Webinar
5S Kaizen Online – Small Business Direct Access (SBDAP)
Training Description: 5S Workplace Organization and Standardization: This training instills a five-step highly disciplined housekeeping technique. This technique provides the Ôhow to’ for a manufacturer to clean up the typically disorganized work area and ensure the success of lean manufacturing on the shop floor.
The 5 steps are:
¥ Sort through all items and remove unneeded items
¥ Set in Order remaining items, set limits, create temporary location indicators
¥ Shine or clean everything and use cleaning as inspection
¥ Standardize the first 3 S’s by implementing visuals displays and controls
¥ Sustain the gains through self-discipline, training, communication and total employee involvement.
Training Objective: Students will experience and learn the basic 5S methodology
¥ Complete visual order & minimum waste of motion in the work area
¥ Maximize value adding work
¥ Point-of-Use Communications resulting in reduced scrap & rework
¥ Safety and improved Quality of Work Life
¥ A basis for Continuous Improvement
¥ "RED” Tagging Unneeded Items List
¥ Hands on experience with Setting-in-Order (Visuals)
¥ Workplace 5S Sustaining Plan and 30-day Kaizen To-Do List
Skill Attainment: 5S Kaizen training will provide a clear understanding and application of the 10 step kaizen process for improvement using the Deming Cycle of continuous improvement; Plan, Do, Check and Act. This training will be used over again and again and will become the standard method for addressing improvement opportunities going forward. The 5S technique provides the Ôhow to’ to clean up the production and office areas that lets employees "see” for the first time the waste that is inherent to the process. This basic tool will become the first step for students to eliminate waste and to streamline work areas.
The ABC’s of Returning Safely to Work
THIS IS A 5 WEEK SERIES
Webinar #1 – 1 hour
Navigating the alphabet soup of regulations. You will learn all areas of your business where you will need to make changes and considerations for new rules, new equipment, new processes and adapt the factors you consider in decision making.
The ABC’s of Returning Safely to Work
THIS IS A 5 WEEK SERIES
Webinar #2 – 30 minutes
Who will be your COVID-19 Safety and Health Coordinator? Where should you begin when setting up the COVID-19 Coordinator, Emergency Response Team and/or Safety Committee to Manage COVID-19 Best Practices, Changes in Regulation and Implementation. We will walk you through the areas of consideration.
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?
Lean Six Sigma Info Session Webinar
Is lean six sigma the right choice for your company?
If your company struggles with high variability/scrap, recurring issues or inefficient business processes Lean Six Sigma could be the solution you have been searching for. Lean Six Sigma certifications contain proven methods to minimize waste and reduce costs.
Learn the power behind DMAIC: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. You don't need to be a math wizard or statistician. Using the Keep It Simple Statistically approach (KISS) and the proven roadmap for choosing the "RIGHT" projects, key business results can be achieved. Participants will learn to identify and lead both projects and other team members to increase their contribution and value to the organization. Organizations will see quality and productivity results along with workforce development and employee engagement.
Through deployment of a Lean Six Sigma program participants will learn:
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- Critical thinking
- Gain improved process and product knowledge
- Learn how to reduce variation and remove non-value added activities
- Gain leadership skills
- Focus on the Voice of the Customer
- Decrease defect rates
- Reduce cost and cycle times
NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Ecosystem: Technology Demonstration on 3D Printed Parts Manufactured with the Desktop Metal Studio System for Defense Supply
Zoom
Join us for a virtual presentation on the use and results of generative design and resulting demonstration parts printed by Berkshire Innovation Center/BSS Additive.
Learn about what to expect when installing a Desktop Metal System; Overview of install & operations experience, facility, safety & training requirements, vendor support; How the BIC, CCAT and UMaine benchmarked these systems; How to access benchmark files and data; Description of DM case studies underway at BIC; How to access BIC’s facility for training, application development and project collaboration.
This session will be recorded and made available on-demand.
Learning Objectives
Learn how Desktop Metal Studio System can be used in defense manufacturing:
¥ How to prepare your facility, permitting requirements, facility certification options
¥ OSHA training and safety requirements, compared with LPBF, DMLS, LENS and Binder Jetting
¥ Advantages / disadvantages of printing with bound metal powder compared with LPBF
¥ Outline applications for DM metal prototypes, fixtures, molds and end use parts
¥ Review of the design process for benchmarking, developed with CCAT and UMaine – Can the NIST AM Test Artifact be used in FDM metal printing or is a new standard needed?
¥ Comparison of benchmark results with other 3D printing processes available at CCAT, BIC and UMaine (including LPBF, Binder Jetting, large format polymer FDM and DMLS)
¥ Can Fused Deposition Modeled Sintered metal parts meet Mil-spec end use requirements?
