FuzeHub List of Events

The first Build4Scale NY workshop will cover the following modules:

• Designing Your Product for X including workshop exercise
• Developing a Strategic Bill of Materials (BOM) including workshop exercise
• Developing a Strategic Bill of Process (BOP) including workshop exercise
• Leaning Your Product Design exercise
• Moving from Proof of Concept to Alpha/Beta Prototypes to Production
• Next Generation Product Design Planning: Manufacturing Risk Assessment Exercise using Design for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Workshop fee is $95. Breakfast and lunch will be included.
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For registration: https://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/industry/facilities-101-workshop/

This is an industry-focused introduction to the laboratories, equipment, and staff associated with the CCMR. This one-day workshop provides an opportunity to meet one-on-one with our technical staff, take a tour of our labs, see equipment demonstrations, and discuss your needs with an expert.

Who should attend: Technical directors, product managers, engineers, technicians, anyone looking to better understand Cornell’s capabilities in materials analysis, processing, and problem-solving. Everyone who attends will walk away with a greater understanding of the resources available at Cornell and the CCMR.

When: Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where: Cornell University
Cost: $55 (includes lunch, parking, and reference materials)

Vendor Exhibits: Dynamic Systems, Inc. – Gleeble, Thermal-Mechanical Simulators
Double Helix Optics – SPINDLE2 Advanced 3D imaging systems
ThermoFisher – QuantX EDXRF X-ray fluorescence Spectrometer
ThermoFisher – Phenom XL Desktop SEM

If you are familiar with martial arts or have ever seen the 1980’s hit movie, “Karate Kid”, then you already have some insight as to what it means to practice a kata.

The way in which Mister Miyagi teaches Daniel Son Karate is completely reliant upon practicing katas! Who remembers “Wax on. Wax off.”?

Toyota Kata is much the same!

Through “Coach” and “Learner” interactions, the Coach is able to help the Learner develop continuous improvement capability. By practicing patterns of scientific thinking, the Coach helps the Learner maneuver through unfamiliar territory to reach a desired outcome.

In this Webinar, participants will discover how to leverage the “Improvement Kata” and “Coaching Kata” patterns that have helped Toyota develop their world renowned continuous improvement culture. Understand how brain science backs up the daily practice of these patterns.  Real world examples will illustrate how the “Improvement kata” maximizes resource utilization by ensuring improvement activities are aligned with business goals.

What you will learn:

• The 4 steps of the Improvement Kata
• The 5 steps of the Coaching Kata
• The importance of focused improvement vs. recreational improvement
• What a “Knowledge Threshold” is and why it is important

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This live, online webinar examines the appropriate way to engage employees in 5S (organizing the physical space) and standardized work (organizing how work is done), so they grasp how these tools can make their work lives easier while improving the company. Participants learn the theoretical foundation of successfully converting wasted time – due to searching for materials or information, or performing needless tasks – into productive time.

This webinar is organized by The Center for Industrial Effectiveness, University at Buffalo.

For more information and to register, go here: 
http://www.buffalo.edu/tcie/professional-education/public-courses/5s-and-standardized-work-5ssw8.html

New York’s Tech Valley is the place to turn, mill, drill, paint, weld, finish, and fabricate. Whether you’re a Mom and Pop machine shop, an additive manufacturer in global markets, or an in-house toolmaker serving a single customer, now is the time to forge new connections.

Many local companies would like to shorten their supply chains, but they’re not sure where to look. Sometimes, it’s for a material supply or an equipment service. Sheet metal machining is in high demand, too. There are also common challenges like training and workforce development.

FuzeHub’s Solutions Forum is your opportunity to connect with this community. You’ll discover resources, customers, and suppliers while building mutually beneficial relationships. Join FuzeHub, CEG, and RPI MIC on April 22nd for the Machining and Fabrication Showcase.

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It’ll be no surprise to you that cannabis may be the bio/med industry’s next Big Thing. Research and product opportunities abound. At the same time, the legal and regulatory environment is a quickly evolving patchwork, which has created uncertainty and confusion. At MedTech, we’re here to help. We’ve partnered with Barclay Damon (and their specialized Cannabis Team) for our next MedTechIDEAS Summit – Cannabis: Opportunities and Challenges in New York.

Join us on April 23 at the Albany Renaissance Hotel as we tackle the cannabis challenge. We’re bringing together a panel of experts, innovators and thought leaders to arm you with the information you need and expose you to some cutting-edge developments. We’ll feature sessions on the:
• Science of Cannabis
• State of the Law
• Regulatory and Legal Landscape
• Labor and Employment Considerations
• Innovation in Research and Product Development

What is Value Stream Mapping?

Value Stream Mapping is a tool used to create a material and information flow map of a product or processes. This powerful tool allows companies to map the flow of products in the back door as raw material, through all manufacturing process steps, and off the loading dock as finished product.

