Reducing Costs Through Innovative Sheet Metal Design
Designing parts without knowledge of new innovative design impacts costs and prevents machines from being used to their full potential. This presentation will change the way a designer thinks about the part design process from start to finish. Machines and software are the tools to implement design changes. New designs must be innovated by beginning with the end in mind. The end goal is to reduce processes, mistakes, and ultimately costs.
Grant Hagedorn - TRUMPF Inc.
Design for Sustainability
This case study filled presentation will provide insight into the ways that the Design for Sustainability guidelines can help. From selecting low-impact materials, reducing material usage, optimizing production techniques and distribution systems and expanding product life and designing for disassembly, the Design for Sustainability guidelines are intended to help companies improve profit margins, product quality, market opportunities, environmental performance, and social benefits.
Shelly Severinghaus – EARTHSHIFT
Achieving Sustainable Practices in Manufacturing Through Lean Techniques
Attendees will be given an overview of how lean manufacturing techniques and tools can be applied to focus on sustainable initiatives, while also helping manufacturers remove the production wastes commonly found in their processes. This session will not only examine the initial cost benefits of implementing a lean program, but will clearly illustrate the overall environmental and humanistic impact of sustainable practices. Longer term return on investment (ROI) justifications for sustainable manufacturing often overlook appropriate costs on items such as disposal, health, energy, etc..
Bill Shema - Paper-Less, LLC
