Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Job Creation in Central Pennsylvania
The effectiveness of particular types of safeguards depends in part on the correct positioning of the relevant parts in relation to the danger zone. ISO 13855 primarily defines human approach speeds. These approach speeds need to be considered when designing safety measures and selecting the appropriate sensor technology. Different speeds and sizes are defined, depending on Read More
Your company has a great occupational safety and health program. It trains its employees and has a safety incentive program that employees love. Then an employee ignores his training and fails to lock out a machine, injuring himself, and OSHA comes knocking. This webinar will explore the human factor in occupational safety and health and Read More
The DFARS 252.204-7012 clause "Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting" has caused many defense contractors to focus on compliance with the 110 security requirements defined in NIST SP 800-171. However, NIST compliance is only one aspect of the DFARS clause. The regulations also require contractors to handle and report cyber incidents correctly - Read More
This webinar includes strategies that every company can employ to bring together teams with each member contributing a talent or skill to the overall success of the group. Good teams don't just happen. Planning is needed to help groups of individuals work together as a team to achieve successful results. Register
Even the best information technology infrastructure won’t stop a well-meaning employee from clicking a malicious link or providing their password over the phone to someone impersonating your IT department. Cyber criminals know that manufacturing companies invest in this infrastructure, so employees are both the weakest link and best entry point to access the companies crown Read More
Industry 4.0 has the opportunity to dramatically transform the way manufacturers compete. Some of the benefits that companies are looking to achieve via Industry 4.0 include improved quality, reduced costs, shorter cycle times, and increased revenue. While the benefits can be significant, the path to get there can seem overwhelming. Faced with the many enabling Read More
Manufacturers are navigating a period of intense change as digitization and advanced technologies transform the sector. Prudential commissioned a survey, performed by The Economist Intelligence Unit, to assess manufacturers’ preparedness and priorities. The survey surfaced findings organized around three key themes: strategies that manufacturers are adopting in response to industrial transformation; their approaches to managing Read More
Are you looking to gain executive support to implement ISO 45001 standards? Understanding how ISO 45001 will impact your business, let alone building a business case or convincing executive teams to care, can be hard. However, once implemented it has the power to supercharge your safety programs and drastically increase the safety of your workforce. Read More
Technology disrupters such as Uber, Amazon and Netflix have set new standards and irrevocably changed the meaning of customer service. Customers have now been conditioned to expect exceptional customer experience---every time—and it is often the difference between retaining a customer or losing them to the competition. And no industry is immune. In this webcast, you Read More
This session will focus on product digitization within supply chain processes and how these elements can be used to improve customer satisfaction. Discussions will help participants learn how digitization of business process information can be used to reduce defects and how to identify the true data elements your customer’s desire. We will also learn how small Read More
Manufacturers want their employees to be safe. Yet despite their best intentions, many manufacturers still lack effective practices and policies to keep workers safe. Safe employees are more likely to trust management and be engaged in their work and willing to identify and solve problems. In this webinar, we’ll explore Milliken’s Safety structure and how Read More
A free one-hour webinar and Q&A with Bruno Guicardi, co-founder and president of Ci&T, providing digital technology services to some of the world's largest companies while pursuing its own lean transformation since 2007. How can an enterprise compete in the Digital Era if it takes two years to turn an idea into reality? Yes, "digital Read More
