A professional community meeting the challenges of variety and variability
This community is a resource and support network for all, no matter what job role, who meet the challenges of high-variety manufacturing, whether job shop, HMLV (high-mix low volume), build to order, engineer-to-order, mass customization, or other.
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Welcome to Resources (Notes), with links to white papers, resource sites, and other critical sources of assistance and information for high-variety manufacturers. You can search this section by key word.
You may post your own content here, or send it to me (hvmfgadmin@valent-group.com) to do so.
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Created by Stephanie Green May 2, 2008 at 7:33am. Last updated by Stephanie Green Jul. 28, 2008.
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NEW AND NOTABLE
FL Gov. Charles Crist to Open Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009
The 5th annual Progressive Manufacturing Summit, a top manufacturing industry conference that salutes the most progressive manufacturers at the cutting edge of their fields, will include Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who will welcome attending manufacturers from around the globe on the first day of the conference, Tuesday June 9.
The Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009 is an invitation-only event for senior-level manufacturing executives. The agenda this year focuses on redefining the business of manufacturing in turbulent economic times and includes speakers such as:
· William A. Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
· Lisa Cadenhead, Global Supply Chain Director, The Dow Chemical Company
· Jose Bravo, Chief Scientist, Shell Global Solutions Inc.
· Jim Wetzel, Technical Director, Control and Information Systems, General Mills
Join us in Sarasota next week, full agenda details and registration information can be found at www.managingautomation.com/maonline/summit/2009
Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009 takes place at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota from June 9-11, 2009.
Forum
Product vs Project Engineering
One of the problems I see in companies is a lack of differentiation between product and project engineering. My quick definition: product engineering is the creation or modification of core product...
Tagged: operations, project, product, engineering
Started by Stephanie Green in HVM Operations Dec. 9, 2008.
Is lean a strategy or a set of tactics? 2 Replies
I'd like to throw this question out to the group: is lean a straetgy or a set of tactics? My personal opinion is that it is a set of tactics, which a company can commit to using as part of a strat...
Tagged: lean, improvement, strategy, continuous, productivity
Started by Stephanie Green in Productivity. Last reply by Stephanie Green Nov. 20, 2008.
Lean accounting and high-variety environments 1 Reply
I'd like to solicit comments on the application of lean accounting to high-variety environments. Pros? Cons? Specific examples? I think most people agree that activity-based costing is very effect...
Started by Stephanie Green in HVM Operations. Last reply by David Dodd Oct. 2, 2008.
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