Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Job Creation in Central Pennsylvania
In this webinar, we will discuss why expense management is critical to the bottom line. The different processes for expense management will be reviewed, including discussion as to what the pros and cons are of each approach. We’ll take a look at the barriers to adoption of expense reduction initiatives. Finally, you’ll get to see Read More
Occupational safety and health (OHS) professionals working in organizations are integral to sustainability and operational excellence. In the past, corporate sustainability efforts focused on environmental issues, such as resource usage and emissions reductions. Attention has turned to other aspects of sustainability, including occupational safety, health and wellness. Companies and their supply chains are managing sustainability Read More
Increase Innovation and Speed Your Design Path with Additive Manufacturing & Function-Driven Generative Design Every business struggles with reducing the time from design concept to final product. A matter of weeks can be the difference between first-to-market leaders and industry laggards. When combined together, additive manufacturing and generative design can be the secret weapon to Read More
Does your Quality Management System give you a complete picture of the compliance and quality landscape? Or is the view more like a broken mirror reflecting fragmented, disconnected images? Do you know immediately if and when you are non-compliant, or do you hope for the best? Manual Quality Management Systems are rapidly becoming a thing Read More
This free webinar covers some of the basics that you will need for getting your food product packaging started and examples of scale up projects. If you’re asking yourself these questions, this webinar is for you: I have a food product or an idea for a food product, what kind of packaging development and design Read More
How to improve sales and operations planning (S&OP) to create a collaborative environment of success The primary goal of any successful business is to keep sales and operations in perfect, balanced harmony. However, without a truly collaborative S&OP system in place, this balance can quickly fall apart. As a result, you face the constant risk Read More
If you're a Pennsylvania firm and haven't considered the world's 14th largest economy as a potential export market for your goods or services - you should! Join us as our Pennsylvania Authorized Trade Office in Australia presents this webinar for you to learn more about this amazing market and the opportunities that are available for Read More
Most manufacturers have experienced a decade of growth since the Great Recession ended in 2009. But there are signs — declines in new orders, a stagnating U.S. gross domestic product, reduced corporate growth estimates — that the good times may be coming to an end. If history does repeat itself, a slowdown will dramatically impact Read More
In today’s connected world, manufacturers are embracing automation and the Internet of Things (IoT) or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for competitive advantage. The merging of the cyber and physical worlds means improved efficiency, but it also means exposing your critical manufacturing infrastructure to cyber risk. In fact, according to an independent ICS study, Read More
Many start-up companies make the mistake of designing overly complex products that are expensive to manufacture and assemble at scale. This inflated cost can make your price point too high (costing you sales) or erode your profit margins. This webinar will show you how to accurately calculate your total product cost and develop an intelligent Read More
For years, traditional industrial welding automation has helped large companies address labor shortages, variable cost overruns, difficult production targets and quality issues. Without those large capital budgets, however, automation had previously been out of reach for small to mid-size manufacturers. But now, flexible, easy-to-program and quick-to-deploy collaborative robots are changing the landscape of welding automation… Read More
How does training fit within the scope of your overall operational learning efforts? What is online manufacturing training? What courses do you require? Does the learning management system (LMS) meet your needs? In this webinar we’ll highlight benefits of online manufacturing training for the organization, operations manager, and employees. Next, we'll discuss the research supporting Read More
