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October 2020
Cybersecurity Resiliency for Defense Contractors Virtual Seminar – PA
The 6-part Cybersecurity Resiliency for Defense Contractors webinar series will meet virtually every Thursday between October 15 and November 19, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm. With the Department of Defense (DoD) ramping up its focus on cybersecurity for the supply chain, manufacturers will need to take specific steps to protect covered defense information (CDI) if they want to continue doing business with DoD. With current and future DoD contracts at stake, compliance is a strategic necessity that contractors cannot ignore. And…
Find out more »Design For Value – Four Part Online Training Series
The virtual training will be four 2-hour sessions on Wednesday for four weeks. Understand the fundamentals of Value Engineering and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) and how these “best practices” can drive significant improvements to your products’ costs, quality, and competitiveness Value Engineering In our personal and professional lives, we are all “value” oriented … consciously or unconsciously, value drives many of our behaviors and decisions. Value to the customer and the company, defined as the performance…
Find out more »Robotic Machine Tending Webinar: Increasing Utilization Through Automation
CNC machine tools are big capital investments and the more time they spend cutting chips and making parts for your customers, the faster you see a return on your investment. Thus, maximizing utilization of your machines is critical to your shop’s success. CNC Machine Tending is an application of robotics that allows you to automate the loading and unloading of your existing CNC machine tools or other production equipment like presses, sanders, or laser engravers. Machine tending is a very…
Find out more »November 2020
Print Reading and Engineering Drawing Practices – Virtual Training
This virtual training will be held two half days from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. November 16th and 17th. The foundational skills required to effectively understand and utilize information in drawings for manufacturing processes. Course Objectives Participants are introduced to the foundational aspects of reading and interpreting technical drawings. At completion of the course, the participants will be equipped to identify and understand key information included on engineering prints. Course Overview The course will be conducted virtually using Adobe Connect…
Find out more »Value Stream Mapping Learning to See Virtual Training
Description Value Stream Mapping Training offers a real-world case study for learning to identify and document the flow of product and information from order entry and raw materials through production to delivery to the customer. The first step is the creation of a current-state map — a system view of the value stream — that documents present conditions and uncovers waste. Participants then apply lean manufacturing techniques to diagnose the sources of waste and create a future-state map. This map…
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