Value Stream Mapping Class at CSCC

Improve Your Skills and Knowledge in Creating Value Stream Maps!

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A value stream is the series of activities that take a product from the supplier to the customer (for a physical product), or from the customer request to filling that need (for a service or informational product).  It includes all the value-adding processes that the company performs in the Lean office or on the shop floor.

The value of a value stream map is that it helps identify waste by starting at the customer and looking upstream and applying the basic Lean principles in order to make the business more efficient.

Those who take this class will be able to lead a Value Stream Mapping activity at your business which will include:

1) creating a current value stream map

2) creating a future value stream map

3) identifying Kaizen Bursts (improvements).

This class will be held on April 17 from 8:00a-1:00p in Hickman 122 on the Columbia campus.  Fee:  $139. 

 To register for this class or any of Columbia State’s professional development courses, please visit http://registration.xenegrade.com/columbiastate. Class times, locations and prices vary, so please call (931) 540-1121 for additional information.

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing in Middle TN

Program Academic applications for 3D Printing will be presented by teacher Melinda Hamby and student, Liam Page, from Central Magnet school in Murfreesboro (15 minutes). The keynote speaker will be Tracy Beard, General Manager of 3DProParts located in Lawrenceburg, TN.  3DProParts is a subsidary of 3D Systems, a public company.  The 3DProParts divisions specializes in printing rapid prototypes and production parts in a variety of materials including plastic and metals.  Tracy will present the capabilities of his facility and share stories of the types of items currently being printed (45 minutes). Location Clarion Inn & Suites, Stones River Ballroom 2227 Old Fort Parkway Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Schedule - April 16, 2013 5:30-6:00 PM Networking session (3D printing demos) 6:00-7:00 PM Dinner catered from Through The Grapevine 7:00-8:15 PM Presentations

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New ISO/TS 16949 classes at Columbia State

Below are descriptions of 2 NEW ISO/TS 16949 classes we are offering at Columbia State.  Advantages of these classes are:

1)      The cost when you compare them to other auditor classes.

2)      The convenience.  These are hybrid classes in which most of the time the class is being taken online, with the final day in a classroom.

3)      The instructor.  The instructor is a practicing ISO/TS 16949 Qualified Internal Auditor per the IATF.

If you want more details you can go to the  website referenced in the flyers or, you can call us at 931-540-1121.

ISO/TS 16949 Internal Auditor Training

Improve Your Skills and Knowledge to Participate in Internal Audits!

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This hybrid course involves blended learning, a combination of online and onsite training.  Of the 3 days, the first two can be accomplished online at your own schedule between April 1 and May 9.  The third day of training will be held at the Columbia State Columbia campus on Thursday, May 9.

All attendees must use their own copies of ISO/TS 16949 manuals. The intended outcome of this training is that all students will:

·         experience an improvement in skill and knowledge as an internal auditor

·         have an improvement in knowledge of the ISO/TS 16949 requirements

·         be able to complete an actual ISO/TS 16949 audit at your workplace

·         learn more about how your company operates

·         learn how to use the ISO/TS internal audits as a proactive tool to drive continual improvement

This class is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 1. The fee for the class is $800.

 To register for this class or any of Columbia State’s professional development courses, please visit http://registration.xenegrade.com/columbiastate. Class times, locations and prices vary, so please call (931) 540-2659 for additional information.

ISO/TS 16949 Lead Auditor Training

Improve Your Skills and Knowledge to Lead Internal Audits!

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This hybrid course involves blended learning, a combination of online and onsite training.  Of the 4 days of training, the first 3 can be accomplished online at your own schedule between April 1 and May 9.  The fourth day of training will be held at the Columbia State Columbia campus on May 9.

All attendees must use their own copies of ISO/TS 16949 manuals. The intended outcome of this training is that all students will:

·         experience an improvement in skill and knowledge as an internal auditor

·         have an improvement in knowledge of the ISO/TS 16949 requirements

·         be able to complete an actual ISO/TS 16949 audit at your workplace

·         learn more about how your company operates

·         learn how to use the ISO/TS internal audits as a proactive tool to drive continual improvement

·         lead Auditing Teams

·         meet all OEM customers specific qualification requirements for internal auditors (i.e. understanding Core Tools including PPAP, APQP, MSA, SPC and FMEA)

This class is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 1. The fee for the class is $1,050. 

To register for this class or any of Columbia State’s professional development courses, please visit http://registration.xenegrade.com/columbiastate. Class times, locations and prices vary, so please call (931) 540-2659 for additional information.

SMTEC Offers Automotive Accelerator Program in Spring Hill

 

The Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Center (SMTEC) is offering the "autoXLR8R," a new automotive accelerator program based in Spring Hill, Tenn. The mentor-driven bootcamp will offer several companies the opportunity to connect with automotive manufacturing and technology commercialization experts, as well as investors, for an immersion-style experience designed to help propel new innovations to market.

The program will include intense training in commercialization and business fundamentals with hand-selected advisors, exposure to industry investors throughout the program, and demo days to make pitch presentations. Companies will be provided office space and $20,000 in exchange for six to ten percent equity, and promising applicants will be eligible for a $100,000 convertible note at a minimum. 

The 13-week program is open to any start-up business or entrepreneur with a new technology applicable to the automotive industry and runs May 13 - August 8. Applications will be accepted now through April 5. Please visit autoXLR8R.com for more information and to apply.

Manufacturer's Association Meeting March 8

First Meeting – 2^nd Year - 2013:

·         At Lewisburg Recreation Center

·         12 p.m. to 1 p.m.- Friday, March 8, 2013

·         Lunch Provided

·         Please RSVP by email greg.lowe@lewisburgtn.gov by March 1, 2013

Agenda:

·         Overview of Manufacturer’s Association – Schedule for Year

·         Stephen Webb Discussing Connect2Work Program and Summer Youth

·         Lewisburg ECD Report

·         Open Discussion

On behalf of the City of Lewisburg, the Industrial Development Board and the Department of Economic Development, I would like to thank you for your continuing operations in Lewisburg and Marshall County. Thanks also for your participation in the Manufacturer’s Association as we strive to make it a useful format for networking, problem solving and growth for you and your companies, the City of Lewisburg and Marshall County. Please remember to contact me with any issues, concerns, ideas, projects, etc. that you and your company are facing so that I can help you and your company find the answers and/or resources that can assist you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Greg Lowe – Lewisburg Director of Economic Development