This is the Value Stream.

You begin the journey with the current state map—it shows you where you are. Then, you plan your Lean journey with a future state map—it shows you where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. Based on your Value Stream Map, you can streamline work processes, thereby cutting lead times and reducing operating costs.

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The first Build4Scale NY workshop will cover the following modules:

• Designing Your Product for X including workshop exercise
• Developing a Strategic Bill of Materials (BOM) including workshop exercise
• Developing a Strategic Bill of Process (BOP) including workshop exercise
• Leaning Your Product Design exercise
• Moving from Proof of Concept to Alpha/Beta Prototypes to Production
• Next Generation Product Design Planning: Manufacturing Risk Assessment Exercise using Design for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Workshop fee is $95. Breakfast and lunch will be included.

This has been postponed.

The first Build4Scale NY workshop will cover the following modules:

• Designing Your Product for X including workshop exercise
• Developing a Strategic Bill of Materials (BOM) including workshop exercise
• Developing a Strategic Bill of Process (BOP) including workshop exercise
• Leaning Your Product Design exercise
• Moving from Proof of Concept to Alpha/Beta Prototypes to Production
• Next Generation Product Design Planning: Manufacturing Risk Assessment Exercise using Design for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Workshop fee is $95. Breakfast and lunch will be included.
Learn More and Register

This course is designed to improve the problem-solving skills of all employee levels in any industry – from health care and finance to human services and manufacturing – by providing an understanding of the processes and techniques for root cause analysis and effective corrective action.

Topics covered include:

• How to use corrective action to reduce costs and increase profits
• Using corrective action as a business tool, and not just a quality tool
• Identifying the problem
• Containment and remedial action
• Determining root cause
• Causes vs. symptoms
• Generating corrective action
• Implementing actions
• Following up to verify effectiveness
• Tools and techniques that make the process simple yet effective

Concepts are reinforced through group workshop exercises.

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For companies to learn about a new generation of industry applications of soft materials in robotics, flexible electronics, energy materials, structural design and bioengineering.

Lectures, poster session and plenty of time for networking between your peers in industry, faculty and students.
Information at https://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/industry/ccmr-symposium/
Location: 120 Physical Sciences Building (PSB), Cornell University

Keynote Sproull Lecturer: Prof. David Mooney, Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering; Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University.
Prof. Mooney will be joined by Dr. Carl Flannery, Director of Scientific Affairs, Bioventus, LLC; Dr. Radislav Potyrailo, Principal Scientist, Micro & Optoelectronics, GE Research; Dr. Dan Cohen, CEO, 3DBio Corporation; Dr. Nakhiah Goulbourne, Program Director, Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation, NSF; Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore, Professor of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, University of Illinois; Prof. Shaoyi Jiang, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington; Prof. Xuanhe Zhao, Mechanical Engineering, MIT; and by Dr. Richard Vaia, Senior Technologist, Air Force Research Laboratory.
2020 Organizing Committee:
Prof. Lawrence Bonassar, and Prof. Nikolaos Bouklas, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University.

High-performing companies that have successfully transformed into a Lean culture know that the “culture” part of Lean is the most important part. Culture is also the most difficult part to implement, understand, and even define. Performing Lean “tasks” without the framework and context of Lean culture may yield temporary benefits, but experience shows they are difficult to sustain. This course provides a forum in which we define Lean culture, and ways that Lean Leadership can foster this environment across all organizational functions.

For more information and to register, go here: 
http://www.buffalo.edu/tcie/professional-education/public-courses/Coaching-Culture.html

In the sphere of preventive maintenance (PM), there is a cost for doing nothing. You are gambling with time and money, increasing the likelihood of higher costs in lost production and repairs when equipment eventually breaks down.

This course introduces fundamentals of PM and its reason for being: providing safe, reliable equipment and support by reducing the need for maintenance services.

Topics include: 

• The evolution of maintenance
• Five-level spectrum of PM, from firefighting to maintenance reduction
• Characteristics of world-class maintenance
  • Equipment strategy
  • PM (misconceptions, machine loss categories, types of failure)
• Creating a maintenance task list

Learners will participate in group discussions, as well as share best practices and struggles.

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Human nature typically influences people to solve problems in a vacuum. The consequential risk is devising ineffective solutions that are temporary bandages.

The A3 approach forces engagement of all people involved in the matter at hand, requiring constant dialogue throughout the problem-solving process. This course walks learners through this “standardized storytelling” model of fostering communication and collaboration to resolve an issue. It details the steps for populating the A3 tool – an 11 x 17 sheet of paper – and subsequent facilitation of conversations.

The course utilizes a case study to enable the application of concepts throughout the day. After learning each element of the A3 process – from defining the problem and documenting root cause, to assessing the outcome and all stages in between – participants work in small groups to build their own A3 report.

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