Manufacturing Education Centers for High SchoolsAdvanced computer-integrated manufacturing courses offered
Wed, 02/17/2010 - 13:11
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Tomorrow’s global leaders will have to be tech-savvy and ready for advanced manufacturing jobs requiring skills in electronics, computers, software, and automation. Continuing its mission to encourage young people to focus… Event: Manufacturing Pros to Introduce Cool Careers to Next GenerationSME’s “Bright Minds” pairs additive manufacturing industry mentors with high school students.
Mon, 02/15/2010 - 09:46
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- While there has been a significant loss of repetitive manufacturing jobs, workers with engineering and high-tech skills remain in demand and are vital to keeping manufacturing and the economy going.
A recent survey… Event: Bridging the Manufacturing GapsSME annual conference to focus on innovation and leadership
Tue, 02/09/2010 - 12:29
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The “Great Recession” was a wake up call for manufacturers lulled into a sense of security by years of economic boom. Like the economy itself, manufacturing stands at an abyss of uncertainty. In the past is a manufacturing… Event: EASTEC Leads Precision Manufacturing into Growth ModeAt the Eastern States Exposition on May 25–27
Mon, 02/01/2010 - 15:24
(SME: West Springfield, MA) -- Manufacturing is poised for a rebound as it shakes off the ill effects of the recession. EASTEC, the largest annual precision manufacturing event on the East Coast, promises to be the place that manufacturers flock… Company News: SME Elects First Woman President2010 board of directors also announced
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 12:57
(SME:Dearborn, MI) -- For the first time in its 78-year history, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has elected a woman to lead the organization. Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME, will serve as 2010 president and was officially sworn in—along… WESTEC 2010 Is ComingRegister early for discount.
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 17:28
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- There’s no denying it. Manufacturing is changing and in ways you probably never imagined: new economic forces, stiff competition advances in technology, demands to work lean and green, emerging industries, and global markets… Event: WESTEC—Where Manufacturers Go When the Game ChangesSee how to grow and evolve with the economic revival.
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:16
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) provides another look into the latest technologies and production methods at WESTEC 2010 Exposition.
WESTEC will be held Tuesday, March 23 through Thursday, March 25 at the Los… Manufacturers Struggle to Hire High-Skilled WorkersDespite double-digit unemployment
Fri, 11/13/2009 - 14:01
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- As employers across the country continue to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs, many manufacturers are facing an ironic dilemma. As they eliminate positions—mainly repetitive, assembly type jobs—they still have unfilled job… Books: Kaizen Event FieldbookA focus on <em>kaizen </em>methodology is applicable to any industry.
Mon, 10/26/2009 - 09:07
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) announces the release of Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework and Standard Work for Effective Events, by Mark R. Hamel (SME, 2009), which details the strategies, tools,… Event: RAPID 2010 Conference and Exposition May 18–20, 2010, in Anaheim, California.
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:51
(Society of Manufacturing Engineers: Dearborn, MI) -- Be sure to mark May 18–20, 2010, on your calendar. That's the date for RAPID, North America's largest annual rapid and additive manufacturing conference and exposition. The event will be held at…