Wednesday, April 28

9:00 am to 10:00 am
Negotiating Skills
Whether negotiating a contract, asking for a raise, or buying a car, this entertaining and informative one-hour video presentation will help you get the best deal you can while still maintaining a positive working relationship with the other parties. This free video presentation is a $189 value, but it could save you thousands.

10:15 am to 11:15 am
How to Choose an Engineering Plastic for Your Application
Jody Walker, Curbell Plastics www.curbellplastics.com

Many Engineers and Equipment Designers struggle with choosing an Engineering Plastic solution for their application. Curbell Plastics will present a no nonsense approach to material selection. Topics covered will include: An overview of Engineering Plastics properties and how to quickly narrow your selection to a small manageable group of materials to research for your specific application.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Project Management: In Half the Time, Every Time!
Lawrence P. Leach, Control Point Technologies www.control-point-technologies.com

Learn the fundamentals of Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). An H.P. executive calls Critical Chain "The most significant advancement in Project Management methods of the last 40 years". If your company is like many, you continue to experience failure to deliver projects to schedule, budget, and scope, and may experience cancelled projects at an alarming rate.
Although this problem seems to be publicized most in the IT industry, it affects all projects from basic R&D, Job Shops, Engineering, and in all industries. CCPM enables you to deliver project success in half the time, all the time. CCPM users also report increased quality of work life for project team members.

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Aluminum V-Process Castings
Scott Lockett, TPi-Arcade, LLC/ Harmony Castings, Inc. www.harmonycastings.com
This seminar will cover V-Process aluminum casting technology and its advantages, pattern-making techniques and CNC machining of castings. Fundamental casting design and cost drivers for both prototype and production casting and machining requirements will be discussed. Applications to medical, automotive, instrumentation, computer, electronics, optics, and communications will be reviewed. All attendees will be given a "Design Considerations and Technical Data for V-Process Castings" guidebook.

Thursday, April 29

9:00 am to 10:00 am
Continuous Improvement with Lean, TOC, and Six Sigma - Now More Than Ever
Scott F. Jensen, Control Point Technologies www.control-point-technologies.com
Many organizations struggle with their continuous improvement efforts; achieving real bottom line results, whether in cost savings or increased revenues, has proven to be difficult. In spite of the widespread implementation of Lean and Six Sigma principles, poor results can persist. An integration of these three methods, TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma (The TLS process) can generate 5 to 10 times better performance than Lean or Six Sigma alone. This session will explain some of the reasons why, and how using these three sinergistic methods together can transform your system into a competitive weapon!

11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Fourslide: High Precision, Low Cost Slide Forming
Tom Malolepsy, Northwest Fourslide, Inc.
Yong Park, Engineering Consultant/Instructor www.nw4s.com
Fourslide is an established and innovative slide forming technology that offers cost effective, high precision small sheet metal parts with reduced lead time and lower cost for tooling. This seminar will provide an overview of the slide forming process and design guidelines for your use. Topics include details of the process and tooling, material selection, design tips and process capabilities. Learn about the advantages of fourslide technology to save time and money for low to high volume precision metal parts.

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