Author: Joe Jackson
Melanie Webber, labor law attorney for Fisher Phillips LLP, will share the top ten challenges that employers are facing in this crazy COVID-world, the lessons learned, as well as other issues that may need to be on your radar following the elections.
Elizabeth Niedringhaus from SSE, Inc.
Join SSE as they discuss the DFARS interim final ruling of cybersecurity requirements and what your next steps should be as well as what manufacturers working in the defense industry need to know and what they should do immediately.
APPI Energy, a brand new Affinity Partner of PMPA will walk through all of the energy solutions that can it can provide for PMPA Members. Noel Temple of APPI Energy will review the Marseilles Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Water Power Project as well as combined heat and power energy efficiency, demand response program compensation, turnkey LED lighting programs, solar PV solutions, utility bill management, procurement processes and much much more!
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has released loan necessity questionnaires that lenders must issue to over 50,000 borrowers that received $2 million or more in funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) – and the questions indicate that borrowers may face a higher hurdle than originally anticipated when it comes to forgiveness. Businesses may need to demonstrate that they suffered actual economic harm as a result of the pandemic in order to be eligible for full forgiveness, which is a change from what many initially believed at the time the applications were submitted. Borrowers only have 10 days from the time they receive the questionnaire to complete it and submit supporting documentation, so those who received $2 million or more from the PPP should begin preparing to respond to the questionnaire now.
Federated Insurance will provide a brief history as well as an overview of our structure to serve PMPA Members. We will review recommended insurance programs and specialized coverages specific to the machining and manufacturing industry, and an overview of our risk management services and tools available to clients to assist in operating their business. In addition, we will highlight personalized online destinations for risk management for clients that will be available late summer.
Colin Weighman from Comco, Inc.
Colin Weightman of Comco Inc. will take a look at different kinds of burrs: poisson and rollover (feather). This distinction helps determine the appropriate deburring methods and how to remove them. We explore a novel tool to effectively deburr small, fragile, and high value parts. Using several case studies we identify the capabilities and limitations of MicroBlasting for deburring a range of metals and polymers.
Graham Immerman from MachineMetrics
Graham Immerman, VP of Marketing for MachineMetrics will explore how organizations are working with American manufacturers to better prepare their supply chains to respond rapidly and proactively to future supply chain disruptions, with an emphasis on the importance of democratizing manufacturing data. Data democratization is a tremendous challenge. If achieved, however, the opportunities for continuous improvement for all manufacturing life-cycle members will be far greater than ever before.
The business strategy around estimating and quoting hasn’t changed much in 20 years. The same issues facing job shops in 1999 when Wayne Chaneski wrote his MMS column on Getting the Most From Your Quotations still hold true today. Most shops have a win rate of 20-30%. This means that 7 out of 10 quotes sent resulted in no revenue. So why are shops spending so much time engineering estimates?
Learn how technology can turn the data generated in the quoting process into valuable resources for future business activities and reduce time spent on over-engineering quotes.
Primary Topics:
Quoting strategies that increase revenue
The economics of costing
The true cost of quoting
The must-have customer experience
Brady Stevens from Global Shop Solutions
Brady Stevens of Global Shop Solutions will dive into the key aspects of making your shop floor paperless. The presentation will tackle common problems manufacturers are facing today, common benefits manufacturers get from being paperless, tools you can use to help you go paperless and examples of successful implementations from manufacturers.
Reshoring is a rising trend in manufacturing to handle some challenges with an offshored supply chain. Reshoring has significant benefits as well as some risks. A number of those risks such as cost, quality, and communication can be addressed by using manufacturing analytics / IIoT solutions. The webinar will briefly discuss those risks of reshoring and practical ways a manufacturing analytics / IIoT solution can address those risks. You will takeaway the expert definition of what is driving reshoring, a valuable list of the major risks in reshoring and specific solutions to mitigate the risks