Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Innovation in Central Pennsylvania
Employers have a general duty to furnish workplaces free from recognized hazards. Part of that obligation is providing employees with personal protective equipment (PPE). This leads to a series of questions, such as: What types of PPE are employers required to provide? How are they to determine what PPE is required at a particular worksite? Read More
Improve your manufacturing operations through application of machine vision. Do you have a significant amount of visual inspection, measurement, or tracking and tracing requirements in your operation? If so, you could benefit from machine vision technology to improve your process effectiveness and efficiency. Join our fellow Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) sister centers: Catalyst Connection, CMTC, Read More
Running a production manufacturing facility brings multiple levels of complexity that need to be managed in order to remain profitable. Whether it’s responding to your customers’ changing demands or just keeping machines up to support your delivery commitments, you must have an effective control mechanism that can account for change. Can your manual, paper-based system Read More
The industrial IoT enables operators to upgrade their static, PDF-based work instructions to dynamic, 3D CAD data contextualized with work order, machine, and smart tool data. This unification of IT and OT, delivered in real-time, helps operators spend less time looking for the right information, and enables them to focus on completing the tasks at Read More
Manufacturers are implementing new technologies such as artificial intelligence, advanced automation, and data analytics to transform their operations now and for the future. While these technologies drive increased operational efficiencies and overall productivity, they also impact the workforce by providing the opportunity for upskilling and helping to attract new talent. This webinar will explore how Read More
Has your business grown past what QuickBooks can handle? Are you tired of juggling multiple spreadsheets and rekeying data? Need a better way to manage inventory? Attend this 30-minute webinar and learn the 5 Steps of Selecting & Implementing Manufacturing ERP software. A fully integrated Manufacturing ERP System can provide real-time coordination of activities across Read More
The Factory of the future (FoF) is a key part of every industrial transformation (IX) program. It delivers the systems needed in the factory to support IX technology, process and people. The key starting point for every FoF is data. Indeed, many factories have started that data collection through MOM, SCADA and other key manufacturing Read More
Today’s Markets are no longer satisfied with “standard” products and services. Manufacturers are increasingly driven to produce smaller quantities of a wider variety of products – and to do it with great efficiency. Rigid, inflexible processes no longer meet the needs of the market. Flexibility and agility are required to compete and succeed in this Read More
Learn how today’s digital plant and its connected workforce accelerate and sustain Lean initiatives to drive greater productivity and efficiency, lower cost of ownership, and increase profitability. Discover how a code-free, centralized environment to aggregate, visualize, and analyze data in context across plant systems facilitates Lean and other programs as well as helps to maintain Read More
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
