MEP Events

SEPTEMBER

September 7th, 2017

9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Total Cost of Ownership Supply Chain Strategy

TCO helps companies make strategic sourcing decisions and the TCO Calculator can facilitate side-by-side comparisons of up to 4 suppliers, analyzing multiple sourcing possibilities on a global scale.  

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September 7-28, Lean Champion Certification program. This course offering is eligible for a Make It In America Grant in 6 of the counties served by NWIRC through the northwest pa workforce development board called Partners for Performance. Click here for info.

NEW!! September 13, & 21, 2016. Manufacturing Leadership Series. Learn about Business Etiquette, Leadership Ethics, and Supervisory Skills

Part I September 13,2016- December 13, 2016. Part 1 is specially-designed for managers in the industrial sector, focusing on the leadership, communication, and development needs of the manufacturing workforce.

Part II September 21, 2016 -January 4, 2017 Part 2 is specially-designed for managers in the industrial sector that builds on the learning elements of Priority Learning's Manufacturing Leadership Series, Part I. Completion of the Manufacturing Leadership Series, Part I is not required in order to attend Part II.

Registration is now open. Click here to register.

Questions: Please contact Wayne Messer of MEP or Lorraine Twombly of Priority Learning. 

September 14, 2016. System Update Meeting. NIST MEP will be hosting a System Update meeting immediately following the FME’s Center Best Practice Conference, in Detroit, Michigan.   The System Update Meeting will be held at the Marriott at the Renaissance Center for the full day, September 14, 2016, with the Advisory Board meeting on 9/15. Contact Cheryl Gendron with questions: 

Cheryl.Gendron@nist.gov or 301-975-2785.

September 15, 2016. Training in Philadelphia, PA: Six Sigma Green Belt (Event Link) 

September 15, 2016. The Urban Manufacturing Alliance (UMA) is holding a conference in Indianapolis at the Circle City Industrial Complex. 

The UMA will bring members together for a day of facilitated discussions, networking, and learning around issues facing urban manufacturers and makers, and the organizations that support them.

The gathering will give the MEP Centers an opportunity to interact with like-minded individuals to discuss important themes such as helping makers to scale and the closing the workforce gap. Learn more about the event and get tickets here. Become a member here.

To learn more about UMA’s work with MEP: Webinar about how Manex partnered with SFMade in San Francisco to help makers.

Interview with NIST-MEP’s Mark Troppe and Heidi Sheppard.

September 21, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. EDT

Ways to open SMM doors for new business through Additive Manufacturing -  Phil Ratermann, Director of FASTLANE, an OH MEP affiliate

Ohio MEP recently undertook a pilot involving reaching out to SMMs with AM awareness building and for prospective AM projects.  Through a unique mix of shared project costs and SMM-led AM application workshops, the pilot deepened relationships with existing clients and engaged new SMMs to expand everyone’s understanding of how AM can be leveraged across a variety of applications. For more information, click here.

OCTOBER

NEW!!! October 11-13, 2016.The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)-North America will host three days of AWS Training in Washington, DC. The first two days of training will cover the AWS Foundation and Advanced Levels while day three will be AWS Specialist Training individuals seeking AWS accreditation as trainers, consultants and/or auditors.

For more information and registration click here.

October 12-13, 2016. Impacting Manufacturing Conference to be held in Fargo, ND. Keynote speakers at the conference include, Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and President of Liker Lean Advisors; Carroll Thomas, Director of MEP; and Tony Richards, President/CEO of Impact Dakota. More information here.

October 18-19,2016. The North Carolina MEP mfgCON 2016. North Carolina’s premier conference for manufacturing innovation, will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina October 18 and 19, 2016.  The event includes two full days of presentations and breakout sessions designed for maximum exposure to the newest ideas, and best tools and resources in manufacturing. Professionals from best-in-class companies – like large OEMs, small suppliers, and emerging makers – will weigh in on technology, sustainability, workforce development, market building, innovation and continuous improvement, and share practical advice and takeaway tips that promise to capture immediate results.

Registration is now open. Click here to register.

NOVEMBER

November 2, 2016. Join us for the 2016 South Carolina Lean Alliance annual event with speaker Jamie Flinchbaugh. He will be discussing, ‘Building your Lean Leadership Operating System.’ This workshop will help you explore key leadership beliefs and practices that are effective to engage in a lean transformation, and how to build a system of work around those practices to improve your chances of success.

Click here for more information and to register