Schedule
Accepting 2010 Machine Shop Workshop speaker entry’s, contact: Robert.Brooks@penton.com
Workshop Schedule
|
Wednesday, April 21
|
|
7:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
|
Workshop Registration
|
|
8:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
|
Plant Tour - NEW in 2010
The 2010 Plant Tour gets you inside a world-class machine shop for a “behind the scenes” look of their best practices, lean strategies, and operations success.
|
|
11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
|
Lunch Buffet
|
|
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
|
Welcome & General Session
Wind Energy: What wind-turbine builders need/expect/demand from their supplier machine shops.
Speakers from:
MAG Americas
Dowding Industries
|
|
|
Business Track
|
Operations Track
Sponsor: Tooling U
|
2:10 p.m. — 3:10 p.m.
|
TBD
|
Automotive Industry: Re-Tooling/Dieselization
TBD
|
|
3:30 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
|
Best Machine Shop Winners
Panel Discussions |
|
|
Understanding performance data and machine capabilities to uncover hidden potential
John Semyen
Vice President of Advanced Planning and Business Development
M&S Precision Machining Inc.
2009 Best Machine Shop
|
Machine Skills Development: Job training practices for competitive machine shops
TBD
Fredon Corporation
2008 Best Machine Shop |
|
|
How smaller shops can leverage resources and maximize efforts to generate new customers
TBD
2009 Best Machine Shop
|
Diversification: How an international assembly business grew out of lessons learned by managing supply chain
TBD
2008 Best Machine Shop |
|
5:00 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.
|
Networking Reception
Drinks & Appetizers
10 Best Machine Shops
Awards Ceremony
|
|
Thursday, April 22
|
|
6:30 a.m. — 7:30 a.m.
|
Buffet Breakfast
|
|
|
|
|
7:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
|
General Session
|
|
8:40 a.m. — 9:40 a.m.
|
Competitive Domestic Sourcing
TBD
|
A Lean, Green Machine Shop
Preston “Jay” McCreary
President
FlowVision, LLC
|
10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
|
TBD
|
SaaS (Software as a Service) for Machine Shops
TBD
|
|
11:20 a.m. — 12:20 p.m.
|
Workforce Development: Precision Jobs for American Manufacturing
Ted Toth
President
Toth Technologies
2007 Best Machine Shop
|
Tooling Techniques for Super Alloys
TBD
|
|
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
|
Lunch
Closing Remarks
Prize Giveaway
|
