Ep. 45 The MMAP program is live! What is it? Just listen.

  • On June 18, 2021

We sit down with Christine Nolan, Director of Center for Advanced Manufacturing to discuss the upcoming webinar on June 24th at 11:00 AM that will be all about MMAP, Preparing the Supply Chain. This podcast gives a little insight to the program, deadlines, funding, but the webinar will be a more in-depth look at how this will work for Manufacturers across Massachusetts. Give this a listen, the register for the webinar here!

To find more information about the program click this link.

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Episode 44: MassMEP on the loose for summer events…

  • On June 1, 2021

In this half an hour we talk about all the upcoming virtual events, workshops, trainings we have scheduled for the months of June & July. There are some teasers for a few events that haven’t been posted to the calendar yet, but will be soon and one MAJOR event coming in September! We don’t dish all the details on that event, so subscribe to our podcast channel to hear more about that event.

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Episode 43: Cybersecurity Whisperers, How does this pipeline hack affect our company?

  • On May 26, 2021

We had a great conversation with our Cybersecurity Whisperers, John Sinopoli and Peter Morin from Synagex and Derek Bauer from CyberSaint about the recent hack on the pipeline, Colonial. Is this something that can happen to Manufacturers in Massachusetts, is it something that we need to worry about, or does this only happen to really large companies? Listen as we answer those questions.

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Operational Preparedness Training…are you operationally prepared?

  • On May 12, 2021

Darcy Cook, owner of Safety Trainers and MassMEP Operational Preparedness training facilitator talks with us about the training scheduled for June 1, 3, 15 & 17, 2021. She discusses the why, how, who and takeaways from attending the training. As a bonus, don’t miss her intel on the directives being put in place by OSHA and the federal government following the pandemic.

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Lean Six Sigma Info Session: “You can’t just learn three, you need all six”

  • On May 6, 2021

We sit down with MassMEP Project Manager, Henry Hall to talk about the upcoming Lean Six Sigma Information Session, what Lean Six Sigma is, and takeaways you can expect from the webinar; good thing we asked as we were preparing outfits to wear that day to match the colors of the belts.
The public webinar will be held May 18th from 1 – 2 PM, so if you have an hour and want to learn more about Lean Six Sigma and some upcoming training and certifications, please join us. If you can’t join us on the 18th this podcast may be just enough for you to be dangerous with your continuous improvement, but let us know if you need some advising.

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NERDIC. What is it and why it should matter to you…

  • On April 29, 2021

We sit down with Ron Angelo, President and CEO of Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT) and talk about NERDIC (New England Regional Defense Industry Collaboration) and the NERDIC Industry 4.0 Readiness Eco System with their goal to help small and medium manufacturers in the DOD supply chain. We get into the meat and potatoes of the program; What it is, how it came to fruition, who would benefit from participating and what will be the key takeaways. There are four webinar sessions left in the month of May, registration is available on our website under workshops.

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Tips for (T)eam (I)nvolvement (P)roblem (S)olving

  • On April 21, 2021

In this episode we got to sit down with MassMEP project manager and TIPS facilitator, Henry Hall, to talk about our upcoming TIPS training scheduled for April 27th to the 29th. The takeaways are; tips can be implemented in all areas of business, anybody from within the organization should/could attend, every company has a repeat problem that takes a team approach to eliminate the root cause. Your training time invested eliminates time wasted solving problems.

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Circling Back on the Wagons

  • On April 14, 2021

We had a chance to sit down and catch up with our partners, Ben Sosne, Executive Director at the BIC, Berkshire Innovation Center and Jeffrey Thomas, Executive Director of Lever. We spent the time talking about how the first year was for the BIC, the impacts of Lever, where manufacturing innovation is headed, and how great manufacturing is out in the Berkshires.

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Marketing Digitization for Manufacturers

  • On April 7, 2021

Join us as we speak with Chris Ciunci and Rob Meyer from Tribal Vision about marketing digitization for Manufacturers in a post COVID world. We sat down ahead of our upcoming webinar to chat about what to expect and some tips ahead of the event.

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Women in Manufacturing, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

  • On March 30, 2021

In this episode we celebrate Women’s History Month with three female leaders in Manufacturing, Sarah Baker, COO and co-founder at Silverside Detectors, Christine Nolan, Director of Massachusetts Center for Advanced Manufacturing at Mass Tech Collaborative, and Laura Teicher, Executive Director at FORGE. We talk about Women in Manufacturing yesterday, today and tomorrow. Take a break and enjoy the time with this amazing panel.

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