Events

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Presentation

2010 Assembly Summit – Assembly Magazine
Clearwater Beach, Florida

How to Radically Reduce Warranty Costs

Warranty cost can make or break your brand. And as a metric, it’s a great surrogate for what your customers are experiencing. This session will describe two methods that have reduced warranty costs by 75 percent over a five-year period at Hypertherm Inc., a leading manufacturer of plasma cutting equipment. Hypertherm assembles its products in New Hampshire and ships all over the world.

Past Events

Monday, June 14th, 2010
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pre‐Conference Workshop

2010 INTERNATIONAL FORUM on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Systematic DFMA Deployment
Real‐World Implementation and Hard Savings Make the Difference

Systematic DMFA Deployment is a straightforward, logical method to design out product cost and design in product function. Whether you want to learn about DFMA, execute a single project, implement across the company, or convince company leaders of DFMA benefits, this workshop is for you.

Systematic DMFA Deployment workshop attendees will learn how to:

Select and manage projects
Define resources and quantify savings
Communicate benefits to company leadership
Coordinate with lean and Six Sigma
Get more out of DFMA software

Once you understand the principles of the Systematic DFMA Deployment milestone‐based system, you
will focus on activities that actually reduce product cost and avoid wheel‐spinning activities that create
distraction.

Workshop Fee: $95

Presenter
Dr. Mike Shipulski
For the past six years as Director of Engineering at Hypertherm, Inc., Mike has had the responsibilities of product development, technology development, sustaining engineering, engineering talent development, engineering labs, and intellectual property. Before Hypertherm, Mike worked in a manufacturing start‐up as the Director of Manufacturing and at General Electric’s R&D center as a Manufacturing Scientist during the start‐up phase of GE’s Six Sigma efforts. Mike received a Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mike is the winner of the 2006 DFMA Supporter of the Year, and has been a keynote presenter at the DFMA Forum since 2006.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation

2010 INTERNATIONAL FORUM on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

DFMA for Discontinuous Improvement and Innovation

Abstract

The literature is full of examples of companies using DFMA to design lower cost products. Though the savings are radical in magnitude, there is a general misconception that DFMA is most like continuous improvement work with regular installments of small improvements. This thinking does DFMA an injustice, as the DFMA process drives creative solutions, radical changes, discontinuous improvement, and innovation. The paper describes how to use DFMA to define areas for discontinuous improvement and innovation, how to create a design approach, and how to define and execute a project plan to achieve radical improvement.

24th and 25th May 2010 (Monday and Tuesday)
WPI, Worcester, MA

Conference on Axiomatic Design

Presenter
Dr. Chris Brown

Appropriate for engineers and managers at all levels. Anyone involved in design and planning can benefit.

Objective:
Provide learning opportunities for all levels of axiomatic design users.

Approach:
A series of sessions, offered in parallel, over two days.
The sessions will be a mix of tutorials, lectures, exercises and case studies.

Cost: $625 before 15 May for sessions both days with lunches, dinner and the evening program. Individual sessions are $75. After 14 May $690 and $85. Lodging $72/night WPI dorm. Details are on the registration page.

Extra benefit: Axiomatic Design Solutions, Inc. will provide all attendees with a complimentary license for six months of Acclaro DFSS, software for Axiomatic Design – for use at the workshop and after.