Risk or Reward: How to Maximize Your Return on New Opportunities (at Gear Expo)
November 2, 2011 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Gear Expo, Cincinnati, OH
Instructor: David Watkins, Executive V.P. & Director of International Operations, Omnex, Inc.
This program will focus on maximizing the return while minimizing the risk from a new opportunity — from concept to cash. Accomplishing this goal is a matter of having effective and disciplined processes to accurately assess the opportunity, its risks and issues of feasibility, and then to develop the process and manufacturing system using effective analytical methods and proven approaches to improvement in manufacturing process effectiveness, efficiency and control.
Seminar topics include:
Program/Project Planning & Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Risk & Feasibility Assessment
Timing Planning & Project Statement of Work
Manufacturing Process Development
- Reducing Manufacturing risk using Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plans & effective Operator and
- Process Instructions*
- Using efficient Product & Process “Family” strategies to minimize effort
- Applying effective preventive controls to reduce/eliminate defects
- Process Verification & Validation—ensuring capability & reliability
Production
- Employing Operations Excellence to continually reduce waste and costs
- Knowledge Management for succeeding generations of products, processes and employees*