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Core Tools: APQP, PPAP, and FMEA Class

Velocity 6633 18 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI

Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center offers this combination class to train manufacturers in the planning, launch and validation of new products or processes.

The course blends the three core tools of APQP, PPAP and FMEA and guides participants through important steps of the launch process.

Utilized correctly, the deployment of these core tools leads to continuous improvement, defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste. 2 days of training.

This combo-course covers:

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is a structured method of defining and establishing the steps necessary to ensure that a product satisfies the customer.
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) an important part of the product development process. It allows producers to evaluate the components and sub-systems which they receive from suppliers and establishes confidence in the supplier's management systems.
Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) highlights and prevents future failures from occurring. FMEA focuses on reducing risk of failure occurrences by making design and process changes, which has proven to save organizations significant amounts of money by prevention of failures/product recalls.

Date(s) and Time(s):
5/21/2024 (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
5/22/2024 (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

$995

Advancements In AI: I4.0 Event

Velocity 6633 18 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI

Are you using artificial intelligence in your day-to-day processes and looking to take your business to the next level?


Join Macomb County Planning and Economic Development (MCPED) and its partners May 22 from 8-10 a.m. at Velocity in Sterling Heights for “Advancements in AI,” the latest Industry 4.0 workshop powered by Macomb Next.


Why should you attend?
Discover the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) firsthand – a force revolutionizing every sector of our world. ThinkDigits will unveil cutting-edge strategies for leveraging AI in overcoming business challenges. Learn how AI can propel your growth, tackle capacity constraints, navigate supply chain disruptions, and address labor shortages. Don't miss this opportunity to harness the transformative potential of AI for your business success.


What to expect:


• ThinkDigits CEO Shyam Kariat (Prashant) will discuss how AI algorithms interpret data to make predictions and how you can be prepared for future patterns and trends.
• Listen to a panel discussion from our college partners about how they are preparing the next generation of workforce for careers that use AI. The panelists include:
- Louisa Krause, the director of Instructional Innovation and Distance Education at Macomb Community College
- Ratna Babu Chinnam, professor and chair of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Wayne State University.
- George Pappas, assistant professor and director, MSAI graduate program at Lawrence Technological University.
• Meet with vendors and experts to get your questions answered.

Free

5S and Visual Management

Velocity 6633 18 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI

Target Audience: Plant and Operations managers, supervisors, shop floor personnel

Participants will learn that a clean, well-organized, and understandable workplace is the foundation for the implementation of Lean manufacturing.

The 5S program and Visual Management for the shop floor is a good starting point for an improvement activity.

Objectives:
A successful student should be able to do the following at the end of this course:

5S Visual Factory (5 Steps for Workplace Organization):

Understand the concept of a visual workplace and how it transforms the shop floor
Identify and describe the 5Ss
Be capable of applying 5S discipline on the floor
Understand the benefits and techniques for applying visual controls and management tools to a production operation

$495

Standard Work Class

Velocity 6633 18 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI

Participants will be introduced to the concept of standardized work and how it can help improve quality and efficiency.

Standardization is a proven method for reducing variability.

A tool such as this will reduce and prevent many types of workplace wastes - including duplication of effort and process contradiction.

Also discussed, are standard work practices needed to start applying principles and methods.

Elements covered include:
- Improving production through standardization
- Understanding the philosophy and key principles of standardized work
- How standardized work fits into Continuous Improvement Programs
- The three levels of Standard Work
- Standard Work tools and forms
- Cycle Times and work load balancing
- Implementing standardized work into a manufacturing process

Objectives:
- A successful student should be able to do the following at the end of this course:
- Understand the basic concepts of standardized work and how it is used to improve production through the reduction of workplace waste and process variation
- Work with a team to create standard work instructions, including visuals, for an identified process
- Understand how continuous improvement is an ongoing activity and must be constantly reinforced
- Eliminate waste and improve production through standardization
- Sustain these efforts throughout their work area and eventually spread this process to the whole facility

S495

Supervisor Skills 1.0

Velocity 6633 18 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI

Have an employee with leadership potential or a newly promoted supervisor or foreman and want to give them some practical management training?



This 32-hour interactive course will equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed become effective leaders and supervisors. The participants will be acquainted with skills and tools to relate to subordinates, peers and their managers.



Participants will learn how to:
Identify different leadership styles and the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Identify different behavioral characteristics and determine the best method of relating to each type.
Identify communication barriers and listening/communication techniques to enhance communication in all directions.
Identify how to manage time to maximize available time and to decrease non-productive activities.
Examine how individuals are motivated and identify opportunities to motivate subordinates to achieve organizational goals.
Identify and apply different factors in delegation and how to give orders in a manner that will provide an environment for compliance.
Identify the phases teams go through and how to maximize positive outcomes of each stage.
Identify components of effective meetings and apply them, resulting in meetings that are more productive.
Determine most effective method of delivering on-the-job training and apply them for increased competence in employees.
Identify the stages of change and how individuals react to each stage.
Recognize how to relate to subordinates to ensure the smoothest possible transition.
Identify what causes conflict and how to mitigate and prevent escalation of conflict.
Recognize how to administer employee discipline to maximize behavior change and minimize conflict.

Target Audience:
Supervisors, new and experienced.
Both SHRM and HRCI recognize and accept CEUs from IACET for their respective recertification processes.
For SHRM (SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP), 2.8 CEUs = 28 professional development credits (PDCs).
For HRCI (PHR and SPHR), 2.8 CEUs = 28 recertification credit hours.

$995