PMAEF Webinars

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These upcoming webinars are available to view live on the date specified. See our archived webinars if you would like to see previous webinars, now available for purchase.

How to Make Money from Work Hardening – a By-product of Sheet Metal Stamping
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Continuous process improvement is more than a way of life for stampers – it can be a requirement at annual contract renewal meetings. This webinar deals with “work hardening” (it happens in the stamping process – so it’s free) and how it can be leveraged into future process improvements.
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Tool and Die Material Considerations
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
During this webinar these questions and others will be answered: What causes the need for maintenance? Can chronic maintenance be reduced? What options are available to address chronic maintenance issues? In addition to these issues the speaker will cover using tool maintenance as a design review as well as metallurgical effects of repair procedures.
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Multi-Skill/Pay-for Skill — Redundant Capability, Not People
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
New and innovative work & reward structures involve changing the work system itself, creating advanced and flexible skilled professionals, ISO/TS compliant training and cross-functional work teams, and rewarding positive performance through pay-for-skill, competency-based training and compensation systems. If done properly, these multi-skill/pay-for-skill strategies can bring job enhancement and satisfaction, cost cutting opportunities, workforce flexibility, profit contributions and create a positive environment based on worker retention, advancement and recognition to your manufacturing operation. Learn about some common models, concepts, do’s and don’ts and implementation strategies to develop a defensible and effective “earn and learn” program.
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I Can Make the Part... Why Can't I Make a Profit?
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Becoming an agile and cost efficient organization is no longer just a strategic advantage. It is a requirement to survive in today’s business environment. Operating with inaccurate data, lack of intelligent market and business feedback, and ineffective internal controls can lead to potentially lethal problems. In this 90-minute webinar attendees will learn: how to assess operations to uncover inefficiency and achieve profitability, the factors that affect and impact sustainable profitability, and how to structure and sustain process and profitability improvement initiatives.
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