Lean manufacturing will take you far, but it is exponentially more valuable when paired with a strategic plan for long-term growth. Manufacturers with formalized, growth-centered strategic plans achieve their goals more efficiently and cost-effectively than those who focus only on the bottom line. This workshop will take MassMEP members through the entire process of building a strategic plan – from evaluating and prioritizing your needs to devising the best strategy and tactics to address those needs. You can expect to leave this workshop ready to create and implement your own growth-centered strategic marketing plan.
In today’s digital era, the most successful manufacturers take the principles of Six Sigma to the next level with innovative new digital marketing tools. You can measure your marketing in the same way that you measure manufacturing processes – and achieve the same sustained quality improvement that Six Sigma brings to your process. This workshop will illustrate useful tools ranging from customer relationship management (CRM) systems that help you keep your customers and prospects happy to marketing automation platforms that take care of repetitive tasks like email and event marketing and everything in between.
Too often, organizations ignore the waste and delays built into non-manufacturing processes. Administrative inefficiencies can be more difficult to see than those in the manufacturing process and bottlenecks are not as obvious as they are on the shop floor. Organizations produce greater value with higher quality in less time when Lean strategies are applied to the office environment.
In the beginning, Lean tools and concepts were only applied on the factory floor. Today, organizations of all sizes are applying the power of Lean to their office and administrative process because front end inefficiencies and errors directly impact a customer’s experience.
Learn to
Apply standard work concepts in an office
Develop teamwork and cross training for more efficiency
Apply Lean tools to reduce waste – including visual controls
Identify waste in business processes
Key Features
Hands-on classroom simulation and lecture incorporating computer-based processing
Identification of the eight wastes within a front office: overproduction, waiting, transport, inappropriate processing, unnecessary inventory, unnecessary motion, defects and excess stock as they relate to the office environment.
Learn the Three Keys to Sustaining Your Continuous Improvement Gains
This unique “Learn by Doing” training will be facilitated by MassMEP and a race team crew from the Ken Bouchard “Drive to Victory Lane” School. Attendees will be assigned to a “Race Car Pit Crew” and will work on an actual race car -team to solve problems, create standard work, and understand how metrics & measurements sustain continuous improvement.
A multi-channel approach to leveraging your marketing assets for a better ROI.
Two keys to marketing success: finding the best components for your business (social media, content marketing, SEO, advertising, PR, email marketing, in-person marketing, etc.) and then maximizing your investment with an integrated, multi-channel approach.
Date: October 20, 2016
Time: 8:00am – 10:00am
Location: Taunton
MassMEP will provide coffee and pastries
Description: This seminar examines the effectiveness of comprehensive, integrated marketing. It then demonstrates this approach by using real world examples. Manufacturers can efficiently and affordably leverage their marketing assets by following the “create once, use multiple times” approach.
On October 14, MassMEP will graduate 24 students from its Accelerated CNC Skills Training program. 12 students will have attended the program in Worcester, in conjunction with WPI and 12 will have attended in Lowell, in conjunction with UMass Lowell.
MACWIC Level 3 training is THE highest level of CNC skills training available in MA. and students are given a competency-based assessment to obtain certification.
Why integrated marketing is better and more cost effective than single tactic marketing.
Gone are the days where hiring an English major or single tactic Agency (such as an SEO firm, ad agency, website developer, PR agency, …) are sufficient.
Description: Over the last decade, innovations have dramatically changed the Marketing function. Many small and mid-sized manufacturers may not be taking full advantage of these innovations to generate leads and increase sales.This seminar explains the power and cost effectiveness of a well-planned, Integrated Marketing program and the three critical steps required.
The Massachusetts Development Corporation (Mass Development) received a grant from the federal Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) to identify and address some of the key issues facing SBIR/ DOD funded companies who are in need of assistance/support with their technology transition. This transition is often referred to as SBIR “Valley of Death”. One such issue is understanding how Design for Manufacturing (and Assembly) or DFMA, when introduced early on in the development and ultimately increase the likelihood of a successful transition. The MassMEP and Greentown Labs would like to invite you to a free (grant supported) two-day workshop that will focus on
1. Reducing Product and Life Cycle Costs
2. Improving Quality and Reliability
3. Speeding Time to Market
Dates: October 5 & 6, 2016
Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Greentown Labs 28 Dane St. Somerville, MA 02143
Description: The DFMA® Workshop has been developed for design engineers, manufacturing engineers, cost estimators, commodity managers, and others interested in the design & production of high value products. The goal of the DFMA® Workshop is to demonstrate how proper consideration of part manufacturing and assembly early in the product design stage can considerably improve the overall economics and efficiency of the value stream. The course will thoroughly discuss product simplification techniques and the associated part cost estimating techniques required to make good, data-based design decisions. Participants will also see how part cost estimates evolve into “should cost” estimates enabling data-based supply chain negotiations.
The Speaker
Chris Tsai, BSME, MSMfgE, LSSBB, AVSDirector,
DFMA® Implementation Services at Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc
Sustainability is no longer a corporate strategy designed only for the pages of the annual report or the web site. Sustainability is mission critical for manufacturers and their customers. One of the challenges to sustainability is working with the supply chain to align goals. This breakfast seminar will give you insight into tools and tactics that you can employ for your business whether you are a manufacturer or a supplier.
Here’s what you will learn:
Welcome: Dona Neely, Executive Director Devens Eco-Efficiency Center
Setting the context for a sustainable supply chain: Thatcher W. Kezer III, Senior Vice President, Devens, MassDevelopment
Workforce strategies, introducing the new sustainability program: Tom Andrellos, Business Growth Advisor, MassMEP
Business and community resiliency: planning for unexpected disasters: Tiffany Skogstrom, Outreach and Policy Coordinator, OTA
Pillars of sustainability – TUR planning, peer mentoring, communications: Pam Eliason, Industry Research Program Manager, TURI
Why a comprehensively sustainable supply chain matters: Kevin Johnson, Director Global EHS Systems, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
Questions and discussion are encouraged. A continental breakfast will be served.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts invites you to join the state’s leading manufacturers at the MA ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SUMMIT on Tuesday, September 27th.
This event will bring together hundreds of executives and managers from the manufacturing industry to share best practices, network, and discuss opportunities and challenges. Workshops and panels will include: sustainability, supply-chain strategies, advanced technologies, and best business practices to gain and maintain a competitive edge in today’s ever-changing global economy.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
Early registration now through August 16: $60
Registration after August 17: $75
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A multi-channel approach to leveraging your marketing assets for a better ROI.
