Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Innovation in Central Pennsylvania
A business owner’s relationship with their business has a life cycle. Whether they started the business or bought it, they are on a path leading them and their business to an eventual exit. And currently, because Baby Boomers own about two-thirds of all privately held businesses, there will be a significant turnover in company ownership Read More
In today's evolving and highly-competitive environment, some of the key parameters that differentiate world-class manufacturers from others are quality, cost effective, flexibility and innovation. In fact, there are three main principles, which drive World-Class Manufacturing (WCM): Implementation of just in time and lean management, which leads to reduction in wastage, and thereby reduction in cost Read More
In spite of the vast number of technologies involved, an Industry 4.0 transformation is about a single, fundamental strategy: connecting manufacturing business processes via application integration. Featuring details about use cases, as identified by recent research conducted by Informa/IndustryWeek, this webinar brings into focus how the various technologies — such as Data Analytics, Industrial IoT, Read More
EVENT IS FULL - NO LONGER TAKING REGISTRATIONS A Competitive Strategy for Low-Volume and Custom-Engineered Products Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is a companywide strategy for lead time reduction throughout the enterprise. Using QRM, companies have reduced their lead times by 80-90%. As a result, these companies have not only seen large increases in market share, Read More
Today’s manufacturers are faced with a competitive environment that demands more innovative, unique, highly-configured products and services designed to fit customers’ specific needs. Of course, this has a significant impact on the way that these manufacturers design products and manage customer communication as they build quotes and deliver on promises. Does your organization have what Read More
EHS departments aren’t usually considered hotbeds of technology adoption, but recent research indicates that they have made substantial investments to date and are poised to increase implementation in the future. This webinar will reveal the technologies EHS professionals have adopted and plan to adopt in the future, establishing a benchmark against which companies can compare Read More
CLASS IS FULL - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED This half-day workshop will explain POLCA (Paired-cell Overlapping Loops of Cards with Authorization), an alternative to Kanban for material control on the shop floor. POLCA is a card-based visual control system that manages the flow of jobs through the shop floor: at each operation, it controls which job Read More
Would you like to learn more about: How Penn State purchases products and services How to find business opportunities with Penn State Penn State's Office of the Physical Plant Vendor Registration / Prequalification Process What is the Penn State Purchasing Card The Office of the Physical Plant (OPP) Diverse Business Enterprise Program How to find Read More
Please join us for “A new approach to optimize the performance of linepipe steels using novel high temperature processing” by the team led by Dr. C. Isaac Garcia, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh with U.S. Steel. This project is supported by a 2018 DCED Manufacturing PA Innovation Program Award. The continuous demand Read More
Safety professionals everywhere are looking for more effective ways to engage their employees and get them focused on safety. Attention spans are shorter than ever. Employees are stressed, distracted and more interested in checking their smartphones than listening to you. Visual communication is the “secret weapon” that can help you capture (and keep) your employees’ Read More
We will be discussing complete NIST/DFARS compliance in one package. Grow your business, keep your contracts, secure your business. The NIST/DFARS Compliance presentation includes everything your business needs to meet compliance requirements. This webinar will provide answers to the ever changing risk exposure to manufacturers today. We will cover topics including: -Identifying Assets & Vulnerabilities Read More
In this webinar, DFARS/NIST cybersecurity compliance experts from eResilience will be joined by Robert Metzger, co-author of the MITRE "Deliver Uncompromised" report that establishes cybersecurity as a 4th Pillar of acquisition, equal in importance to cost, schedule and performance. Mr. Metzger is a leading DoD supply-chain and contract law expert with the firm RJO. This Read More