Business Builders Workshop: Moving Ideas to Action
Learn how to build a demand side strategies, structure and processes that produce more predictable, consistent business growth results. Moving ideas to action - this session will supply you with a framework that you can take back to your organization and implement for improved business growth results.
Mark Frasco - COACT Associates, Ltd.
The Importance of Strategic Planning for the Job Shop
Effective planning allows you to pursue the right opportunities and not waste time or resources on potential opportunities that won’t produce results. The presentation will be using the step by step method of developing the strategic plan and using Koester Metals as the case study.
Mark Ernst - Ernst Enterprises and Matthew Koester - Koester Metals
U.S. Manufacturing Road Map on Advanced Joining and Forming to Competitive Advanced Technologies in the Fabrication Industry
The Roadmap was developed by canvassing leading U.S. manufacturers engaged in materials joining and forming, academia, industry and professional associations, and other stakeholders. These interactions helped in identifying and ranking current joining and forming challenges to develop a list of prioritized R&D topics that will create differentiating competitive advantages and produce substantive economic impact. This presentation will introduce a completed technology roadmap on advanced joining and forming for the U.S. manufacturing industry.
Hyunok Kim - EWI Forming Center and Peter Ulintz - Precision Metalforming Association
