use and training. We will answer questions like; Do I need N95 respirators? Will a cloth mask work? Handwashing vs. Antibacterial agents? Do I need a flammable storage cabinet for hand sanitizer and isopropyl alcohol? How do I get an EPA approved disinfectant for COVID-19? Where can I buy PPE?
Value Stream Mapping – Small Business Direct Access (SBDAP)
Online Value Stream Mapping
June 8 - 11, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
A 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.
Building a Successful Lean Team – Online SBDAP
Building a Successful Lean Team
June 16, 18, 23 & 25
9:00am - 11:00am
Training Description: Working in teams is one of the cornerstones of continuous improvement and lean manufacturing implementation methodologies. During this unprecedented time of COVID-19, this is even more challenging as many of us are working remotely. It is critical that the people who are members of teams in your organization work effectively and successfully together to accomplish their charters and goals. Research has revealed that successful teams have certain characteristics and utilize certain techniques and methods that enable them to be effective. This training course provides the knowledge of these characteristics, techniques, and methods; and also the know-how for you to be able to form and nurture successful work teams in your organization.
Skill Attainment: Employees will learn how to develop a team by first Identifying and developing a shared common purpose, they will learn how to create shared operational values, how to establish acceptable team behaviors, how to conduct an effective team meeting, how to confront and resolve conflict on the team, the importance of celebrating and rewarding accomplishments, and most importantly they will understand the critical role of Team leader/facilitator. The transferable skills learned will enable employees to create the Mission Essential Task List (METL) to ensure the Quality and Productivity goals are measured on a daily basis.
Deploying Lean Webinar
This one-hour informational webinar will provide a comprehensive Roadmap to the Lean Transformation within your organization. Topics will include the Lean Principles, the Deadly Sins of Manufacturing, Lean Vision & Mission, and the Deployment Steps, as well as how MassMEP can partner with you along your journey!
EastWest Exchange Virtual Conference
V I R T U A L C O N F E R E N C E | A U G U S T 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 | 9 : 0 0 A M - 1 : 3 0 P M
Discover opportunities to strengthen ties within
the Massachusetts innovation ecosystem amidst
global supply chain disruptions.
Supply Chain Trends for Startups
About this Event
Among the countless disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain risks can be daunting to assess and seem out of your startups' control. It is increasingly important to develop an understanding of current trends in the supply chain, what is predicted to come, and how your startup can best plan for the future.
Please join FORGE on Thursday, August 20 from 10 am - 11 am as we welcome Tom Andrellos of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership to discuss strategy, analytics, risk management, and opportunities to prepare for the ripple effects of COVID-19 on your supply chain.
Tom Andrellos is the Director of Growth Services for MassMEP. He has over 32 years in senior-level positions with High Tech manufacturing, global supply chain, and business operations. Tom has successfully developed business plans, specific program strategies, and operating approaches that deploy grant funding across Massachusetts.
Previous FORGE events in our "Supply Chain in a Pandemic” series have focused on sharing experiences and lessons learned with startup peers and actionable frameworks that your team can leverage to assess and mitigate risk in your supply chain. This event will focus on providing the context of what is happening at the manufacturing level, and what may come in the coming months and years so that you can best plan ahead and position your startup for continued growth and success.
This one-hour, interactive session is open to any and all startups with physical products or components and will be moderated by Anya Losik, Program Manager at FORGE.
NOTE: By registering, I consent that this virtual event may be recorded, and my photograph and/or screenshot may be published in promotional materials, web and social media posts, and other public-facing FORGE content.
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?
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
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.
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.