Presenters
Steven Longpre, CEO BSS Additive, Operations Manager Berkshire Innovation Center
Jean Mozolic, Founder, The Mozolic Group
Mark Rowan, Principal, Roundabout Consulting
MMAP 2021 recap & 2022 funding opportunities
Zoom
2.24.22
The MMAP program aids to help Massachusetts- based small to medium-sized manufacturers prepare their businesses to meet the demands of Industry 4.0 and the manufacturing of new technologies and innovations that align with key industries in the Commonwealth.
Register for this one-hour webinar with Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Director Christine Nolan and MassMEP Sales & Marketing Director, Kristy Grignon as they provide a recap on the 2021 MMAP and the new funding opportunities available in 2022 for Massachusetts Manufacturers with MMAP. Key takeaways from this webinar program overview, key points, takeaways, and be available to answer your questions. She will also be discussing the grant 13 companies were awarded with and what’s to come in the next 5 years with that.
Scan To Facility Layout with Functional 3D
Zoom
Moving into a new building? Expanding your current one? 3D scans can help you increase the efficiency, speed and accuracy of your facility layout project.
3D scanning used to be something for science fiction. However, the technology is quite real and available and offers very real benefits to small and medium-sized manufacturers.
Polaris MEP has teamed up with 3D scanning specialist Christopher Wilczewski for a series of fast-paced webinars about the applications of 3D scanning in manufacturing.
The first "episode” focuses on 3D scanning when modeling or designing a facility layout. Attendees will learn how 3D scanning
- provides significant time savings,
- reduces chance of incorrect/missing data and
- reduces the need for return visits.
WHAT TO EXPECT
1) Overview of how 3D scanning differs from traditional 2D measurements
2) Tips on what needs to be scanned (spoiler alert: not everything needs to be modeled!)
3) Understanding of how & why 3D scanning increases efficiency and accuracy (reducing cost and frustration)
4) Mini-Success Story: Windmoeller and Hoelscher
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Owners, Founders, senior executives of RI manufacturing companies
- Chief Operations Officers (COOs), Operations Managers, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
- Facility move/expansion team members including maintenance and engineering
ABOUT THE TRAINER
Christopher Wilczewski is the Founder and CEO of Functional 3D, a 3D scanning service and consulting company based in Providence, RI. The focus of Functional 3D is to bring the value of 3D capture technology without the large upfront costs and time associated with integrating this kind of technology. Industries supported include commercial construction, manufacturing, design and historical preservation with projects as small as a Revolutionary War era flint to as large as a 17-story building in New York City.
Prior to starting his own firm, Christopher was an engineer and account manager at FARO Technologies, one of the leading manufacturers of 3D capture technologies. There he had the opportunity to learn and develop workflows in various fields and organizations across the US igniting his passion for the technology.
Christopher is a member of DesignXRI and the Rhode Island Manufacturing Association.
Human Capital Barometrics Information Session
Zoom
Human Capital Barometrics, not a college science class!
Introducing a new tool for workforce information - Human Capital Barometrics.
Why do YOU want HCB?
It can be used to measure your current conditions and help you plan for the future.
What are the benefits?
This can improve hiring, retention, and help you make future investments.
With speakers from both Polaris MEP and VMEC speaking on their own experiences implementing HCB, this is open to all manufacturers in MA, RI, and VT.
Join us for an hour of the who, what, where, when and why of HCB and how it will work in your organization.
Partners:
Countdown to CMMC Compliance
Zoom
CMMC is less than a year away from becoming a rule. On June 24th, organizations in the defense industrial base (DIB) will have the chance to get guidance and clarity from top DoD officials on program timelines and their responsibility to comply with CMMC and DFARS 7012.
Join PreVeil and some of the nation’s largest Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs) as they host an important conversation with top DoD officials Mr David McKeown (DoD CISO) and Ms Stacy Bostjanick (CMMC,Director). These speakers will provide guidance on:
- Important CMMC program updates
- Expected changes to program timelines
- Contractor obligations under DFARS 7012
By attending this webinar, DIB organizations will understand changes to the CMMC program, how they can best prepare themselves and the importance of getting their compliance programs started. Sign up today and reserve your seat.
2022 Virtual CMMC Summit
Zoom
CMMC is set to roll out in less than a year. On October 26th starting at 1PM (ET), MassMEP is joining our friends at PreVeil to co-sponsor an important webinar with top DoD official Ms Stacy Bostjanick (DoD CMMC Program Head ) and more than a dozen defense leaders to help provide guidance and clarity on the CMMC program.
Sign up to hear CMMC thought leaders as they discuss:
- Important CMMC program updates
- Expected changes to program timelines
- Contractor obligations under DFARS 7012
An excellent opportunity for Massachusetts manufacturers working with the DoD to learn about their compliance obligations and ensure they are able to meet the CMMC requirements
Sign up today and reserve your seat.